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About Cecilia Leeds

Origins

Stemmata Shirleiana. By E.P. Shirley. Page 246. GoogleBooks

By his first wife Sir Richard had issue four sons and six daughters: viz.
William Sherley his eldest son, Thomas, Edward, and Richard; of the three younger sons I have no further accounts; the daughters were,

  • 1. Elizabeth, who married John Mychell of Stammerham, in the parish of Horsham, in Sussex, esq.
  • 2. Alice, married Thomas Challenor of Kenwardes in Lindfield, in Sussex, esq.
  • 3. Anne, married Richard Earnfold of Wickham, in the parish of Steyning, in Sussex, esq.
  • 4. Cecilia, married Richard Leeds of Steyning (?) in Sussex, esq.
  • 5, 6. Jane and Frances were the other two daughters, who appear to have died unmarried

References

  • Stemmata Shirleiana By E.P. Shirley. Page 235. GoogleBooks “Pedigree of Sherley of Wiston, in Sussex.”
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