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William Shelley 1480–1549 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1480

Birth Location: Clapham, Sussex

Death Date: 1549

Death Location: Sussex, England

Father: John Shelley

Mother: Elizabeth Michelgrove

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Children(s):

William Shelley was born in 1480 in Clapham, Sussex, the child of John I Sir Knight Shelley And Elizabeth Michelgrove. William Shelley passed away in 1549 in Sussex, England.

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Biography

  • William Shelley was born in 1480 in Clapham, Sussex, the child of John I Sir Knight Shelley And Elizabeth Michelgrove.
  • William Shelley passed away in 1549 in Sussex, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Shelley
1428–1515
Birth Location: Rye, Sussex, , England
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Elizabeth Michelgrove
1450–1513
Birth Location: Chaphan, Sussex
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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

William Shelley's Ancestors

Self
William Shelley
1480–1549
Birth Place: Clapham, Sussex
Parents
John I Sir Knight Shelley
1428–1515
Rye, Sussex, , England
Elizabeth Michelgrove
1450–1513
Chaphan, Sussex
Grandparents
Robert Shelley
1402–1517
Michelgrove Manor, Sussex, England
Lady (Elizabeth) Petit
1406–1517
Rye, Sussex, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Shelley
1376–
Eleanor Peverell
1380–1423
John Sir
1362–1429
Margaret Carminow
1365–1412
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Shelley's Timeline

2 Records

1480
1480
Birth of William Shelley in Clapham, Sussex
Clapham, Sussex
1549
1549
Age 69
Death of William Shelley in Sussex, England
Sussex, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1480
    Event Place: Clapham, Sussex

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1549
    Event Place: Sussex, England
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