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Edmund Sheffield KG (1565 - 1646)

Edmund "Earl of Mulgrave" Sheffield KG
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Husband of — married before 13 Nov 1581 in Englandmap
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Died at age 80 in Hammersmith, Middlesex, Englandmap
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Biography

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Edmund Sheffield, Earl of Mulgrave, K.G. (b. 07 Dec 1565 - d. c. Oct 1646), was created 1st Earl of Mulgrave,[1] and succeeded as 3rd Baron Sheffield.[2] He was the son of :

  • Douglas Howard (b. 1542/3 - bur. 11 Dec 1608 St. Margaret's, Westminster),[3][4]
  • and her first husband, John Sheffield, 2nd Baron Sheffield (d. 10 Dec 1568).[5]

He was the older half-brother of the explorer, Robert Dudley (1574-1649).

Marriage

Edmund married twice to:

  1. m. (bef. 13 Nov 1581) Ursula, dau. of Sir Robert Tyrwhitt.[2]
  2. m. (14 Mar 1619 St. Margaret's, Westminster) Marian[a], dau. of Sir William Irwin or Irwing.[6]

He and his first wife were legatees in his mother's will.[4]

Tyrwhitt

Ursula Tyrwhitt is the mother of:

  • Charles[7]
  • John Sheffield of Butterwick, Lincolnshire (d. 1614),[2] m. (20 Nov 1600 sett.) Grisell (d. 1615), dau. of Sir Edmond Anderson & Magdalen Smith.[8]
  • Sir Edmond.[7]
  • William[7]
  • Philip[7]
  • George[7]
  • Mary (d. c Jun 1619) m. Ferdinando, 2nd Lord Fairfax.[7]
  • Magdalen[7]
  • Elizabeth[4][7]
  • Tryphena[7]
  • Dorothy[7]
  • Douglas[7]
  • Margaret[7]
  • Ursula[7]
  • Sarah[7]
  • Anne[7]
  • Frances,[4][7] m. Philip Fairfax, Knt. of Steeton, Yorkshire.[9]

Property

Edmund was, 'granted a castle and estates in Yorkshire.'[2]

Death

Edmond was buried at Hammersmith.[7]

Notes

  • Lewis, citing Richardson (c. 2011), only names wife Ursula Tyrwhitt, mother of 6 sons & 11 dau.[7] Thrush & Ferris (2010), state that son John of Butterwick (d. 1614), had a half-brother `James' but does not identify parents.[2]
  • K.G. in c. 1593.[5]

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Edmund Sheffield, 1st Earl of Mulgrave
    .
    Victor Stater, ‘Sheffield, Edmund, first earl of Mulgrave (1565–1646)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 23 Oct 2017
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Thrush, A. & Ferris, J.P., (2010). "Sheffield, John (-d.1614), of Butterwick, Lincs.," in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629, ed. Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, 2010. HOP. Web.
  3. Berry, T. (1819-22). "Edmund Sheffield, 1st Earl of Mulgrave (b. 1564? - d. 1646). National Portrait Gallery. Line Engraving.
    Thane, J. (n.d.). Edmund Sheffield, 1st Earl of Mulgrave no. D25838. National Portrait Gallery.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Howard-7746#Will
    Greenfield, B.W. (1880). Abstract of the last will of Lady Douglas Sheffield, the repudiated wife of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. Miscellanea Genealogica Et Heraldica, 3(1), pp. 368-370. J.J. Howard, Ed. London. Google Books.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Lundy, D. ThePeerage.com
  6. Memorials of St. Margaret's church, Westminister, comprising the parish registers, 1539-1660, and other churchwardens' accounts, 1460-1603, pp. 327. Archive.org.
  7. 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 7.14 7.15 7.16 7.17 https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p3154.htm#i94738
  8. Anderson of Broughton, (Maddison, 1902)
  9. Child of Edmund Sheffield, K.G., K.B. by Ursula Tyrwhit: FRANCES SHEFFIELD, married PHILIP FAIRFAX, Knt., of Steeton, Yorkshire [see Bladen 15].
    Richardson, D. (n.d.). Royal Ancestry, II, p. 280. see https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p3154.htm#i94737




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