Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
NameJohn Sleech 
[23, Rhodes article, Sleech sub-article, vol 3, pp. 571-3]
[23, Rhodes article, Sleech sub-article, vol 3, pp. 571-3]Death1788
GeneralArchdeacon of Cornwall. The last male Sleech.
EducationEton
FatherRev Richard Sleech (-1729)
MotherElizabeth Upman
Spouses
Marriage18 May 1749, Faringdon, Devon [21, Marriage at Faringdon on 18 May 1749]
ChildrenElizabeth
Notes for John Sleech
See Thomas Harwood’s “Alumni Etonienses”, p. 320
“JOHN SLEECH, A.B. 1733; A.M. 1737; was brother of Stephen Sleech, of the year 1723; was and Assistant at Eton School, and Vicar of Sudbury, in Devonshire, in 1737; and in 1741, collated to the Archdeaconry of Cornwall. In March 1747, he became Canon Residentiary of Exeter; in May 1749, he married the daughter of John Cholwick, Esq, Deputy Recorder of that city; and in August 1769, he was presented to the first Prebend of Gloucester, by his school-fellow Pratt, Lord Chancellor Camden. In August 1743, he preached in Exeter Cathedral the Anniversary Sermon for the foundation of the Devon and Exeter Hospital. His son died in December, 1785.”
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“JOHN SLEECH, A.B. 1733; A.M. 1737; was brother of Stephen Sleech, of the year 1723; was and Assistant at Eton School, and Vicar of Sudbury, in Devonshire, in 1737; and in 1741, collated to the Archdeaconry of Cornwall. In March 1747, he became Canon Residentiary of Exeter; in May 1749, he married the daughter of John Cholwick, Esq, Deputy Recorder of that city; and in August 1769, he was presented to the first Prebend of Gloucester, by his school-fellow Pratt, Lord Chancellor Camden. In August 1743, he preached in Exeter Cathedral the Anniversary Sermon for the foundation of the Devon and Exeter Hospital. His son died in December, 1785.”
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Notes for John & Mary (Family)
Their marriage:
spouse: John Sleech
Name John Sleech
Spouse's Name Mary Cholwich
Event Date 18 May 1749
Event Place Farringdon,Devon,England
Indexing Project (Batch) Number M05055-1
System Origin England-ODM
GS Film number 916845
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spouse: John Sleech
Name John Sleech
Spouse's Name Mary Cholwich
Event Date 18 May 1749
Event Place Farringdon,Devon,England
Indexing Project (Batch) Number M05055-1
System Origin England-ODM
GS Film number 916845
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