Shelley baronets of Michelgrove (1611)

Arms of Shelley (of Michelgrove): Sable, a fesse engrailed between three whelks or

The Shelley baronetcy, of Michelgrove in the County of Sussex, was created in the Baronetage of England on 22 May 1611 for John Shelley.[1]

The fourth Baronet represented Arundel and Lewes in the House of Commons while the fifth Baronet sat as a Member of Parliament for East Retford and Newark. Furthermore, the sixth Baronet represented Helston and Lewes and the seventh Baronet Gatton, Grimsby and Westminster. Their seat after 1880 was Shobrooke Park near Crediton in Devon.[2]

  1. ^ Cokayne, George Edward (1900). Complete Baronetage. Vol. I. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co., Ltd. pp. 25–27.
  2. ^ "Crediton Parish Church". Retrieved 5 November 2014.