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Personal data Margaret Leek 

• Alternative name: Isabel Leeke
• She was born about 1371 in Bakewell, Derbyshire, England.Source 2

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• (Alt. Birth) about 1367: Cotham, Newark, Nottinghamshire, England.
• She died on April 21, 1454.
• She is buried in Bingham, Nottinghamshire, England.Source 3
• A child of Simon Leeke and Margaret Vaux
• This information was last updated on December 4, 2022.

Household of Margaret Leek

(1) She is married to Godfrey III Foljambe.

They got married.Source 3

Child(ren):

1. Alice Foljambe  1387-1416 

(2) She is married to Thomas Rempston.

They got married after 1388.Source 3

Child(ren):

1. Thomas Rempston  1389-1458 

Notes about Margaret Leek

[Curt Hofemann]

In an article on her 2nd husband, Sir Thomas Rempston (drowned in the Thames 31 Oct.1406), of Rempstone, Notts., HOP states:

prob. s. of John Rempston of Rempstone.
m. Margaret (d. 21 Apr. 1454), da. of Sir Simon Leek† of Leake, Notts., wid. of Sir Godfrey Foljambe (1367-88) of Ockbrook, Derbys., at least 3s. inc. Sir Thomas II*.
Kntd. by Jan. 1384; KG 21 May 1400. [Ref: HOP IV:189]

His marriage to Margaret, the widow of Sir Godfrey Foljambe, and sister of Sir John Leek*, not only brought him the manor of Ockbrook in Derbyshire (which constituted her dower), but also strengthened ever further his ties with the house of Lancaster, since both the Leeks and the Foljambes were committed supporters of Gaunt and his son. [Ref: HOP IV:190]

He left at least three sons, Sir Thomas, who succeeded to the family estates, Robert and William. The latter (then aged nine) was destined for the Church, and as early as 1411 he received a papal indult allowing him to hold a benefice with cure of souls. The widowed Margaret Rempston retained an impressive jointure which, in Nottinghamshire alone, produced at least £60 a year. A fomidable dowager much given to litigation, she survived until 1454, by which date she had extended her holdings there even further to include the manor of Arnold as well. She was buried beside her husband in the parish church of Bingham, a living occupied by their youngest son for several years. It was, however, at Rempstone that she endowed a chantry, where prayers were to be said for the late Sir Thomas and his chief benefactor, Henry IV. [Ref: HOP IV:191]

* sat in Parliament during the period under review [1386-1421].
† sat in Parliament outside the period under review.

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