Family and Education
b. c.1362, s. and h. of Sir Thomas Shirley of Shirley by Isabel, uterine or bastard sis. of Ralph, 3rd Lord Basset of Drayton; nephew and h. of Lord Basset. m. bef. 1390, Beatrice (c.1366-20 Apr. 1440), da. of Sir Peter Brewes (d.1377) of Wiston, Suss., sis. and event. h. of Sir John Brewes (d.1426), 1s. Sir Ralph, 5da. Kntd. bef. June 1392.
Offices Held
Commr. of weirs, Leics., Notts. June 1398; array, Notts. Dec. 1399; oyer and terminer, Derbys. Mar., July 1401; to make proclamation of Henry IV’s intention to govern well, Derbys., Leics., Warws. May 1402; of inquiry, Notts. June 1403 (Sir Hugh Annesley’s estates).
J.p. Notts. 28 Nov. 1399 – d., Derbys., Warws. 16 May 1401 – d.
Constable of Castle Donington, Leics. 15 Mar. 1400–d.
Master of the King’s hawks 27 Mar. 1400 – d.
Master forester of Duffield Frith, Derbys. 23 Feb. 1402 – d.
Chief warder of Higham Ferrers park, Northants.
Main residences: Lower Ettington, Warws.; Shirley, Derbys.
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
Web Title
SHIRLEY, Sir Hugh (c.1362-1403)
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Oxford 1644
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