ABSTRACT
AS already mentioned, Anthony Sherley was the second son of Sir Thomas Sherley of Wiston, Sussex. The first member of the Sherley family to reside at Wiston was Ralph Sherley, who was Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex in 1504. He died in 1510, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Richard Sherley, who was Sheriff of the two counties in 1515 and 1525, and died in 1540. His monument is still to be seen in the southern side of the church at Wiston. His eldest son William, who died in 1551, had two sons, Thomas Sherley of Wiston and Anthony Sherley of Preston.
