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Lady Eleanor Barness Sheffield 1548–1595 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: About 1548

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

Death Date: About 1595

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

Father: Sir Sheffield

Mother: Anne Buterwick

Spouse(s): Denzill Holles

Children(s): WILLIAM (HOLLIS), Thomas Holles, Sir Holles, Frances (Hollis), Jane Holles, Anne Holles, John Houghton

The story of Lady Eleanor Barness Sheffield began in 1548 in Stepney Parish, London, Somerset, England, UK. Lady Eleanor Barness Sheffield married Cyrus Davenport, Denzill H Holles, and had children including Anne Holles, Frances Holles Hollis, Jane Holles, John Holles Earl Van Clare Baron Houghton, Sir George Holles, Thomas Holles, William Holles Hollis. Lady Eleanor Barness Sheffield passed away in 1595 in Butterwick, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK.

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Biography

  • The story of Lady Eleanor Barness Sheffield began in 1548 in Stepney Parish, London, Somerset, England, UK.
  • Lady Eleanor Barness Sheffield married Cyrus Davenport, Denzill H Holles, and had children including Anne Holles, Frances Holles Hollis, Jane Holles, John Holles Earl Van Clare Baron Houghton, Sir George Holles, Thomas Holles, William Holles Hollis.
  • Lady Eleanor Barness Sheffield passed away in 1595 in Butterwick, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Lady Sheffield's Ancestors

Self
Lady Sheffield
1548–1595
Birth Place: Stepney Parish, London, Somerset, England, UK
Parents
Sir Edmund Sheffield, 1st Baron Of Sheffield
1521–1549
Butterwick, Boston Borough, Lincolnshire, England
Anne (De Vere Brock, Baroness Sheffield, of) Buterwick
1522–1571
Earls, Colne, Essex, England
Grandparents
Sir (John De Vere, Knight of The Garter 10th Earl of) Oxford
1499–1526
Earls Colne or Halstead, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Anne (Agnes Annis Howard, Countess of) Oxford,
1501–1559
Ashwell Thorpe, Norfolk, England
Great-Grandparents
John Aquitaine
1442–1500
Margaret Stafford
1450–1538
Thomas )
1443–1524
Agnes Norfolk)
1480–1545
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John to
1408–1462
Elizabeth Manor
1410–1480

Lady Sheffield's Descendants

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Lady (Eleanor Barness) Sheffield (About 1548–About 1595) m. Denzill (H.) Holles (1536–12 April 1590)
  1. 1. WILLIAM (HOLLES) (HOLLIS) 1562–1637
  2. 2. Thomas Holles 1580–
  3. 3. Sir (George) Holles 1576–1637
  4. 4. Frances (Holles) (Hollis) 1566–1589
  5. 5. Jane Holles 1568–1637
  6. 6. Anne Holles 1565–
  7. 7. John (Holles, Earl van Clare, Baron) Houghton 1564–1637

Lady Sheffield's Timeline

4 Records

1548
About 1548
Birth of Lady Eleanor Barness Sheffield in Stepney Parish, London, Somerset, England, UK
Stepney Parish, London, Somerset, England, UK
1561
1561
Age 13
Lady Eleanor Barness Sheffield was married
None
1595
About 1595
Age 47
Death of Lady Eleanor Barness Sheffield in Butterwick, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Butterwick, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK
1926
Jun 1926
Age 378
Lady Eleanor Barness Sheffield was married in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire
Wolverhampton, Staffordshire

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: About 1548
    Event Place: Stepney Parish, London, Somerset, England, UK
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1561

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: Jun 1926
    Event Place: Wolverhampton, Staffordshire

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: About 1595
    Event Place: Butterwick, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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