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  • Name: Sir Ralph SHIRLEY
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 23 Apr 1391 b
  • Death: Abt 1443 in France d
  • Burial: Lady Chapel of the Collegiate Church of Newark, Leicester u


  • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Sir Hugh SHIRLEY Birth: Abt 1362 Death: 22 Jul 1403 in Shrewsbury
  • Mother:
  • Beatrix De BREUSE Birth: Abt 1366 Death: 20 Apr 1440

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Beatrix SHIRLEY Death: 10 Jul 1483
  2. Ralph SHIRLEY Birth: Abt 1408 Death: 26 Dec 1466

Marriage: Children:
  1. Ralph SHIRLEY

Bibliography
  1. 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]*].
  2. 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]*].
  3. Craig, F N, Whose son was Peter de Braose, NEHGR v150 (Jul 1996). pp315-24. Available at http://americanancestors.org/databases/new-england-historical-and-genealogical-register/image Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Craig Braose p[0-9]*].
  4. 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]*].
  5. Craig, F N, Glanvilles and Roger God-Save-The-Ladies, The American Genealogist vol 71 no 4 (Oct 1996), pp200-4. Available at http://americanancestors.org/databases/american-genealogist-the/image/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Craig SaveTheLadies p[0-9]*].
  6. Roskell, J S, History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1386-1421. Wolfboro Falls, NH: Alan Sutton, 1992. NYPL JFE 95-5018. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: HoP 1386-1421 v[1-4]p[0-9]*].
  7. 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]*].
  8. Richardson, Douglas, Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Baltimore, MD: Genelogical Publishing Co, 2004. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson PA p[0-9]*].
  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 v3p[0-9]*].
  10. 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]*].
  11. 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]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: HoP 1386-1421 v4p366, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p628],
parents:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p753, Craig Braose p324, Craig Dudley-Purefoy p243, Craig SaveTheLadies p204, HoP 1386-1421 v4p364, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p626, Roberts RD600 p422],
father:
[Ref: HoP 1386-1421 v4p366]
Sources for death Information
date:
abt 1443 [Ref: Richardson MCA p749, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p629]
after 1415 [Ref: Craig SaveTheLadies p204]
age 52 [Ref: Craig Dudley-Purefoy p243],
place:
[Ref: Richardson MCA p749, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p629]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: Richardson MCA p749, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p629]
Sources with Information about marriage to Joan BASSET
date:
first marriage of Ralph [Ref: Craig Dudley-Purefoy p243, HoP 1386-1421 v4p366, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p628],
child:
[Ref: Acheson Leicester p248, Burke Peerage p753, Craig Braose p324, Craig Dudley-Purefoy p243, Craig SaveTheLadies p204, Richardson MCA p749, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p270, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p628, Roberts RD600 p422, Roberts RD600 p423]
Sources with Information about marriage to Alice COKAYNE
date:
before 14 May 1419 [Ref: Richardson MCA p748, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p628]
before 1419 [Ref: Acheson Leicester p248]
between 1412 and May 1419 [Ref: HoP 1386-1421 v4p366],
names:
[Ref: Richardson MCA p227, Richardson PA p224, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p639],
child:
[Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p628]
Research Notes:
Knt, of Lower Ettington, Warwickshire, Shirley, Derbyshire, and Colston Bassett and Ratcliffe-upon-Soar, Nottinghamshire, Wiston, Sussex, etc [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p628]
of Lower Ettington, Warws, Shirley, Derbys, and Ratcliffe-upon-Soar, Notts [Ref: HoP 1386-1421 v4p366]

also known as Ralph Basset [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p628]

heir of his father [Ref: HoP 1386-1421 v4p366, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p628]

8 Apr 1413: knighted [Ref: HoP 1386-1421 v4p366]

1420-2: Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p628]

Knight of the Shire for Leicestershire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p628]

1420: Member of Parliament for Leicestershire [Ref: HoP 1386-1421 v4p366]

Nov 1420: elected Knight of the Shire for Leicestershire [Ref: Acheson Leicester p248]

Master Forester of the duchy of Lancaster honour of Leicester [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p628]



Pedigree of Sir Ralph SHIRLEY
                                                                /-----Fulk Fitz SASWALO
                                                       /-----Saswalo Fitz FULCHER
                                                      |         \-----Margaret
                                              /-----Henry Fitz SASWALO
                                             |        |         /-----Richard BASSET, Justiciar Of England
                                             |         \-----Matilda BASSET
                                             |                  \-----Maud RIDEL
                                     /-----Sewallis De SHIRLEY
                                    |        |         /-----John De CLINTON
                                    |         \-----Joanna De CLINTON
                            /-----Sir James De SHIRLEY
                           |        |                           /-----Gilbert De MEINILL
                           |        |                  /-----Robert De MEINILL
                           |        |         /-----Robert De MEINILL
                           |         \-----Isabel De MEINILL
                   /-----Sir Ralph De SHIRLEY
                  |        |         /-----Simon De WALTON, Bishop of Norwick
                  |         \-----Agnes De WALTON
          /-----Sir Thomas SHIRLEY
         |        |         /-----Walter De WALDESHIEF
         |         \-----Margaret De WALDESHIEF
 /-----Sir Hugh SHIRLEY
|        |                                    /-----(Unk) De MEINILL
|        |                           /-----(Unk) De MEINILL
|        |                          |        |         /-----Geoffrey De SAVAGE
|        |                          |         \-----Philippa De SAVAGE
|        |                          |                 |         /-----Sir Hugh Le DESPENSER
|        |                          |                  \-----Pernel Le DESPENSER
|        |                  /-----Hugh MEYNELL
|        |         /-----Hugh De MEINILL
|        |        |        |                  /-----Sir John De La WARDE
|        |        |        |         /-----Robert De La WARDE, Lord Warde
|        |        |        |        |         \-----Lucia
|        |        |         \-----Joan De La WARDE
|        |        |                  \-----(Unk)
|         \-----Isabel De MEINELL
|                 |                                             /-----Adam Of Aldithley
|                 |                                    /-----Henry Of Aldithley
|                 |                                   |         \-----Emma FITZRALF
|                 |                           /-----James De AUDLEY
|                 |                          |        |         /-----Sir Ralph MAINWARING, Seneschal Of Chester
|                 |                          |         \-----Bertrad MAINWARING
|                 |                          |                  \-----Amicia Of Chester
|                 |                  /-----Sir Nicholas De AUDLEY
|                 |                 |        |                  /-----William LONGESPEE, Earl of Salisbury
|                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir William De LONGESPEE
|                 |                 |        |        |         \-----Ela Of Salisbury
|                 |                 |         \-----Ela LONGESPEE
|                 |                 |                 |         /-----Richard De Camville
|                 |                 |                  \-----Idoine De Camville
|                 |                 |                           \-----Eustacia BASSET
|                 |         /-----Sir Nicholas De AUDLEY, Lord Audley Of Heleigh
|                 |        |        |                           /-----Sir Ellis III GIFFARD, Baron Of Elston
|                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir Elis IV GIFFORD, Baron Of Elston
|                 |        |        |         /-----Sir John GIFFORD, Lord Gifford Of Brimsfield
|                 |        |        |        |        |         /-----John MAUTRAVERS
|                 |        |        |        |         \-----Alice MAUTRAVERS
|                 |        |        |        |                  \-----Alice FITZ GEOFFREY
|                 |        |         \-----Catherine GIFFARD
|                 |        |                 |                  /-----Walter CLIFFORD, Baron Of Clifford
|                 |        |                 |         /-----Walter De CLIFFORD, Baron Of Clifford
|                 |        |                 |        |         \-----Agnes De CONDET
|                 |        |                  \-----Maud De CLIFFORD
|                 |        |                          |         /-----Llewellyn Fawr The Great AP IORWORTH, Prince Of North Wales
|                 |        |                           \-----Margaret Of Wales
|                 |        |                                    \-----Joan
|                  \-----Alice AUDLEY
|                          |                                    /-----William Fitz MARTIN, Baron Of Blagdon
|                          |                           /-----Sir Nicholas Fitz MARTIN, Baron Of Blagdon
|                          |                          |         \-----Avice De TORITON
|                          |                  /-----Nicholas MARTIN
|                          |                 |         \-----Unk
|                          |         /-----William MARTIN, Lord Martin
|                          |        |        |         /-----Guy De BRIAN
|                          |        |         \-----Maud De BRIAN
|                          |        |                 |         /-----Henry De TRACY, Baron Of Barnstaple
|                          |        |                  \-----Eve De TRACY
|                          |        |                           \-----Maud DE BRAOSE
|                           \-----Joan De MARTIN
|                                   |                           /-----Herbert FITZ HERBERT
|                                   |                  /-----Piers FITZ HERBERT
|                                   |                 |         \-----Lucy Of Hereford
|                                   |         /-----Sir Reynold FITZ PIERS
|                                   |        |        |         /-----Robert FITZ ROGER, Baron Of Whalton
|                                   |        |         \-----Alice De WARKWORTH
|                                   |        |                  \-----Margery De CHESNEY, Lady Of Horsford
|                                    \-----Eleanor FITZ PIERS
|                                            |         /-----William STANFORD
|                                             \-----Alice STANFORD
Sir Ralph SHIRLEY
|                                                               /-----William De BRAOS, Baron Of Bramber
|                                                      /-----William De BRAOS, Baron Of Bramber
|                                                     |         \-----Bertha Of Hereford
|                                             /-----William De BRAOSE, Lord Of Gower
|                                            |        |         /-----Bernard De St VALERY, Baron Of Beckley
|                                            |         \-----Matilda De ST VALERIE De HAIA
|                                            |                  \-----Matilda
|                                    /-----John De BRAOSE, Baron Of Bramber
|                                   |        |                  /-----Roger De CLARE, Earl Of Hertford
|                                   |        |         /-----Richard De CLARE, Earl Of Hertford, MC Surety
|                                   |        |        |         \-----Maud St. HILLARY
|                                   |         \-----Matilda DE CLARE
|                                   |                 |         /-----William Meullant FITZ ROBERT, Earl Of Gloucester
|                                   |                  \-----Amice MEULANT, Countess Of Gloucester
|                                   |                           \-----Hawise DeBEAUMONT
|                           /-----William De BREUSE, Lord Breuse
|                          |        |                           /-----Owain Gwynedd Prince Of Gwynedd
|                          |        |                  /-----Iorworth Drwyndwn Prince Of Gwynedd
|                          |        |                 |         \-----Gladys Ferch Llywarch
|                          |        |         /-----Llewellyn Fawr The Great AP IORWORTH, Prince Of North Wales
|                          |        |        |        |         /-----Madog Ap Maredudd, Prince Of Powys Fadog
|                          |        |        |         \-----Margred Ferch Madog
|                          |        |        |                  \-----Susanna Ferch Gruffudd Ap Cynan
|                          |         \-----Margaret Of Wales
|                          |                 |                  /-----Henry II Curt Mantel PLANTAGENET, King Of England
|                          |                 |         /-----John Lackland PLANTAGENET, King Of England
|                          |                 |        |         \-----Eleanor Duchess Of Aquitaine
|                          |                  \-----Joan
|                          |                          |         /-----William FERRERS, Earl Of Derby
|                          |                           \-----Agatha De FERRERS
|                          |                                    \-----Sibyl De BRAOISE
|                  /-----Sir Piers De BREUSE
|                 |        |                                    /-----Everhard De ROS, Baron Of Helmsley
|                 |        |                           /-----Robert De ROS, Magna Charta Surety
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Roysia TRUSSEBUT
|                 |        |                  /-----Sir William De ROS, Baron Of Helmsley
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----William The Lion King Of Scots
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Isabel Of Scotland
|                 |        |                 |                  \-----Isabel AVERNAL
|                 |        |         /-----Sir Robert De ROS, Baron Of Helmsley
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----Herbert FITZ HERBERT
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Piers FITZ HERBERT
|                 |        |        |        |        |         \-----Lucy Of Hereford
|                 |        |        |         \-----Lucia FITZ PIERS
|                 |        |        |                 |         /-----Robert FITZ ROGER, Baron Of Whalton
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Alice De WARKWORTH
|                 |        |        |                           \-----Margery De CHESNEY, Lady Of Horsford
|                 |         \-----Mary De ROS
|                 |                 |                           /-----William II Le Breton D'ALBINI, Lord Of Belvoir
|                 |                 |                  /-----William D'ALBINI, Lord Of Belvoir, MC Surety
|                 |                 |                 |         \-----Maud FITZ ROBERT
|                 |                 |         /-----William D'ALBINI, Baron Of Belvoir
|                 |                 |        |        |         /-----Odinel De UMFRAVILLE, Baron Of Prudhoe
|                 |                 |        |         \-----Margery De UMFRAVILLE
|                 |                 |        |                  \-----Alice De LUCY
|                 |                  \-----Isabel D'ALBINI
|                 |                           \-----Isabel
|         /-----Sir Piers De BREUSE
|        |         \-----Agnes De CLIFFORD
 \-----Beatrix De BREUSE
         |                                             /-----Robert HOWARD
         |                                    /-----John HOWARD
         |                           /-----Sir William HOWARD
         |                          |         \-----Lucy
         |                  /-----Sir John HOWARD
         |                 |        |         /-----Sir Edmund FITTON
         |                 |         \-----Alice FITTON
         |                 |                  \-----Gillia
         |         /-----Sir John HOWARD
         |        |        |                                    /-----Henry II Curt Mantel PLANTAGENET, King Of England
         |        |        |                           /-----John Lackland PLANTAGENET, King Of England
         |        |        |                          |         \-----Eleanor Duchess Of Aquitaine
         |        |        |                  /-----Richard Earl Of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor
         |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Aymer Tailefer, Count Of Angouleme
         |        |        |                 |         \-----Isabel Of Angouleme
         |        |        |                 |                  \-----Alice De Courtenay
         |        |        |         /-----Richard De CORNWALL
         |        |        |        |         \-----Joan
         |        |         \-----Joan De CORNWALL
         |        |                 |                           /-----William FITZALAN, Baron Of Oswestry
         |        |                 |                  /-----John FITZALAN, Baron Of Oswestry
         |        |                 |                 |         \-----(Unk Dau) De LACY
         |        |                 |         /-----Sir John FITZALAN, Earl Of Arundel
         |        |                 |        |        |         /-----William D'AUBIGNY, Earl Of Arundel
         |        |                 |        |         \-----Isabel D'AUBIGNY
         |        |                 |        |                  \-----Mabel Of Chester
         |        |                  \-----Joan FITZ ALAN
         |        |                          |                  /-----Theobald WALTER
         |        |                          |         /-----Theobald Le BOTELER
         |        |                          |        |         \-----Maud VAVASOUR
         |        |                           \-----Maud De VERDUN
         |        |                                   |         /-----Nicholas De VERDUN
         |        |                                    \-----Rohese De VERDUN
         |        |                                             \-----Clemence
          \-----Joan HOWARD
                  |         /-----Sir Robert De BOYS
                   \-----Alice De BOYS
                           |         /-----Sir William Le LATIMER
                            \-----Christian Le LATIMER



Descendants of Sir Ralph SHIRLEY
1. Sir Ralph SHIRLEY m1. Joan BASSET m2. Alice COKAYNE
m. Joan BASSET father: Thomas BASSET mother: Margery MERING
m. Alice COKAYNE father: Sir John COKAYNE mother: Margaret

2nd generation

2. Beatrix SHIRLEY m. John BROME
m. John BROME father: John BROME mother: Joan RODIE
3. Ralph SHIRLEY m1. Margaret STAUNTON m2. Elizabeth BLOUNT m3. Lucia ASTON
m. Margaret STAUNTON father: John STAUNTON mother: Joan MEYNELL
m. Elizabeth BLOUNT father: Sir Thomas BLOUNT mother: Margaret GRESLEY
m. Lucia ASTON father: Sir John ASTON

3rd generation

6. Nicholas BROME m1. Elizabeth ARUNDEL m2. Katherine LAMPECK m3. Lettice CATESBY
m. Elizabeth ARUNDEL father: Sir Renfrew ARUNDEL mother: Joan COLESHULL
m. Katherine LAMPECK
m. Lettice CATESBY father: Nicholas CATESBY
8. Isabel BROME m1. Philip PUREFOY m2. John DENTON
m. Philip PUREFOY father: William PUREFOY mother: Margery MOTON
m. John DENTON father: Thomas DENTON mother: Alison DAUNTSEY
12. John SHIRLEY m. Eleanor WILLOUGHBY
m. Eleanor WILLOUGHBY father: Sir Hugh WILLOUGHBY mother: Margaret FREVILLE

4th generation

20. Constance BROME m. Sir Edward FERRERS
m. Sir Edward FERRERS father: Sir Henry FERRERS mother: Margaret HECKSTALL
21. Elizabeth BROME m. Thomas HAWES
m. Thomas HAWES father: Thomas HAWES mother: Joan RAINSFORD
30. Alice DENTON m. Nicholas PUREFOY
m. Nicholas PUREFOY father: John PUREFOY
31. Anne DENTON m. Sir Edward GREVILLE
m. Sir Edward GREVILLE father: John GREVILLE mother: Jane FORSTER
33. Sir Ralph SHIRLEY m1. Elizabeth WALSH m2. Anne VERNON m3. Anne WARNER m4. Jane SHEFFIELD
m. Elizabeth WALSH father: Thomas WALSH mother: Margery BYRON
m. Anne VERNON
m. Anne WARNER
m. Jane SHEFFIELD father: Sir Robert SHEFFIELD
35. Robert SHIRLEY m.
36. Hugh SHIRLEY m. Anne HEVYN
m. Anne HEVYN father: John HEVYN
41. Alice SHIRLEY m. Robert BROKESBY
m. Robert BROKESBY father: William BROKESBY
42. Anne SHIRLEY m. John DANVERS
m. John DANVERS father: Thomas DANVERS mother: Alice VENABLES

5th generation

46. Elizabeth FERRERS m. John HAMPDEN
m. John HAMPDEN
47. Constance HAWES m1. Thomas SHEPHERD m2. Robert HATLEY
m. Thomas SHEPHERD father: William SHEPHERD mother: Alice
m. Robert HATLEY
48. William HAWES m. Ursula COLLES
m. Ursula COLLES father: William COLLES mother: Margaret HITCH
51. Edward PUREFOY m. Anne FETTIPLACE
m. Anne FETTIPLACE father: Richard FETTIPLACE mother: Elizabeth BESSILES
58. Sir Fulk GREVILLE m. Elizabeth WILLOUGHBY, Baroness Willoughby
m. Elizabeth WILLOUGHBY, Baroness Willoughby father: Edward WILLOUGHBY mother: Margaret NEVILL
61. Ralph SHIRLEY m. Amee LOLLE
m. Amee LOLLE father: William LOLLE
62. Thomas SHIRLEY m. Margaret WROTH
m. Margaret WROTH father: John WROTH mother: Joan NEWDIGATE
65. Anthony BROKESBY m. Anne SAPCOTE
m. Anne SAPCOTE father: Thomas SAPCOTE mother: Alice FRAUNCIS