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]
  Person ID	I15699	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of DDB, Ancestor of JMF
  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

  
  

• 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.

  
  

• 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.