Sheffield, Edmund (1565 - 1646)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 3
Properties - 5
Total events naming patron - 19
Troupes - 2
Bibliographic Sources - 2
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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1565-12-07
Death Date: 1646-10

Siblings

Female

Sheffield, Elizabeth ( - 1600)

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Tyrwhitt, Ursula ( - 1618)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: before 1581-11-13
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Union produced 6 sons, all of whom preceded their father in death, and 9 daughter
  2. Irwin, Mariana (1603 - 1676)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1619-3-4
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Union also produced 1 additional son

Offspring

From Tyrwhitt, Ursula ( - 1618)

  1. Male offspring: Sheffield, John (d. 1614)
  2. Male offspring: Sheffield, Charles (n.d.)
  3. Male offspring: Sheffield, Edmund (d. 1614)
  4. Male offspring: Sheffield, Philip (d. 1614)
  5. Male offspring: Sheffield, William (n.d.)
  6. Male offspring: Sheffield, George (n.d.)

From Irwin, Mariana (1603 - 1676)

  1. Male offspring: Sheffield, Thomas (n.d.)
  2. Female offspring: Sheffield, Mary (n.d.)
  3. Female offspring: Sheffield, Frances (n.d.)
  4. Male offspring: Sheffield, James (n.d.)

Primary Title

3rd Baron Sheffield (of Butterwick)

Titles

  • 3rd Baron Sheffield (of Butterwick)
    Assumed 1568-12-10
    Vacated 1646-10
  • Knight of the Garter
    Assumed 1593-04
  • 1st Earl of Mulgrave
    Assumed 1625/6-02-05
    Vacated 1646-10

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Lord Lieut, Yorkshire 1603-8-1 1619
President, Council of the North, England by 1603-7-22 by 1618/19-02-11
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1608 n.d.
Vice Admiral, Yorkshire 1616 1646-10
Member, Council of the North, England 1625-5-21 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1626 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1636 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Hammersmith, Middlesex
    Divested: 1646
  • King's Manor, (city-county) in Yorkshire
    Official residence of the President of the Council of the North
    Acquired: 1603-09-19
    Divested: 1619
  • Mulgrave Castle, Yorkshire: North Riding
    Acquired: 1591
    Divested: 1646

Lands

  • Lincolnshire: Butterwick
    Patrimony
  • Yorkshire: North Riding: Mulgrave Manor
    Acquired: 1591-04
    Granted

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1610-1610 Guildhall, Bristol , Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Lord President's Players
Performance 1610-1610 Guildhall, Bristol , Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Lord President's Players
Performance 1577-1578 Boothall, Gloucester , Gloucestershire Lord Sheffield's Players
Performance 1577-1578 Norwich (Unknown), Norwich , Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Lord Sheffield's Players
Performance 1578-1578 Guildhall, Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord Sheffield's Players
Performance 1578-1578 Lyme Regis (Unknown), Lyme Regis , Dorset Lord Sheffield's Players
Performance 1578-1578 Guildhall, Bristol , Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Lord Sheffield's Players
Performance 1578-1579 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Sheffield's Players
Performance 1580-1581 Guildhall, Bath , Somerset Lord Sheffield's Players
Performance 1580-1580 Boothall, Gloucester , Gloucestershire Lord Sheffield's Players
Performance 1580-1580 Guildhall, Bristol , Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Lord Sheffield's Players
Performance 1580-1581 Norwich (Unknown), Norwich , Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Lord Sheffield's Players
Performance 1582-1583 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Sheffield's Players
Performance 1583-1584 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Sheffield's Players
Performance 1583-1584 Town Hall, Fordwich , Kent Lord Sheffield's Players
Performance 1584-1585 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Sheffield's Players
Performance 1584-1584 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Lord Sheffield's Players
Performance 1585-1585 Guildhall, Bath , Somerset Lord Sheffield's Players
Performance 1585-1586 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Sheffield's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord President's Players Sheffield, Edmund (1565 - 1646) Players 2
Lord Sheffield's Players Sheffield, Edmund (1565 - 1646) Players 17

Bibliographic Sources

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The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)