Ralph SHELTON, SIR

                   Brown, Kathryn Morris.  The Sheltons Lineal Descent From Ancient, Medieval and
Modern Kings and from Fifteen Sureties for the Magna Charta, Kieth Press, Inc.
Nashville, TN, 1981.

The above book states:  Sir Ralph (10) was the son of Sir John (9) Shelton.
Sir Ralph was knighted in 1485 and named Knight of the Garter in 1488.  He was
High Sheriff of Norfolk County, England.  From his uncle, William Shelton, 18th
Lord of Shelton, he inherited Shelton in Norfolk County, Hardwick, Netherhall,
Overall, Great Snoring, Thursford and Burgulion in Kerdeston and Brent Elleigh
and Stradbrooke in Suffolk County.  He also had a grant from Henry VII of "the
Custody and Marriage of the Body and Lands of Ralph, Brother and heir of Robert
Berney, Esq., of Gunton."
It was this Sir Ralph and his wife Margaret Clere, who built the Shelton Church
of 1480 in Norfolk.  The same Ralph Shelton built the Shelton Hall, half a mile
from the church, of which nothing remained in 1925 but the deep shaded moat.
In the will of Ralph's widow, Margaret Clere, proved the 5th of December in
1500, it is expressed that she "wills to be buried in the chancel of Shelton
Church by her husband in a tomb which is ordained to that intent."

Archives microfilm, LDS Family History Library

Brown, Kathryn Morris.  The Sheltons Lineal Descent From Ancient, Medieval and
Modern Kings and from Fifteen Sureties for the Magna Charta, Kieth Press, Inc.
Nashville, TN, 1981.

The above book states:  Sir Ralph (10) was the son of Sir John (9) Shelton.
Sir Ralph was knighted in 1485 and named Knight of the Garter in 1488.  He was
High Sheriff of Norfolk County, England.  From his uncle, William Shelton, 18th
Lord of Shelton, he inherited Shelton in Norfolk County, Hardwick, Netherhall,
Overall, Great Snoring, Thursford and Burgulion in Kerdeston and Brent Elleigh
and Stradbrooke in Suffolk County.  He also had a grant from Henry VII of "the
Custody and Marriage of the Body and Lands of Ralph, Brother and heir of Robert
Berney, Esq., of Gunton."
It was this Sir Ralph and his wife Margaret Clere, who built the Shelton Church
of 1480 in Norfolk.  The same Ralph Shelton built the Shelton Hall, half a mile
from the church, of which nothing remained in 1925 but the deep shaded moat.
In the will of Ralph's widow, Margaret Clere, proved the 5th of December in
1500, it is expressed that she "wills to be buried in the chancel of Shelton
Church by her husband in a tomb which is ordained to that intent."

Archives microfilm, LDS Family History Library

"Visitations of Norfolk" 1563, 1589 & 1613

Sir John (12) Shelton, the eldest son of Sir John (11) and Margaret, was High
Sheriff of Norfolk County, England, in 1504.  He was knighted in 1509, and was
present as Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of Henry VIII.  He married Ann
Boleyn who was the Aunt of Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry III.  Queen
Anne Boleyn and King Henry VIII were the parents of Elizabeth I (born 1533,
died 1603), who became Queen of England in 1558.  Elizabeth I never married.
Sir John (12) and Anne Boleyn were great-uncle and-great aunt to Elizabeth I.
As a protestant, Pricess Elizabeth was the center of suspicion by her
half-sister Queen Mary I(daughter of King Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon).
The Sheltons were very good to Elizabeth when she was still a princess they
received her into their home at Shelton.  On occasions they even hid her within
the tower of Shelton Church.  She had her own pew in the church.
When Elizabeth was crowned she summoned her aunt's family to London.  They
lived with her in the palace, and their descendants lived at the Court for her
entire reign.  Sir John was Governor of the Household of the King.  His wife
Anne was governess to Princess (later Queen) Mary.
It was this John Shelton who glazed the east window of St. Mary's Church in
Shelton, Norfolk County, with effigies of himself and his wife.  In devotional
attitude, each figure is covered with a surcoat of the respective arms.

Microfilm, Archives, 1275058

Records of Alice K. Hatch, Manti, UT (deceased)

James Keeler and Eliza Shelton journals and records.

Donald L. Jacobus 24 Feb 1942,
A3A 40 p 28-36. 2AA-37-3 Wells.

Compendium of American Genealogy, Vol III.
Hardy, "Colonial Families of the Southern States of American"
"Virginia Magazine" III, p. 180
Berry, "Kent Genealogies," p 295
"Miscellanea Genealogica et Heralica" N.S. II, p 107.
McCall, "McCall, Tidwell, and Allied Families," p 645
Salisbury, Litchfield, CT, Vital Records"Visitations of Norfolk" 1563, 1589 & 1613

Microfilm, Archives, #1275058

Sir John (12) Shelton, the eldest son of Sir John (11) and Margaret, was High
Sheriff of Norfolk County, England, in 1504.  He was knighted in 1509, and was
present as Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of Henry VIII.  He married Ann
Boleyn who was the Aunt of Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry III.  Queen
Anne Boleyn and King Henry VIII were the parents of Elizabeth I (born 1533,
died 1603), who became Queen of England in 1558.  Elizabeth I never married.
Sir John (12) and Anne Boleyn were great-uncle and-great aunt to Elizabeth I.
As a protestant, Pricess Elizabeth was the center of suspicion by her
half-sister Queen Mary I(daughter of King Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon).
The Sheltons were very good to Elizabeth when she was still a princess they
received her into their home at Shelton.  On occasions they even hid her within
the tower of Shelton Church.  She had her own pew in the church.
When Elizabeth was crowned she summoned her aunt's family to London.  They
lived with her in the palace, and their descendants lived at the Court for her
entire reign.  Sir John was Governor of the Household of the King.  His wife
Anne was governess to Princess (later Queen) Mary.
It was this John Shelton who glazed the east window of St. Mary's Church in
Shelton, Norfolk County, with effigies of himself and his wife.  In devotional
attitude, each figure is covered with a surcoat of the respective arms.

Microfilm, Archives, 1275058

"Visitations of Norfolk" 1563, 1589 & 1613