Born about in Maple Durham, Hampshire, England
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Daughter of William Shelley M.P.
and Alice (Belknap) Shelley
Sister of
Edward Shelley, James Shelley, Margaret Shelley, Dorothy (Shelley) Parker, Thomas Shelley, John Shelley, Katherine (Shelley) Browne and Richard Shelley MP
Wife of
Roger Copley
— married
about 1529 in Michelgrove, Sussex, England
Descendants 
Mother of
Catherine (Copley) Lane, Thomas Copley, Margaret (Copley) Gage and Bridget (Copley) Southwell
Died
at about age 65
in England [uncertain]
[uncertain]Profile last modified
| Created 31 Mar 2011
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Biography
Daughter of Sir William Shelley & Alice Belknap. [1]She married Sir Roger Copley[2]They had a daughter Bridget, wife of Sir Richard Southwell.[3]
Sources
- ↑ http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/shelley-william-1479-1549
- ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 142-143
- ↑ http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/RichardSouthwell2.htm
- Gage, John. The History and Antiquities of Hengrave, in Suffolk (James Carpenter, London, 1822) Page 237
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 111.
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Categories: Copley, Visitations of Sussex, 1530 and 1633-4
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D979382 ; PROB 11/43/43 ; Will of Dame Elizabeth Copleye, Widow of Gatton, Surrey ; 09 January 1560.
There is also a link to the settlement made on 26 May 1559 regarding the proposed marriage of Elizabeth's daughter Margaret with John Gage - https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/cb76b590-a5d1-4b10-adf7-cac329deca84
Edit to add : https://archive.org/details/diaryofhenrymach00machrich/page/378/mode/2up?q=copley also page 221 - funeral of Lady Copley : ... in Southwark, unto St Olave's in Southwark to be buried my Lady Copley widow, with xx great staff torches burning, with priests and clerks singing, with a herald of arms, and a pennon of arms, and many mourners; and the church hanged with black and the choir, and there was a sermon and communion. Not dated but the burial was on xxxi December 1559 - being between the burial of Lady Dacre on 31 December 1559 and an entry 'the same day at night' (xxxi December 1559).
edited by Anonymous Baker