IRBY, Leonard (d.1571), of Boston and Sutterton, Lincs.

Family and Education

2nd s. of Anthony Irby (d.1548) of Gosberton by Alice, da. of John Bountayne or Bunting of Evedon. educ. ?Camb. m. (1) by 1544, Anne, 1s. d.v.p.; (2) 20 July 1562, Anne, da. of Charles Knyvet of Princethorpe, Warws. wid. of Nicholas Robinson of Boston, 1da.

Offices Held

Clerk of the peace and Crown, Lincs. (Holland, Kesteven) 1543; surveyor of Lord Clinton’s estates, prob. by 1552; commr. church goods Lincs. (Holland) c. 1553; escheator, Lincs. 1552 – 53, 1561; alderman (?dep. recorder) Boston 1560; dep. steward, duchy of Lancaster manor of Long Sutton, Lincs. in 1561; j.p. Lincs. (Holland) from 1559, q. 1564, (Kesteven) from c. 1562, q. 1564, (Lindsey) q. from c. 1569; muster master against northern rebels 1569.Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. li), 542–3; PPC 11 Populwell; P. A. Irby, Irbys of Lincs. and Irebys of Cumb. i. 8, 17–18; LP Hen. VIII, xviii(1), p. 283; CPR, 1550–3, p. 271; 1553 and App. Edw. VI, pp. 386, 414; Neale, Commons, 207; Boston corp. min. bk. 1, f. 39; Lansd. 13, ff. 48–9.

Parlimentarian

IRBY, Leonard (by 1522-71), of Sutterton and Boston, Lincs. and London.

Main residences: Boston; Sutterton, Lincs.

Author

N.M.F.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

IRBY, Leonard (-d.1571)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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