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George Francis Shirley 1515 – 1571 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 26 Jan 1515

Birth Location: Staunton Harold, Leicestershire, England

Death Date: 27 Jul 1571

Death Location: Breedon On Hill, Leicestershire, England

Father: Ralph Shirley

Mother: Jane Sheffield

Spouse(s): Dorothea Shirley

Children(s): Sir Sussex, John Shelley, Lady Shirley, Sir Shirley, Jane Westneston, Cecilia Shirley, Alice Convers, Richard Shirley, Jane Shirley, Isabel Shirley, John Shirley, Aleanor Shirley, Francis Shirley, Francis Shirley, John Shirley, Edward Shirley, Edward Shirley, John Shirley, Samuel Shirley\Sale\Searles, Sir Shirley\Sale\Searles\Sherrill, Arthur Sale, Arthur Shirley, Edward Shirley, Elizabeth Priest, Elizabeth Priest, ELIZABETH Shirley, Andrew Freeman, Agnes Parker, Arthur SHIRLEY, Arthur Shirley\Sale\Searles, Cassandra SHIRLEY, Cassandra Shirley, Ralph Shirley, Ralph Shirley, Thomas Searle, Samuel Shirley\Sale\Searles, Thomas Shirley\Sale\Searles, Anne Sherley, Mary SHIRLEY, Mary Shirley, Alice Shirley, Alice Shirley, Anna\e Shirley\Searles, Ralph Shirley, Sir Shirley\Sale\Searles, Samuel Shirley, Elizabeth Congreve

George Francis Shirley Sir was born in 1515 in Staunton Harold, Leicestershire, England, the child of Ralph Shirley and Jane Sheffield. George Francis Shirley Sir married Dorothea Shirley, and had children including Sir William Shirley of Winston and Sussex, John Shelley, Lady Beatrice Shirley, Sir William Shirley, Jane Westneston, Cecilia Shirley, Alice Convers, Richard Shirley, Jane Shirley, Isabel Shirley, John Shirley, Aleanor Shirley, Francis Shirley, Francis Shirley, John Shirley, Edward of Shirley, Edward of Shirley, John Shirley, Samuel Shirley\Sale\Searles, Sir John Shirley\Sale\Searles\Sherrill, Arthur Shirley Sale, Arthur Shirley, Edward Shirley, Elizabeth Shirley of Priest, Elizabeth Shirley of Priest, ELIZABETH Shirley, Andrew Freeman, Agnes Parker, Arthur SHIRLEY, Arthur Shirley\Sale\Searles, Cassandra SHIRLEY, Cassandra Shirley, Ralph Shirley, Ralph Shirley, Thomas Searle, Samuel Shirley\Sale\Searles, Thomas Shirley\Sale\Searles, Anne Sherley, Mary SHIRLEY, Mary Shirley, Alice of Shirley, Alice of Shirley, Anna\e Shirley\Searles, Ralph Shirley, Sir Ralph Shirley\Sale\Searles, Samuel Shirley, Elizabeth Congreve. George Francis Shirley Sir passed away in 1571 in Breedon On Hill, Leicestershire, England.

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Biography

  • George Francis Shirley Sir was born in 1515 in Staunton Harold, Leicestershire, England, the child of Ralph Shirley and Jane Sheffield.
  • George Francis Shirley Sir married Dorothea Shirley, and had children including Sir William Shirley of Winston and Sussex, John Shelley, Lady Beatrice Shirley, Sir William Shirley, Jane Westneston, Cecilia Shirley, Alice Convers, Richard Shirley, Jane Shirley, Isabel Shirley, John Shirley, Aleanor Shirley, Francis Shirley, Francis Shirley, John Shirley, Edward of Shirley, Edward of Shirley, John Shirley, Samuel Shirley\Sale\Searles, Sir John Shirley\Sale\Searles\Sherrill, Arthur Shirley Sale, Arthur Shirley, Edward Shirley, Elizabeth Shirley of Priest, Elizabeth Shirley of Priest, ELIZABETH Shirley, Andrew Freeman, Agnes Parker, Arthur SHIRLEY, Arthur Shirley\Sale\Searles, Cassandra SHIRLEY, Cassandra Shirley, Ralph Shirley, Ralph Shirley, Thomas Searle, Samuel Shirley\Sale\Searles, Thomas Shirley\Sale\Searles, Anne Sherley, Mary SHIRLEY, Mary Shirley, Alice of Shirley, Alice of Shirley, Anna\e Shirley\Searles, Ralph Shirley, Sir Ralph Shirley\Sale\Searles, Samuel Shirley, Elizabeth Congreve.
  • George Francis Shirley Sir passed away in 1571 in Breedon On Hill, Leicestershire, England.

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Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

George Shirley's Ancestors

Self
George Shirley
1515 – 1571
Birth Place: Staunton Harold, Leicestershire, England
Parents
Ralph Shirley
1482 – 1535
Staunton Harold, Leicestershire, England
Jane Sheffield
1474 – 1528
Nottinghamshire, England
Grandparents
Robert Shirley
1458 – 1517
Staunton Harold, Leicestershire, England
Jane
1460 – 1527
Staunton Harold, Leicestershire, England
Robert Sheffield
– 1502
Butterwick,,Lincolnshire,England
Genette Lownde
Butterwick,Boston,Lincolnshire,England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

George Shirley's Descendants

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George (Francis) Shirley (26 Jan 1515 – 27 Jul 1571) m. Dorothea Shirley (1520 – 29 Oct 1571)
  1. 1. Sir (William Shirley of Winston and) Sussex (1498 – 29 May 1551)
  2. 2. John Shelley (1508 – 29 May 1551)
  3. 3. Lady (Beatrice) Shirley (1512 – 1558)
  4. 4. Sir (William) Shirley (1516 – 29 May 1551)
  5. 5. Jane Westneston (1516 – )
  6. 6. Cecilia Shirley (1520 – )
  7. 7. Alice Convers (1520 – 1555)
  8. 8. Richard Shirley (1522 – 29 May 1551)
  9. 9. Jane Shirley (Abt. 1524 – 1556)
  10. 10. Isabel Shirley (1528 – 1556)
  11. 11. John Shirley (1529-33 – 12 Sep 1570-77)
  12. 12. Aleanor Shirley (1530 – 1556)
  13. 13. Francis Shirley (1533 – abt 1577)
  14. 14. Francis Shirley (1533 – abt 1577)
  15. 15. John Shirley (21 Jun 1533 – 12 September 1570)
  16. 16. Edward (of) Shirley (1536 – 1537)
  17. 17. Edward (of) Shirley (abt 1536 – abt 1537)
  18. 18. John Shirley (1537 – 12 September 1570) m. Baroness (Jane Shirley) Lovett (1537 – Aug 1582) m. Agnes (Byrch) Parker (20 Jul 1540 – 20 Jan 1600) m. Agnes (Byrch) Parker (1525 – 20 January 1599) m. Jane Lovett (1537 – 20 January 1599)
    1. 1. Thomas Searle (1550 – 19 Apr 1619)
    2. 2. Joane Ellys (1550 – 1652)
    3. 3. Thomas (A) Searle (2 March 1560 – 19 April 1619)
    4. 4. Edward Searles (4 Apr 1563 – 13 Dec 1620)
    5. 5. John (Searle) Sale (26 Nov 1564 – 13 Dec 1620)
    6. 6. Thomas Sale (1565 – 19 Apr 1619)
    7. 7. Josias (Sales) Searles (13 Jan 1565 – 2 Aug 1607)
    8. 8. Richard Searles (1 Nov 1567 – 1 Nov 1567)
    9. 9. Ellen Sale (7 Nov 1568 – 24 Jul 1611)
    10. 10. Josias (Searles) Sales (28 Oct 1570 – 13 Dec 1620)
  19. 19. Samuel Shirley\Sale\Searles (1537 – Nov 15 1577)
  20. 20. Sir (John) Shirley\Sale\Searles\Sherrill (1537 – 15 Nov 1577)
  21. 21. Arthur (Shirley) Sale (abt 1538 – abt 1539)
  22. 22. Arthur Shirley (abt 1538 – 1539)
  23. 23. Edward Shirley (1539 – 1539)
  24. 24. Elizabeth (Shirley of) Priest (1540 – 16 May 1620)
  25. 25. Elizabeth (Shirley of) Priest (1540 – 16 May 1620)
  26. 26. ELIZABETH Shirley (1540 – 1620)
  27. 27. Andrew Freeman (Abt 1540 – 15 Nov 1577)
  28. 28. Agnes Parker (1541 – 20 Jan 1599)
  29. 29. Arthur SHIRLEY (ABT 1544 – )
  30. 30. Arthur Shirley\Sale\Searles (ABT 1544 – 1539)
  31. 31. Cassandra SHIRLEY (ABT 1546 – abt 1600)
  32. 32. Cassandra Shirley (Abt 1546 – abt 1600)
  33. 33. Ralph Shirley (1548 – 1620)
  34. 34. Ralph Shirley (1548 – 1620)
  35. 35. Thomas Searle (1550 – 19 Apr 1619)
  36. 36. Samuel Shirley\Sale\Searles (1550 – 19 Sep 1608)
  37. 37. Thomas Shirley\Sale\Searles (1550 – 19 Apr 1619)
  38. 38. Anne Sherley (1550 – 19 Sep 1608)
  39. 39. Mary SHIRLEY (ABT 1550 – abt 1610)
  40. 40. Mary Shirley (Abt 1550 – abt 1610)
  41. 41. Alice (of) Shirley (ABT 1552 – 19 Sep 1608)
  42. 42. Alice (of) Shirley (ABT 1552 – 19 Sep 1608)
  43. 43. Anna\e Shirley\Searles (SEP 1554 – 19 September 1608) m. John (Brooke of Madeley) Court (1538 – 20 OCT 1598)
    1. 1. Katherine Brooks (1563 – 1616)
    2. 2. Franncys Brock (1565 – abt 1634)
    3. 3. Richard Brooke (1569 – 10 Apr 1632)
    4. 4. RICHARD (JOHN) BROOKE (April 1569 – 20 Jan 1599)
    5. 5. Grace Brooke (Abt 1572 – abt 1573)
    6. 6. Henry Brock (24 August 1573 – 1 June 1652)
    7. 7. Basil Brooke (12 JUN 1576 – 31 DEC 1646)
    8. 8. Dorothy Brooke (1585 – )
    9. 9. Henry Brock (1590 – 1 June 1692)
    10. 10. Priscilla Brooke (1591 – aft 1624)
    11. 11. Priscilla Brooks (1591 – )
    12. 12. Francis (Brock) (Brooke) (1593 – July 25 1633)
    13. 13. Milbridga Brooke (1595 – )
    14. 14. Robert Brook
    15. 15. Richard (John) Brooke (April 1569 – 20 Jan 1599) m. Elizabeth Brooke (1565 – abt 1624)
      1. 1. Humphery Brooke (1587 – )
      2. 2. Charles Brooke (1589 – 1678)
      3. 3. Elizabeth Brooke (1593 – )
      4. 4. Frances Brooke (1597 – )
      5. 5. William Brook (About 1597 – 16 Apr 1680)
      6. 6. Richard (Parker) Brooke (BEF DEC 1599 – BEF DEC 1714) m. Elizabeth Brooke (ABT 1567 – abt 1766)
        1. 1. Robert Brooke (1635 – BEF DEC 1686) m. Joane Twap (1630 – 10 December, 1670)
      7. 7. Lily Brocke
    16. 16. Eziebiell Brooke ( – abt 1628)
  44. 44. Ralph Shirley (1562 – abt 1620)
  45. 45. Sir (Ralph) Shirley\Sale\Searles (1562 – abt 1620)
  46. 46. Samuel Shirley
  47. 47. Elizabeth Congreve ( – 1603)

George Shirley's Timeline

2 Records

1515
26 Jan 1515
Birth of George Francis Shirley Sir in Staunton Harold, Leicestershire, England
Staunton Harold, Leicestershire, England
1571
27 Jul 1571
Age 56
Death of George Francis Shirley Sir in Breedon On Hill, Leicestershire, England
Breedon On Hill, Leicestershire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 26 Jan 1515
    Event Place: Staunton Harold, Leicestershire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Langford, Essex, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Langford, Hertfordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Staunton Harolde, Leicest
    Record Source: England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858, The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 53

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Stauntonhanlde, Leicest
    Record Source: England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858, The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 53

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 Jul 1571
    Event Place: Breedon On Hill, Leicestershire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858, The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 53
    [2] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Breedon on the Hill, North West Leicestershire District, Leicestershire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

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