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Lady Agnes Butler, Countess of Yaxley 1521–1580 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1521

Birth Location: Dedham Castle, Fingringhoe, Essex, England

Death Date: 14 Oct 1580

Death Location: Southfields Manor, Dedham, Essex, England

Father: Sir Ormond

Mother: Lady Ormond

Spouse(s): Sir (Thomas)

Children(s): Henry Clothier, Sir Sherman, Lady (Palfield), Edmund Gentlemen, Sir Gentleman, Sir Yaxley, Sir II, Lady Sherman

Lady Agnes Butler, Countess of Yaxley was born in 1521 in Dedham Castle, Fingringhoe, Essex, England, the child of Sir Thomas Dedham Butler 10Th Earl Of Ormond And Lady Joane Sutton Countess Ormond. Lady Agnes Butler, Countess of Yaxley married Sir Henry Waller Sherman Shearman The Elder Of Colchester Earl Of Yaxley Thomas, and had children including Edmund I Sherman Gentlemen, Henry Ii Sherman Gentleman Clothier, Lady Alice Sherman, Lady Judith Sherman Palfield, Sir Henry Butler Sherman Senator Earl Of Yaxley Ii, Sir John V Sherman Gentleman, Sir Lancelot Xiii Barrington Ward Earl Of Yaxley, Sir Thomas Sherman. Lady Agnes Butler, Countess of Yaxley passed away in 1580 in Southfields Manor, Dedham, Essex, England.

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Biography

  • Lady Agnes Butler, Countess of Yaxley was born in 1521 in Dedham Castle, Fingringhoe, Essex, England, the child of Sir Thomas Dedham Butler 10Th Earl Of Ormond And Lady Joane Sutton Countess Ormond.
  • Lady Agnes Butler, Countess of Yaxley married Sir Henry Waller Sherman Shearman The Elder Of Colchester Earl Of Yaxley Thomas, and had children including Edmund I Sherman Gentlemen, Henry Ii Sherman Gentleman Clothier, Lady Alice Sherman, Lady Judith Sherman Palfield, Sir Henry Butler Sherman Senator Earl Of Yaxley Ii, Sir John V Sherman Gentleman, Sir Lancelot Xiii Barrington Ward Earl Of Yaxley, Sir Thomas Sherman.
  • Lady Agnes Butler, Countess of Yaxley passed away in 1580 in Southfields Manor, Dedham, Essex, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Ormond
1500–1555
Birth Location: Dedham, Colchester Borough, Essex, England
SO
Lady Ormond
1504–1555
Birth Location: Dedham, Colchester Borough, Essex, England
LO

Spouses(s)

Sir (Thomas)
1520–1590
Birth Location: Yaxley, Suffolk, England
S(

Children(s)

Henry Clothier
1545–1610
Birth Location: Dedham, Essex, England
HC
Sir Sherman
1557–1587
Birth Location: Dedham, Essex, England
SS
Lady (Palfield)
1545–1601
Birth Location: Dedham, Essex, England
L(
Edmund Gentlemen
1548–1600
Birth Location: Dedham, Colchester Borough, Essex, England
EG
Sir Gentleman
1555–1576
Birth Location: Dedham, Essex, England
SG
Sir Yaxley
1551–1587
Birth Location: Stoke by Nayland, , Suffolk, England
SY
Sir II
1545–1610
Birth Location: Dedham, Essex, England
SI
Lady Sherman
1540–1580
Birth Location: Dedham, Essex, , England
LS

Lady Yaxley's Ancestors

Self
Lady Yaxley
1521–1580
Birth Place: Dedham Castle, Fingringhoe, Essex, England
Parents
Sir Thomas "Dedham" Butler, 10th Earl of Ormond
1500–1555
Dedham, Colchester Borough, Essex, England
Lady (Joane Sutton Countess) Ormond
1504–1555
Dedham, Colchester Borough, Essex, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Yaxley's Descendants

1.
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Lady (Agnes Butler, Countess of) Yaxley (1521–14 Oct 1580) m. Sir (Henry Waller Sherman \ Shearman "the Elder of Colchester"; Earl of Yaxley) (Thomas) (1520–25 Jul 1590)
  1. 1. Henry (II Sherman, Gentleman,) Clothier 1545–1610 m. Susan Lawrence 1548–1610
    1. 1. Samuel (I "Lawrence" Sherman,) Gentleman 1573–1615
    2. 2. Sir (Edmund) Sherman 1572–1643
    3. 3. Anne Sherman 1581–1637
    4. 4. John (VI Sherman,) Gentleman 1585–1616
    5. 5. Susan Sherman 1575–1638
  2. 2. Sir (Thomas) Sherman 1557–1587
  3. 3. Lady (Judith Sherman) (Palfield) 1545–1601
  4. 4. Edmund (I Sherman) Gentlemen 1548–1600 m. Anne Pellett 1548–1584
    1. 1. Richard (IV Sherman,) Gentleman 1577–1660 m. Alice Cage 1579–1632
      1. 1. Abigail Sherman 1622–1713
      2. 2. Alice Sherman 1630–1660
      3. 3. Martha Sherman 1620–1660
      4. 4. Priscilla Sherman 1618–1660
      5. 5. Samuel Sherman 1624–1660
      6. 6. William ("The Pilgrim") Sherman 1616–1679
  5. 5. Sir (John V Sherman) Gentleman 1555–1576
  6. 6. Sir (Lancelot XIII Barrington Ward, Earl of) Yaxley 1551–1587
  7. 7. Sir (Henry Butler Sherman, Senator Earl of Yaxley) II 1545–1610
  8. 8. Lady (Alice) Sherman 1540–1580

Lady Yaxley's Timeline

2 Records

1521
1521
Birth of Lady Agnes Butler, Countess of Yaxley in Dedham Castle, Fingringhoe, Essex, England
Dedham Castle, Fingringhoe, Essex, England
1580
14 Oct 1580
Age 59
Death of Lady Agnes Butler, Countess of Yaxley in Southfields Manor, Dedham, Essex, England
Southfields Manor, Dedham, Essex, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1521
    Event Place: Dedham Castle, Fingringhoe, Essex, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 Oct 1580
    Event Place: Southfields Manor, Dedham, Essex, England
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