Family and Education
2nd s. of Edmund Sheffield, 3rd Lord Sheffield (d.1646), and his 1st w. Ursula, da. of Sir Robert Tyrwhitt of Kettleby, Lincs.; half-bro. of James†.CP, ix. 390-1. m. (settlement 20 Nov. 1600)Lincs. AO, Sheff/CR/9. Grizel (d.1615), da. of Sir Edmund Anderson, c.j.c.p. 1582-1605, of Flixborough, Lincs. and Eyworth, Beds., 1s. 4da. PROB 11/129, f. 32. Kntd. 23 Mar. 1605. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 137. d. 3 Dec. 1614. F. Drake, Eboracum, 131.
Offices Held
Member, 1st earl of Nottingham’s embassy to Spain 1605.
Commr. sewers, Lincs. and Notts. 1610.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Butterwick, Lincs.
Volume
Commons 1604-1629
Web Title
SHEFFIELD, John (-d.1614)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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