Shirley, Sir Thomas The Elder

1542 - 1612  (70 years)

• Name	Shirley, Sir Thomas The Elder  [1]
  Born	9 May 1542	Wiston, Sussex, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	16 Oct 1612	Wiston, Sussex, England   [1]
  Buried	Wiston, Horsham District, West Sussex, England   [1]
  Person ID	I10983	Morrill-Elrod Tree
  Last Modified	21 Dec 2025

  
  

  Children	+ 1. Shirley, Anne,   b. 1576, Of Tewkesbury, Gloucester, England   2. Shirley, Jane,   b. 1592, Wiston, Sussex, England   3. Shirley, John,   c. 10 Mar 1816, Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottingham, England ,   d. 10 Jun 1816  (Age ~ 0 years)   4. Shirley, Ann,   c. 19 Oct 1817, Deddington, Oxfordshire, England   5. Shirley, William,   c. 9 Feb 1823, Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottingham, England   6. Shirley, Henry,   c. 30 Jun 1829, Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottingham, England ,   d. 25 Oct 1829  (Age ~ 0 years)
  Last Modified	5 Jan 2026
  Family ID	F9612	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Kempe, Anne,   b. 1544, Wye, Kent, England ,   d. Jan 1623, Southbourne, Sussex, England  (Age 79 years)
  Married	20 Feb 1560	Southbourne, Sussex, England
  Children	1. Shurloey, John,   b. Isfield, Sussex, England ,   d. 25 Apr 1631, Lewes, Sussex, England + 2. Shirley, George,   b. 23 Apr 1559, Staunton Harold, Leicestershire, England ,   d. 27 Apr 1622, Staunton Harold, Leiscester, England  (Age 63 years)   3. Shirley, Thomas,   b. 1561, Thakeham, Sussex, England ,   d. 16 May 1564, Preston, Sussex, England  (Age 3 years) + 4. Shirley, Robert,   b. 1561, Of Wiston, Sussex, England ,   d. 13 Jul 1628, Qazvin, Iran  (Age 67 years) + 5. Sherley, Thomas,   b. 1564, Wiston, Sussex, England + 6. Shirley, Anthony,   b. 1565, Weston, Thaksham, Sussex, England ,   d. 1635, Granada, Spain  (Age 70 years)   7. Shirley, Daniel,   b. 1565, England ,   d. 1650  (Age 85 years) + 8. Shirley, Mary,   b. 1566, Sussex, England ,   d. 13 Mar 1649, Little Saxham, Suffolk, England  (Age 83 years) + 9. Shirley, Margaret,   b. 1568, Hampshire, England ,   d. 6 Aug 1630, Preston Place, Sussex, England  (Age 62 years) + 10. Shirley, George,   b. 1569, Isfield, Sussex, England ,   d. 15 Oct 1647, Isfield, Sussex, England  (Age 78 years) + 11. Goring, Dorothy,   b. 1571, Wiston, Sussex, England ,   d. 7 Feb 1661, Sussex, England  (Age 90 years) + 12. Shirley, Jane,   b. 22 Sep 1571, Thakeham, Sussex, England ,   d. 7 Feb 1661, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States  (Age 89 years)   13. Shirley, Ann,   b. 11 Jan 1573, Wiston, Sussex, England + 14. Shurley, John,   b. 1580, Thakeham, Sussex, England ,   d. 18 Jul 1631, Isfield, Sussex, England  (Age 51 years) + 15. Shirley, Cecily Elizabeth,   b. 1581, Southbourne, Sussex, England ,   d. 31 Jul 1662, Wherwell, Hampshire, England  (Age 81 years) + 16. Shirley, Mary,   b. 1585, Wiston, Sussex, England   17. Shirley, Francis Barnet,   c. 9 Apr 1693, Saint Ann Blackfriars, London, London, England
  Last Modified	5 Jan 2026
  Family ID	F5810	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 2 Jun 2017), entry for Sir Thomas The Elder Shirley, person ID LJR5-PTB.