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Stemmata Shirleiana page 333-334 - "The Shirleys
of Yorkshire were originally, as tradition affirms, from Shirley
in Derbyshire (*1), in which county, at Mill Town, in the parish
of Chapel-en-le Frith, the representative of the family (*2),
possessed property in the year 1841. They settled at Laughton
about the year 1534, but appear to have been merely yeomen, Richard
Shirley, their ancestor, describing himself in his will, dated
February 4, 1613, as "Richard Shirle of Wickersley, yeoman."
About the beginning of the seventeenth century, as appears from
the parish registers, they were seated at Wickersley, in the
county of York. The Shirleys of Wickersley are thus noticed in
Hunter's South Yorkshire: ---
This Lineage Last Updated
January 2023
Thomas Shirley settled
in Laughton Yorkshire about 1534 according to Stemmata Shirleiana
(source The Publications of the Harleian Society, Volume
37, p 402)
married _______
children:
1(i). Richard Shirley of Wickersley, yeoman; Married
at Laughton en le Morthen Yorkshire in 1568 (indexed as Searle);
He died 29 Aug 1615; Will dated Feb 4 1613 at Yorkshire (Registry
at York: Richard Shirle 33/742)
1615 Will of Richard Shirle of Wickersley, Feb 4 1613 33/742
- Yeoman of Wickersley to be buried in the Church or Churchyard
of Wickersley. To Eliz Kinsby To Agnes Wild wife of Thomas Wilde
my dau in law a full child's protion. To Eliz Willy. To Margaret
Shirle daughter of Robert Shirle. To Laurence Billaws my servant
and to another servant Dorothy Hewitt. To Thomas Shirle my son.
To Humphrey Ratclift, John [Wood?], Symon Hubbald. Will probated
by Thoma Shirle.
married Margaret Linacre on 8 February 1568 at Laughton
en le Morthen Yorkshire. She died 3 May 1618; Her husband Richard
Shirle mentions his "daughter in law" Agnes Wild in
his 1613 will implying a step daughter; Thus, Margaret Linacre
may have been married before, nee ____?
children
2(i). Ann Shirley chr 6 January 1569; Only daughter;
She was not mentioned in the 1613 will of her father Richard
Shirley of Wickersley; She married Richard Rusby of Laughton
en le Morthen
2(ii). Thomas Shirley of Wickersley Yorkshire
born 24 December 1570; Named in the 1613 will of his father Richard
Shirley of Wickersley; Eldest son and heir (according to Harleian
Vol 37) He may be the Thomas Shirle buried at Laughton en
le Morthen in 1659
1633 September 27 [troop list as of this date] - Mss. The
Troop of Sir John Reresby's bearing the date of 1623 [sic], relating
to the following passage in his memoirs.
Wickersley:[list of villages and men] Thomas Shirley
married Sarah Eyre in Laughton en le Morthen Yorks
on 24 January 1616; She was chr 28 May 1593; daughter of William
Eyre, of Bramley, Co. York, gent. (see Harleian Society, Volume
37)
children
3(i). John Shirley chr 25 February 1618 at Wickersley,
son of Thomas Shirley; eldest son;
1672 West Riding Yorkshire Hearth Tax: Wickersley: Widdow
Sherle 4; John Shirle 4
married Frances Abdy/Ablie on 1 Aug 1637 at Wickersley
Yorkshire
children
"and had issue" (source Harleian Society, Volume
37)
4(i). Sarah Shirley chr 16 May 1645 at Wickersley,
daughter of John Shirley
large gap in births, a different
father named John Shirley or possibly children by a much later
2nd wife?
4(ii). John Shirley chr 28 June 1661 at Wickersley,
son of John Shirley, likely died young
4(iii). Frances Shirley (female) chr 15 October 1672
at Wickersley, daughter of John Shirley
4(iv). Thomas Shirley chr 22 August 1675 at Wickersley,
son of John Shirley
4(v). John Shirley chr 24 February 1678 at Wickersley,
son of John Shirley
are these his marriage and his children?
married Elizabeth Thorpe on 27 November 1712 at Laughton en
le Morthen Yorkshire
1713 Dec 24 Ann chr to John Shirl (She likely married John
Linley in 1736 at Wickersley, a local school teacher)
1719 Jan 6 Mary Shirley chr to John Shirley at Wickersley,
Yorks
3(ii). Thomas Shirley of Wickersley, yeoman chr 23
January 1620 at Wickersley, son of Thomas Shirley; 2nd son; One
of the principle freeholders of Wickersley, Yorkshire; He died
27 December 1667 and is buried in the church of Wickersley. His
will dated 16 Aug 1667.
Wills in the York Registry - 1668 April 16 - Thomas Sherle
of Wickersley yeoman (dated 16 Aug 1667) Vol 49 Fol. 257
"One of the principal proprietiors of Wickersley in
the first half of the 17th century was Thomas Shirley, son of
Thomas & Sarah (formerly Sarah Eyre of Bramley). He was married
to Elizabeth Scargill of Sheffield on 29/5/1657 at Wickersley.The
greater part of the Shirley Estates descended to his Grandson
Thomas Wylde, a prominent member and liberal supporter of the
Rotherham Meeting House. His name appears in the first deed book
of 1704." Extracts from "Education & Socialogical
Changes in Wickersley" a Dissertation by Kenneth Baker (in
Rotherham Library):
In the middle aisle of Wickersley church is the gravestone
of Thomas Shirley, of Wickersley, who died Aug 19, and was buried
the 21st of the same month, 1667. This stone has a shield
of arms, Paly of six, or and az. for Shirley, which are repeated
on the door of a pew near to the place, impaling a saltier, which
is intended for Scargel, his wife being the sister of Robert
Scargel, of Sheffield. Shirley was one of the principal freeholders
of this manor; he was the son of Thomas Shirley and Sarah Eyre,
(daughter of William Eyre, of Bramley, Co. York, gent.; married
at Laughton in 1616,) and grandfather to Thomas Wylde, who inherited
the greater part of the lands of Shirley, and died at Wickersley
in 1756
"The gravestone of Thomas Shirley,
mentioned by Hunter, is no longer to be seen at Wickersley. It
was covered over in 1834, when the church, with the exception
of the tower, was rebuilt from the ground. The old house of the
Shirleys, in the same village, has been also of late pulled down,
and another built on its site"
married Eliz. Scargell on 29 April 1657 at Sheffield,
Cathedral Church of St Peter & St Paul Yorkshire; The banns
of marriage were read on 3 occassions: 5 Apr, 12 Apr, 19 Apr
prior to the marriage by Wm Beckwith; She was the sister and
co-heir of Robert Scargell, of Sheffield;
1658 4 Sept - Will of Robert Skargell, cutler of Sheffield,
Administration by Thomas Sherle, son in law - Yorkshire Wills
(Pell Register) Folio 263
1672 West Riding Yorkshire Hearth Tax: Wickersley: Widdow
Sherle 4; John Shirle 4
1696 Wills at Yorkshire - Elizabeth Sherley - Wickersley
children
4(i). Sarah Shirley chr 2 June 1658 at Wickersley,
daughter of Thomas Shirley; She died 27 May 1719; buried with
her husband in the churchyard of Wickersley; She married Robert
Wylde of Wickersley, gent. (as his 2nd wife) on 4 June 1683 at
Rotherham Yorkshire. His will is dated 1714.Buried in the churchyard
of Wickersley Her descendants were heirs
of the Shirley properties
"Rotherham Library have a book "The Old Meeting
House and its Ministers by William Blazeby" which charts
the history of that building - a non-conformist chapel. This
book mentions Thomas Wylde at great length, and even includes
a pedigree of a couple of generations of his descendents."
4(ii). Timothy Shirley chr 22 March 1660 at Wickersley,
son of Thomas Shirley; He was identified as a minor in 1667;
son and heir; He was a London merchant. Supposedly he returned
to Yorkshire and died at Rotherham in 1696.
1697 Wills at Yorkshire - Timothy Sherley - Rotherham
married Rachel Langford of Rotherham Yorks on 3 August
1691.
1700 Wills at Yorkshire - Rachael Sherley - Rotherham
children
5(i). Samuel Shirley born 27 July 1691, chr Aug 3,
1692 at Sheffield, Yorkshire (Non-conformist); Only child; died
and buried 2 August 1714 at St James, Bath Somerset
Samuel Shirley 3 Aug 1692 of Rotherham reg at Sheffield
Yorks son of Timothy Shirley at Upper Presby Chapel at Norfolk
Street in Parish of Sheffield
Bath Somerset - Samuel Sherley was buried at Bath 2 August
1714; Residence: Wickersley neer Ratheram, Yorkshire
4(iii). Nathaniel Shirley chr 6 February 1662 at Wickersley,
son of Thomas Shirley; He was suppose to have did as an infant
however his estate may have been probated in 1690
1690 Wills at Yorkshire - ?Nat Sherley - Rotherham
4(iii). Elizabeth Shirley chr May 25, 1664; She married
John Lee of Sheffield Yorks on Mar 28, 1686; Her children: Joseph,
Elizabeth, Mary, Thomas Lee
3(iii). Richard Shirley chr 1 January 1623 at Wickersley,
son of Thomas Shirley; 3rd son; no further information known
2(iii). John Shirley chr 14 November 1572 at Laughton
en le Morthen to Richard Sharle did
he die young since Richard (next) is supposedly the 2nd son
2(ii). Richard Shirley chr 16 September 1576; 2nd son
according to Harleian Society Vol 37, p 402; He may have lived
and had children christened at next door Maltby Parish? He may
have been the Richard Shirle buried at Maltby Parish Yorkshir
ein 1613 nothing more known
married Ann Falstone (source The Publications of
the Harleian Society, Volume 37, p 402)
children: Speculation
3(i). Agneta Shirle chr 6 Jan 1611 at Maltby Parish Yorkshire,
daughter of Richard Shirle
Robert Shirle He was mentioned
in the (dated) 1613 will of Richard Shirle of Wickersley Yorkshire
(possibly a ?brother)
married _______
children:
1(i). Margaret Shirle Named in the 1613 will of Richard
Shirle of Wickersley Yorkshire as daughter of Robert Shirle
Wickersley
Christenings
1608 Jul 15 Margareta Shirle chr to Richard Shirle
1618 Feb 25 John Shurle chr to Thomas Shurle
1620 Jan 23 Thomas Shurle chr to Thomas Shurle
1623 Jan 1 Richard Shirle chr to Thomas Shirle
1645 May 16 Sara Sherle chr to John Sherle
1658 Jun 2 Sarah Sherle chr to Thomas Sherle
1660 Mar 22 Timothy Sherle chr to Thomas Sherle
1661 June 28 John Sherle chr to John Sherle
1661/62 Feb 6 Nathaniel Sherle chr to Thomas Sherle
1672 Oct 15 Frances (fem) chr to John Sherle
1675 Aug 22 Thomas Sherle chr to John Sherle
1677/78 Feb 24 John Sherle chr to John Sherle
1713 Dec 24 Ann chr to John Shirl
6 Jan 1719 Mary Shirley chr to John Shirley at Wickersley, Yorks
Marriages
1637 Aug 1 John Sherle married Frances Ablie
1669 May 20 John Sherle yeoman of Wickersley married Ann Carr(ye)
of Wickersley by license
12 Jul 1736 Ann Shirley married John Linley
Burials (FMP)
1613 Margreta Shyearle
1615 Ricus (Richard) Shirle
1625 Sara Shirle
1634 Elizabeth Sherle
1639 Still Borne Sherle
1655 Sherle
1656 Priscilla Sherle
1680 Ann Sherle
1685 John Sherle
1686 Thomas Sherle
1696 Elizabeth Sherley
1696 Tymothy Sherley
1697 Mrs Elizabeth Sherley
1736 John Shirley
1750 Elizabeth Shirley
email received from: David Lindley david@ourmob.org
Email updated Nov 2017
My own interest in the Shirley name has only just begun. You
see, my 6x Great Grandfather married into the family in 1736.
His bride was Ann Shirley, presumably a local lass in Wickersley
(Yorkshire) where they married. He (John Lindley) was the local
schoolteacher, though as yet I know nothing more about either
of them before the marriage.
Curiously, they called their first-born son Shirley Lindley,
and Shirley (as a middle name at least) was still being used
by male descendents over a hundred and thirty years later.
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Shirleys of Wickersley