The origin of the name Sherley is English and the Coat of Arms contains A shield divided paly of six gold and blue with an ermine canton in the top left. The Crest is A Saracen's in profile wreathed gold and blue. The family motto is Honor virtutis praemium.
Spelling variations include: Shirley, Shurley, Sherley, Shirleigh and others.
First found in Derbyshire where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest in 1066.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Robert Sherly settled in Maryland in 1633; Mary Shirley settled in New England in 1744; William Shirley settled in Boston, Mass. in 1740; he was of the Wiston, Sussex branch.
