William Sykes

1605 - 1652  (46 years)

• Name	William Sykes
  Birth	10 Feb 1605	Leeds, Yorkshire, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1652	York Castle, York, Yorkshire, England   [3, 4]
  Person ID	I21810	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2021

  
  

  Father	Richard Sykes, Alderman of Leeds,   b. Abt 1568   d. 27 Mar 1645 (Age ~ 77 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Mawson   d. 19 Aug 1644
  Marriage	30 Jan 1594	St. Peter's, Leeds, Yorkshire, England   [5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]
  Family ID	F15983	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Grace Jenkinson   d. 25 Sep 1685, York Castle, York, Yorkshire, England
  Marriage	1625	Leeds, Yorkshire, England   [1]
  Children	+ 1. Daniel Sykes, Mayor of Hull,   b. 1632   d. Aug 1697 (Age 65 years)
  Family ID	F12914	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2021

  
  

• Notes

  He is said by some sources to have been a republican. He established himself in Knottingley, Yorkshire just after the Civil War, and in 1652 he led a rebellion against the payment of tithes. He was arrested and convicted, and fined £266-13-4, which he refused to pay despite being personally wealthy. As a result he was imprisoned in York Castle and died there.

  
  

• Sources

  [S5152] Neil Jeffares, "Dictionary of Pastellists Before 1800.". [S5150] "Papers of the Sykes family of Sledmere, Hull History Centre Catalogue, Hull History Centre, Hull, Yorkshire, England., year only. [S5150] "Papers of the Sykes family of Sledmere, Hull History Centre Catalogue, Hull History Centre, Hull, Yorkshire, England. [S5151] Ducatus Leodiensis, Or, The Topography of the Ancient and Populous Town and Parish of Leedes, and Parts Adjacent in the West-Riding of the County of York: With the Pedigrees of Many of the Nobility and Gentry, and Other Matters Relating to Those Parts by Ralph Thoresby. London, 1715., year only. [S3602] "Richard Sykes, gent.", by D. Fluen and R. Path-Fluen. [S3599] "Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, With Additions." The Genealogist 23:155, 1907. [S3601] Familiae Minorum Gentium, Volume I, ed. John W. Clay. London: The Harleian Society, 1894 (Publications of the Harleian Society, Volume 37)., says "30 Jan. 1593". [S3603] A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire by John Burke. London: Henry Colburn, 1838., says "1593". [S3604] From the guide to the Papers of the Sykes Family of Sledmere, c. 1300-1928, (Hull University, Brynmor Jones Library)., says "1593". [S3406] England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973, on ancestry.com. [S5150] "Papers of the Sykes family of Sledmere, Hull History Centre Catalogue, Hull History Centre, Hull, Yorkshire, England., says "1593". [S5151] Ducatus Leodiensis, Or, The Topography of the Ancient and Populous Town and Parish of Leedes, and Parts Adjacent in the West-Riding of the County of York: With the Pedigrees of Many of the Nobility and Gentry, and Other Matters Relating to Those Parts by Ralph Thoresby. London, 1715., date only.