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Volumes of periodicals and of pamphlets are held in the library as much as possible. For special pur- poses they are given out for a limited time. Borrowers should not use their library privileges for C-^^f *~SK. t*~'j- ^J the benefit of other £>~fs Jt^*^ "-A 0^ persons. Books of special value and gift books, when t.he giver wishes it, are not ' .''.. allowed to circulate. Ci/. £ Readers are asked to re- port all cases of books marked or mutilated :s by marks and writing. ? ^. .r. *•*- a^<^-i mm. far &< ' ; . olume was taken. HOME USE RULES All books subject to recall All borrowers must regis- Cornell University Library CS439.S55 S55 1873 ter in the library to borrow + books for home use. Stemmata Shirlelana: or. The annals of t All books must be re- turned at ,end of college year for inspection and repairs. 3 1924 029 787 250 IIANA;. Overs Limited books must be oHn returned within the four week limit and not renewed. Students^ must return all books before leaving town. Officers should arrange for - the return 6f books wanted during their absence from towp. 5Y FAMILY, Volumes of periodicals t and of pamphlets are held in the library as much as possible. For special pur- CY OF WARWICK, poses they are given out for a limited time. )F DERBY. Borrowers should not use their library privileges for the benefit of other persons. Books of special value and gift books, when the giver wishes it, are not allowed to circulate. Readers are asked to re- port all cases of books marked or mutilated. Do not deface books by marks and writing. tg not in oecas i more to Seljoltr tfjr tenors antr i>«r, tint ancient y XIV. Of Nobility. ENLARGED. T, WESTMINSTER. M K iv Ul4lVllRM'iY LIUU/UIY cs /?73 ; Cornell University Library CS439.S55 S55 1873 + Stemmata Shlrleiana; or, The annals of t JTSfff%75 STEMMATA SHIRLEIANA ; Overs ANNALS OF THE SHIKLEY FAMILY, LORDS OP NETHER ETINDON IN THE COUNTY OF WARWICK, AND OP SHIRLEY IN THE COUNTY OF DERBY. " It is a reberenlr tfjing to see an ancient castle or fiutl&ing not in oecag or to see a fair timhrr=trrc sountr antr perfect; fjoto mucfj more to icfjoltr an ancient noble famtln, tofjicfj fjatfj stoolr against tfje toabes antt tneatfjew of time! for neto noiilttg is tut tfje act of potoer, but ancient nobilitg is tfje act of time." Bacon, Essay XIV. Of Nobility. SECOND EDITION, CORRECTED AND ENLARGED. Printed and fltrMtsM fog NICHOLS AND SONS, 25, PARLIAMENT STREET, WESTMINSTER. MDCCGLXXIII. ^.Goo 8/1 YVIt^HSVIMW YiiAHHI.l SIR pEWALLIS EDWARD SHIRLEY, BARONET, TENTH EARL FERRERS AND VISOOUNT TAMWORTH, THIS WORK, ILLVSTRATING THE ANCIENT AND HONOVRABLE DESCENT OP HIS ANCESTORS THE EVER LOYAL RACE OP SHIRLEY, [ORIGINALLY DEDICATED TO HIS FATHER, THE NINTH EARL,] IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED BY EVELYN PHILIP SHIRLEY. +/JL %u> t iff. "Ktiv^si IfatJw ay- *y**~t*. f^- ItiSL, /C {sir* jL'kJL-tU ~%tir*s*l Q* Jh^ 7->v.~0 >W*v. 'fa,*?. 7A These is jic extjsiase pfcaaEjie im leuaas the senary of psa dajrs Am ihe dna aau/sei orer it jt ifl^ ibid Bene tax likoae w>p^ im i^e pur«aul em bfcTe aa jdes a£. Ttt^-^.tVm lores to *:* lack spas HHroer ages, sod £D ap ise i»™iir- ; <naline, which seams £: dull to die menkaa* aidi colons mate Tirid iS*a Aej er<er possessed is reajirr. So HieaxHj in old age r r. B^ zjizjT" afa a gfrai <n^ $ae ez^i :>riaeiE off jwnih ssore eoeliaiuiag t>>«n the lasrSsi 23a viuca HE Author of the following attempt to record the Annals of :: an antient noble family which hath stood against the wares and weathers of time " has not the presumption to suppose that his Terr imperfect work can be of the slightest interest to any save the members of the family whose lineage is traced therein, and to perhaps some few anti- quarian friends and others unknown to him, but of kindred pur- suits, who, notwithstanding the innovating tide of popular opinion, preserre, what in bysone ages was one of the (listingTUshiii^ marks of a. gentleman, some taste for " Genealogical and Heraldrical pur- suits. To those only, then, who can enter into the feelings so well described in the motto prefixed to these few introductory observations, these pages, tending perhaps in some small degree to illustrate the manners of our Ancestors, are addressed, not without a consciousness that the many inaccuracies and imperfec- tions they contain require the indulgent criticism of the learned Antiquary. With regard to the authentic sources from whence the materials for the present volume are derived., it will be necessary to observe, that in the reign of Charles I. a member of the Shirley family (Sir * Introduction to The Topographer, t«L ii. ! VI PREFACE Thomas Shirley) collected many volumes of transcripts of deeds> extracts from public records, pedigrees, &c. now dispersed in several libraries, which, together with the family muniments, may be regarded as the foundation of the work. To the published accounts of the Shirley family to be found in the works of Dugdale, Collins, and Nichols, the author is also under great obligations ; nor must he omit, after the catalogue of the Antiquaries of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, to record his sincere thanks to their representatives of the present day, among whom he would particularly mention the Reverend Thomas Streatfeild, of Kent ; William Staunton, of Longbridge, in the county of Warwick, Esq. ; 0. G.