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

Family and Education

b. by 1522, 2nd s. of Anthony Irby (d. 21 June 1548) of Gosberton by Alice, da. of John Bountayne or Bunting of Evedon. educ. ?Camb. m. (1) by 1544, Anne 1s.; (2) 20 July 1562, Anne, da. of Charles Knyvet of Princethorp, Warws., wid. of Nicholas Robinson of Boston; 1da.Date of birth estimated from first office. Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. li), 542-3; PCC 11 Populwell; Boston Par. Reg. (Lincoln Rec. Soc. par. reg. ser. i), 2; P. A. Irby, Irbys of Lincs. and Irebys of Cumb. i. 8, 17-18; CP40/1140, r. 448.

Offices Held

Clerk of the peace and crown, Lincs. (Holland, Kesteven) 1543 – d.; surveyor to Edward Fiennes, 9th Lord Clinton prob. by 1552; escheator, Lincs. 1552 – 53, Jan. – Dec. 1561; commr. goods of churches and fraternities, Lincs. (Holland) 1553, subsidy 1563; j.p. Lincs. (Holland) 1558/59, q. 1564 – d., (Kesteven) q. 1562 – d., (Lindsey) q. 1569; alderman (?dep. recorder) Boston 1560 – d.; dep. steward, duchy of Lancaster manor of Long Sutton, Lincs. in 1561; collector for loan, Lincs. (Holland) 1562; muster master against northern rebels 1569.LP Hen. VIII, xviii; CPR, 1553, p. 414; 1554–5, p. 109; 1560–3, p. 439; 1563–6, pp. 23, 24, 40; 1569–72, pp. 225–6; CSP Dom. Add. 1566–79, pp. 152, 210; Lansd. 8, f. 79; 13, f. 48; Boston corp. min. bk. 1545–1607, f. 39; E. Stephens, Clerks of the Counties, 117, 119; Somerville, Duchy, i. 584; Osborn coll. Yale Univ. Lib. 71.6.41; Lincoln Rec. Soc. liv. pp. lxvii-lxviii.

Parlimentarian

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

Main residences: Sutterton; Boston, Lincs.; London.

Author

T.M.H.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

IRBY, Leonard (by 1522-71)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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