Alice (Belknap) Shelley (abt. 1472 - bef. 1549)

Born about 1472 in Giddy Hall, Essex, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Descendants

Died before 4 Jan 1549 before about age 77 in England

Biography

Father Henry Belknap, Esq.^[1] b. c 1419, d. 3 Jul 1488

Mother Margaret Knollys^[2] d. a 3 Jul 1488

Alice Belknap was born circa 1482 at of Giddy Hall, Sussex, England.^[3]

A settlement for the marriage Alice Belknap and Sir William Shelley, Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, Under-Sheriff of London was made on 10 July 1511; They had 7 sons (including John; Sir Richard; Sir Edward; Thomas; & Sir James) and 7 daughters (including Katherine, wife of Henry Browne, Esq; Elizabeth, wife of Sir Roger Copley; Frances; & Margaret, wife of Edward Gage).^[4]

Alice Belknap died sometime after 1529 and before the death of her husband on 4 January 1549.^[5]

Family

• Sir William Shelley, Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, Under-Sheriff of London b. c 1479, d. 4 Jan 1549

Children

• John
• Sir Richard
• Sir Edward
• Thomas
• Sir James
• 2 additional sons
• Katherine, wife of Henry Browne, Esq
• Elizabeth, wife of Sir Roger Copley
• Frances
• Margaret, wife of Edward Gage
• 3 additional daughters

Sources

• Royal Ancestry by Douglas Richardson Vol. V. page 92

1. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 141.
2. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 232-233.
3. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 90.
4. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 341-342
5. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 142-143.

• http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2432.htm#i73088
• Visitation of Hampshire Page 7: Shelley

See also:

• Benolte, Thomas; Philipot, John; & Owen, George. The Visitations of the County of Sussex: 1530 and 1633-4. London: The Harleian Society, 1905. Vol LIII, p 37, Shelley.