John Shurley (died 1616)

John Shurley (died October 1616), of 'The Friars', Lewes, Sussex, was an English politician.[1]

He was a younger son of Edward Shurley (d. 1558) of Isfield, Sussex and Joan, daughter of John Fenner of Crawley.[2][3] He was a fellow-commoner at Queens' College, Cambridge in 1562.[4] He was admitted to the Middle Temple in August 1565[5] and was called to the bar sometime before November 1575.[6] He became a bencher in 1587, was treasurer in 1601 and became a serjeant-at-law 1603.[1]

He was an MP for Lewes 1572, 1589, 1597 and 1604; for Lostwithiel 1584 and was an active committee man.[1]

He married twice, firstly Elizabeth, the daughter and coheiress of Richard Kyme of Lewes, with whom he had a daughter and secondly Frances, the daughter of Henry Capell of Hadham, Hertfordshire, with whom he had a son and 2 daughters.[1]

He died in October 1616. His widow Frances was still alive, when his eldest son and heir John died in 1631.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "SHURLEY, John I (d.1616), of 'The Friars', Lewes, Suss". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  2. ^ The visitations of the county of Sussex. Vol. 53. Harleian Society. 1905. p. 65.
  3. ^ Black's Guide to the County of Sussex and Its Watering-places. 1889. p. 74.
  4. ^ Alumni cantabrigienses Part 1. Vol. 4. 1927. p. 67.
  5. ^ Register of Admissions to the Middle Temple. Vol. 1. 1949. p. 29.
  6. ^ Minutes of Parliament of the Middle Temple. Vol. 1. 1904. p. 207.
  7. ^ Notes of post mortem inquisitions taken in Sussex. 1912. pp. 206–7.
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