Edmund Sheffield, 1st Baron Sheffield of Butterwick

Edmund Sheffield, 1st Baron Sheffield of Butterwick (22 November, 1521 – 19 July, 1549) was an English nobleman, the son of Sir Robert Sheffield and his second wife Jane Stanley. Through his mother, he was a second cousin of the reigning English monarch, King Henry VIII. Following his father's death in 1531, his wardship was granted to George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford, the brother of Henry VIII's second wife Anne Boleyn. However, both Rochford and Boleyn were executed in 1536, and his wardship was transferred to John de Vere, the fifteenth Earl of Oxford. Edmund married Anne de Vere, Oxford's daughter, before 31 January 1538, and had five children.

Children

#Eleanor Sheffield (born about 1537) married Denzel Holles
#John Sheffield, 2nd Baron Sheffield of Butterwick (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)

References

*Summerson, Henry, ‘Sheffield, Edmund, first Baron Sheffield (1521–1549)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/25292, accessed 23 Feb 2008]
* [http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/EdmundSheffield(1BSheffield).htm Edmund Sheffield] Accessed February 17, 2008
* [http://www.familysearch.org/ familysearch.org] Accessed February 17, 2008