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James de Shirley 1220–1287 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1220

Birth Location: Shirley, Derbyshire, England

Death Date: 1287

Death Location: Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England

Father: Sewallis Shirley

Mother: Isabell Meysnyll

Spouse(s): Agnes Walton

Children(s): Ralph Shirley, Simon Shirley, Isabella Shirley

James de Shirley was born in 1220 in Shirley, Derbyshire, England, the child of Sewallis De Shirley And Isabell Meysnyll. James de Shirley married Agnes Walton, and had children including Isabella De Shirley, Ralph De Shirley, Simon De Shirley. James de Shirley passed away in 1287 in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England.

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Biography

  • James de Shirley was born in 1220 in Shirley, Derbyshire, England, the child of Sewallis De Shirley And Isabell Meysnyll.
  • James de Shirley married Agnes Walton, and had children including Isabella De Shirley, Ralph De Shirley, Simon De Shirley.
  • James de Shirley passed away in 1287 in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sewallis Shirley
1194–1242
Birth Location: Shirley, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England
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Isabell Meysnyll
1198–1228
Birth Location: Old Dalby, Leicestershire, England
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Spouses(s)

Agnes Walton
1228–
Birth Location: Stratford On Avon, Warwickshire, England
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Children(s)

Ralph Shirley
1281–1327
Birth Location: Shirley Manor, Derbysville, England
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Simon Shirley
1246–
Birth Location: Shirley, Derbyshire, England
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Isabella Shirley
1254–
Birth Location: –
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James Shirley's Ancestors

Self
James Shirley
1220–1287
Birth Place: Shirley, Derbyshire, England
Parents
Sewallis de Shirley
1194–1242
Shirley, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England
Isabell Meysnyll
1198–1228
Old Dalby, Leicestershire, England
Grandparents
Henry (De Eatington) Shirley
1168–1194
Shirley, Derbyshire, England
Johanna (de) Clinton
1170–1194
Shirley, Derbyshire, England
Robert Meysnyll
1172–1206
Old Dalby, Leicestershire, England
Emma Malebisse
1184–1198
Acaster Malbis, Yorkshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Sewallis Eatington
1128–1177
Martha Ridel
1132–1177
Osbert Clinton
1154–1200
Margaret Hatton
1158–1179
Stephen Meynell
1156–1188
Joan Ros
1162–1190
Richard Malebisse
1162–1211
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Fulcher Eatington
1096–1165
Auskittel Ridel
1116–1180
Elena Morville
1120–
Osbert Clinton
1122–1162
William Hatton
1132–
Matilda
1136–
Robert Meynell
1131–1166
Gertrude Fossard
1138–1157
Everard Ros
1144–1183
Roysia Trusbut
1146–1196
William Malebise
1138–1215
Emma Percy
1140–1162

James Shirley's Descendants

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James (de) Shirley (1220–1287) m. Agnes Walton (1228–)
  1. 1. Ralph (de) Shirley 1281–1327 m. Margaret Waldeschef 1285–1327
    1. 1. Thomas (De) Shirley 1315–1363 m. Isabella Bassett 1334–1393
      1. 1. Hugh (de) Shirley 1351–1403 m. Beatrix (de) Braose 1357–1440
        1. 1. Ralph Shirley 1392–1443 m. Joan Basset 1394–1442
        2. 2. Joan Shirley 1376–
        3. 3. Isabel Shirley 1376–1476
        4. 4. Elizabeth Shirley 1378–
        5. 5. Hugh Shirley 1380–
        6. 6. Nicholaia Shirley 1386–
        7. 7. Joan Shirley 1398–1467 m. Robert Newmarch 1394–1420
  2. 2. Simon (de) Shirley 1246–
  3. 3. Isabella (de) Shirley 1254–

James Shirley's Timeline

2 Records

1220
1220
Birth of James de Shirley in Shirley, Derbyshire, England
Shirley, Derbyshire, England
1287
1287
Age 67
Death of James de Shirley in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England
Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1220
    Event Place: Shirley, Derbyshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1287
    Event Place: Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England
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