Sir Hugh SHIRLEY, Mp: Our Family History

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Abt 1350 - 1403 (~ 53 years)

Generation: 1

Sir Hugh SHIRLEY, Mp was born about 1350 in Eatington, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England (son of Sir Thomas SHIRLEY, Mp and Isabel BASSET); died on 22 Jul 1403 in Battle Of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.

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FamilySearch ID: LY65-DCR
Title (Nobility): ; Sir Knight
_UID: 92D9516BDCD2415F801ACCABA447B9022C99
MilitaryService: 1400; Grand Falconer to King Henry IV
Occupation: Between 1400 and 1403; Master of the King's Hawks

Notes:

Sir Hugh Shirley, inherited Basset estates; Grand Falconer to Henry IV 1400; killed 1403 at Battle of Shrewsbury, being one of those who were dressed as the King and mistaken for him by the enemy. [Burke's Peerage]

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1400-1403 Master of King's Hawks.

Sir Hugh Shirley, inherited Basset estates; Grand Falconer to Henry IV 1400; killed 1403 at Battle of Shrewsbury, being one of four who were dressed as the King and mistaken for him by the enemy. [Burke's Peerage]

The encounter is immortalized by Shakespeare in his play "Henry IV."

However, in the play Shakespeare uses dramatic license and he has Sir Hugh killed instead by Douglas.
Quote: King Henry:
"Hold up thy head, vile Scot, or thou art like
never to hold it up again ! The spirits
of valiant Shirley, Stafford and Blunt are in my arms."

Hugh married Beatrix De BRAOSE in 1385 in Wiston, Sussex, England. Beatrix (daughter of Peter De BRAOSE, Of Wiston, Sir and Joan De PERCY) was born about 1355 in Wiston, Thakeham, Sussex, England; died on 20 Apr 1440 in Shirley, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Hugh SHIRLEY, Of Eatington, Sir Knight was born about 1369 in Eatington, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England; and died.
Joan SHIRLEY was born about 1375 in of Wiston, Sussex, England; and died.
Isabella SHIRLEY was born in 1376 in Shirley, Derbyshire, England; died in 1438 in Polesworth, Warwickshire, England; was buried in St Oswald Churchyard; North Transept, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England.
Elizabeth SHIRLEY was born about 1378 in Wiston, Sussex, England; and died.
Nicholaia SHIRLEY was born about 1386 in of, Wiston, Sussex, England; and died.
Sir Ralph SHIRLEY was born on 23 Apr 1391 in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England; died in 1443 in France.
Joan SHIRLEY was born about 1400 in Warwickshire, England; was christened in in Staffordshire, England; died in 1467 in Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom; was buried in Staffordshire, England.

Generation: 2

Sir Thomas SHIRLEY, Mp was born before 1300 in Eatington, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England; died in 1362 in Shirley, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England.

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FamilySearch ID: GFFB-B8X
_UID: 81F42329C24A45BCBC369FF7DE323B7F20D9

Notes:

Sir Thomas Shirley; MP Waricks c1321; fought Hundred Years War. [Burke's Peerage]

Thomas married Isabel BASSET about 1350 in Shirley, Derbyshire, England. Isabel (daughter of Ralph BASSET, Of Drayton, Sir and Alice De AUDLEY) was born about 1332 in Drayton, Staffordshire, England; died on 25 Apr 1393 in Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Isabel BASSET was born about 1332 in Drayton, Staffordshire, England (daughter of Ralph BASSET, Of Drayton, Sir and Alice De AUDLEY); died on 25 Apr 1393 in Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England.

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FamilySearch ID: GNJB-VF1
_UID: DE5AC4E3A2724E82B4014F1404D1513E3FC9

Notes:

Isabel, (illegitimate?, half?) sister and eventual heiress of Ralph Basset, 3rd Lord (Baron) Basset of Drayton (who dsp 10 May 1390, since when that Barony has been abeyant or dormant). [Burke's Peerage]

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Isabel, a sister (bastard? uterine?) of Ralph, 3rd Lord Basset of Drayton. [Magna Charta Sureties]

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Complete Peerage II:3-6 note (f) indicates that Isabel may have been illegitimate, a half-sister, or a full sister. In any case her brother Ralph the 3rd Lord Basset (who dsp), left the bulk of his estate to Isabel's son, Hugh; thus Isabel was the major heir, and was probably legitimate.

Children:

1. Sir Hugh SHIRLEY, Mp was born about 1350 in Eatington, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England; died on 22 Jul 1403 in Battle Of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.

Generation: 3

Ralph BASSET, Of Drayton, Sir was born about 1305 in Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire, England; died in 1335.

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FamilySearch ID: G6NM-K1X
_UID: 54F20338E26C4AFFA73CB4CC17A4692FCEE0

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Died:
(Dvp)

Ralph married Alice De AUDLEY on 22 May 1334 in Heleigh Castle, Audley, Staffordshire, England. Alice (daughter of Nicholas 1St Baron De AUDLEY, Of Heleigh, Sir and Joan MARTIN) was born about 1315 in Heleigh Castle, Audley, Staffordshire, England; died about 1365 in Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alice De AUDLEY was born about 1315 in Heleigh Castle, Audley, Staffordshire, England (daughter of Nicholas 1St Baron De AUDLEY, Of Heleigh, Sir and Joan MARTIN); died about 1365 in Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire, England.

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FamilySearch ID: GNJB-FXH
_UID: 8D88A2C303EB4AA589DBB83ABE72BA29C01B

Children:

3. Isabel BASSET was born about 1332 in Drayton, Staffordshire, England; died on 25 Apr 1393 in Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England.
Ralph 3Rd Baron BASSET, Of Drayton, Sir was born about 1335 in Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire, England; died on 10 May 1390 in Lichfield Cathedral, Hampshire, England (Dsp).

Generation: 4

Children:

6. Ralph BASSET, Of Drayton, Sir was born about 1305 in Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire, England; died in 1335.

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Nicholas 1St Baron De AUDLEY, Of Heleigh, Sir was born on 11 Nov 1289 in Heleigh Castle, Audley, Staffordshire, England (son of Nicholas De AUDLEY, Of Heleigh, Sir and Catherine GIFFARD); died on 24 Mar 1316 in Heleigh, Audley, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom.

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FamilySearch ID: GFGD-FFQ
Name: Nicholas 1St Baron De ALDITHLEY
_UID: 164452600AF84A33AAD658FEF781869CFBBE

Notes:

BARONY of AUDLEY (I)

NICHOLAS AUDLEY or ALDITHLEY, of Heleigh, co. Stafford, brother and heir to Thomas, born 11 November 1289. He had seizin of his brother's lands, having proved his age 27 March 1313/4. He was summoned to Parliament by writs directed Nicholao de Audele, 8 January (1312/3) to 25 August (1318) whereby he may be held to have become LORD AUDLEY. He married in 1312, without license, Joan, widow of Henry, EARL OF LINCOLN, the only child that had issue of William MARTIN [LORD MARTIN], by Eleanor, widow of John DE MOHUN, of Dunster, daughter of Sir Reynold FITZ PIERS. He died in 1316, shortly before 6 December, aged 27. His widow died between February 1319/20 and 1 Aug. 1322. [Complete Peerage I:339, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

Nicholas married Joan MARTIN in 1312 in 2ND Husband 1St Wife. Joan was born about 1291 in Combe Martin, Barnstaple, Devonshire, England; died before 1 Aug 1322 in Barnstaple, Devonshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Joan MARTIN was born about 1291 in Combe Martin, Barnstaple, Devonshire, England; died before 1 Aug 1322 in Barnstaple, Devonshire, England.

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FamilySearch ID: LVS9-KCK
_UID: C36AF5458E044B06808D07B8CCCA861A4C96

Notes:

He [Nicholas Audley] married in 1312, without license, Joan, widow of Henry, EARL OF LINCOLN, the only child that had issue of William MARTIN [LORD MARTIN], by Eleanor, widow of John DE MOHUN, of Dunster, daughter of Sir Reynold FITZ PIERS. He died in 1316, shortly before 6 December, aged 27. His widow died between February 1319/20 and 1 Aug. 1322. [Complete Peerage I:339, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

Children:

James 2Nd Baron De AUDLEY, Of Heleigh, Kg, Sir was born on 3 Jan 1312-1313 in Kneesall, Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England; died on 1 Apr 1386 in Red Castle, Weston, Shropshire, England; was buried in Choir Of Hulton Abbey, Staffordshire, England.
7. Alice De AUDLEY was born about 1315 in Heleigh Castle, Audley, Staffordshire, England; died about 1365 in Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire, England.