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Paternal Family Tree: Shirley
On 5th June 1864 Walter Shirley 11th Earl Ferrers was born to Walter Waddington Shirley (age 35) at Christ Church College, Oxford University.
On 20th November 1866 [his father] Walter Waddington Shirley (age 38) died.
Around 1876 Walter Shirley 11th Earl Ferrers (age 11) educated at Winchester College, Winchester.
Around 1880 Walter Shirley 11th Earl Ferrers (age 15) educated at New College, Oxford University.
On 8th July 1890 Walter Shirley 11th Earl Ferrers (age 26) and Mary Jane Moon Countess Ferrers were married.
On 25th November 1891 [his daughter] Margery Joan Shirley was born to Walter Shirley 11th Earl Ferrers (age 27) and [his wife] Mary Jane Moon Countess Ferrers.
On 30th December 1892 [his daughter] Elizabeth Mary Shirley was born to Walter Shirley 11th Earl Ferrers (age 28) and [his wife] Mary Jane Moon Countess Ferrers.
On 9th November 1893 [his daughter] Elizabeth Mary Shirley died.
On 7th July 1894 [his son] Robert Shirley 12th Earl Ferrers was born to Walter Shirley 11th Earl Ferrers (age 30) and [his wife] Mary Jane Moon Countess Ferrers.
On 4th November 1896 [his daughter] Phillida Shirley was born to Walter Shirley 11th Earl Ferrers (age 32) and [his wife] Mary Jane Moon Countess Ferrers.
On 29th December 1900 [his son] Andrew Shirley was born to Walter Shirley 11th Earl Ferrers (age 36) and [his wife] Mary Jane Moon Countess Ferrers.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 26th July 1912 Sewallis Edward Shirley 10th Earl Ferrers (age 65) died. On His fourth cousin Walter (age 48) succeeded 11th Earl Ferrers, 17th Baronet Shirley of Staunton Harold in Leicestershire. [his wife] Mary Jane Moon Countess Ferrers by marriage Countess Ferrers.
On 22nd September 1920 [his son-in-law] Lancelot Sackville Fletcher and [his daughter] Margery Joan Shirley (age 28) were married. She the daughter of Walter Shirley 11th Earl Ferrers (age 56) and [his wife] Mary Jane Moon Countess Ferrers.
On 2nd February 1937 Walter Shirley 11th Earl Ferrers (age 72) died. His son [his son] Robert (age 42) succeeded 12th Earl Ferrers, 18th Baronet Shirley of Staunton Harold in Leicestershire.
On 10th January 1944 [his former wife] Mary Jane Moon Countess Ferrers died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 25 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 22 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 28 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 23 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 21 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 29 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Laurence Shirley 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Washington Baroness Ferrers Chartley
Great x 2 Grandfather: Walter Shirley 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Clarges 1st Baronet
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Clarges
Great x 1 Grandfather: Walter Shirley 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Molesworth 1st Viscount Molesworth
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Phillips of Dublin
Great x 2 Grandmother: Henrietta Maria Phillips
GrandFather: Bishop Walter Augustus Shirley 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Newenham
Great x 1 Grandmother: Alicia Newenham
Father: Walter Waddington Shirley 15 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Walter Shirley 11th Earl Ferrers 16 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England