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Elizabeth Shirley (Guildford)

Also Known As: "Elizabeth (Guildford) Isley", "Gilford", "Guilford", "Dame Elizabeth Sherley"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Guildford, Surrey, England
Death: after 1518
Thakeham, Horsham District, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Place of Burial: Horsham District, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Sir Richard Guildford, Kt. and Anne Guildford
Wife of Sir Thomas Isley; William Stafford and Sir Richard Sherley of Wiston
Mother of Elizabeth Hill; Mary Elrington; Agnes Isley; Sir Henry Isely, of Sundridge and William Isely
Sister of George Guildford; Sir Edward Guildford, Kt., MP; Fredeswith Browne; Philippa Gage; Maria Haute and 1 other
Half sister of Sir Henry Guildford, KG, MP

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About Elizabeth Shirley

Sir Richard Shirley married 2nd on 28 JUN 1525 to Elizabeth Guildford (she was the widow of either Isley or Stafford.) Daughter of Sir Richard Gifford of Sussex (No children by this marriage).

Children include

  1. Mary Isley b: 1520 in Sundridge, Kent. Married William Shirley b 1510 her step brother ("Her mother was her father in law's second wife, it seems.")

Notes

  • MEM: Wiston, Sussex: Kneeling relief figure with husband Richard Shelley
  • Also married (2nd) William Stafford. (Would have had to have married between 1518 and 1525?)

Sources

  1. Visitation of Kent 1619-21
  2. Will of Sir Richard Sherley of Wiston 1540 (see Link 1 and doc attached). "to wife Dame Elizabeth ..."

Links

  1. http://www.shirleyassociation.com/NewShirleySite/NonMembers/England...
  2. http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ancestors...
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Elizabeth Shirley's Timeline

1488
1488
Guildford, Surrey, England
1510
1510
Coddenham, Suffolk, England
1512
1512
Sundridge, Kent, England
1514
1514
1516
1516
Sundridge, Kent, England
1518
1518
Age 30
Thakeham, Horsham District, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom
1518
Age 30
Thakeham, Horsham District, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom