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Lady Eleanor Sheffield 1540–1595 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1540

Birth Location: Stepney Parish, London, Somerset, England, UK

Death Date: 1595

Death Location: Butterwick, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK

Father: Edmund Sheffield

Mother: Anne Vere

Spouse(s): Sir Holles

Children(s): Sir Clare

The story of Lady Eleanor Sheffield began in 1540 in Stepney Parish, London, Somerset, England, UK. Lady Eleanor Sheffield married Sir Denzil Holles, and had children including Sir John Holles Of Haughton 1St Earl Of Clare. Lady Eleanor Sheffield passed away in 1595 in Butterwick, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK.

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Biography

  • The story of Lady Eleanor Sheffield began in 1540 in Stepney Parish, London, Somerset, England, UK.
  • Lady Eleanor Sheffield married Sir Denzil Holles, and had children including Sir John Holles Of Haughton 1St Earl Of Clare.
  • Lady Eleanor Sheffield passed away in 1595 in Butterwick, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK.

Immediate Family

Parents

Edmund Sheffield
1521–1549
Birth Location: Butterwick, Boston, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
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Anne Vere
1522–1572
Birth Location: Earls, Colne, Essex, England
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Spouses(s)

Sir Holles
1535–1590
Birth Location: Irby (Lincolnshire) England
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Children(s)

Sir Clare
1564–1637
Birth Location: Haughton, Nottinghamshire, England
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Lady Sheffield's Ancestors

Self
Lady Sheffield
1540–1595
Birth Place: Stepney Parish, London, Somerset, England, UK
Parents
Edmund of Buterwick 1st Baron of Sheffield Sheffield
1521–1549
Butterwick, Boston, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Anne (de) Vere
1522–1572
Earls, Colne, Essex, England
Grandparents
Sir (Robert) Sheffield
1483–1532
Butterwick (Lincolnshire) England
Lady (Jane) Stanley
1485–1557
Lathom House, Lathom (Lancashire) England
Sir (John De Vere, Knight of The Garter 10th Earl of) Oxford
1499–1526
Castle Hedingham, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Elizabeth, Countess of Oxford) Trussel
1496–1527
Cublesdon, Kibblestone, Staffordshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Robert Sheffield
1462–1518
Lady Delves
1465–1509
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Sheffield's Descendants

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Lady (Eleanor) Sheffield (1540–1595) m. Sir (Denzil) Holles (1535–12 Apr 1590)
  1. 1. Sir (John Holles of Haughton, 1st Earl of) Clare 1564–1637 m. Lady (Anne) Stanhope 1575–1651
    1. 1. Thomas Holles 1602–1663 m. Mary (“Marie”) Rivers 1626–1762
      1. 1. Mary Holles 1653–1713 m. William Gould 1655–1703
        1. 1. William (Gulielmi) Gould 1677–1772 m. Mariam ((Anne)) Moorwood 1679–1749

Lady Sheffield's Timeline

2 Records

1540
1540
Birth of Lady Eleanor Sheffield in Stepney Parish, London, Somerset, England, UK
Stepney Parish, London, Somerset, England, UK
1595
1595
Age 55
Death of Lady Eleanor Sheffield in Butterwick, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Butterwick, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1540
    Event Place: Stepney Parish, London, Somerset, England, UK

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source: Coke of Trusley in the county of Derby, and branches therefrom : a family history

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1595
    Event Place: Butterwick, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK
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