'Shirley3'
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Families covered: Shurley (Shirley) of Isfield, Shurley of Lewes
| The Visitation shows the family name as 'Shurley' throughout and that spelling appears to be supported by the family web site referred to below. However, cross-references to this family from elsewhere in the database nornally use 'Shirley'. | |||||||||||||||
| John Shurley of Longfeld (Longfield), Yorkshire | |||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Portington | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Robert Shurley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Gower (dau of Henry Gower) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | John or William Shurley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Menell (dau of Sir Ralfe Menell or Meignell) | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Henry Shurley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Standy (dau/coheir of John Standy) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | John Shurley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Grace Longford (dau of Sir John Longford) | |||||||||||||||
| The Visitation Record provides 2 entries on this family, possibly but not clearly coming from the long-apart visits. Both of them show the following John as son of the above John but the other, which reports the above John's younger brothers (Thomas and a 2nd John) adds a dotted line to the following John from the younger John. The family web site starts with ... | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Shurley of Iffeild or Iffeld or Isfield, Sussex (d 03.08.1527, cofferer to King Henry VIII) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Parnell Grandford not mentioned by Visitation | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Margery Goring of Sussex | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | John Shurley of Isfield (dsp?) not mentioned by Visitation | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Edward Shurley of Isfield (d 16.03.1558, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joan Fenner (dau of John Fenner of Crowley (Crawley?)) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Thomas Shurley of Isfield (d 1579) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Ann Pelham (dau of Sir Nicholas Pelham) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir John Shurley of Isfield or Ifield (b 1569, d 1631) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Jane Shirley (dau of Sir Thomas Shirley or Sherley of Wiston) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Jane Shurley (b 21.09.1594, d 04.1666) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Sir Walter Covert of Sussex | |||||||||||||||
| m2. John Freake mentioned by TCP (Holles of Ifield) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. (16.03.1641/2) Denzill Holles, 1st Lord of Ifield (b 31.10.1599, d 17.02.1679-80) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Cicily Shurley (bpt 28.02.1597/8, d before 1631) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir William Somervile | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Elizabeth Shurley (bpt 17.06.1599) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 1627) Sir Thomas Palmer, Bart (bur 20.04.1656) | |||||||||||||||
| (d) | Mary Shurley | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Doyley (son/heir of Sir Coape of Chisilhampton) | |||||||||||||||
| (e) | Hannah or Anne Shurley (bpt 31.12.1603) | ||||||||||||||
| Named Hannah by Visitation but Anne by the Shirley Association web site. The former shows an Anne (d young) whilst the latter shows a Hannah (dvp). | |||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Giles Overbury | |||||||||||||||
| (f) | Charity Shurley (bpt 04.07.1602) | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Rivers of Flower, Godstone (dvp 08.06.1641, son of Sir John, 1st Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| (g)+ | other issue - Thomas (dvpsp), John (bpt 14.12.1600, dvpsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (14.03.1607) Dorothy Goring (dau of George Goring of Lewes, widow of Sir Henry Bowyer of Cuckfield) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Sir George Shurley 'of Isfield' (b 1569, d 1647, Lord Chief Justice in Ireland) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Halfhed (a 03.1654, dau/heir of Edward Halfhed or Halfide of Tamms) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Robert Shurley of Isfield (bur 13.12.1646) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Verney (dau of Sir Richard Verney of Compton) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | John Shurley of Isfield (bpt 06.02.1633, dsp 1656) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Parker | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Arthur Shurley of Isfield (d 1667, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Elizabeth Shurley (bpt 18.10.1662, d young?) | ||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Penelope Shurley (bpt 01.05.1664) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Nathaniel Noel of St. George, Southwark | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (1680) Edward Radcliffe of Isfield | |||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | Elizabeth Shurley (bpt 26.05.1666) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir James Smyth, Lord Mayor of London | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Thomas Shurley (d 19.11.1661, 6th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Fitzpatrick | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Mabel Shurley | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1661) Edward Trevor (in Dublin?) | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Mary Shurley | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1661) George Adams (in Dublin?) | |||||||||||||||
| (d) | Anne Shurley | ||||||||||||||
| m. (Sir) Fenton Parsons (of Ireland) | |||||||||||||||
| (e) | Penelope Shurley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Francis Selwyn of Friston | |||||||||||||||
| (f) | Judith Shurley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Samuel Crooks, Bart of Baltemore | |||||||||||||||
| (g)+ | other issue - Pelham (dvp 30.10.1634), George, Edward, Henry, Judith (d young?), Mary (dsp), Dorothy (dsp), Jane (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Judith Shurley (d before 09.05.1642) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Peter Garton of Wollavington (d 1607) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (12.12.1575) Ann Wroth not mentioned by Visitation | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | John Shurley of Lewes, Sussex (d 1611, Sergeant-at-law) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Elizabeth Kyme not mentioned by Visitation | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Frances Capell (dau of Henry Capell of Hadham) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | John Shurley of Lewes (bpt 19.12.1599, d 1631) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Judith Honywood (m2. Sir Thomas Pelham of Halland) | |||||||||||||||
| (a)+ | issue - John (bpt 05.07.1621, d 1637), Frances (bpt 08.06.1620, a 1635) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Katharine Shurley probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Whittingham Wood (d 1616) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Sir Christopher Mann of Canterbury | |||||||||||||||
| (C)+ | other issue - Edward, daughter | ||||||||||||||
| (3)+ | other issue - William (dsp?), Joan, Bridget | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Thomas Shurley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Catherine Utterbury (dau of William Utterbury) | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | John Shurley (2nd) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Grenold (dau of Robert Grenold or Grenhould) | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): Visitation (Sussex, 1530+1633-4, Shurley), www.shirleyassociation.com
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