Ralph Shirley (abt. 1495 - 1535)

Born about 1495 in England

Ancestors

Husband of Amy (Lolle) Shirley — married before 1526 in England

Descendants

Died 15 Jan 1535 at about age 40 in England

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Biography

Ralph was the son of Robert Shriley of Repton in Derbyshire. The name of his mother is not known. Douglas Richardson gives an estimate that he was born in about 1495.^[1][2][3]

Ralph married Amy Lolle, daughter and co-heir of William Lolle of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire.^[1][2][3] Based on his son Francis's age at Ralph's death, the marriage was almost certainly before 1526. Ralph and Amy had two children:

• Francis,^[1][2][3] said to be 9 years and more in the IPM following his father's death,^[4] so born about 1526
• Eleanor, who married Thomas Vernon and Nicholas Browne^[1][2]

Ralph was an executor of the will of his father-in-law, in which he was named as one of the legatees,^[1][2] being bequeathed lands at "Barow and Mesam".^[4]

Ralph died on 15 January 1535 (26 Henry VIII),^[1][2][3] a date given in his IPM.^[4] In his will he left lands at Worthington and Tonge, Leicestershire to his wife for life,^[4] and on her death to his son Francis.^[3]

His widow may have subsequently married Ralph Secheverell: in the 1540s, Thomas Vernon, who married Ralph's daughter Eleanor, sued "Amice, late the wife of Ralph Secheverell" for money promised on his marriage.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), Vol. IV, p. 29, SHIRLEY 15, Google Books
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. IV, p. 630, SHIRLEY 18
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} Stemmata Shirleiana, 2nd edition, Nichols and Son, 1873, pp. 53-54, Internet Archive
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Stemmata Shirleiana, appendices CVI, CVII and CVIII, pp. 406-407 (the number of p. 407 is misprinted as 470), Internet Archive
5. ↑ The National Archives, ref. C 1/1165/46, 'Vernon v Secheverell. Plaintiffs: Thomas VERNON of Houndhill, esquire', National Archives catalogue entry

• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City: the author, 2013. See also WikiTree’s source page for Royal Ancestry.
• Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. Salt Lake City: the author, 2011. See also WikiTree’s source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was developed for the Magna Carta Project by Michael Cayley on 22 July 2021 and reviewed and approved by Thiessen-117 the same day.

Ralph Shirley is descendant of Magna Carta Surety Baron Richard de Clare in a Richardson-documented trail to Gateway Ancestor Nathaniel Browne (Magna Carta Ancestry, vol. IV, pages 22-30 SHIRLEY). This trail was badged by the Magna Carta Project in July 2021. See the Magna Carta Trails section of Percy Browne's profile to view the entire trail.

See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".