Edward Sheldon was an English translator of Catholic works.

Life

He studied at Oxford and afterwards at Gray's Inn

Gray's Inn

The Honourable Society of Gray's Inn, commonly known as Gray's Inn, is one of the four Inns of Court in London. To be called to the Bar and practise as a barrister in England and Wales, an individual must belong to one of these Inns...

, London, completing his education by a foreign tour. He led a quiet life on his estate at Stratton, Gloucestershire. In 1641, being molested because of his Catholicism, he removed to London where he lived in retirement till his death.

Works

He translated four works from the French:

• "The Holy Life of M. De Renty" (1658);
• "The Rule of Catholic Faith", by François Véron
  François Véron
  François Véron was a French Jesuit controversialist.-Life:After studying under the Jesuits, he joined them, and taught in several colleges...
  
   (1660);
• "The Counsels of Wisdom", by Nicholas Fouquet, Marquis of Belle Isle (1680);
• "Christian Thoughts for Every Day of the Month" (1680).

Family

He was the third son of Edward Sheldon of Beoley, Worcestershire, and Elizabeth Markham his wife. He married Mary (or Margaret) Wake, daughter of Lionel Wake of Pedington, Northamptonshire, by whom he had nine sons and four daughters.

External links

Attribution The entry cites:

• • Henry Foley
    Henry Foley
    Brother Henry Foley, S.J., was an English Jesuit Roman Catholic church historian.-Biography:He was born at Astley in Worcestershire, England on 9 August 1811. His father was the Protestant curate in charge at Astley...
    
    , Records Eng. Prov. S.J., V, (Sheldon Pedigree), 850;
  • Anthony à Wood, Athenæ Oxonienses, ed. Bliss, (London, 1813–1820);
  • Charles Dodd, Church History, m III (Brussels vere Wolverhampton, 1737–1742);
  • Joseph Gillow
    Joseph Gillow
    Joseph Gillow was an English Roman Catholic antiquary and bio-bibliographer, "the Plutarch of the English Catholics"....
    
    , Bibl. Dict. Eng. Cath., s.v.;
  • Thompson Cooper
    Thompson Cooper
    Thompson Cooper was an English journalist, man of letters, and compiler of reference works. He became a specialist in biographical information, and is noted as the most prolific contributor to the Victorian era Dictionary of National Biography, for which he wrote 1423 entries.-Life:Thompson Cooper...
    
    in the Dictionary of National Biography article.