John Shurley (died 1616)
English politician
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John Shurley (died October 1616), of 'The Friars', Lewes, Sussex, was an English politician.[1]
He was a younger son of Edward Shurley (d. 1558) of Isfield, Sussex and Joan, daughter of John Fenner of Crawley.[2][3] He was a fellow-commoner at Queens' College, Cambridge in 1562.[4] He was admitted to the Middle Temple in August 1565[5] and was called to the bar sometime before November 1575.[6] He became a bencher in 1587, was treasurer in 1601 and became a serjeant-at-law 1603.[1]
He was an MP for Lewes 1572, 1589, 1597 and 1604; for Lostwithiel 1584 and was an active committee man.[1]
He married twice, firstly Elizabeth, the daughter and coheiress of Richard Kyme of Lewes, with whom he had a daughter and secondly Frances, the daughter of Henry Capell of Hadham, Hertfordshire, with whom he had a son and 2 daughters.[1]
He died in October 1616. His widow Frances was still alive, when his eldest son and heir John died in 1631.[7]