'Shelley03'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Shelley of Lewes, Shelley of Patcham
[Part of this page was previously included within Shelley01. It was moved here to facilitate expansion.]

                               
Richard Shelley of Patcham, Sussex (d 1552)
m. Mary Urdswick (dau of Richard Urdswick, widow of Thomas Scott)
1. John Shelley of Patcham (d by 1587)
m. Mary Agmondisham (probably not Ambersham) (bur 13.09.1583, widow of Edward Warwick)
  A. John Shelley
  m. (28.05.1570) Dorothy Everett
  B. James Shelley (3rd son)
m. Eleanor (bur 26.04.1576)
  C. Richard Shelley of Patcham (b c1521, bur 08.10.1594, 6th son?)
  m. Dorothy Hills (bur 04.06.1600, dau of Richard Hill of Hartley Wintney, widow of ?? Welche)
  i. John Shelley (2nd son?)
  m. Anne Bellingham (dau of John Bellingham of Errington (Erringham))
  a.+ issue - John, Richard, Anne
  ii. Anthony Shelley
  m. _ Cotton (dau of _ Cotton, Bishop of Salisbury)
  iii. Richard Shelley (5th son?)
m. ?? Shepherd (dau of Robert Shepherd of Peasemarsh, relict of John Tufton)
  iv. Henry Shelley of Patcham (b c1563, d before 17.02.1634, MP)
  m1. _ Walsingham
  m2. Jane Bellingham (dau of Richard Bellingham of Hangleton)
a. Thomas Shelley (dsp 21.12.1620)
  m. Mary Stevens (dau of Thomas Stevens of Lypiate)
  b. Henry Shelley of Lewes, last of Patcham (bpt 13.12.1599)
  m. (c09.1626) Martha Heath (bpt 05.11.1610, dau of William Heath of Deanes)
  (1) Henry Shelley of Lewes (b c1635, d 14.12.1691)
m. Cordelia Caldicott (b 1640-1, d 13.02.1717, dau/heir of Richard Caldicott of Sherrington)
  (A) Richard Shelley 'of Lewes' (bpt 15.01.1662-3, d 12.05.1716, of the Inner Temple)
  m. (23.06.1691) Hannah Pellett (bur 16.10.1736, dau of Thomas Pellett (Pellatt) of Bignor Park & Lewes)
  (i) Henry Shelley of Lewes (b c1693, d 20.02.1735)
  m. (25.04.1721) Eleanor Garnier (b c1702, d 1792, dau of Isaac Garnier of Pall Mall by Eleanor, dau (sb sister) of Lord Carpenter)
  (a) Henry Shelley 'of Lewes' (bpt 15.06.1727, d 01.1805)
  m. Philadelphia Cotton (b 1737-8, d 07.051819, dau of Sir Lynch Salisbury Cotton, Bart of Cumbermere & Llewenny)
  ((1)) Eleanor Shelley
  m. (07.1806) George John Dalbiac
  ((2))+ other issue - Henry (bpt 12.04.1767, d unm 31.12.1811), Thomas (bpt 24.02.1771, d 14.021780), Philadelphia (bpt 08.1704, d 18.02.1818), Elizabeth (a 1828), Cordelia (d infant), Cordelia (a 1828)
  (b)+ other issue - George (d 1783), Thomas (b 1729-30, d 02.08.1758), Elizabeth (d 26.03.1789), Eleanor (d 1727), Eleanor (b c1728, d 03.01.1813)
  (ii) Cordelia Shelley (d 03.12.1726)
  m. John Brinks
  (iii)+ other issue - Charles (bpt 27.07.1697, d 20.05.1751), Elizabeth (bpt 01.08.1699, d unm), Hannah (d infant), Hannah (bpt 21.11.1702)
  (B) Mary Shelley (d 03.12.1726)
m. John Langley (woollen-draper)
  (C)+ other issue - Robert (d 01.07.1729), Henry (dsp 26.09.1732), Cordelia (d 05.1749), Charity (d 25.01.1726)
  (2) Martha Shelley
  m. William Corby or Coby
  (3) Elizabeth Shelley
  m. William Dobyns (d 25.01.1708, of Lincoln's Inn)
  (4) Charity Shelley
  m. William Hawes
  (5) Cordelia Shelley
m. John Dowse 'of London'
  (A) Mary Dowse (d 05.07.1853) possibly of this generation
  m. John Booth of Ashes (b 1755, d 17.04.1830)
  (6)+ other issue - William, Thomas, John, Robert, Richard
  c. Mary Shelley (bpt 31.07.1594)
  m. (20.04.1615) William Bland
  d. Judith Shelley
  m. Samuel Bland (of Gray's Inn)
  e. Margaret Shelley (bpt 1610) probably the Margaret who married ...
  m. Thomas Bellingham of Erringham
  f.+ other issue - Richard (bpt 20.08.1601), John (bpt 08.05.1603), George (bpt 22.11.1606), William (bpt 20.05.1607), Dorothy, Ann (bpt 20.05.1598), Jane (bpt 1611), Elizabeth (bpt 1614)
  v. Mary Shelley
  m. Edward Fenner of Aboyne
  vi. Ann Shelley
  m. Sir Edward Michelbourne of Hamon
  vii. Elizabeth Shelley
  m1. Charles Prossie of Wiltshire
  m2. John Sadler (minister of Patcham)
  viii.+ other issue - Thomas (dsp), Robert, Dorothy (dsp), Dorothy (dsp)
  D. Joane Shelley
  m. Edward Michelbourne
  E.+ other issue - George (bur 22.11.1589), Robert, Henry, Mary, Mary, Bridget, Dorothy, Anne, Catherine

Main source(s): CountyGen (Berry, Sussex, p62+) with some support from Visitation (Sussex, 1662, Shelley of Lewes) and a very little support from VCH (Susse, vol 7, 'Parishes: Patcham')
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