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Howard, Douglas (1542 - 1608)

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Sheffield, Dudley, Stafford

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Birth Date: 1542
Death Date: 1608-12 (buried December 11)

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  1. Sheffield, John (1538 - 1568)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: ca. 1562
    Union ended: exactly
  2. Dudley, Robert (1532 - 1588)
    Type: other
    Union began: exactly 1573
    Union ended: exactly
    Note: Sheffield's involvement with Leicester possibly began as an affair during the 1570s; however Sheffield claimed a private marriage occurred at Leicester's house at Esher, Surrey between 11 Nov. and 25 Dec. of this year
  3. Stafford, Edward (1552 - 1604/5)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: exactly 1579-11-29
    Union ended: exactly
    Note: Union produced 2 sons, both of whom predeceased their parents

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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.