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LEEDER, Richard
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Name LEEDER, Richard Birth Between 1785 and 1786 Gender Male Death 1850 Reedham, Norfolk, England
Burial 2 Jun 1850 Reedham, Norfolk, England
Person ID I716 Edgoose Last Modified 3 Feb 2026
Father LEEDER, James d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F529 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family THROWER, Ann, b. 1782, Redenhall, Norfolk, England
d. 26 Dec 1858, Acle, Norfolk, England
(Age 76 years) Marriage 30 Sep 1817 Trinity, Bungay, Suffolk
Children 1. LEEDER, Richard, b. 29 Aug 1820, Bungay, Suffolk, England
d. 5 Mar 1893, Acle, Norfolk, England
(Age 72 years)2. LEEDER, James, b. 1824, Reedham, Norfolk, England
d. Yes, date unknown [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F528 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Notes
RICHARD LEEDER 1785 or 1786-1850
He married Ann THROWER at Trinity, Bungay, Suffolk, on 30 September 1817.
He was living at Bungay, Suffolk, when his son Richard LEEDER was born in 1820.
From the 1841 census of Reedham, Norfolk:
*Richard LEADER (sic), aged 52, journeyman butcher, born in Norfolk;
Ann LEADER (sic), aged 51, born in Norfolk.
(HO107/785/8/11/16)
White's Directory of Norfolk 1845 lists a Richard LEEDER, butcher, at Reedham, a village about six miles from Acle and nine from Great Yarmouth. Both Acle and Reedham are in Walsham Hundred. He is not listed in the directories for 1836 or 1854.
An advertisement in The Times of 24 July 1848 advertised the sale by auction of the Reedham Estate in Norfolk on 21 August. Lot Number 10 was described as:
"A House and Butcher's Shop, with four pieces of Land, at Reedham, occupied by Charles COCKERELL and Richard LEEDER, 11a. 2r. 32p."
(The Times 24 July 1848 page 10 column A)
Richard LEEDER, aged 64, was buried at Reedham, Norfolk, on 2 June 1850.
(GRO June Q 1850 Blofield 13 25)
No will is listed in the indexes to Norwich Archdeaconry Court or Norwich Consistory Court wills.
NOTEs & QUERIES:
The 1851 census of Shipmeadow, Suffolk, lists a Simon LEEDER, a 62 year old widower and pauper, born at Bungay. He was a journeyman stonemason.
(HO107/1804/279/12)
Richard, twin son of Richard & Elizabeth LEEDER, and Ann, twin daughter of Richard and Elizabeth LEEDER, were born in 1790 and baptised at Bungay, Suffolk, on 14 November 1790.
(FindMyPast Suffolk Baptism Index 1538-1911)
(revised 05.02.2022)

