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Lady Eleanor Barness Sheffield 1538–1595 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1538

Birth Location: Butterwick, Boston, Lincolnshire, England

Death Date: 1595

Death Location: Irby on Humber, Lincolnshire, England

Father: Edmund Sheffield

Mother: Anne Vere

Spouse(s): Denzill Holles

Children(s): John I

Lady Eleanor Barness Sheffield was born in 1538 in Butterwick, Boston, Lincolnshire, England, the child of Edmund Sheffield And Anne De Vere. Lady Eleanor Barness Sheffield married Denzill H Holles, and had children including John Holles Earl Van Clare Baron Houghton Van Houghton I. Lady Eleanor Barness Sheffield passed away in 1595 in Irby on Humber, Lincolnshire, England.

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Biography

  • Lady Eleanor Barness Sheffield was born in 1538 in Butterwick, Boston, Lincolnshire, England, the child of Edmund Sheffield And Anne De Vere.
  • Lady Eleanor Barness Sheffield married Denzill H Holles, and had children including John Holles Earl Van Clare Baron Houghton Van Houghton I.
  • Lady Eleanor Barness Sheffield passed away in 1595 in Irby on Humber, Lincolnshire, England.

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Lady Sheffield's Ancestors

Self
Lady Sheffield
1538–1595
Birth Place: Butterwick, Boston, Lincolnshire, England
Parents
Edmund Sheffield
1521–1549
Butterwick, Boston Borough, Lincolnshire, England
Anne (De) Vere
1518–1571
Cublesdon, Staffordshire, England
Grandparents
John (van Vere Earl van) Oxford
1482–1539
Oxfordshire, England
Elisabeth (Trussel of) Kibblestone
1494–1527
Kibblestone, Staffordshire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Sheffield's Descendants

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Lady (Eleanor Barness) Sheffield (1538–1595) m. Denzill (H) Holles (1536–12 April 1590)
  1. 1. John (Holles Earl van Clare Baron Houghton van Houghton) I 1564–1637 m. Anne Stanhope 1576–1651
    1. 1. Dame (Arabella Holles "Duchess of) Clare" 1594–1631 m. Sir (Thomas Wentworth Earl of Strafford) II 1593–1641
      1. 1. Sir (William) Wentworth 1626–1692 m. Isabella Apsley 1649–1733
        1. 1. Thomas (Wentworth Earl of) Strafford 1672–1739 m. Anne Johnson 1684–1754
        2. 2. Frances (Arabella) Wentworth –1723
        3. 3. Elizabeth Wentworth 1697–1750
      2. 2. Lady (Anne) Wentworth 1627–1695 m. Sir (Donal "Donald") McCarty 1620–1668
        1. 1. Sir (Dennis McCarty) Sr. 1652–1694
      3. 3. Arabella Wentworth 1630–1698 m. Justin (McCarthy Viscount) Mountcashel 1650–1694
      4. 4. Lady (Sarah) Wentworth 1628–1698
    2. 2. Denzil (Holles Baron Holles of) Ifield 1599–1680
    3. 3. John (Holles Earl van Clare Baron Houghton van Houghton) II 1595–1669 m. Elisabeth (van) Vere 1605–1684
      1. 1. Gilles (Holles Earl van Clare Baron Houghton van) Houghton 1633–1689
    4. 4. Eleanor Holles 1610–1681
    5. 5. Francis Holles –1622
    6. 6. Margarett ((Twin Fretchville)) Holles 1590–1599
    7. 7. Elizabeth HOLLES 1579–1608
    8. 8. Robert Hollis 1590–1638

Lady Sheffield's Timeline

2 Records

1538
1538
Birth of Lady Eleanor Barness Sheffield in Butterwick, Boston, Lincolnshire, England
Butterwick, Boston, Lincolnshire, England
1595
1595
Age 57
Death of Lady Eleanor Barness Sheffield in Irby on Humber, Lincolnshire, England
Irby on Humber, Lincolnshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1538
    Event Place: Butterwick, Boston, Lincolnshire, England
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1595
    Event Place: Irby on Humber, Lincolnshire, England

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