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Lady Anne Shelley 1480 – 1542 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1480

Birth Location: Michelgrove Manor, Clapham, Sussexshire and West Sussex, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1542

Death Location: Wiston Manor, Steyning, Sussexshire and West Sussex, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom

Father: Sir Shelley

Mother: Lady (Shelley)

Spouse(s): Sir Knight

Children(s): Beatrice Shirley

Lady Anne Shelley (of Wiston) was born in 1480 in Michelgrove Manor, Clapham, Sussexshire and West Sussex, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom, the child of Sir William Shelley and Lady Alice Belknap (Shelley). Lady Anne Shelley (of Wiston) married Sir Richard Shirley, Lord of Wiston, Knight, and had children including Beatrice Shirley. Lady Anne Shelley (of Wiston) passed away in 1542 in Wiston Manor, Steyning, Sussexshire and West Sussex, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Lady Anne Shelley (of Wiston) was born in 1480 in Michelgrove Manor, Clapham, Sussexshire and West Sussex, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom, the child of Sir William Shelley and Lady Alice Belknap (Shelley).
  • Lady Anne Shelley (of Wiston) married Sir Richard Shirley, Lord of Wiston, Knight, and had children including Beatrice Shirley.
  • Lady Anne Shelley (of Wiston) passed away in 1542 in Wiston Manor, Steyning, Sussexshire and West Sussex, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom.

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Lady Shelley's Ancestors

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Lady Shelley
1480 – 1542
Birth Place: Michelgrove Manor, Clapham, Sussexshire and West Sussex, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir William Shelley
1460 – 1549
Bechworth Castle, Clapham, Sussex, England
Lady (Alice Belknap) (Shelley)
1460 – 1537
Gidea Hall, Sussex, England
Grandparents
Lord (Henry Oston) Belknap
1428 – 1488
Griffe, Warwickshire, England
Lady (Margaret) Knolles
1432 – 1488
Sussex, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Belknape
Joan Boteler
– 1573
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Shelley's Descendants

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Lady (Anne) Shelley (1480 – 1542) m. Sir (Richard Shirley, Lord of Wiston,) Knight (1478 – 10 November 1540)
  1. 1. Beatrice Shirley (15 Jun 1512 – 1558) m. Lord (Edmund Eaton Bray - 1st Baron of Valchery) Park (1504 – 1 December 1558)
    1. 1. Sir (John Braye, Lord of Varchery) Park, (4 Aug 1534 – 6 Dec 1615) m. Lady (Margaret Haslonde Baroness) Braye (1536 – October 1618)
      1. 1. Mary (Beth Bray) Braye (12 May 1563 – 25 Sep 1629) m. Thomas Whitney (14 Jul 1560 – April 14 1637)
        1. 1. Lady (Margaret (Stitts)) Whitney, (1589 – 12 Jan 1626) m. Sir (Captain William I Powell, Gentleman, Knight of Surrey, Captain of the Governor's Guard, Commander of) Jamestown, (16 Mar 1577 – 20 Jan 1623)

Lady Shelley's Timeline

2 Records

1480
1480
Birth of Lady Anne Shelley (of Wiston) in Michelgrove Manor, Clapham, Sussexshire and West Sussex, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Michelgrove Manor, Clapham, Sussexshire and West Sussex, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom
1542
1542
Age 62
Death of Lady Anne Shelley (of Wiston) in Wiston Manor, Steyning, Sussexshire and West Sussex, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Wiston Manor, Steyning, Sussexshire and West Sussex, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1480
    Event Place: Michelgrove Manor, Clapham, Sussexshire and West Sussex, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1542
    Event Place: Wiston Manor, Steyning, Sussexshire and West Sussex, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom

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