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Lady Agnes Butler 1524 – 1581 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1524

Birth Location: Dedham, Essex, , England

Death Date: abt 1581

Death Location: Yaxley Manor, Dedham, Essex, England

Father: Lord Butler

Mother: Lady Sutton

Spouse(s): Lord Sherman, Sir Sherman

Children(s): Sir Sherman, Lord Sherman

In 1524, Lady Agnes Butler , Countess of Yaxley entered the world in Dedham, Essex, , England, born to Lord Sir Knight Thomas Butler and Lady Joane Sutton. Lady Agnes Butler , Countess of Yaxley married Lord Henry 'the Elder of Colchester' Sherman, Sir Henry 'the Elder of Colchester' Sherman, and had children including Sir Edmund Sherman, Lord Sir Henry Butler Sherman. Lady Agnes Butler , Countess of Yaxley passed away in 1581 in Yaxley Manor, Dedham, Essex, England.

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Biography

  • In 1524, Lady Agnes Butler , Countess of Yaxley entered the world in Dedham, Essex, , England, born to Lord Sir Knight Thomas Butler and Lady Joane Sutton.
  • Lady Agnes Butler , Countess of Yaxley married Lord Henry 'the Elder of Colchester' Sherman, Sir Henry 'the Elder of Colchester' Sherman, and had children including Sir Edmund Sherman, Lord Sir Henry Butler Sherman.
  • Lady Agnes Butler , Countess of Yaxley passed away in 1581 in Yaxley Manor, Dedham, Essex, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Lord Butler
1500 – 1556
Birth Location: Bedford Borough, Bedfordshire, England
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Lady Sutton
1509 – 1555
Birth Location: Dedham, Colchester Borough, Essex, England
LS

Spouses(s)

Lord Sherman
1520 – 1590
Birth Location: Dedham, Essex, England
LS
Sir Sherman
1520 – 1590
Birth Location: Yaxley, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
SS

Children(s)

Sir Sherman
1548 – 1610
Birth Location: Dedham, Essex, , England
SS
Lord Sherman
1548 – 1610
Birth Location: Dedham, Colchester Borough, Essex, England
LS

Lady Butler's Ancestors

Self
Lady Butler
1524 – 1581
Birth Place: Dedham, Essex, , England
Parents
Lord Sir Knight Thomas Butler
1500 – 1556
Bedford Borough, Bedfordshire, England
Lady (Joane) Sutton
1509 – 1555
Dedham, Colchester Borough, Essex, England
Grandparents
Lord (Knight Piers “Red Piers”) Butler
1464 – 1539
Kilkenny Castle, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Lady (Margaret) FitzGerald
1465 – 1542
Castletown, County Kildare, Ireland
Lady (Cicely Margaret) Willoughby
1463 – 1539
Dudley, Worcestershire, England
Lord (Sir Knight Edward) Sutton
1469 – 1536
Disley, Cheshire, England
Great-Grandparents
William Willoughby
Joan Strangeways
1479 – 1515
Lord Sutton
1425 – 1533
Lady Tiptoft
1430 – 1485
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Lord Willoughby
1470 – 1522
Lord Sutton
1400 – 1487
Lady Berkeley
1401 – 1478
Sir Tiptoft
1383 – 1443
Lady Cherleton
1403 – 1446

Lady Butler's Descendants

1.
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Lady (Agnes) Butler (1524 – abt 1581) m. Lord (Henry 'the Elder of Colchester') Sherman (1520 – 25 July 1590) m. Sir (Henry 'the Elder of Colchester') Sherman (15 Jan 1520 – 25 Jul 1590)
  1. 1. Sir (Edmund) Sherman (8 June 1548 – 1610) m. Sarah (Elizabeth Ann) Cleare (1553 – 1609)
    1. 1. Edmund ("Edward") Sherman (1580 – 14 Jun 1643) m. Grace Hawle (18 Jun 1583 – Feb 1670)
      1. 1. Hannah Sherman (Abt 1611 – 17 Aug 1688) m. Lieutenant (Joseph) Rogers (6 April 1606 – 1677)
        1. 1. John Rogers (1657 – 1699) m. Mary (Georgina) Groom (1665 – 13 Feb 1693)
  2. 2. Lord (Sir Henry Butler) Sherman (8 Jun 1548 – 28 Aug 1610) m. Susan (Renee) Lawrence (21 May 1548 – 13 September 1610)
    1. 1. Anne Sherman (7 Mar 1581 – 1638) m. Anthony Whiting (1575 – 26 August 1629)
      1. 1. Phebe Whiting (3 Sep 1606 – Aug 1662) m. Thomas Barnard (28 Sep – 24 May 1621)
        1. 1. Thomas (King) Barnard (1612 – abt 1674) m. Eleanor (Helena) Morse (1614 – 27 November 1694)
    2. 2. Ezekiel Sherman (25 January 1587 – 21 January 1654) m. Anna Stevens (1595 – 1654)
      1. 1. Ann Sherman (1630 – 1665) m. Edward Watts (1620 – 1690)
        1. 1. Francis Watts (Abt 1648 – 1711) m. Sarah Beall (1668 – 9 May 1734)

Lady Butler's Timeline

18 Records

1520
1520
Birth of Lady Agnes Butler , Countess of Yaxley in Dedham Castle, Fingringhoe, Essex, England
Dedham Castle, Fingringhoe, Essex, England
1521
Abt. 1521
Birth of Lady Agnes Butler , Countess of Yaxley in Dedham, Essex, England
Dedham, Essex, England
1521
1521
Birth of Lady Agnes Butler , Countess of Yaxley in Dedham, Colchester Borough, Essex, England
Dedham, Colchester Borough, Essex, England
1521
Abt. 1521
Birth of Lady Agnes Butler , Countess of Yaxley in Dedham, Essex, , England
Dedham, Essex, , England
1524
1524
Birth of Lady Agnes Butler , Countess of Yaxley in Dedham Castle, Fingringhoe, Essex, England
Dedham Castle, Fingringhoe, Essex, England
1524
1524
Birth of Lady Agnes Butler , Countess of Yaxley in Dedham, Colchester Borough, Essex, England
Dedham, Colchester Borough, Essex, England
1524
1524
Birth of Lady Agnes Butler , Countess of Yaxley in Dedham, Essex, , England
Dedham, Essex, , England
1563
21 Jul 1563
Age 39
Lady Agnes Butler , Countess of Yaxley was baptized in Almer, Dorset, England
Almer, Dorset, England
1566
8 Sep 1566
Age 42
Lady Agnes Butler , Countess of Yaxley was baptized in Corsham, Wiltshire, England
Corsham, Wiltshire, England
1580
14 Oct 1580
Age 56
Death of Lady Agnes Butler , Countess of Yaxley in Dedham, Colchester Borough, Essex, England
Dedham, Colchester Borough, Essex, England
1580
14 Oct 1580
Age 56
Death of Lady Agnes Butler , Countess of Yaxley in Dedham, Colchester Borough, Essex, England
Dedham, Colchester Borough, Essex, England
1580
14 Oct 1580
Age 56
Death of Lady Agnes Butler , Countess of Yaxley in Dedham, Colchester Borough, Essex, England
Dedham, Colchester Borough, Essex, England
1580
14 Oct 1580
Age 56
Death of Lady Agnes Butler , Countess of Yaxley in Yaxley Manor, Dedham, Essex, England
Yaxley Manor, Dedham, Essex, England
1581
abt 1581
Age 57
Death of Lady Agnes Butler , Countess of Yaxley in Yaxley Manor, Dedham, Essex, England
Yaxley Manor, Dedham, Essex, England
1585
14 Oct 1585
Age 61
Death of Lady Agnes Butler , Countess of Yaxley in Yaxley Manor, Dedham, Essex, England
Yaxley Manor, Dedham, Essex, England
1585
22 Apr 1585
Age 61
Burial of Lady Agnes Butler , Countess of Yaxley in Warwick, St Nicholas, Warwickshire, England
Warwick, St Nicholas, Warwickshire, England
1598
25 Jul 1598
Age 74
Lady Agnes Butler , Countess of Yaxley was baptized in Bingley, All Saints, Yorkshire, England
Bingley, All Saints, Yorkshire, England
1863
5 Oct 1863
Age 339
Lady Agnes Butler , Countess of Yaxley was baptized in England
England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1520
    Event Place: Dedham Castle, Fingringhoe, Essex, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. 1521
    Event Place: Dedham, Essex, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1524
    Event Place: Dedham Castle, Fingringhoe, Essex, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1521
    Event Place: Dedham, Colchester Borough, Essex, England

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1524
    Event Place: Dedham, Colchester Borough, Essex, England

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. 1521
    Event Place: Dedham, Essex, , England

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1524
    Event Place: Dedham, Essex, , England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 21 Jul 1563
    Event Place: Almer, Dorset, England
    Record Source: England, Select Dorset Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1999

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 8 Sep 1566
    Event Place: Corsham, Wiltshire, England
    Record Source: England & Wales, Christening Index, 1530-1980

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 25 Jul 1598
    Event Place: Bingley, All Saints, Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 5 Oct 1863
    Event Place: England
    Record Source: London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1923

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Halstead, Essex, England
    Record Source: UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source: Sherman genealogy, including families of Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk, England

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: West Winch, Norfolk, England
    Record Source: England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 Oct 1585
    Event Place: Yaxley Manor, Dedham, Essex, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 16
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 Oct 1580
    Event Place: Dedham, Colchester Borough, Essex, England

    Genealogy Event 17
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 Oct 1580
    Event Place: Dedham, Colchester Borough, Essex, England

    Genealogy Event 18
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 Oct 1580
    Event Place: Dedham, Colchester Borough, Essex, England

    Genealogy Event 19
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 Oct 1580
    Event Place: Yaxley Manor, Dedham, Essex, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 20
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: abt 1581
    Event Place: Yaxley Manor, Dedham, Essex, England
    Record Source: Warwickshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812

    Genealogy Event 21
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 22 Apr 1585
    Event Place: Warwick, St Nicholas, Warwickshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Warwickshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812
    [2] Essex, England, Select Church of England Parish Registers, 1518-1960
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current
    [4] Norfolk, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812, Norfolk Record Office; Norwich, Norfolk, England; Norfolk Church of England Registers; Reference: PD 515/1
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