Sir John Shirley

John Shirley Born: abt 1533 Staunton Harold, [parish], Leicestershire, England Died: 12 Sep 1570 Staunton Harold, [parish], Leicestershire, England

He lived at Rakedale, now known as Ragdale estate, Leicestershire.
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The last Thomas Lovett of Astwell, who died in 1586, married Elizabeth Fermor of Easton Neston, and their only child, Jane, by her marriage with John, younger son of Francis Shirley of Ragsdale and Staunton Harold in Leicestershire, carried Astwell into the Shirley family. John Shirley, the husband of Jane Lovett, died in 1570 leaving a son, George, who, born in 1559, inherited Staunton Harold in 1571, and Astwell (on the death of his Lovett grandfather) in 1586.
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The alabaster effigy to John Shirley at Breedon was made for £22 by Richard and Gabriel Royley, father and son, of Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire. It wasn't erected until in 1585.
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Monuments at St Mary & St Hardulph, Breedon-on-the-Hill include: Richard & Gabriel Royley of Burton-on-Trent. John Shirley (ob 1570) but [?] tomb chest made 1585 also by Richard & Gabriel Royley.

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John Shirley Memorial Photos Flowers Edit Share Learn about upgrading this memorial... Birth: 1533 Staunton Harold Leicestershire, England Death: Sep. 12, 1570 Staunton Harold Leicestershire, England

John, esq. of Rakedale, co. Leic.and of (Astwell, co. Northamps in right of his wife) married Jane Lovett, dau of Thomas Lovett on 1556 in Astwell, Northhamptonshire, England.

They had children:

George S. 1555-1622, a knight and baronet, of Staunton Harold, co. Leic. and of Astwell, co. Northampton, and sheriff for that county

.Anne S. 1567-1624, married Roland Wybenbury & William Grosvenor (another source, History & Antq. of Leic. says she was unmarried)

.Dorothy S. 1571-1609, married George Dyer, esq. and had 7 child

John D. 1589-unkwn died of a wound he received in Flanders, in the service of the King of Spain

George D. 1596-1661, ? Henry D. 1598-unkwn?

Elizabeth D. 1599-unkwn, a nun at Lovain

James D. 1600-unkwn? Richard D. 1602-unkwn?

Thomas of Gray's Inn, died f.p.

Ralph, intended for the church but died without taking orders

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Parents:

 Francis Shirley (1515 - 1571)

 Dorothea Giffard Shirley (1520 - 1571)

Spouse:

 Jane Lovett Shirley (1537 - 1582)*

Children:

 George Shirley (1559 - 1622)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial: Priory Church of St Mary and St Hardulph Church Breedon on the Hill North West Leicestershire District Leicestershire, England