SLEIGH, Sir Samuel (1605-79), of Ashe Hall, Sutton-on-the-Hill, Derbys.

Family and Education

bap. 24 Feb. 1605, 1st s. of Gervase Sleigh of Ashe Hall, and Elizabeth (bur. 22 July 1633), da. of John Cholmondeley of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leics.St Werburgh, Derby par. reg.; Vis. Derbys. (Harl. Soc. n.s. viii), 4. educ. Repton sch.;Repton Sch. Reg. 1557-1910 ed. M. Messiter, 3. Christ’s, Camb. July 1621;Al. Cant. G. Inn 4 Nov. 1622, readm. 20 Oct. 1623.G. Inn Admiss. 168, 171. m. (1) 23 Oct. 1628, Judith (bur. 18 Sept. 1634), da. of Sir Edward Boys* of Betteshanger, Kent, 2s. d.v.p.;Betteshanger par. reg.; Sutton-on-the-Hill par. reg.; Vis. Derbys. 4. (2) 16 Feb. 1636, Margaret (d. 3 May 1647), da. of Sir Robert Darcy of Dartford, Kent, 2s. d.v.p. 4da. (1 );St Ann, Blackfriars, London par. reg.; Sutton-on-the-Hill par. reg.; Vis. Derbys. 4; ‘Facsimile of old letter’, Jnl. of the Derbys. Arch. and Natural Hist. Soc. v. opp. 115. (3) 20 Oct. 1677, Elizabeth (d. 13 Apr. 1738), da. of John Harpur, rector of Morley, Derbys. 1da.Etwall par. reg.; A. F. C. Sleigh, The Sleighs of Derbys. and Beyond [1992], 10. suc. fa. 7 June 1626;Glover, Derbys. ii. 487. Kntd. 8 July 1641.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 209. bur. 15 Apr. 1679 15 Apr. 1679.Sutton-on-the-Hill par. reg.

Offices Held

Local: commr. charitable uses, Derbys. 3 July 1629, 14 Jan. 1630, 17 Feb. 1632, 30 July 1647, 19 Dec. 1650, 12 July 1661.C192/1, unfol.; C93/12/8; C93/19/29; C93/21/2; C93/26/1. J.p. 10 Aug. 1641–?d.C231/5, p. 467. Commr. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1642; poll tax, 1641, 1660; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 26 May 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679.SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance... for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Dep. lt. 22 Mar. 1642–?CJ ii. 492b, 828a; HMC Cowper, ii. 310. Member, Derbys. co. cttee. 3 Aug. 1642–?LJ v. 260b. Commr. for associating midland cos. 15 Dec. 1642; levying of money, 3 Aug. 1643.A. and O. Member, sequestration cttee. 31 Dec. 1644–?CJ iv. 5a; LJ vii. 118b. Commr. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645.A. and O. Sheriff, 3 Feb.-2 Nov. 1648, 12 Nov. 1665–7 Nov. 1666.CJ v. 361a, 371b-372a; LJ x. 16a, 19b; List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 31. Commr. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 June 1659, 12 Mar. 1660. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, 5 Oct. 1653.A. and O. Commr. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. by Feb. 1654–?d.;C181/6, pp. 15, 370; C181/7, pp. 16, 642. ejecting scandalous ministers, Derbys. and Notts. 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. securing peace of commonwealth, Derbys. by Nov. 1655;TSP iv. 211. for public faith, 24 Oct. 1657;Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–9 Oct. 1657), 62 (E.505.35). recusants, 1675.CTB iv. 791.

Civic: freeman, Derby by Nov. 1645–?d.Derbys. RO, D258/9/5/12.

Parlimentarian

SLEIGH, Sir Samuel (1605-79), of Ashe Hall, Sutton-on-the-Hill, Derbys.

: of Ashe Hall, Sutton-on-the-Hill, Derbys.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

SLEIGH, Sir Samuel (1605-79), of Ashe Hall, Sutton-on-the-Hill, Derbys.

Will

10 Apr. 1679, pr. 21 Apr. 1679.Staffs. RO, B/C/11, will of Sir Samuel Sleigh, 1679.

Estates

inherited manor, rectory and advowson of Dalbury, manor and grange of Ashe, vicarage and advowson of Sutton-on-the-Hill and lands in Ashe, Dalbury, Derby, Etwall, Hilton and Sutton-on-the-Hill, all in Derbys.C142/528/88. In 1629, he bought Pool Hall, Hartington, Derbys. and property in Sheen, Staffs.J. T. Brighton, Royalists and Roundheads in Derbys. 46. In the early 1630s, he paid £10 for distraint of knighthood.E407/35, f. 33v. In 1640, Sleigh, Gervase Bennett* and another gentleman purchased Ollerbrook Booth, in Edale, Derbys.Derby Local Studies Lib. Deeds, no. 387; S.C. Newton, ‘The gentry of Derbys. in the seventeenth century’, Derbys. Arch. Jnl. lxxxvi. 13. In 1646-8, Sleigh purchased manors of Etwall (for £8,910) and Hardwick.Derby Local Studies Lib. Deeds, no. 4073; S. Lewis, Topographical Dictionary of Eng. (7th edn.), ii. 189; G. Turbutt, Hist. of Derbys. (1999), iii. 1105. By 1662, had acquired vicarage and advowson of Etwall.IND1/17005, f. 40v; CCC 1061. By 1664, owned a house of 12 hearths in Ashe and a house of 18 hearths in Etwall.Derbys. Hearth Tax Assessments 1662-70 ed. D.G. Edwards (Derbys. Rec. Soc. vii), 12, 19. By 1671, estate inc. capital messuage of Ashe Hall, manors of Etwall, Ashe and Hardwick and lands in Ashe, Egginton, Etwall, Hardwick and Hilton, Derbys.Derby Local Studies Lib. Deeds, nos. 4076, 5882. In 1672, he purchased manor of Burnaston, Derbys.Lewis, Topographical Dictionary of Eng. i. 440. At his d. estate inc. manors of Ashe, Dalbury, Etwall, Burnaston and Hardwick and tithes and rents in Sutton and Thurvaston, Derbys.Staffs. RO, B/C/11, Will of Sir Samuel Sleigh, 1679.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

presented Ralph Bull to rectory of Dalbury, Derbys. 1662; Edward Ainsworth, 1673; John Tatham to vicarage of Sutton-on-the-Hill, Derbys. 1662; John Jackson to vicarage of Etwall, Derbys. 1662.IND1/17005, ff. 40, 40v, 54.

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