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===[[name::Elizabeth]] [[name::SLEIGH]], later [[name::Elizabeth]] [[name::Ireton]] d.[[date of death::1686]]===
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===[[name::Elizabeth]] [[name::SLEIGH]], later [[name::Elizabeth]] [[name::IRETON]] d.[[date of death::1686]]===
  
 
====Biographical Note====
 
====Biographical Note====
Wife of [[family::Edmund Sleigh]], [[location::London]] [[occupation::mercer]] (d.[[date of death::1657]]), later of [[family::John Ireton]] ([[date of birth::1615]]-[[date of death::1690|90]]), also a [[occupation::mercer]].  
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Daughter of [[family::Daniel Winch]] of [[location::West Cheap, London]], a wealthy [[occupation::grocer]]. She married [[family::Edmund Sleigh]], a [[location::London]] [[occupation::mercer]] (d.[[date of death::1657]]), in 1634; they lived in [[location::Cheapside]]. After his death, she married another [[location::London]] [[occupation::mercer]], [[family::John Ireton]] ([[date of birth::1615]]-[[date of death::1690|90]]), who was [[occupation::Lord Mayor]] of [[location::London]] in 1658-9.  
  
 
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An inventory of her books, in [[present repository::Wellcome Library]] MS 751, dated 1647, lists 53 books, edited as ''PLRE'' 255.
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An inventory of Elizabeth's books, dated 1647, survives in [[present repository::Wellcome Library]] MS 751, and is
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edited as ''PLRE'' 255. It includes 52 books, predominantly [[subject::theology|theological]] and devotional, with a few titles relating to practical [[subject::medicine]] and household management. The books are mostly in [[language::English]], with a handful of [[language::French]] ones. In her will, she distributed most of her belongings to her daughters and other relatives, but also left bequests to benefit various nonconformist ministers.
  
 
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*[https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D750329 Will of Elizabeth Ireton, The National Archives PROB 11/384/22].
 
*Hackel, H. The Countess of Bridgewater’s London library, in J. Andersen & E. Sauer (eds), ''Books and readers'', 2002, 138-59, 139.  
 
*Hackel, H. The Countess of Bridgewater’s London library, in J. Andersen & E. Sauer (eds), ''Books and readers'', 2002, 138-59, 139.  
 
*Fehrenbach, R. J. Lady Elizabeth Ireton, ''Private Libraries in Renaissance England'' 8 (2014), 281-92.
 
*Fehrenbach, R. J. Lady Elizabeth Ireton, ''Private Libraries in Renaissance England'' 8 (2014), 281-92.

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Elizabeth SLEIGH, later Elizabeth IRETON d.1686

Biographical Note

Daughter of Daniel Winch of West Cheap, London, a wealthy grocer. She married Edmund Sleigh, a London mercer (d.1657), in 1634; they lived in Cheapside. After his death, she married another London mercer, John Ireton (1615-90), who was Lord Mayor of London in 1658-9.

Books

An inventory of Elizabeth's books, dated 1647, survives in Wellcome Library MS 751, and is

edited as PLRE 255. It includes 52 books, predominantly theological and devotional, with a few titles relating to practical medicine and household management. The books are mostly in English, with a handful of French ones. In her will, she distributed most of her belongings to her daughters and other relatives, but also left bequests to benefit various nonconformist ministers.

Sources