Biography of Edmund Sheffield 1st Baron Sheffield 1521-1549

Paternal Family Tree: Sheffield

Maternal Family Tree: Jeanne Sabran

On 22 Nov 1521 Edmund Sheffield 1st Baron Sheffield was born to Robert Sheffield and Jane Stanley.

On 15 Nov 1531 [his father] Robert Sheffield died.

Before 1537 Edmund Sheffield 1st Baron Sheffield (age 15) and Anne Vere Baroness Sheffield (age 14) were married. She the daughter of John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford (age 65) and Elizabeth Trussell Countess of Oxford. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.

Around 1537 [his daughter] Eleanor Sheffield was born to Edmund Sheffield 1st Baron Sheffield (age 15) and [his wife] Anne Vere Baroness Sheffield (age 15).

Around 1538 [his son] John Sheffield 2nd Baron Sheffield was born to Edmund Sheffield 1st Baron Sheffield (age 16) and [his wife] Anne Vere Baroness Sheffield (age 16).

Around 1540 [his son] Robert Sheffield was born to Edmund Sheffield 1st Baron Sheffield (age 18) and [his wife] Anne Vere Baroness Sheffield (age 18).

On 21 Mar 1540 [his father-in-law] John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford (age 69) died. His son [his brother-in-law] John de Vere 16th Earl of Oxford (age 24) succeeded 16th Earl of Oxford. Dorothy Neville Countess of Oxford by marriage Countess of Oxford.

In 1542 [his daughter] Frances Sheffield was born to Edmund Sheffield 1st Baron Sheffield (age 20) and [his wife] Anne Vere Baroness Sheffield (age 20).

In 1546 [his daughter] Elizabeth Sheffield was born to Edmund Sheffield 1st Baron Sheffield (age 24) and [his wife] Anne Vere Baroness Sheffield (age 24).

In 1547 Edmund Sheffield 1st Baron Sheffield (age 25) was created 1st Baron Sheffield of Butterwick in Lincolnshire. [his wife] Anne Vere Baroness Sheffield (age 25) by marriage Baroness Sheffield of Butterwick in Lincolnshire.

Diary of Edward VI. 31 Jan 1547. The next day, being the [31st] of [January], he was brought to the towre of London, whear he taried th'espace of three wekes; and in the mean season the counsel sat every day for the performaunce of the will1, and at length thought best that the erle of Hartford shuld be made Due of Somerset, sir Thomas Seimour Lord Sudley, the erle of Essex Marquis of Northampton (age 35), and divers knights should be mad Barons, as the lord Sheffield (age 25), with divers other.2 Also thei thought best to chose the duke of Somerset to be Protectour of the realm and Governour of the Kinges person during his minorite, to which al the gentlemen and lordes did agre becaus he was the Kinges oncle on his mother's side.3 Also in this time the late King was buried at Windsor with much solemnite, and th' officers broke their staves, hurling them into the grave.4 But thei were restored to them again when thei come to the towre.

Note 1. The Will of Henry the Eighth was printed at length in 4to. 1793. The proceedings of the privy council with regard to its execution will be found in the Appendix.

Note 2. The creations were:

1. The protector to be Duke of Somerset;

2. The earl of Essex (brother to the queen dowager) to be Marquess of Northampton;

3. The lord Lisle (age 43) to be Earl of Warwick;

4. the lord chancellor Wriothesley (age 41) to be Earl of Southampton;

5. sir Thomas Seymour (age 39) to be Lord Seymour of Sudeley;

6. sir Richard Rich (age 50) to be Lord Rich of Leez;

7. sir William Willoughby (age 32) to be Lord Willoughby of Parham; and

8. sir Edmund Sheffield to be Lord Sheffield of Butterwick. The ceremonial of their creations will be found in the Appendix.

Note 3. On the subject of the Protectorate the reader is referred to the Appendix. The duke was also constituted Lord Treasurer on the 10th of February, and the next day sworn in to that office before the lord chancellor in Westminster hall. He further became Earl Marshal (see the next page), both these high offices being vacated by the attainder of the duke of Norfolk.

Note 4. The ceremonial of the Funeral of Henry the Eighth is printed at length in Strype's Eccles. Memorials, vol. ii. Appx. A. The interment was accomplished on the 14th Feb.

On 01 Aug 1548 [his brother-in-law] John de Vere 16th Earl of Oxford (age 32) and Margery Golding Countess of Oxford (age 22) were married at Belchamp St Paul, Essex. She by marriage Countess of Oxford. He the son of [his father-in-law] John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford and Elizabeth Trussell Countess of Oxford.

Kett's Rebellion

On 19 Jul 1549 Edmund Sheffield 1st Baron Sheffield (age 27) was killed at Cathedral Close, Norwich Cathedral [Map] during Kett's Rebellion. His son [his son] John Sheffield 2nd Baron Sheffield (age 11) succeeded 2nd Baron Sheffield of Butterwick in Lincolnshire.

Diary of Edward VI. Aug 1549. Now to Northfolk.4 The people sodenly gathered together in Norfolke, and encreased to a great nomber; against whom was the lord marquise Northampton (age 37) sent, with the nombre of 10601a horsmen, who winning the towne of Norwich, kept it one day and one night, and the next day in the morning with losse of 100 departed out of the towne; among whom the lord Sheffield (deceased)2a was slaine. There were takin divers gentlemen and serving men to the nombre of 30, with wich victory the rebels were very glade. But afterward, hearing that th'erle of Warwic (age 45) came against them, thei began to stay upon a strong plat of ground upon a hil niere to the towne of Norwich, having the towmie confederat with them. Th'erle of Warwic came with the nombre of 6000 men and 1500 horsmen, and entred into the toune of Norwich, wich having wone, it was so weke that he cold scarcely defend it, and oftentimes the rebels came into the streets killing divers of his mene, and were repulsed again; ye, and the townsmen were gieven to mischief themselfis. So, having endured ther assaultis three dayes, and stoped there vitailes, the rebels were constrained for lake of raeat to remove, whome th'erle of Warwic folowed with 1000 Almans and al his horsemen, leaving th'English footmen in the towme, and overcam them in plaine battail, killing 2000 of them and taking Keit there captain, who in January folowing was hanged at Norwich, and his head hanged out. Kelt's brother was taken also, and punished alike.3a.

Note 4. Of the Norfolk rebellion a history was written in Latin by Alexander Nevylle, secretary to archbishop Parker, the archbishop himself having been present in the city of Norwich during the tumults, against which his oratory was unsuccessfully inhsted. It was printed in 1575, under the title, "Alexandri Nevylli Angli de Furoribus Nolfolciensium, Ketto duce. Liber unus. Ejusdem Norwicus. Ex ofEcina Henrici Bynneman, 1575." There was a second edition in 1582; and an English translation, made by Richard Woods, was printed in 1615, entitled, "Norfolk Furies and their Foyle, under Kett, their accursed Captaine. Second edition, 1623." See Upcott's British Topography, pp. 972, 973. In the first instance the duke of Somerset himself intended to take the field against "one Kett, a tanner, who hath taken upon himself our royal power and dignity, and calleth himself master and king of Norfolk and Suffolk." See letter under the King's signet, dated 6th August, printed by Strype, Memorials, II. i. 174, from MS. Cotton. Vesp. P. ixi. A subsequent proclamation, dated 16th August, when it was determined to send the earl of Warwick on this service, is partly given ibid. p. 176.

Note 1a. So the MS., perhaps an error for 1600.

Note 2a. Edmund Sheffield, raised to the peerage in 1547 (see p. 211).

Note 3a. "The 29 of November, Robert Ket, and William Ket his brother, were delivered out of the Tower of London to sir Edmond Windham, knight, and sherifie of Norfolke, to be conveyed to Norwich, where Robert Ket was hanged in chains on the top of Norwich castle, and William Ket likewise hanged on the top of Windham steeple." Stowe's Chronicle.

Letters and Papers 1533. Apr 1553. 419. Grants in April 1533, 25 Hen. VIII.

8. Sir Geo. Bulleyn, lord Rocheford. Wardship and marriage of Edm. Sheffeld, son and heir of Sir [his father] Rob. Sheffelde, during the minority of the said Edmund. Greenwich, 28 April 25 Hen. VIII. Del. Westm., 29 April.—P.S. Pat. p. 1, m. 9.

On 14 Feb 1572 [his former wife] Anne Vere Baroness Sheffield (age 50) died.

Edmund Sheffield 1st Baron Sheffield 1521-1549 appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland 1364-1425

Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland 1379-1440

Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury 1407-1462

Richard Neville Earl Salisbury 1400-1460

Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford 1415-1472

Royal Ancestors of Edmund Sheffield 1st Baron Sheffield 1521-1549

Kings Wessex: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 12 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 18 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 13 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 5 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 11 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 7 Grand Son of Philip IV King France

Royal Descendants of Edmund Sheffield 1st Baron Sheffield 1521-1549

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Queen Consort Camilla Shand

Diana Spencer Princess Wales

Ancestors of Edmund Sheffield 1st Baron Sheffield 1521-1549

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Sheffield

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Sheffield

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Sheffield

Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Sheffield

GrandFather: Robert Sheffield

Father: Robert Sheffield 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Delves

GrandMother: Ellen Delves 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Mainwaring III of Over Peover 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William "The Elder" IV Mainwaring 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Randle Mainwaring of Over Peover 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Philippa Mainwaring 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Harcourt 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Harcourt 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Grey 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Harcourt 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Grey 1st Baron Grey 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Grey 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Edmund Sheffield 1st Baron Sheffield 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Stanley

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Stanley 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Lathom 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Stanley 1st Baron Stanley 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Harrington 3rd Baron Harington

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Harrington

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Loring Baroness Harington

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Stanley 1st Earl of Derby 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Goushill

Great x 2 Grandmother: Jane Goushill Baroness Stanley 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 11th Earl of Arundel 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Fitzalan Duchess Norfolk 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bohun Countess Arundel and Surrey Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

GrandFather: George Stanley 9th Baron Strange Knockin 5th Baron Mohun Dunster 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Neville 3rd Baron Neville of Raby 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Percy Baroness Neville Raby 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Neville Earl Salisbury Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Roet Duchess Lancaster

Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Neville Baroness Stanley 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Montagu 3rd Earl Salisbury 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Montagu 1st Count Perche 4th Earl Salisbury 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Francis Countess of Salisbury

Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Holland 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Mother: Jane Stanley 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Strange 5th Baron Strange Knockin 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Strange 6th Baron Strange Knockin 6 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Aline Fitzalan Baroness Strange Knockin 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Strange 3rd Baron Dunster 7th Baron Strange Knockin 7 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Mohun 2nd Baron Mohun of Dunster 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Mohun Baroness Strange Knockin 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Burghesh Baroness Dunster 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Strange 8th Baron Strange Knockin 4th Baron Mohun Dunster 8 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Reginald Cobham 2nd Baron Cobham 5 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Reginald Cobham 3rd Baron Cobham 6 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Maltravers 2nd Baroness Maltravers Baroness Arundel and Cobham 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cobham Baroness Strange and Mohun 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Culpepper

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Culpepper Baroness Cobham Sternborough

GrandMother: Joan Strange 9th Baroness Strange of Knockin 5th Baroness Dunster 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Woodville

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Woodville

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Bittelsgate

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Bittelsgate

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Beauchamp

Great x 1 Grandmother: Jacquetta Woodville Baroness Strange and Mohun 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Luxemburg Count St Pol 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Peter Luxemburg I Count Saint Pol 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Brienne

Great x 2 Grandmother: Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Francesco Baux 1st Duke Andria

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margherita Baux 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Sueva Orsini 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England