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Name: Ralph SHIRLEY
Sex: M
Birth: Abt 1408 ^b
Death: 26 Dec 1466 ^d
Burial: Brailesford, Derbyshire ^u

Parents:

Father:
Sir Ralph SHIRLEY Birth: 23 Apr 1391 Death: Abt 1443 in France

Mother:

Joan BASSET Death: Before Aug 1408

Family:
Marriage:

Margaret STAUNTON on Abt 23 Sep 1423 .^m1
Margaret STAUNTON Birth: Abt 1405 Death: Before 1426

Children:

John SHIRLEY Birth: Abt 1426 Death: 18 May 1485 in Staunton-Harrold, Leicestershire

Marriage:

Elizabeth BLOUNT on 2 .^m2
Elizabeth BLOUNT Death: Before 1457

Children:

Marriage:

Lucia ASTON on After 1455 .^m3
Lucia ASTON Death: 12 Feb 1481/2

Bibliography

Acheson, Eric, Gentry Community: Leicestershire in fifteenth century. Cambridge: Univ Press, 1993. NYPL JFD 92-12870. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Acheson Leicester p[0-9]*].
Banks, Thomas Christopher, Baronia anglica concentrata: or, A concentrated account of all the baronies commonly called baronies in fee; deriving their origin from writ of summons, and not from any specific limited creation. London: Simpkin, 1844. Available at https://archive.org/details/baroniaanglicaco01bankuoft. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Banks Baronies v[1-2]p[0-9]*].
Burke, Sir John Bernard, Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage Baronetage and Knightage. 99th edition. London: Burke's Peerage, 1949. Available at http://archive.org/details/burkesgenealogic1949unse. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Burke Peerage [cx0-9]*].
Craig, F N, Maternal Ancestry of Governor Thomas Dudley - Purefoy, Ayot, and Denton, NEHGR v142 (Jul 1988) pp227-244. Available at http://americanancestors.org/databases/new-england-historical-and-genealogical-register/image Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Craig Dudley-Purefoy p[0-9]*].
Madan, Falconer, The Gresleys of Drakelowe: An Account of the Family, and Notes of its connexions by Marriage and Descent from the Norman Conquest, Oxford: author, 1899. Available at https://archive.org/details/The_Gresleys_of_Drakelowe. Partially (mainly illustrations) at https://archive.org/details/gri_33125007789320. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Madan Gresleys p[0-9]*].
Richardson, Douglas, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Baltimore, MD: Genelogical Publishing Co, 2005. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson MCA p[0-9]*].
Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p[0-9]*].
Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States: who were themselves notable or left descendants notable in American history, with a 2008 Addendum, Coda, and Final Additions. Baltimore, MD: Gen Pub Co, 2008. NYPL APK 08-4216. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Roberts RD600 p[0-9]*].
Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, David Faris, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who came to America before 1700, 7th Edition, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1992. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Weis AR7 #[0-9][0-9]*[A-Z]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: age 15 in 1423 [Ref: Acheson Leicester p248]; of age in 1431 [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p629],
parents:: [Ref: Acheson Leicester p248, Burke Peerage p753, Craig Dudley-Purefoy p243, Richardson MCA p749, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p628, Roberts RD600 p422]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: Richardson MCA p749, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p629]; 1466 [Ref: Acheson Leicester p248, Weis AR7 #230A]

Sources for burial Information

place:: [Ref: Richardson MCA p749, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p629]

Sources with Information about marriage to Margaret STAUNTON

date:: 1423 [Ref: Acheson Leicester p248]; first marriage of Ralph [Ref: Burke Peerage p753]; license 23 Sep 1423 [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p629],
names:: [Ref: Banks Baronies v1p188],
child:: [Ref: Acheson Leicester p214, Acheson Leicester p248, Burke Peerage p753, Richardson MCA p749, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p629, Roberts RD600 p422, Weis AR7 #230A]

Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth BLOUNT

date:: second marriage of Ralph [Ref: Acheson Leicester p248, Burke Peerage p753, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p629],
names:: [Ref: Madan Gresleys p240],
child:: [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p629]

Sources with Information about marriage to Lucia ASTON