Family of Ralph * SHIRLEY and Lucia ASTON

Husband: Ralph * SHIRLEY

Ralph * SHIRLEY

Wife: Lucia ASTON

Note on Husband: Ralph * SHIRLEY

Ettington Park Manor - No place in England has been associated with one family as long as Ettington has been with the Shirleys. The House was mentioned in 1287 when the Rolls of Parliament show that Sir James Shirley petitioned Edward I for restitution of the "Manor of Eatingdon" unjustly detained from him by Ralph Shirley, his son, and again in 1294 when Ralph Shirley represented the City of Warwick as the first Knight of the Shire, in Parliament. He and his wife are commemorated in the old church at Ettington where their effigies are still to be seen. (their son, Sir Thomas inherited Ettington, see below). The present Manor House is the third to occupy the site. The original was of Saxon construction and the second of Tudor, which was rebuilt in the 18th and 19th centuries, and incorporates an elaborate Victorian-Gothic facade, together with many other interesting features of this architectural period. Sir Hugh Shirley, knt. Grand Falconer to King Henry IV. The death of Hugh Shirley, son of Sir Thomas, at the battle of Shrewsbury, on Saturday the 20th of July, 1403. Sir Hugh was one of the four knights who, clothed in the royal armor, successively encountered and fell under the victorious arm of Douglas in single combat. m Beatrix de Broase. The manor has several friezes in the interior that depicts scenes of the Shrileys in battle, including Hugh & Ralph. Ettington Park Hotel has been named the most haunted hotel in the United Kingdom by the AA The legendary ghost, 'the Lady in Grey', has been seen on the staircase at Ettington Park Hotel many times.