Thomas Shirley (abt. 1564 - 1630)

Born about 1564 in England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Died 1630 at about age 66 in England [uncertain]

Biography

Thomas Shirley was the 1st son of Sir Thomas Shirley of Wiston, Sussex, and Anne Kempe and the brother of Sir Anthony Shirley and Sir Robert Shirley.

He m. (1) Frances Vavasour, daughter of Henry Vavasour of Copmanthorpe, 3s. 4da. and (2) at Deptford on 2 December 1617, a widow, Judith Taylor, daughter of William Bennet of London, 5s 6 da.

His second son, Henry Shirley (fr), was the dramatist who was murdered in London on 31 October 1627. His only surviving son by his first marriage, Thomas Shirley, was baptised at West Clandon, Surrey, on 30 June 1597, was knighted in 1645 by Charles I at Oxford, was alive in 1664, and was father of Thomas Sherley, the physician.

Sources

• wikipedia:Thomas Shirley
• http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/shirley-thomas-ii-1564-1630
• Kathman, David (2004). "Shirley, Henry (1591x7–1627)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press.
• Raiswell, Richard (2004). "Sherley, Sir Thomas (1564–1633/4)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press.

See also:

• Benolte, Thomas; Philipot, John; Owen, George; and Bannerman, W Bruce, ed. The Visitations of the County of Sussex: 1530 and 1633-4. London: The Harleian Society, 1905. Vol LIII, p 7, Shirley.