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William Clapham Shelley 1480 – 1549 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1480

Birth Location: Clapham, Sussex, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: BEF 10 MAY 1549

Death Location: Sussex, England, United Kingdom

Father: <Living> None

Mother: Elizabeth Michelgrove

Spouse(s): Alice Belknap

Children(s): John Shelley, Richard Shelley, Thomas Shelley, James Shelley, Edward Shelley, Elizabeth Schelley, Anes Knight, Margaret Shelley, Shelley None, John Shelley, Katherine Shelley

William Clapham Shelley was born in 1480 in Clapham, Sussex, England, United Kingdom, the child of <Living> and Elizabeth Michelgrove. William Clapham Shelley married Alice Belknap, and had children including John Shelley, Richard Shelley, Thomas Shelley, James Shelley, Edward Shelley, Elizabeth Schelley, Anes Knight, Margaret Shelley, Shelley, John Shelley, Katherine Shelley. William Clapham Shelley passed away in 1549 in Sussex, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • William Clapham Shelley was born in 1480 in Clapham, Sussex, England, United Kingdom, the child of <Living> and Elizabeth Michelgrove.
  • William Clapham Shelley married Alice Belknap, and had children including John Shelley, Richard Shelley, Thomas Shelley, James Shelley, Edward Shelley, Elizabeth Schelley, Anes Knight, Margaret Shelley, Shelley, John Shelley, Katherine Shelley.
  • William Clapham Shelley passed away in 1549 in Sussex, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

<Living> None
Birth Location: –
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Elizabeth Michelgrove
1450 – 1513
Birth Location: Clapham, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Alice Belknap
1475 – 1537
Birth Location: Sussex, England, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

John Shelley
1486 – 1550
Birth Location: Clapham, Sussex, England, United Kingdom
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Richard Shelley
1487 – 1581
Birth Location: Malta, Malta
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Thomas Shelley
1489 – 1560
Birth Location: Mapledurham, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
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James Shelley
1489 –
Birth Location: England, United Kingdom
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Edward Shelley
1491 –
Birth Location: Mapledurham, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
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Elizabeth Schelley
1495 –
Birth Location: Michelgrove, Sussex, England, United Kingdom
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Anes Knight
1496 – 1543
Birth Location: Betchworth, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
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Margaret Shelley
1499 –
Birth Location: Mapledurham, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
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Shelley None
1504 –
Birth Location: Michelgrove, Sussex, England, United Kingdom
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John Shelley
1508 – 1550
Birth Location: Kent, England, United Kingdom
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Katherine Shelley
1509 –
Birth Location: Mapledurham, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
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William Shelley's Ancestors

Self
William Shelley
1480 – 1549
Birth Place: Clapham, Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Parents
<Living>
Elizabeth Michelgrove
1450 – 1513
Clapham, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
John Shelley
1428 – 1515
Rye, Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Béatrice Harkwood
1432 –
Rye, Sussex, England, United Kingdom
John Michelgrove
1424 – 1509
Penhurst, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Mary Sidney
1428 – 1478
Penhurst, Kent, England
Great-Grandparents
Robert Shelley
1402 – 1517
Elizabeth Petit
1413 –
Sir Hawkwood
1406 –
Julius Hawkwood
1410 –
John Michelgrove
1400 – 1459
Joan
1400 –
William Sidney
1389 – 1465
Elizabeth Michell
1390 – 1446
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Shelley
1376 – 1401
John Pettit
1380 – 1455
Margery Trenowith
1380 – 1460
John Michelgrove
1375 –
Joan Welton
1375 –
William Sydney
1360 –
Alicia Clumford
1355 – 1415
John Michell
1368 – 1445
Margret Matham
1374 – 1455

William Shelley's Descendants

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William (Clapham) Shelley (1480 – BEF 10 MAY 1549) m. Alice Belknap (1475 – 7 MAR 1537)
  1. 1. John Shelley (ABT 1486 – 16 DEC 1550) m. Mary FitzWilliam (1500 – ABT 1565) m. Mary FitzWilliam (1510 – 1562)
    1. 1. William Shelley (14 SEP 1518 – 15 APR 1597) m. Jane Lingen (ABT 1518 – ABT 1600) m. Mary (Margaret) Wriothesley (1518 – ABT 1600)
    2. 2. Eleanor Shelley (ABT 1525 – ) m. Thomas Norton (ABT 1527 – ABT 1600) m. Richard Shirley (1478 – 10 NOV 1540) m. George Colton (ABT 1515 – ) m. George Colton (ABT 1530 – ABT 1600) m. George Colton m. Richard Sherley (ABT 1525 – ) m. Living m. Living
    3. 3. Bridgett Shelley (1526 – 4 JUN 1621) m. Sir (Anthony K) Hungerford (1525 – 25 MAY 1594) m. Thomas Townsend (1 OCT 1534 – 12 JUN 1591)
    4. 4. John Shelley (ABT 1527 – 27 AUG 1592) m. Eleanor Lovell (6 JUN 1565 – 12 DEC 1604)
      1. 1. Elizabeth Shelley (ABT 1558 – UNKNOWN) m. Thomas Timperleigh (ABT 1585 – )
      2. 2. Henry Shelley (1562 – )
      3. 3. Elizabeth (Shelley) Apsley (1564 – ABT 1620)
      4. 4. John (ABT 1565 – )
      5. 5. Robert Shelley (4 MAR 1566 – 20 NOV 1642) m. Alice Tassell (1586 – JAN 1639)
        1. 1. Ann (Shelly) Shirley (1603 – )
        2. 2. Robert Shelley (1612 – 6 SEP 1692) m. Judith Garnett (1608 – 1668) m. Susanna Dimmick (1635 – 6 SEP 1692)
      6. 6. John (( Baronet)) Shelly (ABT 1585 – 20 NOV 1642) m. Jane Reresby (ABT 1589 – )
      7. 7. Robert Shelly (1586 – 1636) m. Alice Tassell (1586 – JAN 1639)
        1. 1. Margaret Shelley (1604 – )
        2. 2. Margaret Shelley (ABT 1604 – 1634)
        3. 3. Anne Shelley (1612 – 1660)
        4. 4. Anne Shelley (17 AUG 1612 – 9 DEC 1668) m. Richard Foxwell (1610 – 7 APR 1668)
        5. 5. Anne Shelley (1633 – 1647)
        6. 6. Ann Foxwell (1635 – 1635)
        7. 7. Hannah Shelley (2 JUL 1637 – 5 APR 1709) m. David Linnell (1627 – 30 JUN 1667) m. John Davis (15 MAR 1628 – JAN 1703) m. Nicolas Linnel (1647 – )
      8. 8. John Shelly (1586 – 20 NOV 1642)
      9. 9. Henry Shelley (ABT 1588 – UNKNOWN)
      10. 10. Elizabeth Shelley (1590 – )
    5. 5. James Shelley (ABT 1531 – ) m. Eleanor Lovell (6 JUN 1565 – 12 DEC 1604)
    6. 6. Sarah Perry (1532 – 1581)
    7. 7. Elizabeth Shelley (ABT 1532 – ) m. Thomas Guildford (ABT 1532 – 15 JUN 1574)
    8. 8. Elizabeth Shelley (ABT 1533 – From 1537 to 1614) m. Thomas Guildford (1533 – 15 JUN 1574)
    9. 9. Richard Shelley (ABT 1534 – 8 OCT 1594) m. Dorothy Hill (ABT 1533 – 4 JUN 1600)
    10. 10. Margaret Shelly (ABT 1535 – 1586) m. Edward Gage (1539 – )
    11. 11. Mary Shelley (ABT 1537 – ) m. George Cotton (1532 – ABT 1600) m. Living
    12. 12. Alice Shelley (1549 – )
  2. 2. Richard Shelley (1487 – 1581)
  3. 3. Thomas Shelley (ABT 1489 – ABT 1560) m. Mary Copeley (<1493> – ABT 1560) m. Mary Copley (1499 – )
  4. 4. James Shelley (ABT 1489 – )
  5. 5. Edward Shelley (ABT 1491 – )
  6. 6. Elizabeth Schelley (1495 – ) m. Roger Copley (1473 – BEF 1512) m. Roger Copley (ABT 1473 – 1560)
  7. 7. Anes Knight (1496 – 1543) m. William Browne (1441 – ) m. William Browne (1470 – 19 NOV 1506)
  8. 8. Margaret Shelley (ABT 1499 – ) m. <Living>
  9. 9. Shelley (ABT 1504 – )
  10. 10. John Shelley (ABT 1508 – 16 DEC 1550) m. Mary FitzWilliam (1500 – ABT 1565) m. Mary FitzWilliam (1500 – 1561) m. Mary FitzWilliam (1510 – 1562)
    1. 1. Margaret Shelley (1535 – )
    2. 2. Richard Shelley (ABT 1522 – )
    3. 3. Anne Shelley (ABT 1525 – )
    4. 4. Eleonor Shelley (1528 – 15 APR 1597) m. George Colton (1523 – )
    5. 5. James Shelley (ABT 1531 – )
    6. 6. Katherine Shelley (EST 1550 – ) m. Edward Hammond (ABT 1548 – )
    7. 7. Alice Shelley (ABT 1553 – ) m. Thomas Randall (ABT 1551 – )
  11. 11. Katherine Shelley (1509 – ) m. Henry Browne (1502 – 1557)

William Shelley's Timeline

3 Records

1480
1480
Birth of William Clapham Shelley in Clapham, Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Clapham, Sussex, England, United Kingdom
1549
BEF 10 MAY 1549
Age 69
Death of William Clapham Shelley in Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Sussex, England, United Kingdom
1549
BEF 10 MAY 1549
Age 69
Burial of William Clapham Shelley in Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Sussex, England, United Kingdom

Sources

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

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: BEF 10 MAY 1549
    Event Place: Sussex, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: BEF 10 MAY 1549
    Event Place: Sussex, England, United Kingdom
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