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- Pedigree of the Shirleys of Wiston,
Sussex
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- 1. Ralph Shirley
of Staunton Harold.
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- Married 2nd Elizabeth Blount
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- Children:
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- 2. Elizabeth (source: visitation of Sussex)
2. Alice (source: visitation of Sussex)
2. Anne (source: visitation of Sussex)
2. Sanchia (source: visitation of Sussex)
2. Margeret (source: visitation of Sussex)
2. Ralph Shirley Esq.
b_________d 1510
He inherited the manors of: Wystoneston (WISTON) near Steyning,
Aysshurst ASHURST), Chyltyngton (CHILLINGTON), Sloughtre (SLAUGHTERS
in Bellinghurst), Hion (HEENE IN TARRING), Irynghams (ERRINGHAM
BROASE in Old Shoreham)...all in Sussex. Weedonhill (alias- Woodrow,
Woodside or Wood-hill) in Amersham, in Buckingham
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- Will of Ralph Sherley of Wiston Esq. 1510
11 Feb 1509. To be buried in church of Westneston, to Cathedral
of Chichester, to church of Westneston, chapel of Heene, church
of Chiltyngton, church of Chesham Wobone Bucks, church of Lytelmyssyngdon,
church of Lynemynster, church of Stenyning, Ffyndon, Wasshyngton,
Ashynton, Bownton (Buncton), Ashurst, Botolphs, Cokeham, Lawnsyng
and Olde Shorym. To daughter Jahane Dawtre, Elizbeth Lee, Beatrix
Elryngton, and Isabell Dawtre, to Rauff Belyngham the younger
and Rauff Palmer my godchildren, to nephew Andrew Tanner, to
Edward Berde, to wife Johane farm of Bodyngton, to son Thomas
Sherley, to son Richard. Wife executor, to good friend and cousin
John Sherley cofferer to the King overseer, "where Thos
Cooke, Rauff Belyngham, John Lee, Edward Palmer, John Cowper,and
Wingary Sayne lately recovered against me certain lands and tenements
in Hunderage, Charlerage, Botley, Chesham Leycester, and Chesham
Wobourn in county of Buckinghamshire the use of me during my
life
PCC Proven 1510.
m. Jane Bellingham daughter of Thomas Bellingham of Lymster Sussex
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- children of Ralph Shirley esq and Jane Bellingham:
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- 3. (i) Thomas Shirley mentioned
in father's 1509 Will. 2nd son Inherited West Grinstead Sussex
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- Will of Thomas Sherley of West Grinstead Es 1545
Henry the 8th 26. to church of West Grenstead, to church of Weston,
church of Horsington, church of Lansing, church of Burton, church
of Asshehurst, church of Shepley, church of Northurste, to son
William lands in Slaugham called Slutt and lands bought of cosyn
Bellows when 21. If 30 and no issue then to son Francis when
he is 21, to son Francis place of Grenestead, to William at 24
farm of Bodington, to Isabell St John, to my daughter Dorthe
to her marriage, to daughter Blanche to her marriage, to John
my ladd, my brother Lyster, brother Bray, and son Browne overseers.
With codicil. Wit: Mr. Henry Browne esq. Mr. Francis Sherley
gent, John Fletcher Clarke, Thomas psnne of Slaugham, Thoamas
Peper with others. Proven PCC 1545
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- m Elizabeth Gorges co-heir of Marmaduke Gorges of Gloucester
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- [From here
the Shirleys of West Grinstead]
3. (ii) Jane m [?Sir] John Dawtry of Petworth in Sussex
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- 3. (iii) Elizabeth m John Lee of Little Worth in Sussex
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- 3. (iv) Beatrix m Edward Elryngton of Hogston, m 2nd Sir
Edward Bray of Vachery Sussex
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3.
(v) Isabell m Sir John Dawtry of Southampton m 2nd Sir Richard
Lyster of Wrestworth York (see engraving by Hans Holbein on
right)
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- History books appear to incorrectly list Jane Sherley
as the wife of Sir Richard Lyster, rather than correctly stating
sister Isabell Sherley. July 1533 Patent Rolls grants.
929 (36):" Francis Dawtry. Livery of the lands as son and
heir of Sir John Dawtry, including all reversions that should
fall to the King on the death of dame Isabella, late wife of
the said John and now wife of Sir Richard Lyster, chief baron
of the Exchequer..."
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- 3. (vi) Richard Shirley b________d 1540 Will proved February 5, 1540
London. Inherited Wiston He was sheriff of Surrey and Sussex
CO in 1515 and again in 1525. He was a Catholic.
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- Will of Sir Richard Sherley of Wiston 1540
21 October 32ne year of Henry Ith. To be buried in church of
Wyston, to Cathedral of Chichester, to church of Wiston, chyltynton,
Lawnsyg, Ashurst, Hene, to wife Dame Elizabeth, to daughter in
law Mary Sherley, son Edward Sherley and 2 daughters Jane Sherley
and Frences Sherley allowance at cost of my son William Sherley
until they marry with consent of Sir Thomas West Lord Laware,
Sir Richard Lyster Lord Cheefe Barron, Sir William Shelly, Sir
John Gage, my brother Thomas Sherley and Master Richard Bellingham,
to Elizabeth Farnfolded (Anne?), to Elizabeth Mychell, to Andrew
Taverner, to Phillip Lucye. Residue to son William Shirley executor
PCC
proved 1540
- m. 1st Alma Shelley daughter of John Shelly of Michelgrove
Sussex
m. 2nd Elizabeth Guildford (she was the widow of either Isley
or Stafford. Daughter of Sir Richard Gifford of Sussex (No children
by 2nd marriage).
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- children of Richard Shirley and Alma Shelly
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- 4. (i) Thomas visitation says died sans issue
- 4. (ii) John ( "2nd son" - source: visitation,
not in other lists)
- 4. (iii) Elizabeth m. John Mychell of Stammerham (visitation)
(1540 Will)
- 4. (iv) Ann married Richard Fernwold (visitation) (1540 Will)
- 4. (v) Cicely married John Ledys (visitation)
- 4. (vi) Alice married Thomas Chaunceler of Lyndford (visitation)
- 4. (vii) Jane mentioned in father's 1540 Will as unmarried
- 4. (viii) Frances mentioned in father's 1540 Will as unmarried
- 4. (ix) Edward mentioned in father's 1540 Will as unmarried.
Visitation says he died sans issue. Mentioned in brother William's
1551 Will
Crown grant (letters patent) date: 9 Jul 1545 Attached: receipt
by John Williams, kt, treasurer of the court of Augmentations,
for the purchase money; 4 Jul 1545; letter of attorney by JG
to Edward Shurly, esq, Edmund Pope and Thomas Welles, gents,
to receive seisin; 18 Jul 1545. source: Gage Family of Firle
East Sussex archive - Could be Edward Shurley of Isfield
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- 4. (x) Richard Visitation says he died sans issue
- 4. (xi) William Shirley b abt
1498 [ age 42 at time of father's death] d May 28, 1551. Buried
in the chapel at Wiston. Will proved July 20, 1551 Prerogative
Court of Canterbury. Heir of father in 1540 Will. He mentioned
his brother, Edward, and his sisters, Frances and Jane, in his
will.
- m. Mary Isley
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- children of William Shirley and Mary Isley:
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- 5. Anthony Sherley of Preston Esq.
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- [From here the Shirley
family of Preston, Sussex, England]
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5. Sir Thomas Shirley, the elder b_______d
1612 Buried in the chapel at Wiston. He changed from Catholic
to Protestant.
In 1578 he served as sheriff for Surrey and Sussex CO. He later
became Treasurer of War in the Low Countries (Holland). Having
fallen under the displeasure of Queen Elizabeth, he became indebted
to the Crown, his estates and personal effects, with exception
of the manor of Wiston, settled on his wife, were seized.
King James 1st was indebted to Sir Thomas Sherley for the idea
of the creation of the baronetage. This brought to the Majesties
coffers--more than 100 thousand pounds. He was promised by the
late Lord of Salisbury, Lord Treasurer, a good recompense, and
this he never received.
The following lands were sold by Sir Thomas Sherley the elder:
SUSSEX CO: West Chiltington, Erringham and Slaughters in the
Parish of Billinghurst. SUSSEX CO: Buncton with lands in Blackland
and Frenchland in the Park of Findon, The manor of Barkfold with
the ironworks in parish of Kirdford and the 1/4th part of the
manor of Heyghley. SURREY CO: Burstow near Ryegate BERKSHIRE
CO: East Ilsley LEICESTERSHIRE CO: Cottsback
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE CO: Bugbrook. (The last two were given to Sir
Thomas Sherley by Robert, 2nd Earl of Essex).
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- m. Anne Kemp died 1622/23 daughter of Sir Thomas Kemp of
Wye in Kent
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- Will of Dame Anne Sherley widow of Sir Thomas Sherley
late of Wiston Sussex decd. 19 Feb 1622. To be buried in church
of Wiston, to poor of St Giles in Field Middlesex, poor of Wiston
and steyning Sussex, to daughter Cicely Laware late wife of Thomas
Lord laware, to grandschild son Laware rug at Parham, sheets
at London, to grandchildren daughters of Laware viz Ann West,
Elizabeth West, Cicely West, Jane West, Lucy West, Essex West,
to daughter Ladye Crofte wife of Sir John Crofte, to daughters
of Ladye Crofte, to Anne now wife of Lord Wentworth, to Frances
Crompton now wife of Sir John Crompton, to Jane Mildmay now wife
of Sir Humphrey Mildmay, to Dorothy Benett now wife of Sir John
Benet the younger, to Mary Crofts, to Cicely Crofts, to Alice
Crofts, to my daughter Lady Tracey now wife of Sir John Tracey
the elder, to daughter of Lady Tracey viz Anne Tracey, to daughter
Lady Onslow late wife of Sir Edward Onslow decd, to daughter
Lady Brocas wife of Sir Pexall Brocas, to grandson Thomas Brocas,
to son in law Sir John Shurley, to granddaughter Lady Covert,
to daughter of Sir John Shurley viz Cicily Shurley, Elizabeth
Shurley, Anne Shurley, Charity Shurley and Mara Shurley, to other
grandchildren Frences Molle now wife of ___Molle esq, to Thomas
Shirley my grandchild, to friend Lady Bishipp wife of Sir Thomas
Bishopp of Parham in Sussex, to Lady Gresham wife of Sir John
Gresham, to Frances Alford now wife of John Alford esq
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my sister in law Mrs Shirley the eldest of Preston, to Anne Harris
once my woman, to servants Lawrence Baskerville, Francis Bromley,
Mary Follyott, Susan Stoniard, to grandchild Henry Shirley wit"
Lawrence Baskerville, R. Peito, Richard Cobby. Codicil to Lady
Delves, to Doctor Lionell Sharpe doctor of divinity.
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- children of Sir Thomas Shirley and Ann Kemp
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- 6.(i) Sir Thomas the younger 1565 d. 1633 Isle of Wight
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- In 1579, at the age of 15, he and his brother was entered
into Hert Hall University in Oxford. Thomas was there for 2 years
or more. It appears he left without a degree. He served in Ireland
where he was knighted by Lord Deputy Sir Wm Fitzwilliam October
26, 1589. In the autumn of 1591 he apparently married Frances
Vavasour without the consent of her father. Queen Elizabeth was
very unhappy about this marriage and had him imprisoned for more
than 3 months perhaps a year or more. By 1593 he was a captain
serving in the Low Countries. In 1601 he was chosen to sit in
Parliament for Steyning (in Sussex CO.). In 1598 he began taking
sea voyages, the first being to Portugal. He returned in 1602
and soon afterwards undertook an expedition against the Turks.
Sir Thomas the younger returned from the levant in the year 1605,
having for several years suffered very severe treatment and imprisonment
under the hands of the Turks. He was confined in the island of
Negropont and afterwards at Constantinople, where he was a prisoner
thirty-three months. He was at last released by the mediation
of his sovereign, King James 1st. By 1607 he was confined to
the Tower, for over busying himself with the traffic of Constantinople.
In 1612 he is in the King's Bench Prison. In January 1615 he
addresses a letter asking to be forgiven his debt etc. He mentions
his fathers idea of the baronetage and estimates the expenses
of his two voyages at 14,000 pounds. In 1624 he requests the
keeping of the Park in the Isle of Wight. [In 1602, Sir John
Shurley of Isfield Village, (married to Jane Sherley, daughter
of Sir Thomas Sherley the elder), Sir Edward Onslow and Anthony
Sherley of Preston (plus 2 other people), were involved in a
sale of Wiston which was not completed because Thomas Sherley
the younger was imprisoned in Constantinople]. The family lost
Wiston because of debts before Anne Kemp Shirley died in 1622.
- m. 1st Frances Vavasour
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- children of Sir Thomas Shirley, the younger and
Frances Vavasour
- 7. (i) Catherine
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- 7. (ii) Elizabeth married Sir Arthur Daking of linton York
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- 7. (iii) Frances bapt 31 Aug 1598 at St Anne Blackriars London
married John Mole, esq. of Culworth Northampton. She died Dec
1639
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- 7. (iv) Cheyney d. young, buried March 5, 1605 Foot's Cray,
Kent CO.
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- 7. (v) Henry b______d. 1627 murdered . He was a playwright
and was of St. Botolph, Aldergate, London
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- 7. (vi) Sir Thomas Shirley
bapt. June 30, 1597 in parish of West Clandon, in Surrey. Living
as late as 14 June 1664 when he received a receipt for taxes
paid. He was brought up in a military capacity and was referred
to as Captain. His name appears among Sussex delinquents about
1643. He was with Charles I at Oxford (residing in Magdalen College)
when he was knighted by His Majesty, February 25, 1645 by the
name of Sir Thomas Sherley of Sussex, a colonel in the garrison
at Oxford. He was living in 1664 as his name appears on a receipt
for payment of taxes in the State paper Office.
- m. Ann Blundell
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- children of Sir Thomas Shirley and Ann Blundell
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- 8. (i) Sackville born Feb 22, 1629 St.Bride Fleet Street,
London. Sackville buried Sept 8 1634 St Margarets Westm.
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- 8. (ii) Mary born Feb 22, 1629 St.Bride Fleet Street, London;
twin who died 2 hours after birth;
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- 8. (iii) Christobella 1631 St Margarets Westminster married
1) Richard Rogers of the Middle Temple and 2) Walter Bethell,
esq. of Ellerton York
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- 8. (iv) Mary 1632 St Margarets Westminster married George
Fielding, esq of Hillfield Solihull, Warwickshire, likely eldest
son of Sir Roger Fielding, knt.
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- 8. (v) Anne 1637 St Margarets Westminster died young
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- 8. (vi) Jane died young
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- 8. (vii) Thomas
Shirley, M.D. bapt. October 15, 1638 parish of
St.Margarets within the city of Westminster (by London). died
5 Aug 1678; buried in the southwest vault of part of St Brides
church near Fleet Street, London
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- He lived as a boy in Magdalen college (Oxford) with his father,
during the time that the University was a garrison for the King.
He bred up in grammar learning in the free-school joining to
the said college. He afterwards went into France, studied physic,
and was graduated in that faculty. After he returned home he
became noted for his practice therein, and at length was made
physician in ordinary to his Majesty King Charles II.
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- m. 1st Hannah Fleet, daughter of John Harfleet of Fleet (Southfleet?),
Kent
9.(i) Anne
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- 9.(ii) Margaret
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- m. 2nd Elizabeth Baskett, daughter of Capt. Richard
Baskett of Apse, parish of Newchurch, Isle of Wight
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- 1667 June 5 Thomas Sherley of St. Margarets Westminster
esq widower about age 35 married Elizabeth Baskett of same spinster
age about 23. Her father consents marriage to be at St Mary Savoy,
St Savior Southwark, or St Bartholomew Great or Less London;
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- 9. (iii) Thomas Sherley chr 1660
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- Post Man and the Historical
Account (London,
England), Tuesday, August 12, 1701; Issue 390.Classified ads
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- The late Dr Sherleys Anodine
Tincture. Was Physician in Ordinary to King Charles the 2nd.
Now prepared and published by his son Tho. Sherley. It
cures the stone in the kidneys or bladders also in the gravel
or straguary an cholick it will give speedy care and in many
other distempers mentioned in the printed bills of directions.
Price 2s and 6d. The bottle containing half a pint and are to
be had of Mr Madox a cane shop over against the Royal Exchange.
Mr Wignell, perfumer at the Cavalier at the lower end of Bedford
Street, Covent Garden; and Richard Gray shoemaker at the Crown
and Shoes in Fleet Street near St Dunstans church.
9. (iv) Richard 1662 no info
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- 9. (v) Elizabeth
- m. 2nd Judith Taylor, widow of William Bennet, of London.
Marriage at St Nicholas Deptford, Kent on 2 December 1617.
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- children of Sir Thomas Shirley and Judith Bennet
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- 7. (i) John Sept 1, 1618 St. Margarets, Westminster, London
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- 7. (ii) Hugh (may be the one who died 1642 St Mary Whitechapel,
Middlesex Co Mentions bro. Thomas in administration).
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- 7. (iii) Thomas, esq of West Clandon Surrey b_______d. 1
January 1657/8 in Surrey Co.and left a will; buried at Purton
Church, Oxfordshire
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- 7. (iv) Robert June 11, 1624 Colborne, Isle of Wight (living
in 1657)
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- 7. (vi) Richard Nov 14, 1625 Colborne, Isle of Wight (living
in 1657)
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- 7. (vii) Judith died as an infant
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- 7. (viii) Anne living in 1657
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- 7. (ix) Judith appears to have been the second wife of Sir
Thomas Pelham, knt. and married in 1637; she died and was buried
at Laughton Sussex 21 Nov 1638
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- 7. (x) Elizabeth died as an infant
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- 7. (xi) Bridget, bapt 7 May 1623 in Colbourne, Isle of Wight;
living in 1657
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- 7. (xii) Elizabeth (listed as a dau in the Harl. MSSS 4023
written in 1638)
- 6. (ii) Sir Anthony b. 1563 at Wiston d. 1633 Granada, Spain.
- He entered Hert Hall, Oxford in 1579 and received a B.A.
Feb 8, 1581. In November of same year he was elected probationer
of All Soul's College. From the university he removed to the
Inns of Court. In 1596 Sir Anthony Sherley undertook, under Lord
Essex's patronage, an expedition against the Isle of St. Thomas
and the settlements of the Spaniards in the West Indies. On the
eve of his departure he was presented by Essex and the Lord Admiral
to the Queen, "and used with great favor both in privy and
drawing chambers." (Details of his life can be found in
"Elizabethan Errants"). In the winter of 1598-9 Sir
Anthony was asked to go to Persia and prevail upon the King of
Persia to unite with the Christian princes against the Turks.
From Persia Sir Anthony proceeded to Russia, in the quality of
an ambassador from the Persian King to all the princes of Europe.
He received an indifferent treatment from the Czar of Muscovy
and traveled into Germany and was received with honor at Prague
by the Emperor Rudolph. From Prague he came to Nuemburg, Munick,
Trent and arrived in Rome in 1601. He afterwards retired to Venice
where he remained until the spring of 1605. He returned to Prague
and was soon after employed by the Emperor of Germany as ambassador
to the King of Morocco. In the autumn of 1606 Sir Anthony Sherley
is at Lisbon and in the spring of 1607 he is at Madrid. Here
the King of Spain made him "General of the Mediterranean
Seas." In July 1607 he was at Naples and from here he returned
to Prague to give an account of his embassy to the Emperor, by
whom he was created a Count of the Empire. In 1608 he was again
in Italy and returned to Spain. In 1611 Count Anthony Sherley
retired to Granada, Spain. (He lived in Spain 20 years). In 1622
Count Anthony Sherley wrote a book in which he incorporated various
projects which he advanced over the years. His purpose was to
get the attention of the Conde Duique de Oivares, who was then
at the beginning of his power. His projects had been: the establishment
of the cloth trades in the territories of Spain, an embargo on
the importation of manufactured goods. He suggested to Olivares
a number of ways in which his talents might be employed. There
were, for example, shameful frauds in the refining and transportation
of silver and gold from America, by which Sherley estimated,
roughly 30 per cent of the of the gold was being embezzled and
lost to the crown. In 1623 one Juan Nicholas pointed out to Olivares
the numerous occasions on which the government to the detriment
of the country had disregarded the wise counsel of Sherley. Count
Anthony had advised the Dutch should be excluded from the salt
pans at Punta Araya in Venezuela. No notice was taken of him,
with the result the Dutchmen grew rich on Spanish salt. In 1624
Count Anthony summarized a number of his projects in a single
document. He again urged that Spain should obtain control of
the Strait of Gibraltar. "I assert that with closing or
obstructing the passage of the Strait, Your Majesty is placing
his foot on the necks of the princes of Italy and the Turk, for
passage through the Strait is crucial to their commercial life".
He advocated a regular mail service between Spain and the Indies
and offered to establish it. He suggested that a company should
be formed in Mexico to sell spices. He pointed out the wisdom
of establishing a market for dyes, spices, and drugs at Final,
of fortifying the island of Mogador, of basing a merchant fleet
on Cartagena, of making peace with the Turk. But the King's ministers
were jaded and annotated his document with such comments as "No",
"Nothing" and "Nothing in this". Two years
later he put forward his most ambitious proposal, which was that
he and his Spanish descendants, his son Don Diego is mentioned
specifically, should be given proprietary rights to a town on
the island of Fadala and another in Anafa, or Mogador in Barbary,
to hold as vassals of the King of Spain with the title of Senorio
or Lord. He and his descendants would have the right to fortify
these towns and develop the fishery in the vicinity, to buy wheat,
hides, meat, and other products in Barbary, and to sell these
products to Spain. In return for these privileges Sherley agreed
to maintain a fleet of fifty ships which would be at the disposal
of the King four months of the year and for trading operations
the other eight months. He was 61 years old at this time. There
is no record this proposal was carried forward. Doubtless he
was a famous man, full of stories of the wars in Flanders, of
the munificence of the Persian court, of sea fights in the Indies,
of the horrible machinations of the famous English heretics,
Queen Elizabeth, Essex, Cecil, Sir Walter Raleigh, all of whom
he had known. He died in 1633. He is buried in the parochial
church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in Granada. Count Anthony
Sherley's death was written about in the Anales de Granada of
Francisco de Jorquera. He notes the death of Count Anthony and
says Anthony left a son of outstanding quality whom His Majesty
will employ in his service for he is capable in many matters.
In another paper, Count Anthony refers to his Spanish descendants,
his son Don Diego is mentioned specifically.
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- m. Frances Vernon. By this marriage there was no issue according
to Stemmata.
6. (iii) Sir Robert
- The youngest of the three brothers, was born at Wiston. He
accompanied his brother Sir Anthony to Persia in 1598, and remained
in that country for several years after his brothers departure.
In the year 1609 Sir Robert was employed by the Persian monarch
as ambassador to several princes of Christendom, for the purpose
of uniting them in a confederacy against the Turks. He first
went to Poland, and to Germany where he received the title of
Earl (Count) palatine and knight of the Roman Empire. He was
given the single power of legitimating all bastards, the children
of great Princes, Earls, and Barons only excepted. The title
of Earl of the sacred palace of Lalteran and Chamberlain was
also conferred upon him by Pope Paul the Fifth. He traveled to
similar places as his brother Anthony.Sir Robert Sherley arrived
in Barcelona in December 1609 and remained in Spain mostly at
Madrid. He sent for his wife who was in Poland. He had married
her in 1607. She was the daughter of a Persian Prince. In 1611
they became the parents of a son, Henry. The Prince of Wales
was his sponsor. Sir Robert remained in England during the year
1612 (the year of his father, Sir Thomas the elders, decease).
He and his wife left England in 1613 leaving little Henry in
England, whom he recommended to the protection of the Queen.
This child died in England although the exact date is not known.
Sir Robert served many years as a Persian Ambassador and died
in 1628 at Cazbyn, Persia. He was entombed under the threshold
of his own house in the city without much ceremony. His wife,
Lady Teresia (the daughter of a Persian Prince), retired after
Sir Roberts death to Rome. About 30 years later, Lady Teresia
had Roberts bones removed to Rome. She died in 1668 and they
are buried in the tomb in the church of Santa Maria della Scala
at Rome.
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- 6. (iv) Mary m Sir John Crofts of Suffolk *** (see below)
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- 6. (v) Elizabeth m Sir Edward Onslow
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- 6. (vi) Margery m Sir Pexall Brocas
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- 6. (vii) Jane m Sir John Shurley of Isfield Sussex
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- 6. (viii) Anne m Sir John Tracey of Soddington
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- 6. (ix) Cecily m Sir Thomas West Lord De la Ware
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