Elizabeth Mawson

Notes:

Her burial record calls her "wife of m^r 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".

Elizabeth married Richard Sykes, Alderman of Leeds on 30 Jan 1594 in St. Peter's, Leeds, Yorkshire, England. Richard (son of Richard Sykes and Sibbell Reame) was born about 1568; died on 27 Mar 1645; was buried on 29 Mar 1645 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Richard Sykes was born before 24 Jul 1603; was christened on 24 Jul 1603 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England; died on 10 Jan 1653 in Islington, Yorkshire, England; was buried on 12 Jan 1653 in St. James, Clerkenwell, London, England.
2. William Sykes was born on 10 Feb 1605 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England; died in 1652 in York Castle, York, Yorkshire, England.