Ursula (Tyrwhitt) Sheffield (abt. 1562 - bef. 1618)

Born about 1562 in Kettleby, Lincolnshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Edmund Sheffield KG — married before 13 Nov 1581 in England

Descendants

Died before 4 Aug 1618 before about age 56 in England

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Biography

This profile is part of the Sheffield Name Study.

Ursula Tyrwhitt was born circa 1562 at Kettleby, Lincolnshire, England.^[1]

Marriage & Children

She married Sir Edmund Sheffield, 1st Earl of Mulgrave, 3rd Lord Sheffield, son of Sir John Sheffield, 2nd Lord Sheffield and Douglas Howard, before 13 November 1581. They had 6 sons & 11 daughters:^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

1. Charles
2. Sir John
3. Sir Edmund
4. William
5. Philip
6. George
7. Mary, wife of Ferdinando, 2nd Lord Fairfax
8. Magdalen, wife of Walter Walsh
9. Elizabeth, wife of Sir Edward Swift, & of Sir John Bourchier
10. Tryphena, wife of George Verney
11. Dorothy
12. Douglas
13. Margaret
14. Ursula
15. Sarah
16. Anne
17. Frances

Death

She died between May 1617 and 4 August 1618.^[4][6]

Sources

1. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, p. 744-745.
2. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 245.
3. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 378.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 280-281.
5. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 226.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 19-20.

See Also:

• Victor Stater, ‘Sheffield, Edmund, first earl of Mulgrave (1565–1646)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 23 Oct 2017

• Marlyn Lewis

• http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=aet-t&id=I81665