Ancestral Trails 2016 » Elizabeth LEEKE (1499-± 1570)

Personal data Elizabeth LEEKE 

• She was born in the year 1499 in Hasland, Chesterfield, Derbyshire.

  Attention: Age at marriage (??-??-1512) below 16 years (13).

• She died about 1570.
• A child of Thomas LEEKE and Margaret FOX

Household of Elizabeth LEEKE

(1) She is married to Ralph LEECH.

They got married after 1527.

Child(ren):

1. Elizabeth LEECH  1530-1601
2. Jane LEECH  1533-1604

(2) She is married to John II HARDWICK.

They got married in the year 1512 at Hardwick, Derbyshire, she was 13 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Mary HARDWICK  1518-???? 
2. Elizabeth HARDWICK  1527-???? 

Notes about Elizabeth LEEKE

Elizabeth Leake was the daughter of Thomas Leake of Hasland (1458-1523) and Margaret Fox. She married John Hardwick (d. January 29, 1528) and by him had Mary, Jane, James (1526-1581), Elizabeth (1527-February 13, 1608), and Alice. Eighteen months after her husband’s death, the Court of Wards took his estate, which included Hardwick Hall, and left the family with no financial support. They were not wealthy enough to buy back their home.

Elizabeth married Ralph Leche of Chatsworth (d.1550), by whom she had three more daughters, Elizabeth (d. January 1601), Jane, and Margaret. Her second husband was imprisoned in the Fleet for debt from 1538-44 and during that time the family lived at Hardwick Hall, possibly renting it from the Court of Wards. It was left to Elizabeth’s daughter, Elizabeth Hardwick, to restore the family’s fortunes.

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