SHIRLEY, Sir Hugh
1355 - 1403 (48 years)
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Name SHIRLEY, Hugh [1, 2, 3] Title Sir Birth 1355 Ettington, Warwickshire, England 
[2, 3] Gender Male Differentiator The encounter in which Sir Hugh was killed was immortalised by Shakespeare in his play "Henry IV". [4] Public Service Knight and Grand Falconer to King Henry IV Relation to Me 19 GGF Royalty & Nobility Knight of Lower Ettingham, Warwickshire Title Knight of Ettington Death 20 Jul 1403 Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England [2, 3] - At the Battle of Shrewsbury
Person ID I4976 My Genealogy | Laviolette Ancestry, Laviolette Ancestry Last Modified 4 Feb 2024
Father SHIRLEY, Thomas d. 1362 Relationship natural Mother DE MEYNELL, Isabella d. 1393 Relationship natural Family ID F1322 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family DE BROASE, Beatrice, b. Abt 1365, Wiston, Sussex, England d. 20 Apr 1440, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England (Age 75 years) Marriage Between 1375 and 1383 Wiston, Sussex, England Children + 1. SHIRLEY, Knight of Lower Ettington, Warwickshire Ralph, b. 23 Apr 1391, Leicestershire, England d. Abt 1443, France (Age 51 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. SHIRLEY, Hugh, b. 1380, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]3. SHIRLEY, Nicholaia, b. 1386, Wiston, Sussex, England [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]4. SHIRLEY, Elizabeth, b. 1378, Wiston, Sussex, England [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F1321 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 4 Feb 2024
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Birth - 1355 - Ettington, Warwickshire, England 
Marriage - Between 1375 and 1383 - Wiston, Sussex, England 
Death - 20 Jul 1403 - Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England = Link to Google Earth
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SHIRLEY, Sir Hugh (c.1362-1403), of Low...Derbys
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Notes - A tradition, well established by Shakespeare’s day, has it that they were two of the three knights (the other being Shirley’s colleague, Blount) who, clad in royal armour in order to impersonate the King, successively encountered and fell in single combat under the victorious arm of the earl of Douglas, their deaths being avenged by a fourth champion, Prince Henry.7
Sir Hugh Shirley
Birth: 1355
Ettington, Warwickshire, England
Death: Jul. 22, 1403
Shrewsbury
Shropshire, England
Birth: ABT 1355 in Eatington, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England
Death: 22 JUL 1403 in Battle of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England 1
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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 immortalised by Shakespeare in his play "Henry IV".
However, in the play Shakespeare uses dramatic licence 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."
1400-1403 Master of King's Hawks.
children:
Joan Shirley m. Robert Newmarch
Elizabeth Shirley died unmarried mentioned in 1415 deposition of brother Ralph
Isabella Shirley m. Sir John Cokayne of Ashbourne mentioned in 1415 deposition of brother Ralph
Nicholaia Shirley (Fem.) died unmarried mentioned in 1415 deposition of brother Ralph
Ralph Shirley b 1392
Sir James de Shirley #130650263 is g-grandfather to Hugh
Sir Ralph de Shirley #109168221 is grandfather
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Parents:
Thomas de Shirley (____ - 1362)
Isabel de Meynell Braybrook (____ - 1393)
Spouse:
Beatrix de Braose Shirley (1355 - 1440)*
Children:
Ralph Shirley (1391 - 1443)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Body lost or destroyed
Created by: Debbie Shirley
Record added: May 31, 2014
Find A Grave Memorial# 130650835
- A tradition, well established by Shakespeare’s day, has it that they were two of the three knights (the other being Shirley’s colleague, Blount) who, clad in royal armour in order to impersonate the King, successively encountered and fell in single combat under the victorious arm of the earl of Douglas, their deaths being avenged by a fourth champion, Prince Henry.7
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Sources - [S1410] Shirley Association Genalogical Research Website.
- [S1557] Ancestry.com, Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
- [S1413] Ancestry.com, UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
- [S1815] George Russell French, Shakespeareana Genealogica, (Name: Macmillan; Location: Great Britian; Date: 1869;), Pg 74.
https://books.google.com/books?id=r1AOAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA74&lpg=PA74&dq=Henry+IV+shakespeare+sir+hugh+shirley&source=bl&ots=dkOmpvRdT8&sig=WAO4E5UyY2y8IquvxEZIatFyzNk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjMrtOH-N3eAhVC_oMKHaLsAkkQ6AEwCXoECAUQAQ#v=onepage&q&f=falseHugh Shirley
- [S1410] Shirley Association Genalogical Research Website.