MRP: Leeds Castle

Leeds Castle

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The north view of Leeds castle, Buck, 1736

Buck, Samuel and Nathaniel Buck, 'The north view of Leeds-castle, in the county of Kent', dedicated to Lord Fairfax, in Samuel and Nathaniel Buck, 'Twenty-four views of abbeys and castles in Kent' (London, 1736), 24 plates
- See Kent Archaeology Society listing for Samuel and Nathaniel Buck^[1]

Leeds Castle, Seat of Fiennes Wykeham Martin, Esq., Greenwood, 1838

Image credits & copyright information

(1) Plate, 'Leeds Castle,' in C. Greenwood, The epitome of county history, vol 1, Kent (London, 1839), betw. pp. 162 & 163
- Out of copyright book and image
- Sourced from an Internet Archive edition

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Notes

Elizabeth Meredith married Henry Oxenden, Aug 1640, Leeds Castle

Elizabeth Meredith (b. XXXX, d. 1659)

Henry Oxenden took Elizabeth Meredith, daughter of Sir William Meredith, 1st bart., of Leeds Castle, Kent, as his second wife. The marriage took place on 14th August 1640 at Leeds Castle, Kent. Elizabeth died on August 19th 1659. Elizabeth Oxenden (née Merdith) was the mother of Henry Oxenden's eldest son and heir, the later Sir James Oxenden (2nd bart.) (b. 1641, d. 1708).^[2]

Henry Oxenden, Leeds, May 1642

Henry Oxenden of Deane wrote to his cousin, Henry Oxinden, at Barham, in May 1642, stating that tomorrow he was going to Leeds (presumably Leeds Castle, Kent)

where I shall bee glad to see you beefore next terme.^[3]

Possible image sources

Plate, 'Leeds castle', in C. Greenwood, The epitome of county history, vol 1, Kent (London, 1839), betw. pp. 162 & 163

Possible primary sources

↑ Samuel and Nathaniel Buck, 'Twenty-four views of abbeys and castles in Kent' (London, 1736). See http://www.kentarchaeology.ac/TopographicalTradition/1736-buck.pdf, viewed 09/01/12
↑ D.W. Heyton, 'OXENDEN, Sir James, 2nd Bt. (1641-1708), of Deane, Wingham, Kent' (Online, 2002). See http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/oxenden-sir-james-2nd-bt-1641-1708, viewed 09/01/12
↑ Letter from Henry Oxinden of Deane to Henry Oxinden of Barham (his cousin): Letter 16

[1] Samuel and Nathaniel Buck, 'Twenty-four views of abbeys and castles in Kent' (London, 1736). See http://www.kentarchaeology.ac/TopographicalTradition/1736-buck.pdf, viewed 09/01/12

[2] D.W. Heyton, 'OXENDEN, Sir James, 2nd Bt. (1641-1708), of Deane, Wingham, Kent' (Online, 2002). See http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/oxenden-sir-james-2nd-bt-1641-1708, viewed 09/01/12

[3] Letter from Henry Oxinden of Deane to Henry Oxinden of Barham (his cousin): Letter 16

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