Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Ralph Shirley
1391 - Abt 1443 (51 years)-
Name Ralph Shirley Alternate birth Abt 1390 [1] Birth 23 Apr 1391 of Lower Ettington, Warwickshire, England [2, 3] Gender Male Death Abt 1443 France [2, 4] Burial Collegiate Church of Newark, Leicester, Leicestershire, England [1, 2] Siblings 2 siblings Person ID I15699 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of DDB, Ancestor of JMF, Ancestor of JTS Last Modified 5 Mar 2023
Father Hugh Shirley, b. Abt 1362, of Lower Ettington, Warwickshire, England d. 22 Jul 1403, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England (Age ~ 41 years) Mother Beatrice Brewes, b. Abt 1366 d. 20 Apr 1440 (Age ~ 74 years) Marriage Bef 1383 [4] Family ID F9838 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Joan Basset d. 14 May 1419 Children + 1. Beatrice Shirley, b. Abt 1408 d. 10 Jul 1483 (Age ~ 75 years) Family ID F9831 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 10 Oct 2017
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Notes - Also known as Ralph Basset. Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, 1420-22. Knight of the shire for Leicestershire. He served as a young man in the French campaigns of Henry V. He was present at the siege of Harfleur, but was prevented by illness from taking command of his retinue at Agincourt.
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Sources - [S4384] George Eldridge, Hydrographer, and Eliza Jane His Wife: Their Ancestors and Their Descendants by Henry James Young. Carlisle, Pennsylvania: 1982.
- [S142] Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families by Douglas Richardson. Salt Lake City, 2013.
- [S47] The History of Parliament. Some citations point to entries from the printed volumes not yet added to the online site.
- [S1513] F. N. Craig, "Maternal Ancestry of Governor Thomas Dudley: Purefoy, Ayot, and Denton Lines." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 142:227, July 1998.
- [S4384] George Eldridge, Hydrographer, and Eliza Jane His Wife: Their Ancestors and Their Descendants by Henry James Young. Carlisle, Pennsylvania: 1982.