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Elizabeth Sheldon (Petre)

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Death: 1656 (58-59)
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Daughter of William Petre, 2nd Baron Petre and Catherine Petre
Wife of William Sheldon
Sister of Robert Petre, 3rd Baron Petre; Marie (Mary) Roper; William Petre, of Bellhouse; Edward Petre; Thomas Petre and 4 others

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About Elizabeth Sheldon

  • A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and ... by John Burke
  • https://archive.org/details/agenealogicalan00goog
  • https://archive.org/stream/agenealogicalan00goog#page/n286/mode/1up
  • Pg.264
  • SIR WILLIAM PETRE, of Tor Brian, Devonshire, secretary of state to HENRY VIII. married, for his second wife, Anne, daughter of Sir William Browne, lord mayor of London in 1514, and was father of
  • SIR JOHN PETRE, who was elevated In the peerage as Lord Petre, Baron of Writtle, in 1603. His Iordship married Mary, daughter of Sir Edward Waldegrave, knt. of Barclay, in Essex, and was s. at his decease in 1637 by his son,
  • WILLIAM, second Lord Petre, of Writtle, who married Catherine, second daughter of Edward, fourth Earl of Worcester, and had
    • I. ROBERT, third Lord Petre.
    • II. William, ancestor of the Petres of Bellhouse.
    • lII. Thomas.
    • IV. JOHN, of whom presently.
    • V. Henry.
    • VI. George
    • I. Elizabeth, m. to William Sheldon, esq. of Beoley, in Worcestershire.
    • II. Mary, m. to John, Lord Teynham.
    • III. Catherine, m. to John Carrel, of Harting, in Sussex.
  • The fourth son,
  • THE HON. JOHN PETRE, waa of Fidlers, in Essex. He married thrice. By his first wife, Elizabeth (who d. in 1658), daughter of Thomas Pordage, esq. of Radmersham, he left, at his decease in 1696, a son and successor,
  • .... etc. _________________
  • William Petre, 2nd Baron Petre (24 June 1575 – 5 May 1637) was an English peer and Member of Parliament.
  • He was born the son of Sir John Petre, 1st Baron Petre and was educated at Exeter College, Oxford and the Middle Temple.[2]
  • .... etc.
  • William, 2nd Baron, died in May 1637, and is buried in the same vault. The tomb, which he erected in the north chapel in memory of his parents, bears also, his own effigy and that of his wife and children, but the tablet over his head is still waiting for an inscription.
  • Petre had married Katherine Somerset (died 1624), second daughter of Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester in a double ceremony with her sister Elizabeth who married Sir Henry Guilford. Edmund Spenser celebrated the event in his poem, Prothalamion. They had seven surviving sons and three daughters.
  • His daughter Elizabeth Petre (1597–1656) married William Sheldon of Beoley, Worcestershire.
  • From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Petre,_2nd_Baron_Petre __________________
  • Elisabeth Petre1
  • F, #580525, b. 1592, d. 1657
  • Last Edited=3 Feb 2013
  • Elisabeth Petre was born in 1592.1 She was the daughter of William Petre, 2nd Baron Petre.1 She married William Sheldon, son of Edward Sheldon and Elizabeth Markham, in 1611.1 She died in 1657.1
  • From 1611, her married name became Sheldon.1
  • Child of Elisabeth Petre and William Sheldon
    • Ralph Sheldon1 b. 1623, d. 24 Jun 1684
  • Citations
  • [S3268] Hans Harmsen, "re: Chester Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 21 August 2008. Hereinafter cited as "re: Chester Family."
  • From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p58053.htm#i580525 ______________________
  • William PETRE (2° B. Petre of Writtle)
  • Born: 24 Jun 1575, West Horndon, Essex, England
  • Died: 5 May 1637, West Horndon, Essex, England
  • Buried: 12 May 1637, Ingatestone, Essex, England
  • Notes: Student at the Middle Temple in 1593. Member of Parliament for Essex 1597-8. Married in 1596 to Catherine, 2nd daughter of Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester. Male heir born 1599. Succeeded 1613.
  • Father: John PETRE (1° B. Petre of Writtle)
  • Mother: Mary WALDEGRAVE
  • Married: Catherine SOMERSET (B. Petre of Writtle) 8 Nov 1596, Essex House
  • Children:
    • 1. Mary PETRE
    • 2. Robert PETRE (3º B. Petre of Writtle)
    • 3. William PETRE
    • 4. Edward PETRE
    • 5. Thomas PETRE
    • 6. Henry PETRE
    • 7. George PETRE
    • 8. Catherine PETRE
    • 9. Elizabeth PETRE
    • 10. John PETRE
    • 11. Anne PETRE (b. 2 Jul 1609 - d. 18 Oct 1610)
  • From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/PETRE.htm#William PETRE (2° B. Petre of Writtle) _____________________
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