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LE SELLIER, Jean (by 1471-1517), of Tournai.

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Family and Education

b. by 1471.Date of birth estimated from first reference.

Offices Held

Juré, Tournai 1492 – 93, 1505 – 06, 1509 – 10, échevin 1496 – 97, juré ‘boursier’ 1498 – 1501, prévôt 1507 – 08, 1512 – 13, maire 1508 – 09, juré commis au fiscq’ 1510 – 11; jt. (with Thomas Hert) comptroller of works, Tournai by Nov. 1515, jt. (with William Pawne) commr. works by Mar. 1516; gent. usher of the chamber 1516.Archives de l’Etat à Tournai, T14; LP Hen. VIII, ii.

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LE SELLIER, Jean (by 1471-1517), of Tournai.

Main residence: Tournai.

Author

C.G.C.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

LE SELLIER, Jean (by 1471-1517)

Will

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Oxford 1644

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LEKE, Henry (by 1526-58 or later), ?of London.

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Family and Education

b. by 1526, s. of John Leke of Worksop, Notts. by Margaret, da. of Sir William Paston of Caister and Oxnead, Norf. suc. fa. by July 1553.Presumed to be of age at election. Harl. 1093, f. 16; CPR, 1553, p. 227.

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Dep. auditor, ct. augmentations, Cornw., Devon, Dorset and Som. by 1548–54.Stowe 571, f. 9v; Devon Monastic Lands (Devon and Cornw. Rec. Soc. n.s. i), xvi.

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LEKE, Henry (by 1526-58 or later), ?of London.

Main residence: ?of London.

Author

H.M.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

LEKE, Henry (by 1526-at least 58)

Will

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Oxford 1644

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LEKE, Francis (by 1510-80), of Sutton in the Dale, Derbys., Elkering, Notts. and London.

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Family and Education

b. by 1510, 1st s. of Sir John Leke of Sutton in the Dale by 1st w. Jane, da. of Henry Foljambe of Walton, Derbys. m. Elizabeth, da. of Sir William Paston of Caister and Oxnead, Norf., 2s. 3da. 2s. illegit. suc. fa. Nov. 1523. Kntd. 1545.Date of birth estimated from livery of inheritance. E150/1291/1; Wards 7/20/178; Harl. 2134, ff. 126-7; Lichfield consist. ct. will 172; NRA 2853, p. 52.

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J.p. Derbys. 1539–d. , Northumb. 1547; commr. benevolence, Derbys. 1544/45, array 1546, chantries bpric. of Durham, Northumb. and Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1546, Derbys., Notts. 1548, relief Derbys. 1550, goods of churches and fraternities 1553; capt. Tyne-mouth castle, Northumb. 1545- 5 Apr. 1549; sheriff, Notts. and Derbys. 1547 – 48, Derbys. 1572 – 73; custos rot. Derbys. 1548 – d.; member, council of Henry, 2nd Earl of Rutland as warden of the east and middle marches Apr. 1549; keeper, Nottingham park, Notts. 1551 – d.; feodary, duchy of Lancaster, Tutbury honor Feb. 1551; gov. Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumb. July-Nov. 1560.LP Hen. VIII, xiv, xvi-xviii, xx, xxi; CPR, 1547–8, pp. 82, 87, 320; 1548–9, p. 137; 1550–3, pp. 177, 394; 1553, pp. 352, 414; 1553–4, p. 18; 1560–3, p. 435; 1563–6, p. 114; Somerville, Duchy, i. 547, 585; Hist. Co. Northumb. viii. 158–9; CSP Scot. 1547–63, p. 475.

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LEKE, Francis (by 1510-80), of Sutton in the Dale, Derbys., Elkering, Notts. and London.

Main residences: Sutton in the Dale, Derbys.; Elkering, Notts.; London.

Author

C.J.B.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

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LEKE, Francis (by 1510-80)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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LEIGHTON, Edward (by 1525-93), of Wattlesborough, Salop.

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Family and Education

b. by 1525, 1st s. of John Leighton of Wattlesborough by Joyce, da. of Edward Sutton, 2nd Lord Dudley; bro. of Sir Thomas. educ. G. Inn, adm. 1541. m. (1) Elizabeth, da. of one Edwards, wid. of one Meverell; (2) by 1553, Anne, da. of Paul Darrell of Lillingstone Dayrell, Bucks., 4s. inc. Thomas 3da. suc. fa. 28 Feb. 1532. Kntd. 1591.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., C142/53/2. Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxix), 324; LP Hen. VIII, v; C142/239/109.

Offices Held

Sheriff, Mont. 1549 – 50, 1591 – 92, Salop 1567 – 68, 1587 – 88; j.p. Salop 1561 – d.; steward, barony of Cause 1562; escheator, Salop 1563 – 64; commr. musters, Shrewsbury 1563, Salop 1577 – 91; member, council in the marches of Wales by 1570; custos rot. Salop 1587; dep. lt. 1588.Mont. Colls. ii. 418, 419; Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. (ser. 2), ii. 231, 246; iii. 100; H. Owen and J. B. Blakeway, Shrewsbury, i. 377, 393; HMC De L’Isle and Dudley, i. 333.

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LEIGHTON, Edward (by 1525-93), of Wattlesborough, Salop.

Main residence: Wattlesborough, Salop.

Author

A.H.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

LEIGHTON, Edward (by 1525-93)

Will

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Oxford 1644

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LEIGH, Thomas (c.1512-71), of Caldwell, Beds. and Bermondsey, Surr.

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Family and Education

b. c. 1512, s. of Hugh Leigh by Maud, da. and h. of John Hogshaw. m. (1) Catherine (d.1558), s.p.; (2) 1559, Anne or Amy, da. of Richard Wodden of ‘Walingham’, Beds., wid. of Richard Wheatley (d.1558) of Bermondsey, 3s. 1da.Aged ‘40 or thereabouts’ in 1552, Beds. N. and Q. i. 300 seq. C142/160/11; Beds. Hist. Rec. Soc. v. 199; xxxvi. 75, 80; Vis. Beds. (Harl. Soc. xix), 179; F. A. Blaydes, Gen. Bedford, 25 seq.; PCC 63 Noodes, 54 Spencer, 40 Bakon.

Offices Held

Servant of (Sir) John Gostwick by 1538 – 45; auditor, ct. first fruits and tenths 1540 – 54; commr. relief, Beds. 1550, subsidy 1567, to enforce Acts of Uniformity and Supremacy, dioceses of Lincoln and Peterborough 1571; j.p. Beds. 1554, q. 1558/59; mayor, Bedford 1571; charter member, Vintner’s Co. 1567; sheriff, Beds. and Bucks. 1571.Beds. N. and Q. i. 300 seq.; LP Hen. VIII, xvi; CPR, 1553, p. 351; 1553–4, pp. 17, 399; 1566–9, p. 129; 1569–72, p. 277; Add. 22115, f. 8; T. Milbourn, Vintners’ Co. 34; Beds. Hist. Rec. Soc. xxxvi. 13