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John Sheffield 1540–1568 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1540

Birth Location: Butterwick, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 9 December 1568

Death Location: Newton Kyme, Selby District, North Yorkshire, England

Father: Sir Sheffield

Mother: Anne Brock

Spouse(s): Margaret Howard

Children(s): Elizabeth Sheffield, Edmund Sheffield

In 1540, John Sheffield entered the world in Butterwick, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, born to Sir Edmund John 1St Baron Sheffield Sheffield And Anne Baroness Sheffield Of Buterwick De Vere Brock. John Sheffield married Margaret Douglas Howard, and had children including Edmund Sheffield, Elizabeth Sheffield. John Sheffield passed away in 1568 in Newton Kyme, Selby District, North Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1540, John Sheffield entered the world in Butterwick, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, born to Sir Edmund John 1St Baron Sheffield Sheffield And Anne Baroness Sheffield Of Buterwick De Vere Brock.
  • John Sheffield married Margaret Douglas Howard, and had children including Edmund Sheffield, Elizabeth Sheffield.
  • John Sheffield passed away in 1568 in Newton Kyme, Selby District, North Yorkshire, England.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

John Sheffield's Ancestors

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John Sheffield
1540–1568
Birth Place: Butterwick, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir Edmund John 1st Baron Sheffield Sheffield
1521–1549
West Butterwick, Owston, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Anne ("Baroness Sheffield of Buterwick" de Vere) Brock
1522–1570
Earls, Colne, Essex, England
Grandparents
Sir (Robert Sheffield) VI
1483–1532
Butterwick (Lincolnshire) England
Jane (Stanley) Honorable
1483–1557
Lathom House, Lathom (Lancashire) England
John (15th Earl Oxford de) Vere
1482–1540
England
Lady (Anne Elizabeth, Countess of Oxford, Trussel (Royal) Ward)
1494–1527
Cuddesdon, Staffordshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir V
1462–1518
Ellen Delves
1470–1509
George Stanley
1460–1503
Joan Strange
1463–1513
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir IV
1432–1502
Thomas Stanley
1435–1504
Eleanor Salisbury
–1472

John Sheffield's Descendants

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John Sheffield (1540–9 December 1568) m. Margaret (Douglas) Howard (1538–11 December 1608)
  1. 1. Elizabeth Sheffield 1561–1601 m. Thomas Butler 1530–1614
    1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth) Butler 1593–1629 m. Theobald (1st Viscount Tilleophelim) Butler 1570–1613 m. Sir (Richard Baron Dingwall Preston created Earl of Desmond Nov 22,) 1622 1576–1628
      1. 1. Elizabeth (Preston Barones) Dingwal 1615–1684 m. James (12th Earl And 1st Duke Of Ormond) Butler 1610–1688
        1. 1. Thomas (Viscount Thurles Earl Of Ossory) Butler 1634–1680 m. Emilia (Van) Nassau 1635–1688
        2. 2. Thomas ("Viscount Thurles") Butler 1632–1633
        3. 3. Richard Butler 1639–1685
        4. 4. Lady (Mary Duchess Cavendish) Butler 1646–1710 m. William (1st Duke of Devonshire) Cavendish 1640–1707
        5. 5. James (Butler 4th son died at 9) years 1636–1645
        6. 6. Lady (Elisabeth Countess of Chesterfield) Butler 1640–1665 m. Philip (2nd Earl of Chesterfield Stanhope of) Shelford 1634–1714
  2. 2. Edmund Sheffield 1564–1646

John Sheffield's Timeline

2 Records

1540
1540
Birth of John Sheffield in Butterwick, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Butterwick, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
1568
9 December 1568
Age 28
Death of John Sheffield
None

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1540
    Event Place: Butterwick, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 December 1568
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Newton Kyme, Selby District, North Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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