William Sheldon^{[1, 2, 3]}

1589 - 1659  (70 years)

• Name	William Sheldon  [2]
  Born	9 Mar 1589	Weston Park, Warwickshire, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Purchase	1628
  	Purchased a first folio of the Complete Works of William Shakespeare, this is now known as the Sheldon Folio.
  Residence	Dec 1643	Beoley, Worcestershire, England
  	He notes in a letter that his "house at Beoley, in Worcestershire, was burnt to the ground, and all my goods and cattle there plundered by the soldiers to a very great vallow, besides the incurable loss of my chiefest evidence and court rolls consumed"
  Died	6 Apr 1659	Weston Park, Warwickshire, England   [1, 2]
  	Buried in the Beoley vault.
  Person ID	I412297588050	Sheldon Family Genealogy
  Last Modified	18 Mar 2024

  
  

  Father	Edward Sheldon,   b. 1558,   d. 26 Sep 1643, Beoley, Worcestershire, England  (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Markham,   b. Abt. 1560, Ollerton, Nottinghamshire, England ,   d. 1630, Namur, Belgium  (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F1338	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Petre,   b. 27 Sep 1592,   d. 20 Jan 1657, Beoley, Worcestershire, England  (Age 64 years)
  Married	1611  [3]
  	Three sons and two daughters
  Children	1. Katherine Sheldon,   b. 1617, Beoley, Worcestershire, England ,   d. 18 Apr 1650, Cambrai, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France  (Age 33 years)   2. Ralph Sheldon,   b. 4 Aug 1623, Long Compton, Worcestershire, England ,   d. 24 Jun 1684, Weston Park, Long Compton, Warwickshire, England  (Age 60 years)   3. Edward Sheldon,   b. Abt. 1625,   d. Aft. 1683, Douai, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France  (Age 59 years)   4. Lionel Sheldon,   b. Abt. 1626   5. George Sheldon,   b. 1629,   d. 8 May 1679, Canterbury, Kent, England  (Age 50 years)   6. Elizabeth Sheldon,   b. Abt. 1629,   d. 12 Apr 1662, Howby, Leicestershire, England  (Age 33 years)   7. Mary Sheldon,   b. 1640
  Last Modified	18 Mar 2024
  Family ID	F359	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 9 Mar 1589 - Weston Park, Warwickshire, England Residence - Dec 1643 - Beoley, Worcestershire, England Died - 6 Apr 1659 - Weston Park, Warwickshire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  . [S1615469973] Bigland Pedigree, Ralph Bigland, (College of Arms), HR/91., Bigland Pedigree, 1808. Wiliam Sheldon of Beoley aforesaid, Esq., eldest son, born at Weston 9th March 1589/90 died 6th April 1659 and was buried at Beoley [S1615469973] Bigland Pedigree, Ralph Bigland, (College of Arms), HR/91., Bigland Pedigree. Elizabeth, daughter of William Petre, Lord Petre Baron of Writtle in the County of Essex, born 27th Sept 1592, married in the year 1611, and died 20th January 1656/7 and was buried at Beoley