Edward Sheldon (born at Beoley, Worcestershire, 23 April 1599; died in London, 27 March 1687) was an English translator of four Catholic works.
Two daughters, Frances and Katharine, were maids of honour to Charles II of England's spouse Catherine of Braganza, to whom Sheldon dedicated his Counsels of Wisdom – "being desirous in these distracted times to offer something that is serious, and may invite People and direct them to the way of Virtue."
One of the copies in the Bodleian Library had been given to the antiquary Anthony Wood by Frances Sheldon.
[3] Having led a quiet life on his estate at Stratton, Gloucestershire, Sheldon began to be molested for his Catholicism and moved to London in 1641.
He was resident at a house on the east side of St James's Street, Westminster, from 1682 until his death on 27 March 1687.