Son of Sir Ralph Shelton by his second wife, Margaret Clere. In 1492 with his father and siblings, John was mentioned in the will of his maternal grandmother Elizabeth Uvedale (Blomefield v11). As eldest son and heir, he figured prominently in Sir Ralph’s will dated 21 Mar 1497 and in it, his father exhorted John to not interfere with any settlement in Shelton or Hardwick made on his mother. The bulk of the estates and manors passed to him on his father’s death in 1498.He was High Sheriff of...