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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 Brock

Spouse(s): Denzill Holles

Children(s): William Holles, John Hallowes, Anne Holles, Frances Holles, Jane Holles, George Holles, Thomas Holles

The story of Lady Eleanor Barness Sheffield began in 1548 in Stepney Parish, London, Somerset, England, UK. Lady Eleanor Barness Sheffield married Denzill H. Holles, and had children including William Holles, John Hollis of Haughton, Baron of Hollis, 1st Earl of Clare, Sir Knight Bachelor Hollis Hallowes, Anne Holles, Frances Holles, Jane Holles, George Holles, Thomas Holles. 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 Denzill H. Holles, and had children including William Holles, John Hollis of Haughton, Baron of Hollis, 1st Earl of Clare, Sir Knight Bachelor Hollis Hallowes, Anne Holles, Frances Holles, Jane Holles, George Holles, Thomas Holles.
  • 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 John Sheffield 1st Baron Of Sheffield
1521 – 1549
Butterwick, Boston Borough, Lincolnshire, England
Anne ("Baroness Sheffield of Buterwick" de Vere) Brock
1522 – 1571
Earls, Colne, Essex, England
Grandparents
Robert Sheffield
– 1532
Butterwick (Lincolnshire) England
Jane Stanley
1500 – 1557
Lathom House, Lathom (Lancashire) England
Great-Grandparents
George Stanley
– 1503
Joan Lestrange
– 1514
2nd-Great-Grandparents

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 (1562 – 1637)
  2. 2. John (Hollis of Haughton, Baron of Hollis, 1st Earl of Clare, Sir Knight Bachelor Hollis) Hallowes (1 May 1564 – 4 October 1637)
    1. 1. Lady (Arabella de) HOLLES (1593 – 05 Oct 1631) m. Sir (Thomas) Wentworth (13 April 1593 – 12 May 1641)
      1. 1. Everilida Wentworth (Feb 1627 – 8 May 1708) m. John THORNHILL (21 Oct 1616 – 21 Oct 1669)
        1. 1. Georji ((George)) Thornhill (16 Aug 1655 – Abt 17 Aug 1687) m. Mary Wivill (1657 – 9 Dec 1726)
  3. 3. Anne Holles (17 June 1565 – )
  4. 4. Frances Holles (1566 – )
  5. 5. Jane Holles (1568 – )
  6. 6. George Holles (1576 – 1626)
  7. 7. Thomas Holles (4 September 1580 – )

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
1555
1555
Age 7
Lady Eleanor Barness Sheffield was married in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
1563
1563
Age 15
Lady Eleanor Barness Sheffield was married in Irby upon Humber, Lincolnshire, England
Irby upon Humber, Lincolnshire, England
1595
About 1595
Age 47
Death of Lady Eleanor Barness Sheffield in Butterwick, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Butterwick, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: About 1548
    Event Place: Stepney Parish, London, Somerset, England, UK
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1555
    Event Place: Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1563
    Event Place: Irby upon Humber, Lincolnshire, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Nottinghamshire, England

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Oxford, Massachusetts, USA

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: About 1595
    Event Place: Butterwick, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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