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Message: Emoticon Listing HTML Help	[quote]<center>[b]The Leche Descendant Line[/b]</center> Sir Edward Leche was appointed a Master of Chancery in 1619 and knighted in September 1621. He owned a number of properties in Derbys. - Duffield, Hathersage, Over Padley and Nether Padley plus also in Suffolk, though his main residence was Squerries, in Kent. His family originated from Lancashire, holding or adopting the crest and arms of the ancient Leche family. They had held substantial lands in Derbys. including Chatsworth, but became impoverished and Francis Leche, the last of the main line of the family, sold Chatsworth and other valuable property in Derbys. by 1550. Sir Edward Leche boosted his finances greatly at the time of the Commonwealth Period, acquiring wool and land tithes for a number of N. Derbys. parishes. He died in 1652. A marriage contract was arranged between William Leche, eldest son and heir apparent of Sir Edward and Jane Evelyn, daughter of Sir John Evelyn, (a relative of the diarist - John Evelyn). The Shipley Manor and tithes were arranged as the marriage portion. His Will, probated at Canterbury, Sir William, (once knighted by Charles II, May 1660), died at Squerries, 1676, leaving two sons, Edward and John and a daughter, Jane. Their mother, also named Jane, died 1682. Underaged Edward, died 1680. His brother John, of Maidstone, Kent, succeeded him and in 1681, married Elizabeth, the daughter of Richard, Duke of York. They only lived occasionally at Shipley, letting the estate to John Fowle, 01/10/1682. John Leche began to have financial problems, raising a mortgage on part of Shipley Estate in 1690 and then two further mortgages in 1700. In his Will of 1701, John Leche left the Derbys. and Suffolk estates to his wife, Elizabeth and two daughters, Hester and Elizabeth, who sold their Suffolk estates to pay off John's debts. In 1708, Shipley was mortgaged in its entirety. The debts still outstanding were £2456/12/2d. The Shipley estate's rents income was £393/9/8d, plus the coal mines. A Mr. William Kinsey provided £2400 to redeem the three outstanding mortgages. Hester eventually married Humphrey Miller, Esq. of Hyde Hall, Sandon, Herts. and also of Wrotham, Kent. In July, 1716, they (Mrs. Miller) paid £3000 to redeem the Shipley Hall mortgage. Hester and Humprey's daughter, Hester, was born in 1714, her parents dying in 1719. Her Grandmother, Elizabeth Leche, helped her run the estate and lived to see Hester married at Allestrey on 29/05/1729 to Edward Mundy, who because of the contents of the marriage agreements, finally received Shipley Hall in its full entirety in January, 1735. In 1735, the Estate consisted of 20 houses, 20 cottages, 600 acres of land, 600 acres of meadow, 600 acres of pasture and 300 acres of furze, heath and common. Azzabuv.[/quote]
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This message was updated on 9/10/2005 7:59:42 PM by Azzabuv

Leche Family of Shipley Hall
replied on: 1/1/2005 1:06:21 PM

The Leche Descendant Line
Sir Edward Leche was appointed a Master of Chancery in 1619 and knighted in September 1621.
He owned a number of properties in Derbys. - Duffield, Hathersage, Over Padley and Nether Padley plus also in Suffolk, though his main residence was Squerries, in Kent.

His family originated from Lancashire, holding or adopting the crest and arms of the ancient Leche family.
They had held substantial lands in Derbys. including Chatsworth, but became impoverished and Francis Leche, the last of the main line of the family, sold Chatsworth and other valuable property in Derbys. by 1550.

Sir Edward Leche boosted his finances greatly at the time of the Commonwealth Period, acquiring wool and land tithes for a number of N. Derbys. parishes.
He died in 1652.

A marriage contract was arranged between William Leche, eldest son and heir apparent of Sir Edward and Jane Evelyn, daughter of Sir John Evelyn, (a relative of the diarist - John Evelyn).
The Shipley Manor and tithes were arranged as the marriage portion.

His Will, probated at Canterbury, Sir William, (once knighted by Charles II, May 1660), died at Squerries, 1676, leaving two sons, Edward and John and a daughter, Jane.
Their mother, also named Jane, died 1682.
Underaged Edward, died 1680.
His brother John, of Maidstone, Kent, succeeded him and in 1681, married Elizabeth, the daughter of Richard, Duke of York.
They only lived occasionally at Shipley, letting the estate to John Fowle, 01/10/1682.

John Leche began to have financial problems, raising a mortgage on part of Shipley Estate in 1690 and then two further mortgages in 1700.
In his Will of 1701, John Leche left the Derbys. and Suffolk estates to his wife, Elizabeth and two daughters, Hester and Elizabeth, who sold their Suffolk estates to pay off John's debts.
In 1708, Shipley was mortgaged in its entirety. The debts still outstanding were £2456/12/2d. The Shipley estate's rents income was £393/9/8d, plus the coal mines.
A Mr. William Kinsey provided £2400 to redeem the three outstanding mortgages.

Hester eventually married Humphrey Miller, Esq. of Hyde Hall, Sandon, Herts. and also of Wrotham, Kent.
In July, 1716, they (Mrs. Miller) paid £3000 to redeem the Shipley Hall mortgage.

Hester and Humprey's daughter, Hester, was born in 1714, her parents dying in 1719.
Her Grandmother, Elizabeth Leche, helped her run the estate and lived to see Hester married at Allestrey on 29/05/1729 to Edward Mundy, who because of the contents of the marriage agreements, finally received Shipley Hall in its full entirety in January, 1735.

In 1735, the Estate consisted of 20 houses, 20 cottages, 600 acres of land, 600 acres of meadow, 600 acres of pasture and 300 acres of furze, heath and common.
Azzabuv.

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