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Lady Jocosa Joyce Shirley 1515 – 1574 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1515

Birth Location: Enville, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 9 Jul 1574

Death Location: Enville, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom

Father: John Shirley

Mother: Margaret Wroth

Spouse(s): John Lee

Children(s): Lady Yaxley

Lady Jocosa Joyce Shirley was born in 1515 in Enville, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of John Thomas Shirley and Margaret Wroth. Lady Jocosa Joyce Shirley married John Lee, and had children including Lady Margaret Lee, Countess of Yaxley. Lady Jocosa Joyce Shirley passed away in 1574 in Enville, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Lady Jocosa Joyce Shirley was born in 1515 in Enville, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of John Thomas Shirley and Margaret Wroth.
  • Lady Jocosa Joyce Shirley married John Lee, and had children including Lady Margaret Lee, Countess of Yaxley.
  • Lady Jocosa Joyce Shirley passed away in 1574 in Enville, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Lady Shirley's Ancestors

Self
Lady Shirley
1515 – 1574
Birth Place: Enville, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
John Thomas Shirley
1489 – 1514
Enville, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Margaret Wroth
1487 – 1527
Enville, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Hugh Shirley
1468 – 1510
Staunton Harold, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
Anne Hevyn
1471 – 1510
Dilwyn, Herefordshire, England
John (Thomas) Wroth
1450 –
Enfield, London, England
Margaret (or Joan) Newdigate
1455 –
Enfield, London, England
Great-Grandparents
John Hevyn
1575 –
Isabell Downton
1579 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Shirley's Descendants

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Lady (Jocosa Joyce) Shirley (1515 – 9 Jul 1574) m. John Lee (1515 – 13 Apr 1573)
  1. 1. Lady (Margaret Lee, Countess of) Yaxley (7 Mar 1541 – 4 Apr 1598) m. Lancelot (Barrington Ward) Xlll (11 Jan 1551 – 25 Dec 1587)
    1. 1. Richard Sherman (4 Sep 1577 – 30 May 1660) m. Elizabeth Whiting (2 Jan 1581 – 26 Oct 1667)
      1. 1. Ann (Thomas) Smythe (1554 – 6 Dec 1664) m. Capt (Thomas FitzHenry Cromwell) (Privateer) (1552 – 9 Oct 1649)
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Mary Cromwell Price) Vickery (22 Apr 1578 – 14 Apr 1697) m. Richard Price (Oct 1575 – 31 Jul 1674)

Lady Shirley's Timeline

3 Records

1515
1515
Birth of Lady Jocosa Joyce Shirley in Enville, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Enville, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
1530
1530
Age 15
Lady Jocosa Joyce Shirley was married in England, England, United Kingdom
England, England, United Kingdom
1574
9 Jul 1574
Age 59
Death of Lady Jocosa Joyce Shirley in Enville, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Enville, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1515
    Event Place: Enville, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1530
    Event Place: England, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source: Reliques of the Rives (Ryves) : being historical and genealogical notes of the ancient family Ryves of County Dorset

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 Jul 1574
    Event Place: Enville, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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