Sir Robert Sheffield, Kt.

Sir Robert Sheffield (before 1462 – 10 August 1518) was an English lawyer and Member of Parliament. He was Speaker of the House of Commons between 1512-1513.[1]

Robert Sheffield was the son of Sir Robert Sheffield of South Cave, Yorkshire, by Jane Lounde, the daughter and coheir of Alexander Lownde of Butterwick, Lincolnshire.[2]

Career[edit]

He was trained in the law at the Inner Temple, and became Governor of the Inner Temple in 1511. He served as Recorder of London from 1495 to 1508, and was thus an ex officio Member of Parliament for the City of London in 1495, 1497 and 1504. Bernard Andreas states that Sheffield resigned the recordership in April 1508.

He was a commander at Blackheath during the Cornish Rebellion of 1497, and knighted by Henry VII after the battle.

Sheffield was chosen Knight of the Shire for Lincolnshire in 1512 and 1513, and was elected Speaker of the House of Commons in 1512.[3]

In 1515 he fell foul of the church over his attempt to limit its privileges, and was summoned before the Star Chamber but negotiated a pardon. Six months later he was incarcerated in the Tower of London after complaining against Cardinal Wolsey, and brought before the Star Chamber again, and this time asked the King for mercy. However the pardon was revoked and he died in the Tower of London on 10 August 1518. He was buried in the Augustinian church (Blackfriars), London.[3] His will is in Testamenta Vetusta by Nicholas Harris Nicolas (p. 555).

Marriages and issue[edit]

Sheffield married firstly Ellen Delves, the daughter and heir of Sir John Delves of Doddington, Cheshire, by whom he had a son and heir, Robert Sheffield (d.1531), who married Jane Stanley, daughter of George Stanley, 9th Baron Strange, and sister of Thomas Stanley, 2nd Earl of Derby, and four daughters. Edmund Sheffield, the son of Robert Sheffield (d.1531) and Jane Stanley, became first Baron Sheffield in 1547.

After his first wife's death in or after 1509, Sheffield married secondly Anne Barley or Barlee (d. 1557 or 1558), the daughter of William Barley, of Albury, Hertfordshire. After Sheffield's death in 1518 his widow married secondly Sir John Grey of Blisworth, Northamptonshire, a younger son of Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset by his second wife, Cecily Bonville, and thirdly Sir Richard Clement, of Ightham Mote, Kent. Anne (née Barlee) left a will dated 1 October 1557, proved 7 May 1558.[4][5][2]

Footnotes[edit]

1. http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/briefings/s... 2.^ : a b Lock 2004. 3 a b Sheffield, Sir Robert (by 1462-1518), of the Inner Temple, London, West Butterwick, Lincolnshire, and Chilwell, Nottinghamshire Retrieved 12 June 2013. 4. Challen 1963, pp. 5-9. 5. Richardson II 2011, pp. 304-6.

References[edit] Challen, W.H. (January 1963). "Lady Anne Grey". Notes and Queries 10 (1): 5–9. Retrieved 12 June 2013. Lock, Julian (2004). Sheffield, Sir Robert (b. before 1462, d. 1518). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 12 June 2013. (subscription required) The first edition of this text is available as an article on Wikisource: "Sheffield, Robert". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. Richardson, Douglas (2011). Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, ed. Kimball G. Everingham II (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City. pp. 304–6. ISBN 1449966381

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Sheffield

===============================================================

• 'Sir Robert Sheffield, Speaker of the House of Commons1
• 'M, b. circa 1462, d. 10 August 1518
• Father Robert Sheffield2 b. c 1435
• Mother Genette Lownde2 b. c 1438
• ' Sir Robert Sheffield, Speaker of the House of Commons was born circa 1462 at of Butterwick, Lincolnshire, England; Age 40 in 1502.1 He married Helen (Ellen) Delves, daughter of Sir John Delves and Elizabeth Babington, circa 1483.1 Sir Robert Sheffield, Speaker of the House of Commons died on 10 August 1518 at of Butterwick, Lincolnshire, England.1
• 'Family Helen (Ellen) Delves b. c 1464
• Children
  • ◦Margaret Sheffield+ b. c 1484
  • ◦Sir Robert Sheffield+1,3 b. c 1485, d. 15 Nov 1531
• Citations
• 1.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 647.
• 2.[S61] Unknown author, Family Group Sheets, SLC Archives.
• 3.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 17-18.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p365.htm#i...
• ___________________
• 'Robert SHEFFIELD (Sir Speaker of Commons)
• 'Born: ABT 1462
• 'Acceded: 1510
• 'Died: 10 Aug 1518
• 'Notes: Speaker of the House of Commons 5 Feb 1512.
• Father: Robert SHEFFIELD (MP)
• Mother: Joan LACONDE
• 'Married 1: Helen DELVES
• Children:
  • 1. Jane SHEFFIELD
  • 2. Robert SHEFFIELD (Sir)
  • 3. Edward SHEFFIELD (b. 1485)
  • 3. Margaret SHEFFIELD
  • 5. Anne SHEFFIELD (b. 1489)
  • 6. Elizabeth SHEFFIELD (b. 1491)
  • 7. Bridget SHEFFIELD (b. 1494)
• 'Married 2: Anne BARLEY (dau. of William Barley of Albury and Elizabeth Darcy) (m.2 John Grey - m.3 Sir Richard Clement of Ightham Mote) ABT 1506
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/SHEFFIELD.htm#Robert SHEFFIELD (Sir Speaker of Commons)1
• ____________________
• 'Sir Robert Sheffield1
• M, #348796
• Last Edited=2 Jan 2011
• ' Sir Robert Sheffield is the son of Sir Robert Sheffield.2 He married Ellen Delves, daughter of John Delves.2
• 'Child of Sir Robert Sheffield
  • 1.Joan Sheffield+1
• Citations
• 1.[S229] Burke John and John Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England (1841, reprint; Baltimore, Maryland, USA: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1985), page 137. Hereinafter cited as Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England.
• 2.[S3470] Marian Hastings, "re: Hastings Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 31 Deember 2008. Hereinafter cited as "re: Hastings Family."
• From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p34880.htm#i348796
• __________
• Edmund Sheffield, 1st Baron Sheffield, of Butterwick [disambiguation needed] (22 November 1521 – 19 July 1549) was an English nobleman, the son of Sir Robert Sheffield (died 15 November 1531, son of 'Robert Sheffield and Helen Delves') and his second wife Jane Stanley, daughter of George Stanley, 9th Baron Strange and Joan le Strange, 9th Baroness Strange. Through his mother, he was a second cousin of the reigning English monarch, King Henry VIII. ......
• References
• 1.^ Strype, John, Ecclesiastical Memoirs, vol.2 part 1, Oxford (1822), 272.
  • Summerson, Henry, "Sheffield, Edmund", on the website of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (subscription or UK public library membership required)
  • Edmund Sheffield Accessed February 17, 2008
  • familysearch.org Accessed February 17, 2008
• From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Sheffield,_1st_Baron_Sheffield
• ______________________

  ---

  
  

Was Speaker of the House of Commons 1513-1514