'Sherard3'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Sherard of Glatton, Sherard of Lobthorpe
[This page was originally launched as Sherard2. It was renamed following a significant review of the Sherard family.]

                               
George Sherard (b 1624-6, d 1670)
m. (31.07.1651) Anne Croppenberg or Crockenbury of London (d 1669)
1. William Sherard of Glatton (b 1652)
  m. (1693) Catherine Sherard (dau/heir of Castel Sherard of Glatton & Folkesworth)
A. Castel Sherard of Glatton (b 1695, d 1741)
  m. (1729) Martha Ferrar (dau of Edward Ferrar of Little Gidding)
  i. Castel Sherard of Glatton (b 1733, d 1803, rector of Stainby & Gunby)
  m. (1763) Jane Caryer (dau of Rev. Richard Caryer of Godmanchester)
  a. Philip Castel Sherard of Glatton (b 1767, d 11.1814, rector of Swineshead)
  m. (1796) Sarah Haughton James (dau of Montagu James of Jamaica)
  (1) Philip Castel Sherard, 9th Lord Sherard of Leitrim (b 07.03.1804, d 14.03.1886) had issue (1 dau)
  Philip inherited the barony from his kinsman, the 8th Lord, the 6th Earl of Harborough.
  m. (24.07.1834) Anne Weekes (d 13.04.1835, dau of Nathaniel Weekes of Mangrove, Barbados)
  (2) Simon Haughton Sherard (b 09.02.1811, d 03.1882, Rev.) had issue
  m. (19.10.1843) Mary Halton Clarke (d 26.08.1899, dau of Sir Simon Haughton Clarke, 9th Bart)
(3) Emma Sherard (d 31.10.1883)
  m. Thomas Crosthtwait of Dublin
  b. Robert Sherard (b 1777, d 1835, rector of Burlingham St. Peter, 3rd son) had issue
  m. (1804) Grace Martha Johnson (d 1852, dau of Rev. George Johnson in Norton)
  c. Caryer Sherard (b 1781, d 1823) had issue
  m. (1808) Mary Bringhurst (dau of Rev. John Bringhurst)
  d. Janetta (Jenetta) Sherard
  m. Benjamin Clay (rector of Hockerton)
  e. Louisa Sherard (d 1806)
  m. (1793) Sir Charles Wale of Shelford
  f. Frances Sherard (d 15.03.1819)
  m. (30.01.1795) Newton Wallop, later Fellowes, 4th Earl of Portsmouth (b 26.06.1772, d 09.01.1854)
  g.+ other issue - George (d 1817, Rector of Birlingham St. Peter), Charlotte Wilhelmina
  ii. Martha Sherard
  m. William Caldecott
  iii.+ other issue - Bennet (dsp), Katherine
2.+ other issue - Bennet, daughter

 

 

Robert Sherard of Lobthorpe
Whilst the place name is spelled variously in different genealogical databases, including Lobthorp Lopthorp and Lopthorpe, we use the spelling Lobthorpe as that appears to be the spelling used by the town nowadays.
m1. Anne Digby (dau of Rowland Digby of Welby)
1. Rowland Sherard of Lobthorpe (d 09.10.1592)
  m. Jane Porter (dau of Austin or Augustine Porter of Belton)
  A. Sir William Sherard of Lobthorpe (a 1634)
  m1. Frances Harrington (dau of John Harrington of Witham-on-the-Hill)
  i. John Sherard of Lobthorpe (b c1584)
  m1. Rose Sherard (dau of Francis Sherard, sister of 1st Lord Sherard)
a. Anne Sherard (d unm)
  m2. Elizabeth Brownlow (d 06.02.1658, dau of Richard Brownlow of Belton)
  b. Richard Sherard of Lobthorpe (d 12.09.1668)
  m. Margaret Dewe (dau of Lumley Dewe of Bishop Upton)
  (1) Sir John Sherard, Sheriff of Lincolnshire, 1st Bart of Lobthorpe (b c1660, d unm 01.01.1724)
(2) Sir Richard Sherard, 2nd Bart of Lobthorpe (d unm 14.06.1730)
  (3) Sir Brownlow Sherard, 3rd Bart of Lobthorpe (b 1675-6, d 30.01.1736)
  m. Mary Methuen (dau of John Methuen, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, widow of Sir Richard Anderson)
  (A) Sir Brownlow Sherard, 4th Bart of Lobthorpe Hall & Newton Hall (b c1706, dsp 26.011.1748)
  m. (16.07.1738) Mary Sydney (dsp 27.03.1758, dau of Thomas Sydney of Ranworth)
(4) Alice Sherard (b 1659, d 29.06.1721)
  m. Sir John Brownlow of Belton, 3rd Bart (b 26.06.1659, d 16.07.1697)
  (5) Mary Sherard
  (6) Elizabeth Sherard
  m. Peter Whitcomb of Braxted
  (A) Elizabeth Whitcomb probably of this generation
  m. Francis Dayrell of Shudy Camps
  c. Mary Sherard
  m. George Middlemore of London
  d. Frances Sherard
  m. Roger Smith of Withcock
  e. Audrie Sherard
  m. Humphrey Brooke of London (MD)
  m2. Bridget Digby (dau of Sir Kenelm Digby of Stoke Dry)
  ii.+ other issue - William, Kenelm, Rowland, 4 daughters
  B. Edmund Sherard of Bracken End in Woodhall (d c12.1608)
  m. (c05.1602) Susan Thompson (dau of Robert Thompson of Gautby)
i. Robert Sherard
  m. Mary Davenport (dau of Robert Davenport of Manby)
  a. Rowland Sherard (bpt 01.03.1633-4, dsp 17.03.1694-5, rector of Tarporley, 4th son)
  m. _ Davies (b c1662, d 19.07.1722, dau of Edward Davies of Carrickfergus)
  b.+ other issue - Edmund (b c1629, dsp), John (dsp), William (dsp), Susan (b c1625), Elizabeth (b c1628), Susan (bpt 21.05.1626), Ellen (bur 18.04.1633)
  ii.+ other issue - Edmund (dsp bur 01.03.1633-4), Elizabeth (a 1611), Helen (bur 10.10.1631)
  C. Helen Sherard
  m. (c05.1604) Edward Saltmarshe of Strubby (d 1617)
  D. Rose Sherard (a 1616) duplication with just below?
  m. William Thorold of Harmston (dsp 1616)
  E.+ other issue - John (d 1608), Simon, Henry, Francis of Lobthorpe (dsp before 27.09.1581), Dorothy
2. Rose Sherard duplication with just above?
  m. William Thorold of Lincolnshire
m2. Ellen Poole of Wellcotts

Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : BP1934 ('Sherard'), 'History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester' (John NichoÏs, vol 2, part 1, 1795, 'X. Pedigree of Sherard of Glatton', p353)
(2) For lower section : BEB1841 ('Sherard of Lopethorpe'), Maddison's Lincolnshire Pedigrees (1901, 'Sherard of Lobthorpe'), 'History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester' (John NichoÏs, vol 2, part 1, 1795, 'IX. Pedigree of Sherard of Lobthorpe', p353)
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