'Sheffield1'
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Families covered: Sheffield of Buckingham, Sheffield of Butterwicke, Sheffield of Mulgrave, Sheffield of Normanby

Sir Robert Sheffield (a temp Henry III who r. 1216-1272)
1. Robert Sheffield
  m. Anne Goure (dau of Sir Simon Goure)
  A. Sir Robert Sheffield
  m. Genette Lownde (dau of Alexander Lownde of Butterwicke)
  i. ?? Sheffield
  a. ?? Sheffield
Uncertain on number of intervening generations.
  (1) ?? Sheffield
  (A) Robert Sheffield (a 1442, MP)
  (i) Robert Sheffield (a 1472, MP)
(a) Sir Robert Sheffield (a 1487, Speaker of the House of Commons)
  m. Helen Delves (dau of Sir John Delves)
  ((1)) Sir Robert Sheffield of Butterwicke (d 15.11.1531)
  BE1883 shows only one wife for Sir Robert, Margaret Zouche, but TCP (Sheffield) reports that his 1st wife, mother of Edmund, was ...
  m1. Jane Stanley (dau of George Stanley, Lord Strange)
((A)) Edmund Sheffield, 1st Lord Sheffield of Butterwicke (b 22.11.1521, d 31.07.1549)
  m. (before 31.01.1537/8) Anne Vere (bur 14.02.1571/2, dau of John Vere, 15th Earl of Oxford)
  ((i)) John Sheffield, 2nd Lord (b c1538, d 10.12.1568) - continued below
  m. (c1562) Douglas Howard (b c1545, bur 11.12.1608, dau of William Howard, Lord of Effingham)
((ii)) Frances Sheffield
  m. _ Metham
  ((iii)) Eleanor Sheffield
  m. Denzill Holles (d 12.04.1590)
  ((iv)) Elizabeth Sheffield
  m2. Margaret Zouche (dau of Sir John Zouche of Codnor, m2. ?? Cavendish)
  ((B)) Elizabeth Sheffield (d 05.1573)
  m. Thomas Monson of South Kelsey
  Probably of this generation, but (if so) by which wife is unknown, was ...
  ((C)) Eleanor Sheffield
  m. James Ducie
  ((2)) Margaret Sheffield (a 09.1525) possibly of this generation
  m. Hamon Sutton (d 22.12.1501)

 

 

John Sheffield, 2nd Lord Sheffield of Butterwicke (b c1538, d 10.2.1568) - continued above
m. (c1562) Douglas Howard (b c1545, bur 11.12.1608, dau of William Howard, Lord of Effingham)
1. Edmund Sheffield, 1st Earl of Mulgrave (b 07.12.1565, d 10.1646)
  m1. (before 13.11.1581) Ursula Tyrwhitt (d before 04.08.1618, dau of Sir Robert Tyrwhitt of Kettleby)
  A. Sir John Sheffield (dvp 12.1614, 2nd son)
  m. Grizel Anderson (dau of Sir Edmund Anderson)
i. Edmund Sheffield, 2nd Earl of Mulgrave (b c12.1611, d 24.08.1658)
  m. (04.1631) Elizabeth Cranfield (b c1608, d 1694/5, dau of Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex)
  a. John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Normanby, 1st Duke of Buckingham (b 08.09.1647, d 24.02.1720/1)
  m1. (18.03.1685/6, sp) Ursula Stawel (d 13.08.1697, dau of Colonel George Stawel of Cothelstone)
  m2. (12.03.1698/9, sp) Catherine Grevile (d 07.02.1703/4, dau of Fulke Grevile, 5th Lord Brooke)
  m3. (16.03.1705/6) Catherine Darnley (b 1682, d 14.03.1743, natural dau of King James II)
  (1) John Sheffield, 'Marquess of Normanby' (b 26.09.1710, d 16.12.1710)
  (2) Robert Sheffield, 'Marquess of Normanby' (b 11.12.1711, d 01.02.1714/5)
(3) Edmund Sheffield, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Normanby (b 03.01.1715/6, d unm 30.10.1735)
  (4) daughter
  p. Mrs Lambert
  (5) Sir Charles Herbert, later Sheffield, 1st Bart of Normanby (d 05.09.1774)
  m. (25.04.1741) Margaret Diana Sabine (d 06.01.1762, dau of General Joseph Sabine)
  (A) Sir John Sheffield, 2nd Bart of Normanby (dsp 12.02.1815)
  m. (03.04.1784) Charlotte Sophia Digby (d 15.12.1835, dau of Hon. William Digby, Dean of Durham)
  (B) Sir Robert Sheffield, 3rd Bart of Normanby (d 26.02.1815, rector of Flixborough, vicar of Burton)
  m1. (1783) Penelope Pitches (d 22.06.1787, dau of Sir Abraham Pitches)
  (i) Sir Robert Sheffield, 4th Bart of Normanby, Sheriff of Lincolnshire (b 25.02.1786, d 08.11.1862) had issue
  m. (08.12.1818) Julia Brigida Newbolt (d 28.10.1875, dau of Sir John Newbolt)
  (ii) Penelope Sheffield (d unm 15.11.1808)
  m2. (03.12.1796) Sarah Anne Kennett (d 14.09.1858, dau of Rev. Brackly Kennett)
  (iii) Charles Sheffield (b 19.10.1797, d 20.02.1882, rector of Flixborough) had issue
  m. (02.11.1820) Lucy Smelt (d 15.02.1857, dau of Col. Smelt)
  (iv) Agnes Anne Sheffield
  m. (31.08.1824) Henry Lyttleton Neave (dsp 04.08.1873, vicar of Epping)
  (v) Margaret Jane Sheffield (d 25.02.1852)
  m. (24.11.1831) Rose Henry Fuller (commander RN)
  (vi) Mary Emily Sheffield (d 19.01.1872)
  m1. (1820) Samuel Fortnum Fox of Sandford Park
  m2. (1859) Adam Schoales of Southampton
  (vii) Maria Ursula Sheffield
  m. (16.10.1827) Rev. R. Fitzherbert Fuller
  (viii) Charlotte Cecilia Sheffield (d 16.05.1883)
  m1. (15.05.1830) H.H. Jackson of Hartfield
m2. (11.12.1845) Bernard Hale
  (C) Anne Diana Sheffield
  m. Thomas Cox (Lt. General)
  (D)+ other issue (d unm) - Charles (bur 31.05.1790), Alicia Caroline, Sophia Maria
  partner unknown (could be Mrs. Lambert)
  (6) Mary Sheffield (d 26.10.1729)
  m. Arthur Annesley, 4th Lord Altham (b c1689, d 16.11.1727)
B. Sir Edmund Sheffield (3rd son)
  i. Ursula Sheffield apparently of this generation
  m. (29.01.1633-4) Richard Hutton of Poppleton (bpt 05.04.1613, d 08.04.1648)
  C. Margaret Sheffield shown by BP1934 (Grace) to have been sister rather than aunt of 2nd Earl Mulgrave
  m. Walter Walsh of Castle Hoel
  i. Ursula Walsh (2nd dau)
  m. John Bryan of Bawnmore
  a. Elizabeth Bryan
  m. Oliver Grace of Shanganagh (Gracefield) (d 08.06.1708)
D. Elizabeth Sheffield
  m1. Sir Edward Swift of Rotheram (dsp)
  m2. Sir John Bourchier
  E. Mary Sheffield (bur 04.06.1619)
  m. (1607) Sir Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord of Cameron (b 29.03.1584, d 13.03.1647-8)
  F. Frances Sheffield
  m. Sir Philip Fairfax
  G. Triphena Sheffield
  m. George Verney
  H.+ other issue - Charles (d unm), William, Philip, George, 4 daughters
  m2. (04.03.1618/9) Mariana Irwin (d by 1676, dau of Sir William Irwin or Erwin or Urwyn)
  P. Margaret Sheffield
  m. Symon Thelwall of Plas-y-Ward
  Q.+ other issue - James (d 1664), Thomas, Robert, Sarah
2. Elizabeth Sheffield (bur 02.04.1601)
  m. Thomas Butler 'the Black Earl', 10th Earl of Ormonde, 3rd Earl of Ossory (b c1532, d 22.11.1614)

Main source(s): BE1883 (Sheffield of Butterwicke, Mulgrace, Normanby, Buckingham), TCP (Sheffield (of Butterwick); Mulgrave; Buckingham), BP1934 (Sheffield)
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