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Lord William Sheldon 1500–1570 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1500

Birth Location: Beoley, Worcestershire, England

Death Date: 23 December 1570

Death Location: Berley Worcestershire, Rowley, England

Father: Lord Sheldon

Mother: Philippa Heath

Spouse(s): Lady Willington, Margaret Brooke, Elizabeth Sheldon, Lady Willington

Children(s): Sir Beoly, Anne Cotton

Lord William Sheldon was born in 1500 in Beoley, Worcestershire, England, the child of Lord Ralph Sheldon And Philippa Heath. Lord William Sheldon married Elizabeth Sheldon, Lady Mary Maria Willington, Lady Mary Willington, Margaret Brooke, and had children including Anne Daston Cotton, Sir Ralph Sheldon Lord Beoly. Lord William Sheldon passed away in 1570 in Berley Worcestershire, Rowley, England.

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Biography

  • Lord William Sheldon was born in 1500 in Beoley, Worcestershire, England, the child of Lord Ralph Sheldon And Philippa Heath.
  • Lord William Sheldon married Elizabeth Sheldon, Lady Mary Maria Willington, Lady Mary Willington, Margaret Brooke, and had children including Anne Daston Cotton, Sir Ralph Sheldon Lord Beoly.
  • Lord William Sheldon passed away in 1570 in Berley Worcestershire, Rowley, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Lord Sheldon
1476–1546
Birth Location: Beoley, Worcestershire, England
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Philippa Heath
1475–1548
Birth Location: Wotton Woven, Warwickshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Lady Willington
1510–1554
Birth Location: Barcheston, Warwickshire, England
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Margaret Brooke
1509–1589
Birth Location: –
MB
Elizabeth Sheldon
1525–
Birth Location: Rowley Regis, Staffordshire, England
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Lady Willington
1510–1554
Birth Location: Barcheston, Warwickshire, England
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Children(s)

Sir Beoly
1537–1613
Birth Location: Beoly, Worcestershire, England
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Anne Cotton
1526–1619
Birth Location: Beoley, Worcestershire, England
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Lord Sheldon's Ancestors

Self
Lord Sheldon
1500–1570
Birth Place: Beoley, Worcestershire, England
Parents
Lord Ralph Sheldon
1476–1546
Beoley, Worcestershire, England
Philippa Heath
1475–1548
Wotton Woven, Warwickshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (John) Sheldon
1385–1464
Rowley Regis, Warwickshire, England
Juana (De) Coton
1396–1428
Cotton Hall, Cheshire, England
Lord (Baldwin) Heath
–1526
Of Fordhall, Warwick, England
Agnes Grove
1480–
Of Fordhall, Warwick, England
Great-Grandparents
John Cotton
1358–1396
Juana Gomez
1370–
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lord Sheldon's Descendants

1.
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Lord (William) Sheldon (1500–23 December 1570) m. Lady (Mary) Willington (1510–25 January 1554) m. Margaret Brooke (1509–1589) m. Elizabeth Sheldon (1525–) m. Lady (Mary Maria) Willington (1510–25 January 1554)
  1. 1. Sir (Ralph Sheldon Lord) Beoly 1537–1613 m. Anne Throckmorton 1541–1603 m. Anne Barrow 1537–1584 m. Jane West 1557–1618 m. ANNE Throckmorton 1541–1603
    1. 1. Katherine Sheldon 1535–1586 m. Sir (Francis) Trentham 1565–1626
      1. 1. Christopher Trentham 1606–1697 m. Winifred Biddulph 1622–
        1. 1. Winfred Trentham 1645–1718 m. Sir (Thomas Strickland) MP 1621–1694
  2. 2. Anne (Daston) Cotton 1526–1619

Lord Sheldon's Timeline

2 Records

1500
1500
Birth of Lord William Sheldon in Beoley, Worcestershire, England
Beoley, Worcestershire, England
1570
23 December 1570
Age 70
Death of Lord William Sheldon in Berley Worcestershire, Rowley, England
Berley Worcestershire, Rowley, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1500
    Event Place: Beoley, Worcestershire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 December 1570
    Event Place: Berley Worcestershire, Rowley, England
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