SHIRLEY, Knight of Lower Ettington, Warwickshire Ralph
1391 - Abt 1443 (51 years)Set As Default Person
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Name SHIRLEY, Ralph [1, 2, 3] Title Knight of Lower Ettington, Warwickshire Birth 23 Apr 1391 Leicestershire, England [1, 2, 4, 5] Gender Male Differentiator 10th male in line of an English family known to descend back to 1086 Differentiator Inhertited all his father's property in Shirley in Derbyshire, Ettington in Warwickshire ad other lands in Norringhamshire and Suffolk Relation to Me 18 GGF Royalty & Nobility Knight of Lower Ettingham, Warwickshire _MILT 1415 Brough 6 men at arms and 18 archers to support Henry V at the siege of Harfleur in Normandy _MILT 1415 In exchange for his service to King Henry V, was given a paxbrede of gold, enameled white, and a crucifix, with an image of the blessed Mary, and John the Evangelist, weight 5 oz, all valued at 6 pounds, 6 shillings and 8 pence. _MILT 1416 Served King Henry in the French wars, bringing 8 men at arms and 16 archers. The campaign of 1417 involved an English landing at what is now Deauville and the quick capture of nearby towns. Death Abt 1443 France [1, 2, 4] Burial Leicester, Leicestershire, England [1, 2] Patriarch & Matriarch DE EATINGTON, Sewalis, b. Bef 1251 (3 x Great Grandfather)
PERCY, Joan, b. Abt 1327, Kildale, Yorkshire, England d. Abt 1369, Wiston, Sussex, England (Age 42 years) (Grandmother)Person ID I4974 My Genealogy Last Modified 15 Jul 2024
Father SHIRLEY, Sir Hugh, b. 1355, Ettington, Warwickshire, England d. 20 Jul 1403, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England (Age 48 years) Relationship natural Mother DE BROASE, Beatrice, b. Abt 1365, Wiston, Sussex, England d. 20 Apr 1440, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England (Age 75 years) Relationship natural Marriage Between 1375 and 1383 Wiston, Sussex, England Family ID F1321 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family BASSETT, Joan, b. 1390, Brailsford, Derbyshire, England d. Bef 1419, Ratcliffe on Soa, Nottinghamshire, England (Age < 28 years) Marriage 1411 Shirley, Derbyshire, England Children 1. SHIRLEY, Beatrice, b. 1408, Shirley, Derbyshire, England d. 10 Jul 1483, Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire, England (Age 75 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] 2. SHIRLEY, Ralph, b. 1406, Shirley, Derbyshire, England d. 26 Dec 1466, Brailsford, Warwickshire, England (Age 60 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] 3. SHIRLEY, Anne, b. 1412, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] Family ID F1320 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 15 Jul 2024
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Event Map Birth - 23 Apr 1391 - Leicestershire, England Marriage - 1411 - Shirley, Derbyshire, England Death - Abt 1443 - France Burial - - Leicester, Leicestershire, England = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - From Find-a-Grave:
Knight of Lower Ettington, Warwickshire, of Shirley, Derbyshire, of Ratcliffe-upon-Soar, Nottinghamshire, of Wiston, Sussex. Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. Knight of the Shire for Leicestershire. Master Forester of the duchy of Lancaster of Leicester.
Son and heir to Sir Hugh Shirley and Beatrice Brewes, grandson of Sir Thomas de Shirley and Isabel de Meynell, Sir Peter de Brewes and Joan de Percy.
Husband of Joan Basset, daughter of Thomas Basset and Margery Meringe, daughter of William. They had one son and one daughter; Ralph and Beatrice. Joan died before 1419 and was buried at Ratcliffe-Upon-Soar, then moved to be beside her husband.
Secondly, husband of Alice Coykayne, daughter of Sir John of Ashbourne. They had one son, Ralph.
When a young man, Ralph served King Henry V in the campaigns in France with six lancers and 18 archers. He was present at the siege of Harfleur in 1415, but was ill during the Battle of Agincourt later that year. In 1420, Ralph lost control of several Basset manors to Sir Humphrey Stafford, heir of the Basset family.
Sir Ralph died in France on the King's service, and was buried in the Lady's Chapel.
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Sources - [S84] Ancestry.com, UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
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- [S1408] Richardson, Douglas, Magna Carta Ancestry, Pgs 290 - 291.
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http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/shirley-sir-ralph-1391-1443SHIRLEY, Sir Ralph (1391-c.1443), of Lo... Notts - [S1410] Shirley Association Genalogical Research Website.
- [S84] Ancestry.com, UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).