“Sir John and Lady Shelton had at least six children. Their eldest son and heir, another Sir John Shelton (b. in or before 1503, d. 1558), was born at Shelton and was admitted to Lincoln's Inn on 1 March 1517. Like his father he was active in local government, as a JP for Norfolk from 1543 until his death, and as sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk in 1554–5. He also served in the war with France in 1544 and was knighted in 1547 at Edward VI's coronation. In 1553 he was quick to commit himself to Mary's cause, being among the first to join her at Kenninghall in July; he was rewarded with an annuity of £60 and a seat on the council. In 1554 he was returned to parliament for Norfolk, but thereafter lived on his East Anglian estates. He made his will on 12 February 1558 and died in Norfolk on 15 November following; his heir was his elder son Ralph. Sir John had benefited from his mother's court contacts to make an advantageous marriage.”1243

“Sir John's wife, Margaret Shelton [née Parker] (fl. c.1530–1536), was the elder daughter of Henry Parker, tenth Baron Morley (d. 1556); her younger sister Jane Boleyn (d. 1542) was the wife of Queen Anne's brother George, Viscount Rochford. John and Margaret had two sons and three daughters, one of whom, as Mary Scudamore, was an influential figure at the court of Elizabeth I. It was not Margaret Shelton, however, who was briefly alleged to have become Henry VIII's mistress, as was once supposed. The lady in question was Mary Shelton (1510x15–1570/71), a daughter of the elder and sister of the younger Sir John Shelton, who had become a maid of honour to her cousin Queen Anne. In February 1535 she was described by the imperial ambassador Chapuys as enjoying the king's favour. Her name was linked with the king's again early in 1538, and in the meantime her affections had been competed for by two leading courtiers, Henry Norris and Francis Weston. Mary survived these entanglements, and perhaps also one with the earl of Surrey, and married successively Sir Arthur Heveningham and Philip Appleyard. Her natal family continued to live at Carrow at least into the eighteenth century, but was not again of more than local consequence.”1243