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SHERBORN, Sir Richard (by 1522-94), of Stonyhurst, Lancs.

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b. by 1522, 1st s. of Thomas Sherborn of Stonyhurst by Joan, da. of Sir John Towneley of Towneley. m. (1) 1538, Maud (d. 10 Nov. 1588), da. of Sir Richard Bold of Bold, 5s. 3da.; (2) 1588, Isabel Wood, 1s. 2da. illegit. bef. , also 1s. illegit. by Grace Ryddynge. suc. fa. 22 Sept. 1536. Kntd. 11 May 1544.Date of birth estimated from first reference, but said to be ten at fa.’s death. Vis. Lancs. (Chetham Soc. lxxxi), 58; (lxxxviii), 264; C. D. Sherborn, Sherborn Fam. 27 seq.; Chetham Soc. lx. 267; VCH Lancs. vii. 5.
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Dep. steward, duchy of Lancaster, Blackburn hundred, Lancs. 1543, steward and master forester, Bowland and Quernmore 1554 – d., dep. master forester, Amounderness 1560–1 and 1586–7; commr. chantries, Lancs. 1552, 1554, eccles. causes, diocese of Chester 1562, to survey crown lands, Lancs. 1576, musters 1577, 1580; servant of earls of Derby by 1555, member, council by 1561; butler, Lancs. 1559; searcher, port of Liverpool 1559; lt. I.o.M. in 1561; j.p. Lancs. by 1564–83 or later; member eccles. comm. in 1568; clerk of the market and feodary, Bowland and Lancs. 1582; dep. lt. Lancs. by 1585–d.VCH Lancs. ii. 97–98; vii. 5; CPR, 1560–3, pp. 280–1; 1572–5, p. 92; Chetham Soc. n.s. lxxii. 24; APC, xii. 8; xviii. 386; Cam. Misc. ix(3), 77; HMC Foljambe, 25; DKR, xliii. 274; Somerville, Duchy, i. 467n, 491, 501; CSP Dom. 1591–4, p. 402.

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SHERBORN, Sir Richard (by 1522-94), of Stonyhurst, Lancs.
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SHILSTON, Sir John (by 1491-1529/30), of Wood, Devon and Southwark, Surr.

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b. by 1491, yr. s. of Robert Shilston of Devon. m. Anne, da. of Sir William Brandon. Kntd. bef. Nov. 1513.Date of birth estimated from first reference. C142/31/34; Vis. Devon, ed. Vivian, 135; LP Hen. VIII, i.
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Keeper and bailiff, manor of Dartington, Devon 1514; j.p. Devon 1515; sheriff 1515 – 16, commr. loan, Anglesey 1522; under steward, manor of Bromfield, Salop 1522; ‘justice’, N. Wales. A. Emery, Dartington Hall, 71; LP Hen. VIII, i-iii; Cal. Wynn (of Gwydir) Pprs. 1515–1690, pp. 239–40; Req.2/12/154.

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SHILSTON, Sir John (by 1491-1529/30), of Wood, Devon and Southwark, Surr.
Main residences: Wood, Devon; Southwark, Surr.
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SHILSTON, Sir John (by 1491-1529/30)

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SHIRLEY, Francis (c.1524-78), of West Grinstead, Suss.

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b. c. 1524, 1st s. of Thomas Shirley of West Grinstead by Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Marmaduke Gorges alias Russell of Gloucester, Glos. m. by 1555, Barbara, da. of Sir Richard Blount of Mapledurham, Oxon. and Dedisham, Suss., 2s. inc. Thomas 2da. suc. fa. 28 Apr. 1544.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., C142/183/63, amended by LP Hen. VIII, xxi. Suss. Arch. Colls. v. 11.
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Collector of customs, Southampton, Hants in 1553 – 54; j.p. Suss. 1564 – d.; sheriff, Surr. and Suss. 1573–4.SP12/74, f. 106v.

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SHIRLEY, Francis (c.1524-78), of West Grinstead, Suss.
Main residence: West Grinstead, Suss.
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SHIRLEY, Sir Richard (by 1477-1540), of Wiston, Suss.

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b. by 1477, 1st s. of Ralph Shirley of Wiston by Joan, da. of Thomas Bellingham of Lyminster; bro. of Thomas. m. (1) by 1498, Alma, da. of John Shelley of Michelgrove, 4s. 6da., (2) Elizabeth, da. of Sir Richard Guildford of Cranbrook and Rolvenden, Kent, wid. of Thomas Isley of Sunridge, Kent. suc. fa. 1510. Kntd. 1526.Date of birth estimated from marriage. Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. liii), 7, 159; Suss. Arch. Colls. v. 1-13.
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J.p. Suss. 1512 – d.; commr. array 1512, subsidy 1512, 1514, 1515, 1523, 1524, musters 1539; sheriff, Surr. and Suss. 1513 – 14, 1526 – 27; knight of the body by 1533.LP Hen. VIII, i-v, xiii-xv; Statutes, iii. 84, 113, 169; Suss. Rec. Soc. lvi. 62.

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SHIRLEY, Sir Richard (by 1477-1540), of Wiston, Suss.
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SHIRLEY, Thomas (by 1489-1544), of West Grinstead, Suss.

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b. by 1489, yr. s. of Ralph Shirley of Wiston, and bro. of Sir Richard. m. Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Marmaduke Gorges alias Russell of Gloucester, Glos., 2s. inc. Francis 4da.Date of birth estimated from first reference. Comber, Suss. Genealogies (Lewes), 260.
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J.p. Suss. 1524 – d.; commr. subsidy 1524, sewers 1534, tenths of spiritualities 1535; collector of customs, Southampton by 1542–d.LP Hen. VIII, iv, v, vii, viii, xix; E122/209/3; Suss. Rec. Soc. lvi. 59.

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SHIRLEY, Thomas (by 1489-1544), of West Grinstead, Suss.
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