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'Shelley01'
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Families covered: Shelley of Lewes, Shelley of Michelgrove, Shelley of Patcham, Shelley of Shelley
| Thomas Shelle of Shelley, Hall Place and Gaysum (d 1375) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John Shelley of Shelley and Hall Place (a 1417) | ||||||||||||||
BP1934 indicates that this John was father of the John who d 1526. The dates make it look as though there may be a generation (or two) between them. Visitation starts with the following Gilbert, father of the John who married the heiress of Michelgrove. We presume that Gilbert was John's son. |
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| A. | Gilbert Shelley | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Sydney | |||||||||||||||
| i. | John Shelley of Michelgrove (d 1526) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Michelgrove (dau of John Michelgrove of Michelgrove by Mary, dau of William Sidney of Penshurst) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir William Shelley of Michelgrove | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alice Belknap (dau of Sir Henry (not Hamon) Belknap, sister of Sir Edward) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | John Shelley of Michelgrove (d 16.12.1550) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary FitzWilliam (dau of Sir William FitzWilliam, m2. Sir John Guildford) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | William Shelley of Michelgrove (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Writhosley (dau of Thomas Writhosley, Earl of Southampton) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | John Shelley of Michelgrove (d 27.08.1592) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Eleanor Lovell (dau of Sir Thomas Lovell of Harling) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir John Shelley, 1st Bart of Michelgrove (b 1586, d 1642) - continued below | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Reresby (dau of Sir Thomas Rereseby of Thribergh) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Elizabeth Shelley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Tymberley of Suffolk | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Richard Shelley (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| (D) | Bridget Shelley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anthony Hungerford of Down Ampney | |||||||||||||||
| (E) | Mary Shelley | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Cotton (son of Sir Richard) | |||||||||||||||
| (F) | Elizabeth Shelley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Thomas Guldeford (not Gifford) of Hemsted | |||||||||||||||
| (G) | Margaret Shelley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edward Gaye (Gage) | |||||||||||||||
| (H) | Elianor Shelley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Norton (son of Sir John of Norton) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Thomas Shelley of Mapledurham, co. Southampton had issue | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Catherine Shelley probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Henry Browne, younger of Beechworth | |||||||||||||||
| (4)+ | 3 sons and 2 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Edward Shelley of Worminghurst Park | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Edon (dau of Paul Edon of Pensurst) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Richard Shelley of Potham or Patcham, Sussex | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Urdswick (dau of Richard Urdswick, widow of Thomas Scott) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | John Shelley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Amersham or Agmondisham (widow of Edward Warwick) | |||||||||||||||
| The following comes from Visitation (Sussex, 1662, Shelley of Lewes). | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Richard Shelley of Patcham (b c1521, bur 08.10.1594, 5th son?) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy Hills (bur 04.06.1600, widow of _ Welche) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Henry Shelley of Patcham (b c1563, d before 17.02.1634) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Bellingham (dau of Richard Bellingham of Hangleton) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Henry Shelley of Lewes (bpt 13.12.1599) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c09.1626) Martha Heath (bpt 05.11.1610, dau of William Heath of Deanes) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Henry Shelley of Lewes (b c1635, d 14.12.1691) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Cordelia Caldicott (b 1640-1, d 13.02.1717, dau of Richard Caldicott of Sherrington) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Richard Shelley of the Inner Temple (bpt 15.01.1662-3, d 12.05.1716) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (23.06.1691) Hannah Pellatt (bur 16.10.1736, dau of Thomas Pellatt of Bignor Park & Lewes) | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Martha Shelley | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Corby | |||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | Elizabeth Shelley | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Dobyns of Lincoln's Inn | |||||||||||||||
| ((4)) | Charity Shelley | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Hawes | |||||||||||||||
| ((5)) | Cordelia Shelley | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Dowse | |||||||||||||||
| ((6))+ | other issue - William, Thomas, John, Robert | ||||||||||||||
| (B)+ | other issue - George, Henry, John, James, Robert, Mary, Mary, Joane, Bridget, Dorothy, Anne, Catherine | ||||||||||||||
| d. | Sir John Shelley (d Rhodes) | ||||||||||||||
| e. | Anne Shelley possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Richard Shirley of Westneston or Wiston (d 1543-4) | |||||||||||||||
| f. | Jane Shelley possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edward Bellingham of Erringham | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Thomas Shelley of Gaysum | ||||||||||||||
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| Sir John Shelley, 1st Bart of Michelgrove (b 10.1586, d 20.11.1642) - continued above | |||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Reresby (d before 15.11.1644, dau of Sir Thomas Rereseby of Thribergh) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Sir William Shelley (dvp c1635/9) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Christiana Mara Vantelet (dau of Sir James Vantelet or Vauntlit) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Sir Charles Shelley, 2nd Bart of Michelgrove (b 12.1637, d 1681) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (02.03.1651-2) Elizabeth Weston (dau of Benjamin Weston of Portland family) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir John Shelley, 3rd Bart of Michelgrove (d 25.04.1703, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Winifred Nevill (bur 24.05.1687, dau of George Nevill, 11th Lord Abergavenny) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Frances Shelley (b c1672, bur 18.11.1771) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1703-4) Richard FitzWilliam, 5th Viscount FitzWilliam (d 06.06.1743) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (c1690) Mary Gage (d before 1722, dau of Sir John Gage, 4th Bart of Firle) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Sir John Shelley, 4th Bart of Michelgrove (b 05.03.1691-2, d 06.09.1771) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (21.05.1717) Katherine Scawen (dau of Sir Thomas Scawen) | |||||||||||||||
| (1)+ | issue - Catherine, Mary | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (16.03.1726-7) Margaret Pelham (d 23.11.1758, dau of Sir Thomas Pelham, 1st Lord of Laughton) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Sir John Shelley, 5th Bart of Michelgrove (d 11.09.1783) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Wilhelmina Newnham (d 1772, dau of John Newnham of Maresfield Park) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir John Shelley, 6th Bart of Michelgrove (b 03.03.1772, d 28.03.1852) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.06.1807) Frances Winckley (d 24.02.1873, dau of Thomas Winckley of Brockholes) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (1775) Elizabeth Woodcock (dau of Edward Woodcock) | |||||||||||||||
| (B)+ | 3 daughters (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| (4) | Henrietta Shelley (d 05.1802) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (26.06.1763) George Onslow, 1st Earl of Onslow (b 13.09.1731, d 17.05.1814) | |||||||||||||||
| (5) | Elizabeth Shelley | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Cannon | |||||||||||||||
| (6) | Tryphena Shelley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Charles Polhill | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Richard Shelley had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. ?? (Mrs. Fleetwood) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Martha Shelley (d 18.03.1786) probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1749) Sir Charles Whitworth of Leybourne (d 22.08.1778) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Frances Shelley (d 30.10.1808) possibly of this family, of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Best of Park House (d 29.01.1782) | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Mary Shelley | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1712) Sir John Lawson, Bart (b c1689, d 19.10.1739) | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Elizabeth Shelley (d 16.09.1766) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edward Sheldon (d 1746) | |||||||||||||||
| f. | Catherine Shelley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Theobald (not George) Mathew (d 24.09.1745) | |||||||||||||||
| ii.+ | other issue (dsp/d unm) - Benjamin (b c1658, d young), 2 sons, Elizabeth, Christian | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Mary Gifford (bur 14.11.1699, dau of Thomas Gifford of Dunton) | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | John Shelley (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Bailley (dau of George Bailley or Bayly of Lincolnshire) | |||||||||||||||
Main sources: BP1934
(Shelley), Visitation (Sussex, 1530+1633-4, Shelley), Visitation (Sussex, 1662, Shelley of Michelgrove)
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