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Hugh Shirley 1355–1403 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1355

Birth Location: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire, England

Death Date: 31 JUL 1403

Death Location: killed at the Battle of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, Eng

Father: Thomas Shirley

Mother: Isabella Basset

Spouse(s): Lady Brewes

Children(s): Ralph Shirley, Hugh Shirley, Elizabeth Shirley, Isabella Shirley, Nicholaia Shirley, Isabel Shirley, Joan Shirley, Anne Shirley

Hugh Shirley was born in 1355 in Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire, England, the child of Thomas De Shirley And Isabella Basset. Hugh Shirley married Lady Beatrix De Brewes, and had children including Anne Shirley, Elizabeth Shirley, Hugh Shirley, Isabel Shirley, Isabella De Shirley, Joan Shirley, Nicholaia Shirley, Ralph Shirley. Hugh Shirley passed away in 1403 in killed at the Battle of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, Eng.

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Biography

  • Hugh Shirley was born in 1355 in Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire, England, the child of Thomas De Shirley And Isabella Basset.
  • Hugh Shirley married Lady Beatrix De Brewes, and had children including Anne Shirley, Elizabeth Shirley, Hugh Shirley, Isabel Shirley, Isabella De Shirley, Joan Shirley, Nicholaia Shirley, Ralph Shirley.
  • Hugh Shirley passed away in 1403 in killed at the Battle of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, Eng.

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Hugh Shirley's Ancestors

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Hugh Shirley
1355–1403
Birth Place: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire, England
Parents
Thomas de Shirley
1305–1362
England
Isabella Basset
1334–1393
Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Hugh Shirley's Descendants

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Hugh Shirley (1355–31 JUL 1403) m. Lady (Beatrix de) Brewes (6 APR 1365–20 APR 1440)
  1. 1. Ralph Shirley 1391–1443 m. Joan Basset 1394–1419 m. Alice Cokayne 1406–1466
    1. 1. Ralph Shirley 1410–1466 m. Margaret Staunton 1403–1466 m. Elizabeth Blount 1422–1747
      1. 1. John (Shirley, Lord of) Ettington 1432–1486 m. Eleanor Willoughby 1433–1487
        1. 1. Robert Shirley 1461–1513 m. Mary Giffard 1464–1513 m. Jane 1460–1527
        2. 2. Baldwin Shirley 1456–
        3. 3. Anne Shirley 1451–1522 m. Thomas (Challoner) Sr. 1446–1518
        4. 4. Alice Shirley 1453–1531 m. Robert Brokesby 1440–1531
        5. 5. Thomas Shirley 1463–1516 m. Joyce Boothe 1464–1523 m. Margaret Wroth 1446–
        6. 6. Eleanor Shirley 1464– m. Robert Hesilrige 1463–1500
        7. 7. Ralph Shirley 1458–1517 m. Jane (Joan) Sheffield 1484–1535 m. Anne Waner 1478–
        8. 8. Margaret Shirley 1464–
        9. 9. Jane Shirley 1470– m. Richard Kniveton 1466–
        10. 10. Hugh Shirley 1468–1510 m. Anne Hevyn 1471–1510
        11. 11. Henry Shirley 1476–
        12. 12. Nicholas Shirley 1482–1515
        13. 13. Ann Shirley 1472– m. Thomas Poultney 1480–1540
    2. 2. Anne Shirley 1412–1504
    3. 3. Ralph Shirley 1413–1446
    4. 4. Beatrix Shirley 1405–1483 m. Nicholas Brome 1450–1517 m. John Brome 1410–1468 m. Edmund (de) Bray 1404– m. John Webb 1433–1491
  2. 2. Hugh Shirley 1375–
  3. 3. Elizabeth Shirley 1378–
  4. 4. Isabella (de) Shirley 1376–1438
  5. 5. Nicholaia Shirley 1386–
  6. 6. Isabel Shirley 1391–1459
  7. 7. Joan Shirley 1398–1467
  8. 8. Anne Shirley 1400–1450

Hugh Shirley's Timeline

2 Records

1355
1355
Birth of Hugh Shirley in Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire, England
Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire, England
1403
31 JUL 1403
Age 48
Death of Hugh Shirley in killed at the Battle of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, Eng
killed at the Battle of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, Eng

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1355
    Event Place: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 JUL 1403
    Event Place: killed at the Battle of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, Eng

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