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Family and Education
b. 5 July 1624, eldest s.of Thomas Shirley of Preston and Elizabeth, da. of Drew Stapley.Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc., lxxxix), 100; Comber, Suss. Genealogies Lewes, 263; E.P. Shirley, Stemmata Shirleiana (1873), 311; Par. Reg. Hove and Preston, 1538-1812 ed. E. F. Salmon (1912), 44. educ. Magdalen Hall, Oxf. 14 July 1642;Al. Ox. travelled abroad (France), 1642-bef. June 1650.Add. 33084, f. 76. m. 2 July 1650, Anne, da. of Sir Richard Onslow* of West Clandon, Surr., 1s. 1da.Par. reg. St Nicholas, Cranleigh, Surr.; Preston Manor, Brighton, Thomas-Stanford coll., ES/ET/41, 43–4. suc. fa. betw. 5-18 May 1654.PROB11/234/170; Par. Reg. Hove and Preston, 60. cr. bt. 6 Mar. 1666.CB; SO3/16, p. 9; C231/7, p. 278. bur. 22 June 1683.Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc., lxxxix), 100; Stemmata Shirleiana, 314; Par. Reg. Hove and Preston, 69.
Offices Held

Local: commr. assessment, Suss. May 1652, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679;SP28/181, unfol.; A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. securing peace of commonwealth, Nov. 1655.TSP iv. 161. J.p. aft. Oct. 1655 – ?July 1656, 15 Mar. 1658 – May 1660, by Oct. 1660-Jan. 1665.C231/6, pp. 323, 387; C231/7, p. 247; C193/13/5; C193/13/6; C220/9/4, f. 87v; Bodl. Rawl. A.32, p. 173. Commr. surveying Ashdown Forest, Suss. 19 June 1657;A. and O. for public faith, Suss. 24 Oct. 1657;Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–9 Oct. 1657), 63 (E.505.35). sewers, 6 July 1659, 21 Sept. 1660, 28 Feb. 1670;C181/6, p. 367; C181/7, pp. 55, 539. militia, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. poll tax, 1660; subsidy, 1663.SR.

Parlimentarian
SHIRLEY, Anthony (1624-83), of Preston, Suss.
: Suss.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, unknown, c.1660.Brighton and Hove Museums and Art Galleries, E. Suss.

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Commons 1640-1660
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SHIRLEY, Anthony (1624-83), of Preston, Suss.

Will
not found.
Estates
In May 1654, inherited lease (with 64 years remaining) and reversion of fee simple of manor of Preston;VCH Suss. vii. 270. in 1657, paid £1,000 for moiety of manor of Brighton-Lewes.VCH Suss, vii. 254. Reputedly worth over £1,000 p.a. at Restoration.CSP Dom. 1665-6, p. 192.
Oxford 1644
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