LEEDES, Sir John (c.1591-1657 or 1658), of Wappingthorne, Steyning, Suss.

Family and Education

b. c. 1591, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Leedes of Wappingthorne and Mary, da. of Thomas Leedes of North Milford, Yorks.London Marr. Licences (Harl. Soc. xxv), 321; Vis. Yorks. (Surtees Soc. xxxvi), 287; E. Lloyd, ‘Leedes of Wappingthorne’, Suss. Arch. Coll. liv. 49, 54. educ. travelled abroad, ?aft. Nov. 1633-bef. Feb. 1636.APC 1630–1631, p. 397; W. Suss. RO, QR/W25; SP16/314, f. 218. m. (lic. 30 May 1610, aged 19), Bridget, da. of Sir Thomas Monson† of South Carlton, Lincs., 2s. (2 d.v.p.), 1da. (d.v.p.).London Marr. Lics. (Harl. Soc. xxv), 321; Vis. Yorks. 287; Suss. Arch. Coll. liv. 49, 54. Kntd. 8 Jan. 1611.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 150. suc. fa. ?betw. 1610-1613.Suss. Manors, i. 13, 223; Suss. Arch. Coll. liv. 49, 54. d. betw. Oct 1657-22 Nov. 1658.TSP vii. 110, 165; PROB11/283/516.

Offices Held

Court: gent. usher of privy chamber bef. Dec. 1614.Beinecke Lib., uncat. MSS, box 19, no. 15.

Civic: freeman, Aberdeen 1617.J. Nichols, Progs. of Jas. I, iii. 330.

Local: commr. sewers, Suss. 1617, 1624, 1625, 1630; 1637.C181/2, f. 292v; C181/3, ff. 133v, 166v; C181/4, ff. 46v, 53v; C181/5, f. 69v. J.p. 11 Mar. 1630-aft. 29 July 1642.C231/5, p. 27; C193/13/2; SP16/405, unfol.; SP16/212, unfol.; ASSI35/72/8; ASSI35/84/8. Commr. charitable uses, 1632, 1639;C192/1, unfol. oyer and terminer for piracy, 23 May 1637;C181/5, f. 68v. array (roy.), 6 Aug. 1642.Northants. RO, FH133, unfol.

Parlimentarian

LEEDES, Sir John (c.1591-1658), of Wappingthorne, nr. Steyning, Suss. and Whitehall

: Suss., Steyning.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

LEEDES, Sir John (c.1591-1657 or 1658), of Wappingthorne, Steyning, Suss.

Will

18 Feb. 1655, pr. 22 Nov. 1658.PROB11/283/516.

Estates

Received portion of £3,000 from wife, 1610-12;Suss. Arch. Coll. liv. 49, 54. ?bef. 1614 inherited family estates; 1618-21 income of £1,608, disbursements £4,175, necessitating borrowing over £2,500; 1621-5 income higher, but seat at Wappingthorne leased to Sir William Goring†, for £120 p.a.Add. 28241, ff. 80–129v; Suss. Manors, ii. 443; Preston Manor Museum, Brighton, WS/BQ/1. In 1626, £10,000 raised from assigning properties in Suss. and Wilts. to Sir Thomas Monson.Add. Ch. 18932; C54/2690/86. Assessed at £10 in lands, subsidy 1621;Suss. Arch. Coll., lix. 101. at £500, Aug. 1644.CCAM 443.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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