. Sussex archaeological collections relating to the history and antiquities of the county. s, his fourth son, when he entered the college ofSt. Omer. My fathers estate, he says, was ample,as it was left to him entire by his father. He was aschismatic for some time, although my mother wasalways Catholic. My father was first created a Knightof the Bath and then Lord Lieutenant of the County,and gained a great respect for prudence and equity, andat his departure left behind him an incredible by the pious importunity of his wife, and indeedmoved by Divine impulse, he at length determined
. Sussex archaeological collections relating to the history and antiquities of the county. s, his fourth son, when he entered the college ofSt. Omer. My fathers estate, he says, was ample,as it was left to him entire by his father. He was aschismatic for some time, although my mother wasalways Catholic. My father was first created a Knightof the Bath and then Lord Lieutenant of the County,and gained a great respect for prudence and equity, andat his departure left behind him an incredible by the pious importunity of his wife, and indeedmoved by Divine impulse, he at length determined toembrace Christian liberty. Having arranged his familyaffairs he went into voluntary exile at Louvain, and thuschose a port of salvation. He took with him four sons,and two daughters scarcely out of their infancy. Theeldest son being the heir and living at Court married the 23a gir Thomas and his descendants took these arms, differencing them with amullet to indicate descent from the fictitious second son of Sir Extended by R. Cooke, 1654 ; see Genealogist, Vol. VI. Plate WAPPINGTHORNE. SHIELD OF ARMS OVEK THE ENTRANCE. LEEDES OF WAPPINGTHORNE. 49 daughter of Sir Thomas Monson, a man most hostile tothe faith, and in great favour with the King. A littlemore than eight years ago (1607) my father out of fearof the present laws and the Earl of Salisbury persuadedme to frequent the Protestant Church. But after threeyears, growing older and my father having been thenreconciled, being converted by Father Walpole, I crossedthe sea and entered St. Oiner Seminary. The writer of the above, Thomas Leedes, born 1594,at Wappingthorne, became the head of the EnglishCollege at Rouen, 1640-41, and died between 1650 and1655. His brother, Edward, born 1598-9, also a Jesuit,was entered at the English College at Rouen, 1615,under the name of Courtney, and was professed in in England he was arrested on a charge of havingwritten against the Oath of Supremacy, and
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