Sir William Shelley1,2,3

M, b. circa 1476, d. 4 January 1549
     William was born circa 1476 in County Sussex, England. He was the eldest son.1 He was the son of John Shelley Esquire and Eliza Michelgrove. He succeded his father on 3 January 1527 as a Member of Parliament. He was knoghted by King Henry VIII in 1529 in York Place. William made his will on 6 November 1548. He wrote a codicil to his will on 29 December 1548. William departed this life on Tuesday, 4 January 1549 in Clapham, County Sussex, England. He was buried in Clapham, County Sussex, England, in the Clapham Church.

Citations

  1. [S1831] William Shelley [1480].
  2. [S1833] Esquire John Burke, A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage And Baronetage of the British Empire, Volume II: pages 429-430 -William Shelley was the son of John Shelley.
  3. [S1834] The History of Parliament 1509-1558: Sir William Shelley by Helen Miller - www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/shelley-william-1479-1549.