Leland, Ralph (1726-1743)
Leland, Ralph
Dublin, Ireland; looking-glass manufacturer (fl.1726-d.1743)
Brother of Robert Leland.
Recorded in High Street, 1726-30; Essex Bridge, 1737-43.
Parish of St Nicholas-Without, 12 June 1711, Ralph Leland married Mary Terry, from the Coombe [Parish Records Society of Dublin, vol. X, p. 92].
In 1726 Leland purchased the lease of a building in the High-street (three stories high with a front of 30 feet and extending backwards 90 feet) from Richard Blair and Mr Plunket for £700 [Registry of Deeds 49-445-32796].
In December 1733, Leland supplied a large tabernacle looking-glass mirror to Nathaniel Clements for the back parlour of his new house in Henrietta-street, costing £17, together with sconces and candlesticks, and put glass into a cedar frame, costing £49 4s. [Killadoon Papers, 1733—5].
Leland's will of 1743 survives [Register of Deeds Office, Dublin, Testament will, 17573]. His property included leaseholds in Capel Street, Great Britain Street, Church Street, Nicholas Street, and in the counties of Roscommon and Down. Freehold houses were at Merchant Quay, Chamber Street, Great Britain Street, Loftus Lane, Abbey Street, Cork Hill, Aston Quay and ground rent in King's Inn.
Dublin Courant, 10-13 October 1747: ‘Marriage: A few days ago Richard Leland Esq. (Son of the late Mr. Leland, eminent Glass Grinder of Essex-bridge), a young gentleman possessed of a considerable fortune in this Kingdom, was married in London to Miss Phillips of Sherrard-street, Niece of Mrs. Phillips of Sherrard House, a lady of 10,000 pounds’.
Source: Glin & Peill, Irish Furniture (2007), p. 294.
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