m. 2nd Anne Vernon 1495 dau of Sir Henry Vernon of Haddon
Derbyshire (no children)
m. 3rd Ann Warner 1507 dau of Sir Thomas Warner (no children)
m. 4th Joan Sheffield 1514 dau of Sir Robert Sheffield of Butterwick
Co Lincolnshire
m. Dorothy Gifford 1535. She was formerly married to John
Congreve. They were parents of two daughters who both married
Underhills. The Underhills leased Ettington in 1541 from their
stepfather, Francis Shirley - later resulting in a great legal
dispute over the land of Ettington.
4. (i) Edward Shirley d. infant
4. (ii) Arthur Shirley d. infant
4. (iii) Elizabeth Shirley m Thomas Cotton esq of Conington,
Huntington
4. (iv) Anne Shirley m John Broke of Madeley esq of
Shropshire
4. (v) Cassandra Shirley m Walter Powtrell of West
Hallam esq in Derbyshire
4. (vi) Mary Shirley died unmarried
4. (vi) Ralph Shirley (Stemmata says he died without
issue). His father granted to him the manor of Hoon in Derbyshire
and a moiety of the manor of Newton Regis, Warwickshire, for
life).
4. (vii) John Shirley b 1535 d. 1570. Buried in Breedon
on the Hill. He lived at Rakedale, now known as Ragdale estate,
Leicestershire.
m. Jane Lovett 1558. [This marriage brought several manors
to the Shirleys: Astwell in the county of Northampton, South
Newington (Newton), in the county of Oxford, Dorington in the
county of Gloucester, and St. Botolph's Bridge in the county
of Huntington].
(From this marriage, see the Shirley
family of Ettington and Ragdale Hall - continued)
Shirleys
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