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Elizabeth Beatrice Shirley 1512 – 1558 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 Jun 1512

Birth Location: Wiston Manor, Steyning, Sussexshire, England

Death Date: 1 January 1558

Death Location: Vachery Park, Cranley, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

Father: Sir Knight

Mother: Lady Wiston*

Spouse(s): Sir Bray, Sir (Hilhill), Henry Bray

Children(s): Hannah Blood

Elizabeth Beatrice Shirley was born in 1512 in Wiston Manor, Steyning, Sussexshire, England, the child of Sir Richard Shirley, Lord of Wiston, Knight and Lady Anne Shelley, of Wiston*. Elizabeth Beatrice Shirley married Sir Edmund "Lord Eaton Bray" 1st Baron of Valchery Park Bray, Sir John Bray (Hilhill), Henry Bray, and had children including Hannah Bray Royal Blood. Elizabeth Beatrice Shirley passed away in 1558 in Vachery Park, Cranley, Surrey, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Elizabeth Beatrice Shirley was born in 1512 in Wiston Manor, Steyning, Sussexshire, England, the child of Sir Richard Shirley, Lord of Wiston, Knight and Lady Anne Shelley, of Wiston*.
  • Elizabeth Beatrice Shirley married Sir Edmund "Lord Eaton Bray" 1st Baron of Valchery Park Bray, Sir John Bray (Hilhill), Henry Bray, and had children including Hannah Bray Royal Blood.
  • Elizabeth Beatrice Shirley passed away in 1558 in Vachery Park, Cranley, Surrey, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Knight
1478 – 1540
Birth Location: Wiston (Sussex) England
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Lady Wiston*
1480 – 1542
Birth Location: Michelgrove Manor, Clapham, Sussexshire and West Sussex, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom
LW

Spouses(s)

Sir Bray
1504 – 1558
Birth Location: Plymouth, Devonshire, Olde England
SB
Sir (Hilhill)
1500 – 1585
Birth Location: Wherwell, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
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Henry Bray
Birth Location: –
HB

Children(s)

Hannah Blood
1530 – 1550
Birth Location: Sedgeberrow, Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
HB

Elizabeth Shirley's Ancestors

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Elizabeth Shirley
1512 – 1558
Birth Place: Wiston Manor, Steyning, Sussexshire, England
Parents
Sir Richard Shirley, Lord of Wiston, Knight
1478 – 1540
Wiston (Sussex) England
Lady (Anne Shelley, of) Wiston*
1480 – 1542
Michelgrove Manor, Clapham, Sussexshire and West Sussex, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Elizabeth Shirley's Descendants

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Elizabeth (Beatrice) Shirley (15 Jun 1512 – 1 January 1558) m. Sir (Edmund "Lord Eaton Bray" 1st Baron of Valchery Park) Bray (1 Jan 1504 – 1 Dec 1558) m. Sir (John Bray) (Hilhill) (1500 – 1585) m. Henry Bray
  1. 1. Hannah (Bray Royal) Blood (1530 – 1550)

Elizabeth Shirley's Timeline

2 Records

1512
15 Jun 1512
Birth of Elizabeth Beatrice Shirley in Wiston Manor, Steyning, Sussexshire, England
Wiston Manor, Steyning, Sussexshire, England
1558
1 January 1558
Age 46
Death of Elizabeth Beatrice Shirley in Vachery Park, Cranley, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Vachery Park, Cranley, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 15 Jun 1512
    Event Place: Wiston Manor, Steyning, Sussexshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 January 1558
    Event Place: Vachery Park, Cranley, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
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