William was born about 1289 in Shareshull, Staffordshire, England, the son of unknown parents.
He died in 1370 in Oxfordshire, England.
His wife was Denise le Boteler. They were married, but the date and place have not been found. They had no known children.
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Born about 1289 [uncertain] in Shareshull, Staffordshire, England
Died 1370 at about age 81 in Oxfordshire, England
Sir William de Shareshull formerly Shareshull
Son of Adam Shareshull and Katherine Hodington
Brother of Adam Shareshull, John Shareshull and Robert Shareshull
Husband of Denise Purcell — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of Denise Shareshull — married after 26 Sep 1356 in England map icon at age 67
Father of Joan de Harcourt and Agnes Abberbury
Biography
William Shareshull was born about 1294.
William married twice:
Denise, daughter of Otwell Purcell,[1] with whom William had children:
Sir William Shareshull of Patshull, Staffordshire, died by 1367, married Joan, daughter of Henry Power of Somerset;[2]
Agnes Shareshull, 3rd daughter, married circa 1353 to Sir Richard Adderbury of Donnington, Berkshire, and Steeple Aston, Oxfordshire;[1]
Denise Boteler, married before November, 1367, died in 1376;[2]
William was an eminent lawyer whose many offices included chief baron of the Exchequer, justice of the common pleas, and chief justice of the King's Bench.[2]
William's only son and heir, Sir William Shareshull, predeceased him, after which by two deeds dated November, 1367, he settled his estates upon his second wife, Denise, with a reversion on her death to his grandson, Sir William Shareshull , of Patshull, elected knight of the shire for Staffordshire in 1386 and 1395.[2]
William had built up extensive estates , which included:[2]
in the octaves of St Michael, 5 Edward III , a final concord was agreed at Westminster between complainants: William de Shareshull, by his attorney, William de Morton; and deforciants: John de Ipstones, chevaler, and Elizabeth his wife, and John's son, John de Ipstones; the complainants gave £100 to the deforciants for the acknowledgement by the deforciants that the manor of Blythewood, and twenty-four shillings rent in Tene, Staffordshire, belonged to the complainants, held of the chief lords of the fee by the accustomed services;[3]
the prior of Kenilworth sold the ownership of Patshull, Staffordshire, to the judge in 1332;
the manors of Shareshull, Coven, Brunsford, Great and Little Sardon and Overton in Staffordshire;
the manor of Boninghall in Shropshire; and
the manors of Barton Odonis, Rousham and Dernford in Oxfordshire.
William entered the Franciscan friary at Oxford after February, 1369.[2]
Sir William Shareshull of Barton, Oxfordshire, died in 1370.[1]
Sources
↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 L S Woodger, "ADDERBURY , Sir Richard I ", The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421, ed. J S Roskell, L Clark, C Rawcliffe, , History of Parliament online, .
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Carole Rawcliffe, "SHARESHULL, Sir William , of Patshull, Staffs." The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421, ed. J S Roskell, L Clark, C Rawcliffe, , History of Parliament online, .
↑ Hon and Rev George Bridgeman, "The History of the Parish of Blymhill, Part I," Collections for a History of Staffordshire, Ed, The William Salt Archaeological Society, , I:299, Digital Image Internet Archive .
See also:
Wikipedia contributors, "William de Shareshull," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, .
Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 51 Shareshull, William de by Walter Eustace Rhodes