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| − | ===[[name::Elizabeth]] [[name::SLEIGH]], later [[name::Elizabeth]] [[name:: | + | ===[[name::Elizabeth]] [[name::SLEIGH]], later [[name::Elizabeth]] [[name::IRETON]] d.[[date of death::1686]]=== |
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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. | |
====Books==== | ====Books==== | ||
| − | An inventory of | + | An inventory of Elizabeth's books, dated 1647, survives in [[present repository::Wellcome Library]] MS 751, and is 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
- 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.
- Fehrenbach, R. J. Lady Elizabeth Ireton, Private Libraries in Renaissance England 8 (2014), 281-92.