William
Shirley
Born about in Wiston, Sussex, England
Ancestors 
Son of Richard Shirley
and Anne (Shelley) Shirley
Brother of
Alice (Shirley) Chaloner [half]
Husband of
Mary (Isley) Elrington
— married
about 1535 (to before 1542) in Sussex, England [uncertain]
Descendants [uncertain] 
Father of
Thomas Shirley MP and Anthony Shirley
Died
at about age 53
in Wiston, Sussex, England
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Apr 2014
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Biography
William Shirley of Westneston in Sussex, son and heir of Sir Richard Shirley and Ann Shelly, husband of Mary Isley and father of Anthony and Sir Thomas.[1]
Birth date estimated from his age of 42 at the inquisition post mortem of his father on 10 November 1540.[2]
Sources
- ↑ 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, pp 7, Shirley & p 167, Shirley.
- ↑ Shirley, Evelyn Philip, and Shirley Family. Stemmata Shirleiana. 2nd ed. Nichols and Sons, 1873, p.243.
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Linda Plummer
Vivienne Caldwell
I have checked the familysearch.org user tree that was used as a source. The (few) references on that tree are not relevent or user submitted unsourced information so I have removed it from this profile
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by Vivienne Caldwell
Vivienne Caldwell
Shirley-1964 and Shirley-918 appear to represent the same person because: same person, same wife
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by Vivienne Caldwell
Vivienne Caldwell
Yes I am pre-1500 certified and can complete the merge when you have approved it.
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by Vivienne Caldwell
Linda Plummer
I agree that Shirley-918 and Shirley-1021 need to be merged. Are you pre-1500 certified?
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by Linda Plummer
Vivienne Caldwell
Shirley-918 and Shirley-1021 appear to represent the same person because: I was editing Shirley-1021 and then adopted Shirley-918. They are the same person with same parents and siblings. See William Berry, Pedigrees of the Families in the County of Sussex, County Genealogies (Sherwood: Gilbert, & Piper, 1830), 172. Also Elwes, Dudley G. C. History of the Castles, Mansions, and Manors of Western Sussex, Longmans, London, 1876, pp. 263-267 plus numerous other pages in this volume.
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by Vivienne Caldwell
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