SHELDON, William (by 1511-70), of Weston, Warws. and Beoley, Worcs.

Family and Education

b. by 1511, 1st s. of Ralph Sheldon of Beoley, and bro. of Thomas. educ. M. Temple, rem. to I. Temple 1528. m. (1) Mary (d. 25 Jan. 1553), da. and coh. of William Willington of Barcheston, Warws., 2s. inc. Ralph 4da.; (2) Margaret, da. of (Sir) Richard Broke of London, wid. of William Whorwood (d. 28 May 1545) of Putney, Surr., 1s. suc. fa. 11 Sept. 1546.Date of birth estimated from first commission. Vis. Worcs. (Harl. Soc. xxvii), 127-8; Nash, Worcs. i. 64-66; Dugdale, Warws. i. 584; E. A. B. Barnard, The Sheldons, 5; Habington’s Worcs. (Worcs. Hist. Soc. 1895), i. 71.

Offices Held

Marshal, I. Temple 1542, 1544, steward 1553.

J.p. Worcs. 1532 – d., Warws. 1554–58/59; commr. musters, Worcs. 1539, chantries, Salop, Staffs. and Shrewsbury 1546, Herefs., Worcs., Hereford and Worcester 1548, relief, Worcs. 1550, to survey lands of bpric. of Worcester 1560; other commissions 1535 – 64; solicitor to Queen Catherine Parr by May 1544; receiver, ct. augmentations, Herefs., Leics., Northants., Rutland, Salop, Staffs., Warws. and Worcs. May 1547–53, Exchequer 1553 – 55; sheriff, Worcs. 1547 – 48, 1556 – 57, 1567 – 68; steward for Thomas Seymour, Baron Seymour of Sudeley, unknown property by 1548; custos rot. Worcs. by 1558/59; collector for loan, Worcs. 1562.LP Hen. VIII, v, viii, xii-xiv, xvi, xvii, xx, xxi; CPR, 1548–9, p. 137; 1553, p. 359; 1553–4, pp. 25, 26; 1554–5, pp. 76–77; 1558–60, p. 422; 1563–6, pp. 28, 41; E101/423/15, f. 8; 163/12/17, nos. 38, 51, 54; 315/161/38; W. C. Richardson, Ct. Augmentations, 281; Stowe 571, f. 10v; Osborn Coll. Yale Univ. Lib. 71.6.41.

Parlimentarian

SHELDON, William (by 1511-70), of Weston, Warws. and Beoley, Worcs.

Main residences: Weston, Warws.; Beoley, Worcs.

Author

S.M.T.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

SHELDON, William (by 1511-70)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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