Biography
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John Leeke, Esq. was born circa 1390 at of Sutton Scarsdale, Derbyshire, England. He was the son of Sir John Leeke & Isabel Towers.
He married Alice Grey, daughter of John Grey and Emmeline, circa 1415.[2]
Family
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John LEEKE Esquire 1, 2, 3 was born 1380 in Sutton Scarsdale, Derbyshire, England. He married Alice de GREY on 1403 in Sutton Scarsdale, Derbyshire, England.
Alice de GREY [Parents] 1, 2, 3 was born 4 1382 in Sandiacre, Derbyshire, England. She married John LEEKE Esquire on 1403 in Sutton Scarsdale, Derbyshire, England.
They had the following children:
- M i William LEEKE was born 1410 and died 1458. Married Catherine Chaworth.
Genealogy
Stirnet: ‘Leeke01’
- Sir John Leeke, lord of Cotham
- 1. Sir Simon (not John) Leeke of Cotham, Nottinghamshire m. Margaret Vaux
- A. Sir John Leeke or Leek of Cotham (MP) m. Isabell Towers (dau of John Towers of Somerby)
- i. Sir Simon Leek of Cotham m. Joan Talbot (dau of Sir John Talbot of Swanington)
- ii. Sir John Leek or Leake of Sutton, Derbyshire m. Alice Grey
- a. William Leek or Leake of Langford m. Katherine Chaworth The SMG correspondence follows their son Thomas, identified as probably the 2nd son. Various web sites show their elder/eldest son as the following John and provide the connection to Sir Francis shown at the continuation point.
- (1) John Leake of Sutton m. Elizabeth Savage (dau of Sir John Savage of Clifton)
- (A) Sir John Leake of Sutton (d 11.12.1522) m. (09.06.1489) Jane Foljambe (dau of Henry Foljambe of Walton by Benedicta Vernon)
- (i) Sir Francis Leake of Sutton (d 01.08.1580) m. Elizabeth Paston (dau of Sir William Paston of Paston)
- (a) Sir Francis Leke of Sutton in Scarsdale, Derbyshire (d 1626) - continued below m1. Frances Swift (dau of Robert Swift of Bayton) m2. Mary
- (b) Mary Leake m. Robert Markham of Coatham
- (B) Catherine Leek or Leake probably of this generation (but see below) m. (c1490) Godfrey Foljambe of Walton (b 27.03.1472, d 1541)
- (2) Thomas Leake of Hasland (2nd son) m. Margaret Fox (dau of William Fox) name found on various web sites
- (A) Elizabeth Leake m1. (1512) John Hardwick (d 1527) m2. Ralph Leech
- b. Thomas Leek
- iii. Margaret Leek or Leake m1. Godfrey Foljambe see above m2. Sir Thomas Rempston ## see here
- B. William Leeke of Kirketon (a 1384, MP) m. Avice Stockton (dau/heir of John de Stockton by dau/heir (by Margaret) of Thomas de Kirketon son (by Beatrix) of Robert son of John son of Robert de Kirketon, probably son of Roger de Kireketon)
References
- The Lineage and Ancestry of H.R.H. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, by Gerald Paget, Vol. II, p. 450.
- Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 13.
- Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 554