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Sheringham, Hugh Tempest, elder son of the Rev. Harry Alsager Sheringham, Vicar of Tewkesbury, Gloucs; b. 11 Oct., 1876; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 25, 1890; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with junior Samwaies) July 1895 (adm. sub-sizar Oct. 1, 1895); B.A. 1898; angling editor of the Field 1903; author of An Angler's Hours (1905), and other works; m. Jan. 4, 1913, Jessie Catharine, daughter of Lieut.-Col. John Albert Anderson, R.A.M.C.; d. Dec. 15, 1930.

SHERINGAME, ---; b. ; adm. ; KS in 1626 (Chapter Muniments 33256).

SHERING (or SHEERING), EDMUND, son of Edmund Shering, Lillington, Dorset; b.; adm.; KS in 1656; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1659, matr. 9 Dec 1659, Westminster Student; BA 1663; MA 1666; ordained; Vicar of Christ Church, Newgate Street, with St. Leonard, Foster Lane, from 9 Jul 1672; d. 16 Dec 1690, aged 48.

SHERIDAN, THOMAS, third son of Rev. Thomas Sheridan DD, King’s Mint House, Capel Street, Dublin, schoolmaster, and Elizabeth, only child of Charles MacFadden, Quilca House, co. Cavan; b.; adm. (aged 11) Feb 1732/3; KS 1734; left 1734; Trinity Coll. Dublin, matr. 26 May 1735, scholar 1738; BA 1739; became an actor; appeared as Richard III at Dublin Jan 1743; for several years manager of Theatre Royal, Smock Alley, Dublin; played at Covent Garden 1754-5 and at Drury Lane 1744, 1763; ranked by Churchill in the Rosciad as next to Garrick as a tragic actor; a successful lecturer on elocution; gave readings with Henderson in London; procured the grant of a government pension to Samuel Johnson and also to himself (G. B. Hill, ed, Boswell’s Johnson, i, 372-7, 385-6); MA Oxford 28 Nov 1758, Cambridge 16 Mar 1769; hon. freeman, City of Edinburgh 8 Jul 1761; a voluminous writer; author, A General; Dictionary of the English Language, 1780; father of Right Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan PC MP, politician and playwright; m. 1747 Frances, dau. of Ven. Philip Chamberlayne DD, Archdeacon of Glendalough; d. 14 Aug 1788. DNB.

SHEPHERD, EDMUND; b.; adm.; QS ; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1564, adm. pens. Mich. 1566, scholar 1567; BA 1569/70.

SHENTON, SAMUEL, son of Rev. Samuel Shenton, Wallingford, Berks.; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1728/9; Min. Can. 1730; KS 1731; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1735, but went to Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 16 Apr 1736. [Probably son of Samuel Shenton (QS 1704, qv) : Samuel Shenton, Rector of Wallingford 1690-1719, would have been his grandfather].

SHENTON, SAMUEL, son of Samuel Shenton, London; b.; adm.; QS 1704; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1708, adm. pens. 2 Jun 1708, aged 18, scholar 13 May 1709, matr. 1709; BA 1711/2; MA 1715; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1714, Major Fellow 8 Jul 1715; ordained deacon 19 Dec 1714, priest 18 Dec 1715 (both London); Vicar of Minehead, Somerset 22 May 1722-3; Vicar of Ewell, Surrey, from 25 Jan 1722/3; Rector of St. John’s, Wapping, Middlesex, from 17 Jan 1723/4; m.; d. 1748. [Perhaps Samuel Shenton, son of Samuel Shenton and Sarah ---, bapt. St. Alban, Wood Street, London 4 Jul 1689 (IGI)]

SHELLEY, WILLIAM; b. ; adm. ; KS 1542 (PRO Exc. Aug. Office, Miscell. Books 24).

SHEFFIELD, SAMPSON, son of Sampson Sheffield, Navestock, Essex, and Jane, widow of Ralph Fetherston, and dau. of Reynold Greene, Navestock, Essex; b.; adm. 23 May 1657; a boarder; KS (aged 12) 1658; d. at school 1662.

SHEBBEARE, CHARLES JOHN, eldest son of Rev. Charles Hooper Shebbeare, Vicar of Wykeham, Yorks., and Lucy Marian, elder dau. of Rev. John Robert Inge, Vicar of Seamer, Yorks.; b. 15 Apr 1865; adm. 12 Jun 1879; QS 1879; left May 1884; St. Mary Hall, Oxford, matr. 20 Oct 1884; migr. to Christ Church, Oxford 1885; BA 1888; MA 1905; DD (check); ordained deacon 1888, priest 1889 (both London); Curate, Enfield, Middlesex 1888-91, Milford, Surrey 1891-8; Rector of Swerford, Oxfordshire 1898-1921; Rector of Stanhope, Durham 1921-42; Chaplain in Ordinary to King George V 1921; Select Preacher, Oxford Univ. 1917-9, Cambridge Univ. 1927; Wilde Lecturer in Natural and Comparative Religion, Oxford 1924-6; Lecturer in Pastoral Theology, Cambridge 1927; Master, Wear Valley Beagles 1930-42; author, Religion in an Age of Doubt, 1914, and other works; m. 20 Jan 1914 Evelyne, dau. of Rev. Conway Joyce, Vicar of Sydenham, Oxfordshire; d. 16 Oct 1945.