TWO LISTS OF INFLUENTIAL PERSONS
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Thoms Shelley (391).
IS Anthony Shelley (392).
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Ihon Shelley (393). Hgo Copley (394). 18 Iohn leedes (395). 19 Thoms Vachell + (396). 20 Shelton (397). 21 Gilbert ticheborne (398). 22 Willm Cotton + AM (399). 23 David Stradlinge (400). I7
(391) Thumas Shelley, of Mapledurham, Petersfield, Hants, a urother of Sir ,Richard and Sir James (nn. 373 and 374 above), married Mary, d. of Sir Roger Copley, of Gatton. He was a J.P. for Hampshire, and went abroad in or before 1570. Three Shelleys of Hampshire were in Paris 27 April 1580. These are probably Thomas Shelley and the two sons next mentioned. (N. G~ Q., 9th S., xii. 426; loth S., ii. 155,457.) (392) Anthony Shelley, one of the younger sons of the above, was elected a Winchester Scholar in 1563, and is believed to have become a Carthusian. (393) John Shelley, brother of the above Anthony, was elected a Winchester Scholar in 1567. He may be the person of this name who was a Knight of St. John at l\hltain 1582. He was living in Hampshire in 1596. One of this name arrived at the English College, Rheims, 4 Dec. 1583, and left 13 May 1586, returning II Oct. 1588, and leaving 23 August 1589. In a letter from Anthony Copley, attributed by Strype to the year 1596, which however by internal evidence cannot be later than 1588, John Shelley is said to be serving in the Spanish Armada. (N: G~ Q., 1st S .• viii. 192; loth 5., ii. 155,457; Strype, A. iv. 388; Knox, 199,210,221,225.) (394) Possibly Henry Copley, e. s. of Sir Thomas Copley of Gatton, Baron de Welles, who was knighted by the King of France and died at Rheims, 10 May 1580. (Knox, 164, 165. ) (395) John Leeds, of Steyning, Sussex, married Elizabeth, d. of Sir Thomas Palmer, of Parham, Sussex, and fled abroad. On his return he was a recusant, and was in prison at Wisbech in 1588, but was at liberty in 1592. (D.S.P. liii. 25 ; Dasent, x. 50; Strype, w. i. 529; Cal. Cecil AiSS. iv. 263.) (396) Thomas Vachell, of Berkshire. e. s. of Thomas Vachell, of Ipsden, Oxon. married Katharine, d. of Thomas Reade, of Barton, near Abingdon, Berks, wa, living at Lire (Lille?) in 1575. and was a recusant in 1585. He is mentioned a~ an exile in the Conartalio. (H.S.P. Ivii. 205; Knox, 300; Cal. Dom. 1581, 275.) (397) Humphrey Shelton, of London, (? and of Belhouse Manor, North Tudenham, Norfolk), went abroad early in Queen Elizabeth's reign and lived at Rouen a~ a merchant, receiving also a pension from the King of Spain. He was alive in 1602. (Strype, A. II. ii. 596; Cal. For. 1579; Cal. Dom. 1591; Cal. Dom. Add. 1580; Blomefield, x. 266.) (398) Gilbert Tichborne. 2nd s. of Nicholas Tichl>orne, of Tichborne, Hants. a Bencher of the Inner Temple, brother of Benjamin above (n. 80), entered the Inner Temple Nov. 1572. He arrived in Spain from Flanders, December 1573. In 1574 he was receiving a pension of 30 ducats. He was in prison in the Gatehouse in 1581, described as a "soldier" and of" Tichborne besides Portsmouth," in 1582 he was in Flanders. In 1592 he was in prison for recusancy, and in 1594 he was in Winchester Castle, and died at Winchester in 1636, aged 96. (Berry, HamjJshin; Cal. Cecil MSS. iv. 271; Cal. For. 1572; Cal. Dom. 1591,463; Cal. Dom. Add. 1580; C.R.S. ii. 220; Strype, A. II. i. 495; M.l. T. 71.) (399) William Cotton arrived in Madrid from Flanders and obtained a pension from the King of Spain. He was at Dunkirk and at Antwerp in 1575, and is some¡ times calJed Sir William. (Cal. Dom. 1547; Cal. Dom. Add. 1566; Cal. For. 1572. ) (400) David Stradling. of Glamorganshire, was probably a brother of Sir Edward Stradling (n. 50 above). He was at one time of the Inner Temple. In Nov. 1573 he arrived at Madrid from Flanders and obtained a pension from the King. (Cal. For. 1572; Cal. Dom. Add. 1566; Cal. Imler 7: Re,'. I. Iv.)