Elizabeth Mawson

- 1644

• Name	Elizabeth Mawson  [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Death	19 Aug 1644  [4, 5, 6]
  Burial	19 Aug 1644	Leeds, Yorkshire, England   [7]
  Person ID	I26741	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of PNH
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2021

  
  

  Family	Richard Sykes, Alderman of Leeds,   b. Abt 1568   d. 27 Mar 1645 (Age ~ 77 years)
  Marriage	30 Jan 1594	St. Peter's, Leeds, Yorkshire, England   [2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13]
  Children	+ 1. Richard Sykes,   b. Bef 24 Jul 1603   d. 10 Jan 1653, Islington, Yorkshire, England (Age > 49 years) + 2. William Sykes,   b. 10 Feb 1605, Leeds, Yorkshire, England d. 1652, York Castle, York, Yorkshire, England (Age 46 years)
  Family ID	F15983	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2021

  
  

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• Notes

  Her burial record calls her "wife of mr Richard Sikes of Brigait." Briggate was historically the main street of Leeds, leading north from Leeds Bridge. Among Richard Sykes's extensive property holdings was a burgage house in Briggate, which is where Elizabeth Sykes died "during a severe outbreak of plague, when the parish church was closed, the registers were discontinued, and the daily toll of the unnamed dead was reported to the military governor of the town." [Joan Kirby, citation details below] Ironically, since he outlived her by eight months, Richard Sykes's 1641 will bequeaths to her "all that Burgage scituate in Briggate in Leeds with all the apppurtences [sic] thereto belonging".

  
  

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  [S3604] From the guide to the Papers of the Sykes Family of Sledmere, c. 1300-1928, (Hull University, Brynmor Jones Library). [S3602] "Richard Sykes, gent.", by D. Fluen and R. Path-Fluen. [S5150] "Papers of the Sykes family of Sledmere, Hull History Centre Catalogue, Hull History Centre, Hull, Yorkshire, England. [S3601] Familiae Minorum Gentium, Volume I, ed. John W. Clay. London: The Harleian Society, 1894 (Publications of the Harleian Society, Volume 37). [S3605] Joan Kirby, "A Man of Property: Richard Sykes, Merchant and Alderman." Northern History 37:71, 2013., month and year only. [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. [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.