Family and Education
b. 28 Nov. 1619, ygr. s. of Edmund Sheffield, 1st earl of Mulgrave, and Mariana, da. of Sir William Irwin of Erwin, Yorks.CP; IGI. educ. Camb. Univ. MA 1636-7.Al. Cant. m. 23 Apr. 1639, Jane, da. of Sir William Cokayne of Rushton Hall, Northants. at least 3s.Northants RO, Rushton, and St Peter le Poer, London, par. regs.; CCC 1383; CP; CSP Dom. 1655, p. 600. d. aft. Oct. 1655.CSP Dom. 1655, p. 600.
Offices Held
Military: capt. of horse (parlian.), army of 3rd earl of Essex, 22 July 1642 – 17 July 1643; col. of horse, 17 July 1643–5 May 1645.
Parlimentarian
: Yorks.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title
SHEFFIELD, James (1619-aft. 1655), of Butterwick, Yorks.
Will
not found.
Estates
on m. (1639) granted charge of £3,500 on estate of Charles Cokayne, Visct. Cullen.CCC 1383.
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion
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