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Leedes is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * John Leedes Sir John Leedes (died 1656) of Wappingthorne, near Steyning, Sussex was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England, House of Commons from 1614 to 1640. Leedes was the son of Thomas Leedes of Wappingthorne and h ... (died 1656), English landowner and politician * Thomas Leedes (died 1645), English politician See also * Leeds (surname) {{Short pages monitor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Leedes
Sir John Leedes (died 1656) of Wappingthorne, near Steyning, Sussex was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England, House of Commons from 1614 to 1640. Leedes was the son of Thomas Leedes of Wappingthorne and his wife Mary Leedes, daughter of Thomas Leedes of North Milford, Yorkshire. He was knighted at Whitehall on 8 January 1611 as of Surrey or Sussex. He and his parents owned property in Sussex, part of which was sold in 1612. He was elected Member of Parliament for Bramber (UK Parliament constituency), Bramber in 1614. In 1621 he was elected Member of Parliament for New Shoreham (UK Parliament constituency), New Shoreham, but was disabled from sitting on grounds he had not properly taken his oath of allegiance, causing a by-election in February that year. He then sat for Steyning (UK Parliament constituency), Steyning in the Short Parliament of 1640. Leedes died in 1656 and his will was proved in 1658. He had married a daughter of Sir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Leedes
Thomas Leedes (died 1645) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1642. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War and was killed in action fighting for the King. Leedes was the son of Sir John Leedes and his wife who was a daughter of Sir Thomas Monson of Burton Lincolnshire. In April 1640, he was elected Member of Parliament for Steyning in the Short Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Steyning in the Long Parliament in November 1640. He was disabled from sitting in parliament on 23 November 1642 together with Sir Thomas Bowyer, 1st Baronet for assisting in putting a garrison into Chichester for the King. He was killed in the service of the King at Oxford in 1645. Leedes married Anne Browne, daughter of Sir Ambrose Browne, 1st Baronet of Betchworth Castle Betchworth Castle is a mostly crumbled ruin of a fortified medieval stone house with some tall, two-storey corners strengthened in the 18th century, in the north of the se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |