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Sheldon, William (1511 - 1570)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1511
Death Date: 1570-12-24

Notes

Granted wardship of grandson William Savage 1558

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Willington, Mary ( - 1553)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Broke, Margaret ( - )
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Siblings

Offspring

Titles

Details of Offices

Began Ended
JP, Worcestershire 1532
JP, Worcestershire 1536/7 1540
Commissioner of Musters, Worcestershire 1539
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Worcestershire 1540
JP, Worcestershire 1540
JP, Worcestershire 1542
Marshall, Inner Temple, London 1542
MP, Worcestershire 1542
JP, Worcestershire 1544
Marshall, Inner Temple, London 1544
Solicitor to Queen Catherine Parr, England 1544 -5
JP, Worcestershire 1547
MP, Worcestershire 1547
Receiver, Court of Augmentations, Warwickshire 1547 -5 1553
Receiver, Court of Augmentations, Leicestershire 1547 -5 1553
Receiver, Court of Augmentations, Rutland 1547 -5 1553
Receiver, Court of Augmentations, Staffordshire 1547 -5 1553
Receiver, Court of Augmentations, Northamptonshire 1547 -5 1553
Receiver, Court of Augmentations, Shropshire 1547 -5 1553
Receiver, Court of Augmentations, Herefordshire 1547 -5 1553
Receiver, Court of Augmentations, Worcestershire 1547 -5 1553
Receiver, Court of Augmentations, Coventry 1547 -5 1553
Receiver, Court of Augmentations, Herefordshire 1547 -5 1553
Receiver, Court of Augmentations, Worcestershire 1547 -5 1553
Sheriff, Worcestershire 1547 -11 -27 1548 -12 -3
Receiver of the Exchequer, England 1553 1554/5 -03
Steward, Inner Temple, London 1553
JP, Worcestershire 1553/4
JP, Warwickshire 1553/4
MP, Worcestershire 1554 -4
MP, Worcestershire 1555
Sheriff, Worcestershire 1556 -11 -13 1557 -11 -16
Commissioner of Custos Rotulorum, Worcestershire 1558 (by 1558 or 1559) 1570
JP, Worcestershire 1561/2
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Worcestershire 1563/4
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Staffordshire 1563/4
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1563/4
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Oxfordshire 1563/4
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Monmouthshire 1563/4
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Herefordshire 1563/4
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1563/4
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Berkshire 1563/4
JP, Worcestershire 1564
Sheriff, Worcestershire 1567 -11 -18 1568 -11 -18

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Lower Skilts, Studley, Warwickshire
    Divested: 1570-12
    Died here
  • Weston Hall, Warwickshire
    Acquired: 1535
    Primary residence until father's death (1546)
  • Beoley Hall, Worcestershire
    (Performance Venue)
    Acquired: 1546-09
    Patrimony; residence after father's death

Lands

  • Gloucestershire: Frampton
  • Leicestershire
  • London (city-county)
  • Surrey: Putney
  • Warwickshire: Brailes
    Acquired: 1547-06-01
    Granted.
  • Warwickshire: Compton Scorpion Manor
    Acquired: 1546
    Purchased
  • Warwickshire: Haselor lands (Le Hermitage, Westgrove, Withycombe)
    Acquired: 1544
    Granted
  • Warwickshire: Shrawley Manor
    Acquired: 1545
    Divested: 1558
  • Warwickshire: Studley (including Skilts), Weston Manor
    Acquired: 1535
    Purchased
  • Worcestershire: Abberton Manor
    Acquired: 1544
    Granted
  • Worcestershire: Pershore (Old & New Manors)
    Acquired: 1544
    Divested: 1553
    Purchased; sold
  • Worcestershire: Tenbury Manor
    Acquired: 1546

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Mr William Sheldon's Entertainers

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Mr William Sheldon's Entertainers Sheldon, William (1511 - 1570) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Beoley Hall Worcestershire Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Bindoff, S.T. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1509–1558. 3 vols. London: Secker & Warburg, 1982
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward VI [1547–53]. 6 vols. London: HMSO, 1924--9
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Elizabeth I [1558–78]. 7 vols. London: HMSO, 1939--82
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Philip and Mary [1553–8]. 4 vols. London: HMSO, 1937--9
  • Gleason, J.H. The Justices of the Peace in England, 1558 to 1640. Oxford: Clarendon P, 1969
  • Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII [1509--47]. 21 vols and Addenda (2 vols). London: HMSO, 1864--1932
  • List of Sheriffs for England and Wales from the Earliest Times to AD 1831. London: HMSO, 1898
  • Page, William, ed. The Victoria History of the County of Warwick. 8 vols. London: Archibald Constable & Co. [vols 1-–2]; Oxford UP [vols 3-–8], 1904--8 [vols 1--2]; 1945--69 [vols 3--8]
  • The Victoria History of the County of Worcester. 4 vols and Index. London: Constable & Co [vols 1--3]; St. Catherine's P [vol 4 and Index], 1901--26
  • The Visitation of the County of Worcester made in the year 1569.... London: npub, 1888