. Sussex archaeological collections relating to the history and antiquities of the county. indows, one of which reaches from thebottom floor almost to the roof, some of the lights being ; closed up. A fine old Jacobean porch forms the entrance,and a shield of arms, with date 1609 carved in stone, isover ,the doorway. Inside the house there is not much : to be seen, though something of interest may be hiddenbehind the whitewash and paper of the walls. One ofthe lower rooms is well panelled with oak, and has apretty little cornice of narrow oblong panels carvedwith alternate star and linen fold
. Sussex archaeological collections relating to the history and antiquities of the county. indows, one of which reaches from thebottom floor almost to the roof, some of the lights being ; closed up. A fine old Jacobean porch forms the entrance,and a shield of arms, with date 1609 carved in stone, isover ,the doorway. Inside the house there is not much : to be seen, though something of interest may be hiddenbehind the whitewash and paper of the walls. One ofthe lower rooms is well panelled with oak, and has apretty little cornice of narrow oblong panels carvedwith alternate star and linen fold pattern. The coat of arms over the entrance doorway is worth , examination. It is not so entirely obliterated as Mr. Lower avers, the sinister half being quite discernible,and the upper quarterings of the dexter side may be \ guessed at. The coat is that of the Leedes family, > owners of Wappingthorne for about two hundred house was evidently built in the reign of James Sir Thomas Leedes, , who married Mary, only ! daughter and heiress of Thomas Leedes, of North. LEEDES OF WAPPINGTHORNE. 39 Milford, in the parish of Kirkby Wharfe, arms are therefore Leedes of Wappingthorneimpaling Leedes of North Milford. Both families have long been extinct in the male line,but a pedigree of Leedes of Wappingthorne still was drawn up, no doubt, early in the seventeenthcentury, and is a beautiful specimen of heraldic the foot there is a magnificent shield of fourteenquarterings, from which some of the coats in the stonecarving can be identified. It is here shown that theLeedes family claimed descent from Reginald [a mistakefor Gerald] de Normanville, one of the Conquerorsfollowers, whose heiress is said to have married Robertor Thomas de Kause, Caux, or Calx, as it is variouslyspelt. Another ancestor is Astolfus [Asolf or Essulfj,two of whose grandsons were known as de Birkinand de Ledes, from their lands in these Yorkshiretownships. Both the
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