CREATIONS
by JAMES
[e.]
5
I.
1640; M.P. for Glamorgan, 1660, 1670-79, 1681 and 1685-87; Sheriff, Jan. 1688, but, apparently, declined to act. He m., about 1665, Martha, da. and coheir of Edward Carne, of Ewenny, co. Glamorgan, by Martha, da. and coheir of Sir Hugh Wyndham, Bart. [1641], of Pilsden, Dorset. He d. 17 Nov. 1706, aged 70.
V. 1706. Sir Thomas Mansel, Bart. [1611], of Penrice and Margam aforesaid, 2d but 1st surviving s. and h.[1]; b. about 1668; matric. at Oxford (Jesus Coll.), 7 March 1684/5, and then aged 17 ; Sheriff of Glamorgan, 1700-01; M.P. for Cardiff, 1689-98, and for Glamorgan, 1699-1712; Comptroller of the Household to Queen Anne, 1704-08 and 1711-12; one of the Commissioners of the Treasury, 1710-11; one of the Tellers of the Exchequer, 1712-14; Vice Admiral of South Wales, and a Privy Councillor, 1704. He suc. to the Baronetcy, 17 Nov. 1706. He m. (while under age), 18 May 1686, at Westm. Abbey (Lic. Vic. Gen.), Martha, only da. and h. of Francis Millington, of London, Merchant, one of the Commissioners of Customs to Charles II, by Martha, da. of Samuel Vyner, also of London. She was living when he was cr. 1 Jan. 1711/2, BARON MANSELL OF MARGAM, in which peerage this Baronetcy then merged and so continued till the death, 29 Nov. 1750, of the 4th Baron and 7th Baronet0, when it, as well as the peerage, became extinct. See Peerage.
SHIRLEY
cr. 22 May 1611,
sometime, 1677—1711, Lord Ferrers [of Chartley],
and subsequently, since 1711, Earls Ferrers.
I. 1611. "George Shirley, of Stanton, co. Leicester, Esq.," s. and h. of John Shirley, by Jane, da. and sole h. of Thomas Lovett, of Astwell, co. Northampton, which John (who d. v. p. 12 Sep. 1570) was s. and h. ap. of Francis Shirley, of Staunton Harold aforesaid; was b. 23 April 1559, at Staunton; suc. his said grandfather, 27 July 1571; matric. at Oxford (Hart Hall), 1573, aged 15; served in Holland, under the Earl of Leicester, in 1585; was Sheriff of Northamptonshire, 1603, and was cr. a Bart., as above, at the institution of that Order, 22 May 1611. He m. firstly (settlm. 21 Feb. 1586/7, her portion being £2,500), Frances, 2d da. of Henry (Berkeley), Lord Berkeley, by Katharine, da. of (the celebrated) Henry Howard, styled Earl of Surrey. She d. 29 Dec. 1595, aged 31, and was bur. at Bredon on the Hill, co. Leicester. M.I. He m. secondly, Dorothy, widow of Sir Henry Unton, of Farringdon, Berks (who d. 23 March 1596), da. of Sir Thomas Wroughton, of Wilcot, Wilts. He d. at Astwell aforesaid, 27 April 1622, aged 63, bur. 28 at Bredon. M.I. Orig. will (never proved) dat. 20 Jan. (1599/600), 42 Eliz. His widow, by whom he had no issue, was living at Astwell, 1633. Her will pr. 1635.
II. 1622. Sir Henry Shirley, Bart. [1611], of Staunton Harold aforesaid,, 1st surviving s. and h.[2], by 1st wife; b. about 1588, being 34 years old at his father's death, when he suc. to the Baronetcy, 27 April 1622; Sheriff of Leicestershire, 1624-25, when he proclaimed Charles I as King. He m. 1 Aug. 1616, at Staunton Harold, Dorothy, youngest sister (whose issue became coheir) of Robert (Devereux), 3d Earl of Essex, 4th Viscount Hereford, and 12th Lord Ferrers of Chartley (who d. s.p. 14 Sep. 1646), da. of Robert, 2d Earl of Essex, by Frances, da. and h. of Sir Francis Walsingham. Her jointure was £3,000. He d. 8 Feb. 1632/3, and was bur. at Bredon. Inq. p.m., at Leicester, 18 April 1633. Will dat. 5 Sep. 1629, to 9 Aug. 1632, proved 2 April 1633. His widow m. 1634, William Stafford, of Blatherwick, co. Northampton (who d. 6 July 1637), by whom she had no issue. She d. 30 March and was bur. 5 April 1636, at Blatherwick.
