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About James Leyburn
Sir James Leyburn, also Laybourne, Labourn, etc., was a senior representative of one of the powerful families within the Barony of Kendal. He was at different times a Justice of the Peace for Westmorland, Escheator for Cumberland and Westmorland, and Commissioner for the survey of the monasteries of Lancashire. He was caught up in the troubles at Kendal during the Pilgrimage of Grace (1536–1537). As an assistant to Sir Thomas Wharton, Deputy Warden of the West March, he took an important part in the Battle of Solway Moss (1542). He was one of the two MPs for Westmorland in 1542 and 1545.
Everything about James Leyburn →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Member of the 1542-44 Parliament, Member of the 1545-47 Parliament
- Born
- 1490
- Died
- August 20, 1548