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Joan Leche (c. 1450 – March 1530) benefactress was the wife successively of Thomas Bodley and of Thomas Bradbury Lord Mayor of London in 1509. She founded a chantry in London and a grammar school in Saffron Walden Essex. Her great-grandson Sir John Leveson (1555–1615) was instrumental in putting down the Essex rebellion of 8 February 1601 and her great-grandson William Leveson (d.1621) acted as trustee for the original shareholders of the Globe Theatre.
