SWIFT, Sir Edward (d.1614), of Rotherham, Yorks.

1st s. of Sir Robert Swift (d.1625) of Rotherham and his 1st w. Bridget, da. and coh. of Sir Francis Hastings of Hatfield, Yorks. m. 1 Apr. 1598, Elizabeth, da. of Edmund, 3rd Bar. Sheffield of Mulgrave Castle, Yorks., ld. pres. of the Council in the North 1603-19, s.p.Vis. Yorks. ed. Foster, 576; St. Martin-in-the-Fields (Harl. Soc. Reg. xxv), 83. Kntd. 17 Apr. 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 101. d. 1614. Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, i. 547. sig. Ed[ward] Swift.