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Sir John Shurley (1568 - 25 April 1631) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1625. Shurley was the son of Thomas Shurley of Isfield, Sussex, by his first wife Anne Pelham, daughter of Sir Nicholas Pelham of Laughton, East Sussex; and great-grandson of John Shurley (died 1527) who held the office of Cofferer to King Henry VIII. Sir George Shurley, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, was his younger brother. He matriculated on entry to Hart Hall, Oxford on 22 June 1582, aged 14. He was a student of the Middle Temple in 1591. He succeeded his father in 1579 and was knighted on 11 May 1603. In 1593 he was elected MP for East Grinstead, in 1597 for Steyning and in 1604 for Bramber. He was appointed High Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex for 1616–17. In 1625, he was elected Member of Parliament for Sussex.〔( 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Scadden-Sheyne', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714 (1891), pp. 1322-1350. Date accessed: 8 May 2012 )〕 Shurley died at Lewes at the age of about 62.〔 He had married firstly his cousin Jane Shurley, and secondly Dorothy Goring. He was survived by five daughters but had no surviving son, and Isfield passed to his brother George's son Robert. ==References== * (【引用サイトリンク】 title= SHURLEY, Sir John (1568-1631), of Isfield, Suss.; later of Cuckfield, Suss. ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Shurley (died 1631)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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