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Lady Frances SHEFFIELD 1585 – 1617 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1585

Birth Location: Steeton, Yorkshire, Kingdom of England

Death Date: 1617

Death Location: Bolton Percy, Yorkshire, Kingdom of England

Father: LORD Essex

Mother: Lady Mulgrave

Spouse(s): Sir Fairfax

Children(s): Sir Steeton

In 1585, Lady Frances SHEFFIELD entered the world in Steeton, Yorkshire, Kingdom of England, born to LORD EDMOND SHEFFIELD, 3rd Earl of Mulgrave and 3rd Lord of Essex and Lady Ursula Tyrwhitt, Baroness of Mulgrave. Lady Frances SHEFFIELD married Sir Philip 17 Fairfax, and had children including Sir William 16 Fairfax of Steeton. Lady Frances SHEFFIELD passed away in 1617 in Bolton Percy, Yorkshire, Kingdom of England.

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Biography

  • In 1585, Lady Frances SHEFFIELD entered the world in Steeton, Yorkshire, Kingdom of England, born to LORD EDMOND SHEFFIELD, 3rd Earl of Mulgrave and 3rd Lord of Essex and Lady Ursula Tyrwhitt, Baroness of Mulgrave.
  • Lady Frances SHEFFIELD married Sir Philip 17 Fairfax, and had children including Sir William 16 Fairfax of Steeton.
  • Lady Frances SHEFFIELD passed away in 1617 in Bolton Percy, Yorkshire, Kingdom of England.

Immediate Family

Parents

LORD Essex
1565 – 1646
Birth Location: Butterwick, Lincolnshire, England
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Lady Mulgrave
1561 – 1618
Birth Location: Wrawby, Glanford Brigg, Lincolnshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Sir Fairfax
1586 – 1613
Birth Location: Steeton, Yorkshire, England
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Children(s)

Sir Steeton
1609 – 1644
Birth Location: Steeton, Yorkshire, England
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Lady SHEFFIELD's Ancestors

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Lady SHEFFIELD
1585 – 1617
Birth Place: Steeton, Yorkshire, Kingdom of England
Parents
LORD EDMOND SHEFFIELD, 3rd Earl of Mulgrave and 3rd Lord of Essex
1565 – 1646
Butterwick, Lincolnshire, England
Lady (Ursula Tyrwhitt, Baroness of) Mulgrave
1561 – 1618
Wrawby, Glanford Brigg, Lincolnshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (John Butterwicke Sheffield, 2nd Baron) Sheffield
1538 – 1568
Butterwick, Lincolnshire, England
Lady (Elizabeth Douglas Howard, Countess of Leicester, Baroness of) Sheffield
1538 – 1608
Lambeth, Surrey, , England
Sir (Knight Robert Tyrwhitt Tyrwhitt, of) Kettelby
1526 – 1581
Kettleby, Lincolnshire Leighton, Huntingdonshire, England
LADY (ELIZABETH OXENBRIDGE) (Tyrwhitt)
1526 – 1589
Scotter, Lincolnshire, England
Great-Grandparents
William Tyrwhit
1503 – 1546
Sir Oxenbridge
1501 – 1540
Lady Puttenham
1500 – 1531
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady SHEFFIELD's Descendants

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Lady (Frances) SHEFFIELD (1585 – 1617) m. Sir (Philip 17) Fairfax (2 OCT 1586 – 31 JUL 1613)
  1. 1. Sir (William 16 Fairfax of) Steeton (1609 – 18 Sep 1644) m. LADY (FRANCES ANN CHALONER,) FAIRFAX (12.Feb.1610 – 6 Jan 1692)
    1. 1. Isabella Fairfax (1637 – 25 October 1691) m. NATHANIEL (BLADEN Steward to the Earl of) Danby (Aug 1637 – 27 Oct 1691)
      1. 1. John (William) Bladen (1660 – 1745) m. Ann (Van) Swearingen (15 Feb 1661 – abt 1743)
        1. 1. Nancy (Elizabeth) Bladen (1680 – Date unknown) m. William Powell (20 Nov 1679 – 2 Feb 1721)

Lady SHEFFIELD's Timeline

2 Records

1585
1585
Birth of Lady Frances SHEFFIELD in Steeton, Yorkshire, Kingdom of England
Steeton, Yorkshire, Kingdom of England
1617
1617
Age 32
Death of Lady Frances SHEFFIELD in Bolton Percy, Yorkshire, Kingdom of England
Bolton Percy, Yorkshire, Kingdom of England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1585
    Event Place: Steeton, Yorkshire, Kingdom of England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1617
    Event Place: Bolton Percy, Yorkshire, Kingdom of England
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