Margaret Shirley

• Margaret Staunton1,2,3
• F, #85279, b. circa 1410 [SIC: before 1405] d. before 1435
• Father John Staunton, Esq.1,2,3 b. c 1375
• Mother Joan Meinhill1,2,3 b. c 1367
• Margaret Staunton was born circa 1410 at of Staunton Harold, Leicestershire, England.1 She and Ralph Shirley, Esq., Constable of Melbourne Castle obtained a marriage license on 9 June 1423; Date of Papal Dispensation for being related in the 4th degree of kindred.1,2,3 Margaret Staunton and Ralph Shirley, Esq., Constable of Melbourne Castle obtained a marriage license on 23 September 1423 at Staunton Harold, Leicestershire, England; They had 1 son (John, Esq.).1,2,3 Margaret Staunton died before 1435.4
• Family Ralph Shirley, Esq., Constable of Melbourne Castle b. c 1410, d. 26 Dec 1466
• Child
  • John Shirley, Esq.+1,2,3 b. c 1426, d. 18 May 1485
• Citations
• 1.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 652.
• 2.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 27.
• 3.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 626.
• 4.[S61] Unknown author, Family Group Sheets, Family History Archives, SLC.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2838.htm#... ____________________________
• Margaret de Staunton1
• F, #283148
• Last Edited=13 May 2008
• Margaret de Staunton is the daughter of John de Staunton.1 She married Ralph Shirley, son of Sir Ralph Shirley and Joan Basset.1
• Her married name became Shirley.
• Child of Margaret de Staunton and Ralph Shirley
  • 1.unknown son Shirley1
• Citations
• 1.[S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 1416. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
• From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p28315.htm#i283148 ________________________________
• Eleanor WILLOUGHBY
• Born: ABT 1426, Middleton, Warwick, England
• Died: AFT 1486
• Father: Hugh WILLOUGHBY (Sir)
• Mother: Margaret FREVILLE
• Married: John SHIRLEY (son of Ralph Shirley and Margaret Staunton) ABT 1457, Staunton Harold, Leicestershire, England
• Children:
  • 1. Ralph SHIRLEY of Staunton Harold (b. ABT 1458 - d. 6 Jan 1517) (m.1 Elizabeth Walsh - m.2 Anne Vernon - m.3 Anne Warner - m.4 Jane Sheffield)
  • 2. Thomas SHIRLEY (b. ABT 1460)
  • 3. Robert SHIRLEY (b. ABT 1462 - d. AFT 1513) (m. ¿?)
  • 4. Margaret SHIRLEY (b. ABT 1464)
  • 5. Alice SHIRLEY (b. ABT 1466)
  • 6. Hugh SHIRLEY (b. ABT 1467) (m. Anne Hevyn)
  • 7. Jane SHIRLEY (b. ABT 1470)
  • 8. Nicholas SHIRLEY (b. ABT 1472)
  • 9. Henry SHIRLEY (b. ABT 1476)
  • 10. Richard SHIRLEY (b. ABT 1478)
  • 11. Baldwin SHIRLEY (b. ABT 1480)
  • 12. Eleanor SHIRLEY (b. ABT 1482)
  • 13. Anne SHIRLEY (b. ABT 1482)
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/WILLOUGHBY1.htm#Eleanor WILLOUGHBY1 ___________________________________
• The visitation of the county of Leicester in the year 1619 (1870)
• https://archive.org/details/visitationofcoun02camd
• https://archive.org/stream/visitationofcoun02camd#page/25/mode/1up
  • Shirley. - Pg.25-27
• Sewall son of Fulcher originall auncest'r of this family of Shirley. = ; ch: Henry, Fulcher
  • Fulcher 2 son of Sewall.
  • Henry son of Sewall held 5 knights fees in Darbish. of Rob't Ferrers Lord of Titburye. ; ch: Sewall
    • Sewall son of Henry held 9 knights fees of Wm. Erle Ferrers in the dayes of K. H. 2. = ch: Henry
      • Henry son of Sewall surnamed of Etingdon wher he first founded a Chauntrye in K. Johns tyme. ; ch: Sewall, Henry
        • Henry 2 sonne of Henry.
        • Sewall son of Henry of Etingdo' confirmed the Donation of his father made to the Chauntry of Etingdon' 27 H. 3. ; ch: Jeames (m. Agnes of Walton) Shirley
          • Jeames sonne of Sewall surnamed Shirley, lived Ao. 15. E. 1. = Agnes Da. of Symon of Walton after Bishop of Norwich. ; ch: Sr Raphe (m. Margt. Waldeshef) Shirley.
            • Sr Raphe Shirley Kt. Lo. of the manner of Shirley. = Margt. Da. & coh. of Will'm Waldeshef of Boyleston. ; ch: Sr Tho. (m. Isabel Basset) Shirley
              • Sr Tho. Shirley Kt. son of Sir Raphe. = Isabell sisster to Rafe Lo. Basset of Drayton. ; ch: Sr Hugh (m. Beatrix Brewes) Shirley.
              • Sr Hugh Shirley of Shirley Kt. he was M'r of the Falcons to K. H. 4 & was slayne in his parte at ye battell of Shrewberie Ao 4 H. 4. = Beatrix sister & sole hey. to Sir John Brewes Kt. ; ch: Isabella (m. John Cockaine), Elizab., Nicholas, Sr Raphe (m. Johanna Basset & Alice _ ) Shirley
                • Sr Raphe Shirley kt. high Shreife of the County of Nott' & Derby Ao 9 H. 5 ob. ultra mare. = Johanna first wife Da. & sole hey. of Tho. Basset of Brailesford. ; ch: Beatrix (m. John Brome), Raphe (m. Margt. Staunton & Elizab. Blount) Shirley; = Alice uxor 2.
                  • Raphe Shirley Esq. whose 3 wife was Lucy Da. of John Ashton & wydow of Sir Ric. Birom. = Margt. first wife sist'r & hey. to Tho. Staunton of Stanton Harald in Lesto'sh.; ch: (Pg.26 John (m. Elinor Willoughby) Shirley.) ; = Elizab. 2 wife Da. of Sir Tho. Blount and sister to Walter Lord Montioy. ; ch: (Pg.26 Raphe (m. Jane Bellingham), Elizab., Alice, Sanche, Anne, Marg't Shirley)
                  • https://archive.org/stream/visitationofcoun02camd#page/26/mode/1up
                    • John Shirley of Shirley & Staunto' in Com. Leycest'. = Elinor, Da. of Sr Hugh Willoughby of Woollerton in Com. Nott. ; ch: Sr Raphe (m. Jane Sheffeild) Shirley
                      • Sr Raphe Shirley of Sherley & Stanton in Leicest' had 4 wives. = Jane Da. of Sr Rob't Sheffeild Kt. 4 wife after maried to Wm Hastings. ; ch: Francis (m. Dorothy Gifford) Shirley
                        • Francis Shirley of Shirley & Stanton Harold Com' Leicest'. = Dorothy Da. of John Gifford of Chillingto' in Staffordsh. wydow of John Congrave. ; ch: John (m. Jane Lovet) Shirley
                          • John Shirley of Shirley Leyc. = Jane Da. & sole hey. of Tho. Lovet of Astwell in Com. Northamp. ; ch: George (m. Fran. Berkley & Dorothie of Wroughton) Shirley
                            • George Shirley of Shirley & Stanton in Com' Ley. Living 1585 ob. 27 April 1622. = Fran. Da. of Hen. Lord Berkley. ; ch: Henricus (m. Dorothia Devereux), Tho. (m. Maria Harper), Georgius, Johannes, Maria Shirley.
                              • Henricus Shirley mil. Baronettus fil. et haer. sup'stes 1622. = Dorothia filia 2 Rob'ti Devereux Comitis Essexiae. ; ch: Leticia (filia unica aetatis circa quinq' annor' 1622)
                              • Tho. Shirley 2 fil. miles duxit Maria' filiam Tho. Harper de Rushall in Com. Staff. Ar.
                    • Raphe Shirley of Wistenston in Sussex Esq. for ye body to K. H. 7. = Jane Da. of Tho. Bellengham of Lemister in Sussex. ; ch: Isabell (m. John Dawney of Hampton), Beatrix (m. Edw. Eldrington of Hogsto'.), Sr Richard (m. Anne Shelley & Elizab. Guilford), Tho. (m. Eliz. da. of Marmaduke of Gloucester), Jane (m. John Dauney of Petworth in Sussex), Eliz. (m. John Lee of Fitleworthie in Sussex) Shirley.
                      • Sr Richard Shirley was Lo. of ye mannor of Wistneston in Sussex ob. 34. H. 8. = Anne Da. of John Shelley of Michelgrove in Sussex first wife. ; ch: Will'm (m. Mary Isley), John, Edward, Cicely (m. John Ledes), Anne (m. Ric. Fernwold), Elizab. (m. John Michell), Alice (m. Tho. Chanceler) Shirley ; = Elizab. 2 wife Da. of Sr Ric. Guilford Kt. of the Garter.
                      • Tho. Shirley of West Grinsted in Sussex 2 son mar. Eliz. Da. & coh. of Marmaduke of Gloucestersh.
                        • Will'm Shirley of Wisteneston in Com' Sussex. = Mary Da. of Tho. Isley of Sundridge in Kt. Esq. ; ch: (Pg.27 Sr Thomas (m. Anne Kempe) Shirley) ________________________________
• Peerage of England, genealogical, biographical, and historical (1812) Vol. IV.
• https://archive.org/details/peerageofengland04colluoft
• https://archive.org/stream/peerageofengland04colluoft#page/92/mode/1up
• But to return : HUGH Shirley, son and heir of Sir Thomas, by Isabel Basset, succeeded his father ; and was, as before mentioned, by the will of the late Lord Basset his uncle, acknowledged by him to be his nephew and right heir ; in 7 Rich II. he confirmed the manors of Shirley and Hoone, in com. Derby, and that of Etingdon, in com. Warwick, to his mother Isabel, then the wife of Sir Gerard Braybroke, Knt. these manors having been assigned to be for her dower by Sir Thomas Shirley, his father. This Sir Hugh was made Chief Warden of Higham Ferrers Park, by John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster ; and in 22 Rich. II. constituted Constable of Donnington-Castle, by Henry of Bolingbroke, Duke of Lancaster, afterward King Henry IV. On March 27th, 1400, being then a Knight, he was made Grand Falconer to King Henry IV. for the Kingdom of Ireland. He was killed at the battle of Shrewsbury,(o) on the part of King Henry IV. being one of those who was habited as the King, and taken for him by the opposite party. By Beatrix his wife, sister and heir to John de Braose, or de Breus, of West-Neston (now called Wiston), in Sussex, heir male of the ancient family of that name, Barons of Brember, in Sussex, and of Brecknock, Abergavenny, and Gower, in Wales, he had issue three daughters ; Isabel, wife of Sir John Cokayne, of Ashbourne ; Elizabeth ; and Nichola ; also
• RALPH, his son and heir, then twelve years of age ; who, in 5 Henry V. was retained to serve that King in person in his army in Guyen, with six men at arms, and eighteen archers ; and the next year, with eight men at arms, and sixteen archers, and was about that time knighted ; for in 8 Henry V. being then Sheriff of the counties of Nottingham and Derby, he was then styled a Knight. He was one of the chief Commanders under King Henry V. at the battle of Agincourt, as appears by an ancient Roll in the office of Arms ; and was often a great actor in the subsequent Wars of the said King Henry V. in France ; as is evidently proved by diverse instruments of accord made between the said King and Sir Ralph Shirley ; in one of which, dated 1416, after agreement had for the number and pay of his soldiers, &c. the King granted to him all the prisoners that he or his soldiers should take, only reserving to himself, the French King, his
  • (o) The Spirits of valiant Shirley, Stafford, Blount, are in my arms." Prince of Wales's Speech in Shakespeare's Henry IV.
• https://archive.org/stream/peerageofengland04colluoft#page/93/mode/1up
• adversary; the Dauphin, his son ; and all other Kings, his adversary's assistants, giving to him only the third part of the ransom of the captive Kings, by him or his soldiers taken. To this Sir Ralph, the feoffees of Ralph Lord Basset, released all their right to the estates he claimed as heir to that Barony. In 1432, he resided at Radcliffe upon Soar ; and died at his government and charge in France, about 1443. His body was brought to England, and buried in the Collegiate Church of the Newark, at Leicester. His second wife was Alice, daughter of Sir John Cokayne, Knt. who died 1466, without issue.
• By his first wife, Joan, daughter and heir of Thomas Basset, of Brailsford, co. Derb. he had a daughter, Beatrix, wife of John Brome, of Badesley Clinton, co. Warw. and
• RALPH, who was Constable of Melbourn Castle, and of the castle in the Peak of Derbyshire : and died in 1466, "seised of many goodly manors, fair possessions, and large territories in the several counties of Leicester, Derby, Warwick, and Nottingham." He was buried in the church of Brailesford, where his tomb still remains.
• His first wife was Margaret, daughter and sole heir of John de Staunton, of Staunton Harald, in Leicestershire (whereby he obtained that estate, still the chief seat of the family), by Joan, daughter and coheir of Sir Ralph Meynell, of Langley Meynell (with which family a former match of Shirley has been already, mentioned). By this marriage he had issue John, his son and heir, hereafter mentioned.
• His second wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Blount, Knt. and sister to Walter Blount, Lord Montjoy ; by whom he had Ralph Shirley, Esquire of the Body to King Henry VII. ancestor to the Shirleys of Wiston, of Sussex ; of whom an account will be given in an accompanying note, this branch having been of considerable eminence.(p)
• His third wife was Lucia, daughter of Sir John Aston, of
  • (p) Ralph Shirley, by his second wife, Elizabeth Blount, .... etc.
• https://archive.org/stream/peerageofengland04colluoft#page/94/mode/1up
• Atherton, Knt, widow, first, of Sir John Byron, of Clayton and Colwich ; and, secondly, of Sir Barton Entwissel, Knt. Viscount of Brykbeke, in Normandy. She died in Feb. 1481 ; and lies buried at Braylesford.
• John, son and heir, married Eleanor, daughter of Sir Hugh Willoughby of Wollaton, co. Notts, and dying 1485, left issue, .... etc. ___________________________________________________
• Stemmata Shirleiana
• http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924029787250#page/n69/mode/1up
• . . . . , on the 2nd day of April, in the year of our Lord 1423, he treated of a marriage betwixt him and the excellent and virguous gentlewoman, Margaret Staunton, sister and sole heir of Thomas Staunton, esq. for the accomplishing of which marriage, finding themselves both to be joined within the fourth degree of consanguinity, they presented a petition to Pope Martin V. . . . .
• By Margaret Staunton Ralph Shirley had issue one only son, christened John.
• http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924029787250#page/n72/mode/1up
• His second wife was Elizabeth, the daughter of Sir John Blount, and sister of Walter, Lord Montjoy; by her he had issue one son, Ralph Shirley, who was the founder of that branch of the family long seated at Wiston in Sussex, and five daughters; to Elizabeth, the eldest of whom, Walter . . . .
• Ralph Shirley, the elder, married, thirdly, Lucy, daughter of Sir John Asheton, of Asheton-under-Lyne, co. Lancaster, Knight of the Bath, and widow, first, of Sir Richard Bryon of Colwich, co. Notts, knt. and Lord of Clayton, co. Lanc.; and, secondly, of Sir Bertram Entwissell, of Entwissell, . . . . .
• Ralph Shirley died on St. Stephen's day (Dec. 26) 1466 (6 Edw. IV.), seised of the manors of Shirley, Hone, Hope, and Brailesford, co. Derby; Nether Eatendon, with its . . . . ____________________________
• A Topographical History of the County of Leicester: the ancient part ... By John Curtis
• http://books.google.com/books?id=5pk9AAAAcAAJ&pg=PR24&lpg=PR24&dq=R...
• Pg. 165
• In 1086 it was a member of Tonge and belonged to Henry Ferrers, who enfeoffed Harold in it, whose family afterwards took the name of Staunton.1 In 1303 Edmund de Mortuo Mari and Margaret, his wife, held a fee.2 In 1316 Theobald Verdun held 1/4 of a fee,3 and in 1336 also.4 In 1360 Elizabeth de Burgh, wife of Theobald Verdun, held a fee.5 In 1405 John Staunton held the manor.6 In 1422 John Staunton held the manor extent,7 and Thomas Staunton afterwards, in the same year, held it.8 By marriage with Margaret Staunton in 1423 it came to Ralph Shirley.1 _________________________
• A gentry community: Leicestershire in the fifteenth century, c.1422- c.1485 By Eric Acheson
• http://books.google.com/books?id=0HhSjk4yZ6YC&pg=PA248&lpg=PA248&dq...
• Pg. 248
• .... Nevertheless, Sir Ralph Shirley expanded the estate he inherited by a judicious marriage to Joan, daughter and heir of Thomas Bassett, thereby adding the manor of Brailsford to the family holdings in Derbyshire (Dugdale, I, p. 622). Joan Bassett was dead before 1419, by which date Sir Ralph had taken Alice Cockayne as his second wife (H.M.C. Rut., IV, p. 52). Alice died in 1466 (E149/219/9). The removal of the family's caput to Leicestershire was achieved through the marriage in 1423 of Sir Ralph's son and heir, Ralph II, to Margaret, daughter of John, and sister and heir of Thomas Staunton of Staunton Harold (L.R.O. 26D53/254: E149/127/12). At the time of their marriage, Ralph II was about fifteen years old while his wife was barely eighteen years. Margaret bore a son, John, who was born before 1426 but she must have died soon after this date. Ralph II's second wife Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Blount, was dead by 1457, but she had borne him five daughters and a son (L.R.O. 72'30/1/37; L.R.O. 26D53/192-3; Village Notes, IV, pp. 296-7). By 1458, Ralph II was married for the third time, to Lucy Ashton, widow of Sir Bertram Entwistle (L.R.O. 26D53/195; Stemmata Shirleiana, p. 49). Ralph Shirley II was an esquire of the chamber during the 1440s (E101/409/9, fos. 36v-7; E101/409/11, fo. 39; E101/409/16, fo. 35), but his career seems to have been otherwise undistinguished. He died in 1466, a few months after the death of his step-mother, Alice Cockayne (C140/19/18 MS 3). He was succeeded by his son John who, of all the fifteenth-century Shirleys, managed to made do with only one wife. John had married Eleanor Willoughby of Nottinghamshire by 1456 and she presented him with a large family of twelve children (L.R.O. 26D53/1947; Stemmata Shirleina, p. 51). In his will, .... etc. ________________________________
• 'Shirley1'
• Sasuallo or Sewallus of Ettington, etc. (d c1085)
  • 1. Fulcher of Ettington, etc. (d c1105)
    • A. Henry ancestor of Shirley of Ireton and families named Ireton
    • B. Sewallis of Shirley (d c1129)
    • Sewallis and the next few generations may well have been known as 'de Ettington' rather than 'de Shirley'.
    • m. Matilda (dau of Ridel of Halaughton)
      • i. Henry de Shirley (d c1165)
      • m. Joanna (dau of John de Clinton of Essex)
        • a. Sewallis de Shirley (a 1167)
        • m. Isabel Meynell (dau of Robert Meynell of Langley Meynell)
        • Visitation adds 2 intervening generations here: Henry then Sewall, apparently younger son of Henry (the other son being another Henry) and father of ...
          • (1) Sir James de Shirley and Ettington (d c1278)
          • m. Agnes de Walton (dau of Simon de Walton, Bishop of Norwich)
            • (A) Sir Ralph de Shirley, Sheriff of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire (d 1327)
            • m. Margaret (dau of Walter de Waldeshief of Fairfield)
              • (i) Sir Thomas Shirley
              • m. Isabel Basset (sister of Ralph Basset, Lord of Drayton)
                • (a) Sir Hugh Shirley (d Shrewsbury 1403, grand falconer)
                • m. Beatrix de Braose (sister of John de Braose of West Neston)
                  • ((1)) Sir Ralph Shirley, Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire (a 1422)
                  • m1. Joan Basset (dau of Thomas Basset of Braylesford)
                    • ((A)) Ralph Shirley of Ettington, Shirley and Staunton (constable of Melbourne Castle)
                    • m1. Margaret Staunton (dau of John de Staunton of Staunton Harold)
                      • ((i)) John Shirley of Ettington, etc. (d 1485)
                      • m. Eleanor Willoughby (dau of Sir Hugh Willoughby of Wollaton)
                        • ((a)) Sir Ralph Shirley of Ettington, Shirley and Staunton (d 1517)
                        • m1. Elizabeth Walsh (dau of Thomas Walsh of Wanlep)
                        • m2. Jane Sheffield (dau of Sir Robert Sheffield)
                    • m2. Elizabeth Blount (dau of Sir Thomas (not John) Blount)
                      • ((ii)) Ralph Shirley of Westneston (Wiston) - continued below
                      • m. Jane Belingham (dau of Thomas Belingham of Lemyster)
                      • ((iii))+ other issue - Elizabeth, Alice, Sauch. (sic), Ann, Margaret
                    • m3. Lucia Aston or Assheton (dau of Sir John Assheton of Atherton)
                    • ((B)) Beatrix Shirley
                    • m. John Brome of Bedesley Clynton
                  • m2. Alis Blunt
                  • ((2)) Isabel Shirley
                  • m. Sir Gey Cockend (John Cokayne) of Ashburne
                  • ((3))+ other issue - Elizabeth, Nichola
              • (ii) Isabel Shirley
              • m. Geffrey Lee Burgylond of Weston (sic)
          • (2) Elizabeth de Shirley
          • m. John de Walton (son of Simon, Bishop of Norwich)
      • ii.+ other issue - Fulcher (dsp), Hugh (priest), Ralph, Richard
    • C.+ other issue - Fulcher (dsp), Nicholas, Robert
• Main source(s):
• (1) For upper section : BP1934 (Ferrers), Visitation (Sussex, 1530+1633-4, Shirley)
• (2) For lower section : Visitation (Sussex, 1530+1633-4, Shirley)
• From: Stirnet.com
• http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/ss4as/shirley1.php _____________________________

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From CLINTON, Sir Thomas (d.1415), of Amington, Warws. and Hunton, Kent. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421, ed. J.S. Roskell, L. Clark, C. Rawcliffe., 1993

Clinton left no male issue, and all his property in Kent passed to his nephew, Lord William. He may, however, have been the father of one of his second wifes daughters: Anne, later wife of Robert Francis of Foremark, Derbyshire. (Her other daughters - Margaret who later married Ralph, son of Sir Ralph Shirley*, and Elizabeth, wife of William Haselridge of Noseley - were the issue of her first husband, John Staunton.) Two of the wills of Clintons widow have survived, dated 1453 and 1457.7