Edmund Sheffield, 1st Baron Sheffield, of Butterwick (22 November 1521 – 19 July 1549) was an

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, the son of Sir Robert Sheffield (died 15 November 1531, son of Robert Sheffield and Helen Delves) and his second wife Jane Stanley, daughter of

George Stanley, 9th Baron Strange George Stanley, 9th Baron Strange, of Knockin, KG, KB (1460–1503) was an English nobleman and heir apparent of Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby. He was also a notable soldier in his own right and held a number of senior offices of state. Lif ...

and

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. Through his mother, he was a

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of the reigning English monarch, King Henry VIII.

Life

Following his father's death in 1531, his

wardship In law, a ward is a minor or incapacitated adult placed under the protection of a legal guardian or government entity, such as a court. Such a person may be referenced as a "ward of the court". Overview The wardship jurisdiction is an ancient ...

was granted to

George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford (c. 1504 – 17 May 1536) was an English courtier and nobleman who played a prominent role in the politics of the early 1530s. He was the brother of Anne Boleyn, from 1533 the second wife of King Hen ...

, the brother of Henry VIII's second wife,

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. However, both Rochford and Boleyn were executed in 1536, and his wardship was transferred to John de Vere, the fifteenth Earl of Oxford. Sheffield married Anne de Vere, daughter of

John de Vere, 15th Earl of Oxford John de Vere, 15th Earl of Oxford, Lord Great Chamberlain KG PC (c. 1482 – 21 March 1540). was an English peer and courtier. Career John de Vere, born about 1482, was the son of John de Vere and Alice Kilrington (alias Colbroke), and the gr ...

, before 31 January 1538, and by her had a son and three daughters. In 1547 he was raised to the Peerage of England as ''

Baron Sheffield Baron Sheffield is a title that has been created four times: once in the Peerage of England, twice in the Peerage of Ireland, and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first creation, as ''Baron Sheffield of Butterwick'', was in the Pe ...

of Butterwick''. Two years later, during

Kett's Rebellion Kett's Rebellion was a revolt in Norfolk, England during the reign of Edward VI, largely in response to the enclosure of land. It began at Wymondham on 8 July 1549 with a group of rebels destroying fences that had been put up by wealthy landowners ...

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, Lord Sheffield was killed in a street near the Cathedral Close when he fell from his horse, removed his helmet assuming the customary capture and eventual ransom, yet was fatally struck by a butcher.Strype, John, ''Ecclesiastical Memoirs'', vol.2 part 1, Oxford (1822), 272. He was buried at St Martin at Palace, Norwich.

Children

#Eleanor Sheffield (born about 1537) married Denzel Holles #

John Sheffield, 2nd Baron Sheffield John Sheffield, 2nd Baron Sheffield, of Butterwick (c. 1538 – 10 December 1568) was the first son of Edmund Sheffield, 1st Baron Sheffield, and Lady Anne de Vere. He married Douglas Howard, daughter of William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of ...

(c. 1538 – 10 December 1568) married Douglas Howard #Robert Sheffield (born about 1540) #Frances Sheffield (born 1542) married Thomas Metham #Elizabeth Sheffield (born about 1546)

Ancestry

References

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Edmund Sheffield
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Accessed February 17, 2008 1521 births 1549 deaths Barons Sheffield Peers of England created by Edward VI 16th-century English nobility

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