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Pedigree of the Shirleys of Ettington (to
1650)
1. Sewalis de Eatington living 1251-2
m. Isabell Meysnyll dau and co-heir of Robert Meysnyll of
Old Dalby Leicester and widow of John de Neville
2. Sir James de Shirley living 1278 In 1287 the Rolls
of Parliament show that Sir James Shirley petitioned Edward I
for restitution of the "Manor of Eatingdon" unjustly
detained from him by Ralph Shirley, his son
m. Agnes Walton of Shirley Derbyshire dau of Simon de Walton
later bishop of Norwich.
children (according to Stemata Shirleiana)
3. Simon de Shirley
3. James de Shirley
3. Henry de Shirley - Parson of the church of St Gregory
[Sic? -Stemmata] at Barnham, Co. Suffolk
3. Sir Ralph Shirley d 1327 m. Margaret Waldeschef
dau and co-heir of Walter de Waldershef. In 1294 Ralph Shirley
represented the City of Warwick as the first Knight of the Shire,
in Parliament. He and his wife are commemorated in the old church
at Ettington where their effigies are still to be seen.
4. Isabella Shirley m. Geoffrey de Burgylon of Weston
Underwood in parish of Mugginton Derbyshire
4. Ralph Shirley m Isabella de Eatendon. He died before
31 Edw III
4. Sir Thomas Shirley m. Isabella de Meynell, d/o Hugh
de Meynell, knt and Alice Audley who next married the father
of Lord Ralph Bassett of Drayton. Isabella later married Gerrard
de Braybroke. Sir Thomas Shirley, son of Ralph Shirley and his
wife whose effigies are commemorated in the old church at Ettington,
inherited Ettington. He caused the death of his neighbor. However,
he was pardoned by Edward III, and was in turn succeeded by Sir
Hugh Shirley.
Isabel de Meynell, wife of Thomas de Shirley, Knt., has
been incorrectly been identified repeatedly in the historical
literature as the sister of Ralph Basset, K.G., 3rd Lord Basset
of Drayton (died 1390), whose will names Isabel's son, Hugh de
Shirley, as Lord Basset's "nephew." Isabel de Meynell
was actually half-sister to Lord Basset, being the daughter of
Lord Basset's mother, Alice de Audley, by her 2nd marriage to
Hugh de Meynell, Knt. This is proven by the 1423 marriage dispensation
between Isabel's descendant, Ralph Shirley, Esq., and Sir Hugh
de Meynell's descendant, Margaret Staunton, which dispensation
states the two parties were related in the 4th degree of kindred
(or, if you prefer, 3rd cousins). The kinship between these parties
was due to their common descent from Sir Hugh de Meynell, husband
of Alice de Audley. For further details of the Peverel, Lisle,
Meynell, and Shirley families, please see my books, Plantagenet
Ancestry (2004) and Magna Carta Ancestry (2005). Best always,
Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah
5. Sir Hugh Shirley, knt. Grand Falconer to King Henry
IV. The death of Hugh Shirley, son of Sir Thomas, at the battle
of Shrewsbury, on Saturday the 20th of July, 1403. Sir Hugh was
one of the four knights who, clothed in the royal armor, successively
encountered and fell under the victorious arm of Douglas in single
combat.
m Beatrix de Broase
Inquisition p.m. Beatrice, who was the wife of Hugh Shirley,
taken at Leicester on Thursday before the Nativity of St. John
the Baptist, 18 Henry VI, 1440. Before Thomas Palmer, the escheator,
and on the oath of John Chaumbleyn, of Hathern, Henry atte halle,
of Overton, John Nauntell, of Hathern, Robert Bernevile, of Threngeston,
John Kendale, of Twycrosse, John Herdewyn, of Newebold, William
Smyth, of Barrow, William Somervyle, of Cossington, John Souche,
of Belton, William Bygge, of Rothley, Thomas Bygge, of Rothley,
John Draper, of Thurmaston, and John Smyth and Thomas Ireland,
both of Cotes, jurors, who say that Beatrice held no lands of
the king in chief in co. ¿eices. on the day she died,
but they say that a certain Ralph Basset of Drayton, knight,
was seised of the manors of Rakedale, Willughes, Radeclyve, etc.,
in his demesne as of fee, and granted them to Sir Walter Skyrlow,
bishop of Durham, and others as trustees, who granted them to
Beatrice from Baster, 7 Henry IV (1406) for a term of 8 years
at a yearly rent of £20, the reversion of them to Ralph
Shirley, knight, and his male heirs for ever. After the expiration
of the aforesaid eight years the said Ralph Shirley entered on
the aforesaid manors, and still remains in peaceful possession
of them. The manors were not held of the king, but of whom they
are held the jurors are unaware. Beatrice died on Wednesday before
St. George the martyr, 18 Henry VI. Ralph Shirley is her next
heir and aged 40 years and more.
children:
6.i Joan Shirley m. Robert Newmarch
6.ii Elizabeth Shirley died unmarried mentioned in
1415 deposition of brother Ralph
6.iii Isabella Shirley m. Sir John Cockayne of Ashbourne
mentioned in 1415 deposition of brother Ralph
6.iv Nicholaia Shirley (Fem.) died unmarried mentioned
in 1415 deposition of brother Ralph
6.v Ralph Shirley b 1392
(From here, see Shirley
family of Ettington - continued)
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