Richard Sykes

Bef 1603 - 1653  (> 49 years)

• Name	Richard Sykes
  Birth	Bef 24 Jul 1603  [1]
  Baptism	24 Jul 1603	Leeds, Yorkshire, England   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate birth	of Yorkshire, England   [4]
  Death	10 Jan 1653	Islington, Yorkshire, England   [2, 3, 5]
  Burial	12 Jan 1653	St. James, Clerkenwell, London, England   [1, 3]
  Person ID	I8210	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	26 Jan 2020

  
  

  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   [1, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]
  Family ID	F15983	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Grace Stock   d. 2 Mar 1646, Kirkheaton, Yorkshire, England
  Marriage	20 Oct 1627	Kirkheaton, Yorkshire, England   [1, 2, 3]
  Children	+ 1. Bernard Sykes,   b. Bef 12 Apr 1638   d. Bef 3 May 1683, Virginia (Age < 45 years)
  Family ID	F5624	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Jan 2020

  
  

• Notes

  He inherited the lordship of the manor of Shelley from his father, who had purchased it. To his fourth son Bernard he willed "lands in South Kirkby, &c." He is mostly remembered, though, as rector of Kirkheaton, from which office he was removed by Parliament for refusing to sign the Solemn League and Covenant. A detailed account of the various fines to which he was subjected by Parliament can be read in Volume 1 of the Yorkshire Royalist Composition Papers, or the Proceedings of the Committee for Compounding with Delinquents During the Commonwealth ed. John William Clay, Yorkshire Archaeological Society Record Series Volume 15, 1893, pp. 177-80. From the House of Commons Journal for 20 Dec 1647: Resolved, &c. That this House doth accept of the Sum of Thirteen hundred and Fifty Pounds, for a Fine, for the Delinquency of Richard Sykes, of Kirk Heaton in the County of York, Clerk: His Offence, That he left his Habitation, and resided in the Enemies Quarters: He rendered in November 1645: His Estate, in Fee, per Annum, Two hundred Seventy Pounds; personal Estate, Forty Pounds: For which, his Fine, at a Third, is Thirteen hundred and Fifty Pounds: But in regard it doth appear that he lost a good Church Living of Three hundred Pounds per Annum, and a great personal Estate, and hath a great Charge of Children, This Committee doth recommend it to the House, to take One thousand Pounds, if they think good, for his Fine: And further, that he was an Opposer of Bishops, and a very moderate Man. An Ordinance for granting a Pardon unto Richard Sykes, of Kirk Heaton in the County of York, Clerk, for his Delinquency, and for taking off the Sequestration of his Estate; was this Day read; and, upon the Question, passed; and ordered to be sent to the Lords for their Concurrence.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3599] "Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, With Additions." The Genealogist 23:155, 1907. [S3600] "Paver's Marriage Licenses, Park XVI", with notes by J. W. Clay. Yorkshire Archaeological Journal 17:155, 1903. [S3601] Familiae Minorum Gentium, Volume I, ed. John W. Clay. London: The Harleian Society, 1894 (Publications of the Harleian Society, Volume 37). [S3597] Paul Sykes, 11 Jul 2011, Re: Sykes and Wyatt Families of Prince George Co., Virginia., county only. [S3605] Joan Kirby, "A Man of Property: Richard Sykes, Merchant and Alderman." Northern History 37:71, 2013., year only. [S3602] "Richard Sykes, gent.", by D. Fluen and R. Path-Fluen. [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.