Edmund Shaa
Sir Edmund Shaa | |
|---|---|
| Died | 20 April 1488 |
| Spouse(s) | Julian, Lady Shaa (maiden name unknown) |
| Issue | Hugh Shaa Margaret Shaa Katherine Shaa |
| Father | John Shaa |
| Mother | unknown |
Sir Edmund Shaa or Shaw (died 20 April 1488) was a London
Family
Edmund Shaa, the son of John Shaa of
Career
In 1450 Shaa was apprenticed to a London goldsmith, probably Robert Butler. He completed his apprenticeship in 1458, and in 1462 was appointed engraver to the Royal Mint at the Tower of London and Calais. He held the office for the next twenty years.[2]
Shaa was mayor in interesting times. It is sometimes stated[2] that Shaa's brother, Ralph Shaa, preached against the legitimacy of Edward IV's marriage and that Shaa (as mayor) offered the crown to Richard III.[1] Shaa is a character in William Shakespeare's play Richard III. Sir John Shaa, the first 16th century Lord Mayor, was his nephew, while Sir William Browne (d. 3 June 1514), Lord Mayor in 1513, was his son-in-law. He was knighted in 1483.
Shaa made his will on 20 March 1488,[3] and died 20 April 1488. He was buried in the Mercers' chapel in the church of St Thomas of Acon.[2] In 1506 his son-in-law, Thomas Rich, was his surviving executor.[4]
Amongst numerous legacies at his death was a sum to found a
Marriage and issue
Shaa married, by 1471, a wife named Julian (d. July 1494), whose surname is unknown, by whom he had a son and two daughters:[3][5][6]
- Hugh Shaa, who died without issue.
- Margaret Shaa, who married a London
- Katherine Shaa, who after her father's death married Sir Lord Mayor of London in 1510, by whom he had two sons, John and Matthew, and two daughters, Anna and Elizabeth.[11]
See also
- List of Sheriffs of the City of London
- List of Lord Mayors of London
Notes
- ^ a b c "Sir Edmund Shaa – Blue Plaque". Tameside MBC webpages. Tameside MBC. Archived from the original on 30 August 2006. Retrieved 22 October 2006.
- ^ a b c d e Tucker 2004.
- ^ a b Middleton 1906, p. 53.
- ^ a b 'St. Mary le Bow 104/21-2', Historical gazetteer of London before the Great Fire: Cheapside; parishes of All Hallows Honey Lane, St Martin Pomary, St Mary le Bow, St Mary Colechurch and St Pancras Soper Lane (1987), pp. 294–298 Retrieved 29 June 2013.
- ^ Fretton 1890, pp. 611–12, 617, 639–41.
- ^ a b Brown 1888, pp. 151–3.
- ^ Metcalfe 1878, p. 276.
- ^ Collins 1756, p. 234.
- ^ Nicolas 1826, pp. 299, 339.
- ^ Weever 1767, p. 188.
- ^ Brown 1888, p. 152.
References
- Brown, James Roberts (1888). "Jno. and Wm. Browne, Sheriffs and Lord Mayors of London". Notes and Queries. 7th. V. London: John C. Francis: 151–3. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
- Collins, Arthur (1756). The Peerage of England. Vol. II (3rd ed.). London: W. Innys and J. Richardson. pp. 233–4. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
- Condon, M.M. (2004). "Bray, Sir Reynold (c.1440–1503)". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/3295. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- Metcalfe, Walter C., ed. (1878). The Visitations of Essex. Vol. XIII. London: Harleian Society. pp. 276–7. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
- Middleton, Thomas (1906). "Sir Edmund Shaa". Legends of Longdendale. Hyde: Fred Higham. pp. 49–54. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
- Nicolas, Nicholas Harris (1826). Testamenta Vetusta. Vol. I. London: Nichols and Son. pp. 299, 339. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
- Fretton, William George (1890). Sharpe, Reginald R. (ed.). Calendar of Wills Proved and Enrolled in the Court of Husting, London, A.D. 1258 – A.D. 1688, Part II. London: John Francis. pp. 611–12, 617, 639–41. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
- Tucker, P. (2004). "Shaw, Sir Edmund (d. 1488)". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/25248. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- Weever, John (1767). Antient Funeral Monuments. London: W. Tooke. p. 188. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
External links
- Will of Sir Edmund Shaa, goldsmith and alderman and late mayor, of Saint Thomas Acres, City of London, proved June 1488, PROB 11/8/187, National Archives Retrieved 21 June 2013
- Will of Dame Julyan Shaa, widow, of Colchester, Essex, proved 20 July 1494, PROB 11/10/214, National Archives 22 June 2013
- Will of Hugh Shaa, proved 18 March 1492, PROB 11/8/657, National Archives Retrieved 21 June 2013
- Will of Sir John Shaa or Shaw, alderman and goldsmith, of Saint Thomas Acres, City of London, proved 13 May 1504, PROB 11/14/156, National Archives Retrieved 21 June 2013
- Will of William Browne, Alderman of Saint Thomas Acon, City of London, proved 1 July 1514, PROB 11/17/567, National Archives Retrieved 22 June 2013
- Will of Sir John Browne, Alderman of Saint Mary Magdalen Milk Street, City of London, proved 25 January 1498, PROB 11/11/307, National Archives Retrieved 22 June 2013
- Will of William Browne, alderman, of City of London, proved 6 June 1508, PROB 11/16/19, National Archives Retrieved 22 June 2013
- Will of Richard Riche, mercer, of Saint Lawrence, Old Jewry, London, proved 16 August 1464, PROB 11/5/84, National Archives Retrieved 30 June 2013
- Will of Thomas Ryche, mercer, of London, proved 4 October 1475, PROB 11/6/296, National Archives Retrieved 30 June 2013
- The Ancestry of Oliver Mainwaring: Shaa Archived 24 June 2013 at archive.today Retrieved 21 June 2013
- Thurrock Heritage Factfiles: 45 The Horndon Woolmarket Retrieved 21 June 2013
- Stockport Retrieved 22 June 2013