Paternal Family Tree: Leke
In or before 1581 [his father] Francis Leke [aged 38] and [his mother] Frances Swift [aged 50] were married.
In 1581 Francis Leke 1st Earl Scarsdale was born to Francis Leke [aged 39] and Frances Swift [aged 51].
In 1610 [his mother] Frances Swift [aged 80] died.
After 1610 [his father] Francis Leke [aged 68] and [his step-mother] Mary Egioke Lady Clifton were married.
On 25th May 1611 Francis Leke 1st Earl Scarsdale [aged 30] was created 1st Baronet Leke of Sutton in Derbyshire. [his future wife] Anne Carey Lady Leke [aged 25] by marriage Lady Leke of Sutton in Derbyshire.
Before 1612 Francis Leke 1st Earl Scarsdale [aged 30] and Anne Carey Lady Leke [aged 26] were married. They were fifth cousins.
In 1612 [his son] Nicholas Leke 2nd Earl Scarsdale was born to Francis Leke 1st Earl Scarsdale [aged 31] and [his wife] Anne Carey Lady Leke [aged 26]. He married his third cousin twice removed Frances Rich Countess Scarsdale, daughter of Robert Rich 2nd Earl Warwick and Frances Hatton Countess Warwick, and had issue.
In October 1624 [his wife] Anne Carey Lady Leke [aged 39] died.
In 1626 [his father] Francis Leke [aged 84] died.
In 1628 Francis Leke 1st Earl Scarsdale [aged 47] was created 1st Baron Deincourt of Sutton.
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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On 5th May 1643 [his son] Charles Leke was killed at Lansdown Hill, Bath.
On 5th July 1643 the Battle of Lansdowne was an inconclusive battle between a Royalist army commanded by Ralph Hopton 1st Baron Hopton [aged 47] and a Parliamentary Army commanded by William Waller [aged 46] at Lansdown Hill, Bath. The two commanders being old friends.
[his son] Edward Leke was killed.
Bevil Grenville [aged 48] was killed at the at the head of the Cornish infantry as it reached the top of Lansdown Hill. He received a blow to the head with a pole-axe and was taken to the rectory at nearby Cold Ashton, Gloucestershire where he died.
In 1645 Francis Leke 1st Earl Scarsdale [aged 64] was created 1st Earl Scarsdale.
In 1655 Francis Leke 1st Earl Scarsdale [aged 74] died. In 1655 His son Nicholas [aged 43] succeeded 2nd Earl Scarsdale, 2nd Baron Deincourt of Sutton, 2nd Baronet Leke of Sutton in Derbyshire. Frances Rich Countess Scarsdale by marriage Countess Scarsdale.
[his daughter] Catherine Leke was born to Francis Leke 1st Earl Scarsdale and Anne Carey Lady Leke. She married Cuthbert Morley.
[his daughter] Muriel Leke was born to Francis Leke 1st Earl Scarsdale and Anne Carey Lady Leke.
[his daughter] Elizabeth Leke was born to Francis Leke 1st Earl Scarsdale and Anne Carey Lady Leke.
[his daughter] Penelope Leke was born to Francis Leke 1st Earl Scarsdale and Anne Carey Lady Leke. She married before 1688 Charles Lucas 2nd Baron Lucas Shenfield.
[his daughter] Frances Leke was born to Francis Leke 1st Earl Scarsdale and Anne Carey Lady Leke. She married before 29th July 1682 her half fourth cousin once removed Jenico Preston 7th Viscount Gormanston, son of Nicholas Preston 6th Viscount Gormanston and Mary Barnewall.
[his son] Francis Leke was born to Francis Leke 1st Earl Scarsdale and Anne Carey Lady Leke.
[his daughter] Anne Leke was born to Francis Leke 1st Earl Scarsdale and Anne Carey Lady Leke. She married Henry Hildyard.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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[his son] Henry Leke was born to Francis Leke 1st Earl Scarsdale and Anne Carey Lady Leke.
[his son] Charles Leke was born to Francis Leke 1st Earl Scarsdale and Anne Carey Lady Leke.
[his son] Edward Leke was born to Francis Leke 1st Earl Scarsdale and Anne Carey Lady Leke.
Kings Wessex: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 13 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 19 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 14 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Malcolm III of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Louis VIII of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 21 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 13 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Leeke of Gotham
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Leeke of Lakeford
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Leke
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Leke 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Savage 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Savage
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Elizabeth Brereton
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Savage 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Stanley 1st Baron Stanley 
10 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Stanley 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Goushill Baroness Stanley 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Grandfather: Francis Leke 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Foljambe 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Jane Foljambe
father: Francis Leke 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Paston 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Paston
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Barry
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Paston
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Mautby
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Mautby
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Paston
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Brewes
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margery Brewes
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Debenham
Grandmother: Elizabeth Paston 10 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Heydon
Great x 1 Grandmother: Bridget Heydon 9 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Boleyn 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Geoffrey Boleyn
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Bracton
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Boleyn 8 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Hoo 1st Baron Hoo and Hastings 9 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ann Hoo 7 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wychingham 6 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Francis Leke 1st Earl Scarsdale 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Grandfather: Robert Swifte of Bayton
mother: Frances Swift
Great x 1 Grandfather: Nicholas Wickersley of Yorkshire
Grandmother: Ellen Wickersley