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Richard Shirley 1478–1540 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1478

Birth Location: Wiston (Sussex) England

Death Date: 10 November 1540

Death Location: Thakeham, Sussex, England

Father: Ralph Shirley

Mother: Jane Bellingham

Spouse(s):

Children(s): Alice Shirley

In 1478, Richard Shirley entered the world in Wiston (Sussex) England, born to Ralph Iii Shirley And Jane Bellingham. Richard Shirley married Anne Shelley, and had children including Alice Shirley. Richard Shirley passed away in 1540 in Thakeham, Sussex, England.

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Biography

  • In 1478, Richard Shirley entered the world in Wiston (Sussex) England, born to Ralph Iii Shirley And Jane Bellingham.
  • Richard Shirley married Anne Shelley, and had children including Alice Shirley.
  • Richard Shirley passed away in 1540 in Thakeham, Sussex, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Ralph Shirley
1433–1509
Birth Location: Wiston Manor, Steyning, Sussexshire, England
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Jane Bellingham
1452–1486
Birth Location: Limister, Sussex, England
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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Alice Shirley
1520–1550
Birth Location: Essex, England
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Richard Shirley's Ancestors

Self
Richard Shirley
1478–1540
Birth Place: Wiston (Sussex) England
Parents
Ralph III Shirley
1433–1509
Wiston Manor, Steyning, Sussexshire, England
Jane Bellingham
1452–1486
Limister, Sussex, England
Grandparents
Ralph (II) Shirley
1406–1466
Shirley Manor, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England
Elizabeth Blount
1417–1466
Barton Blount, Derbyshire, England
Robert (Lord Bellingham) III
1406–1476
Burneshead Hall, Kendal, Westmoreland, England
Isabel (Elizabeth) Tunstall
1398–1462
Thurland Castle, Tunstall, Lancashire, England
Great-Grandparents
Richard Bellingham
1356–1409
Anne BARBURNE
1367–1408
Thomas Tunstall
1360–1415
Elisabeth Harington
1365–
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Richard Shirley's Descendants

1.
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Richard Shirley (1478–10 November 1540)
  1. 1. Alice Shirley 1520–1550
    1. 1. Martha Stacye 1535–1601 m. Lord (John Thomas) Howe 1523–1574
      1. 1. Robert (Grobham) Howe 1570–1604 m. Margret Whitmore 1570–1599
        1. 1. James Howe 1598–1702 m. Elizabeth Dane 1611–1693

Richard Shirley's Timeline

2 Records

1478
1478
Birth of Richard Shirley in Wiston (Sussex) England
Wiston (Sussex) England
1540
10 November 1540
Age 62
Death of Richard Shirley in Thakeham, Sussex, England
Thakeham, Sussex, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1478
    Event Place: Wiston (Sussex) England
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 November 1540
    Event Place: Thakeham, Sussex, England
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
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