See also
| Husband: | William Lea (c. 1819-1889) | |
| Wife: | Hannah Sophia Farley (1825-1883) | |
| Marriage | 5 Aug 1851 | Hallow, Worcestershire |
| Name: | William Lea | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | William Lea ( - ) | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Birth | c. 1819 | Stone House, Stone, Worcestershire |
| Census | 1841 (age 21-22) | Student, Brasenose College, Oxford |
| Census | 1851 (age 31-32) | Vicar of St Peters Droitwich, Hanbury Road, Droitwich, Worcestershire (lodger, unmarried) |
| Census | 1861 (age 41-42) | Vicar of St Peters Droitwich, Primsland Road, Droitwich, Worcestershire |
| Census | 1871 (age 51-52) | Vicar of St Peters, St Peters Vicarage, Droitwich, Worcestershire |
| Census | 1881 (age 61-62) | Vicar of St Peters, St Peters Vicarage, Droitwich, Worcestershire |
| Death fact | 1889 (age 69-70) | 1889 Sep Q, Droitwich, 6c/181 (aged 70) |
| Death | 24 Sep 1889 (age 69-70) | Orchardlea, St Peters, Droitwich, Worcestershire |
| Name: | Hannah Sophia Farley | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | George Farley (c. 1794-1848) | |
| Mother: | Hannah Perham Trenow (1797-1875) | |
| Birth | 1825 | Bedwardine, Worcester |
| Census | 23 May 1825 (age 0) | St John Bedwardine, Worcester |
| Census | 1851 (age 25-26) | Visiting Walter Hemming, County Magistrate, Bentley Pauncefoot, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire (unmarried) |
| Census | 1861 (age 35-36) | Wife in household (Sophia Lea) |
| Census | 1871 (age 45-46) | Wife in household (Sophia H Lea) |
| Census | 1881 (age 55-56) | Wife in household (Sophia H Lea) |
| Death | 8 Feb 1883 (age 57-58) | St. Peter's Vicarage, Droitwich, Worcestershire |
LEA, Ven. William, St. Peter's Vicarage, Droitwich. B.N.G. Ox; 2nd cl. Lit. Hum. 1841; B.A. 1842. M.A. 1859. d 1843, p 1845. V. of St. Pet. Droitwich, Dio. Worc. 1849. (B, Earl Somers; Gross Inc. from T.R.C. £167, outgoings £172, a Net loss of £5, and Ho; Pop. 866.) Hon. Can. of Worc.1858 ; Archd. of Worc. 1881. Author, Church Plate in the Archdeaconry of Worcester, Simpkin and Marshall, 1884, 4s 6d; Charge, 1882.
Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1885.
Lea, William, 1S. William, of Stone, co. Warwick, arm. BRASENOSE COLL., matric. 6 June 1838, aged 18; B.A. 1842, M.A. 1859, vicar of St. Peter's Droitwich, 1849, hon. canon of Worcester 1858, archdeacon 1881. See Rugby School Reg., 181.
Ancestry.com. Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA
LEA The Venerable William, 11 December 1889. The Will of the Venerable William Lea late of Orchardlea St. Peter's Droitwich in the County of Worcester Clerk Archdeacon of Worcester who died 24 September 1889 at Orchardlea was proved at Worcester by the Reverend Josiah Turner Lea of Far Forest Parsonage Rock in the said County Clerk the Brother the Reverend William Lea of St. Thomas Clergy House Stockport in the County of Chester Clerk the Nephew and Francis John Adelbert Wood of the Wood House in the Parish of Thrawley in the County of Worcester Esquire the Executors. Personal Estate £56,050 5s. 5d.
Lea's Provident Fund: In 1889 the Ven. Archdeacon William Lea, by his will proved at Worcester 11 December, bequeathed £100, represented by £107 16s. 4d. consols, with the official trustees, in augmentation of the charities of Mrs. Catherine Talbot and Mrs. Sarah Roberts, otherwise the 'May-day Money,' in accordance with the provisions of a scheme of the Charity Commissioners 26 June 1874.
Lea's Savings Bank Fund: The official trustees also hold under this title a sum of £102 11s. 8d. consols, derived under the will of the same testator; Also a sum of £102 16s. 6d. consols, arising from the will of Mrs. Hannah Sophia Lea, proved at Worcester 11 May 1883.
A scheme dealing with all the charities in St. Andrew's parish is contemplated.
Source: 'The borough of Droitwich: Manors, churches and charities', A History of the County of Worcester: volume 3 (1913), pp. 81-90. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43092 Date accessed: 01 September 2014.
LEA Hannah Sophie (otherwise Sophia), 11 May 1883. The Will of Hannah Sophie (otherwise Sophia) Lea (Wife of the Reverend William Lea, Clerk) late of St. Peter's Vicarage Droitwich in the County of Worcester who died 8 February 1883 at St. Peter's Vicarage was proved at Worcester by the said Reverend William Lea of St. Peter's Vicarage Archdeacon of Worcester Edward Greenhill Amphlett of Woodside Clewer Hill Windsor in the County of Berks Barrister-at-Law and Henry Martin Moorsom of Ashton Bank Preston in the County of Lancaster Esquires the Executors. Probate being granted under certain Limitations. Personal Estate £10,864 2s. 11d.