Robert Shirburne

- Bef 1342

• Name	Robert Shirburne  [1]
  Birth	of Mitton, Yorkshire, England   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate birth	of Hambleton in Amounderness, Lancashire, England   [4]
  Death	Bef 1342  [4, 5]
  Alternate death	Bef 7 Jan 1354  [2]
  Person ID	I1373	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of AP
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2020

  
  

  Father	John Shirburne,   b. of Hambleton in Amounderness, Lancashire, England d. Aft 1324
  Mother	Eva de Carleton
  Family ID	F16848	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alice Blackburne   d. Aft Jul 1352
  Children	+ 1. Katherine Shirburne,   b. Abt 1320   d. Aft Aug 1354 (Age ~ 34 years)
  Family ID	F1180	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2020

  
  

• Notes

  Seneschal of Clitheroe and Blackburnshire. In 1313 he was pardoned for his share in the murder of Piers Gaveston, having been an adherent of the Earl of Lancaster. Knighted about 1326. (Some records say 3 Mar 1291.) Knight of the shire in 1335.

  
  

• Sources

  [S641] The Coucher Book, Or Chartulary, of Whalley Abbey ed. W. H. Hulton, in Remains, Historical and Literary Connected With the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester. Cheshire: Chetham Society, 1847-48. [S4035] Tempest Pedigrees, by Eleanor Blanche Tempest. Manuscript in the British Library. [S4033] John R. Schuerman and Douglas Hickling, "Tempest Wives and Daughters in the Late Medieval Period." Four parts, linked from here. 2006. [S812] The Victoria County History of Lancaster. Portions online, linked from medievalgenealogy.org.uk. [S4036] Stonyhurst College: Its Life Beyond the Seas, 1592-1794, and on English Soil, 1794-1894 by John Gerard. Belfast: Marcus Ward & Co., 1894.