Eleanor Leycester

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Eleanor Leycester (Harrington)

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Birthplace: Brirworth, , Kent, England
Death: 1520 (52-54)
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Daughter of Sir James Harrington, Kt. and Isabella Harrington
Wife of John Leycester, of Toft, Esq.
Mother of Rafe Leycester, of Toft, Esq.
Sister of Sir William Harrington; Elizabeth Lumley; Alice Standish; Agnes Assheton; Jennet Ashton and 5 others

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About Eleanor Leycester

From link to The History of the County Palatine and City of Cheshire 1882, Ormerod, George. vol 1 page 504

V. John Leycester of Toft, esquire, son and heir of Rafe,a married Elinour,b one of the daughters and coheirs of sir James Harrington of Wolfage in Northamptonshire; and had issue Rafe Leycester son and heir; Philip, another son, who married Elizabeth the widow of James Grimsditch of Grimsditch in Nether \Vhitley, 27 Hen. VIII. Lib. C. fol. 196. m. Geffrey Leycester, another son, living 12 Hen. VIII. I520. T. num. 89. Jane, a daughter, married Robert Langton of Lowe in Lanca. shire, esquire, I4 Hen. VIII. T. num. 88.2 I find also mentioned in a pedegree two other sons, Thomas and Richard; but I cannot yet prove them so directly as the other This John Leycesterd died 2 Hen. VIII. 1511. Elinour survived, and was widow I2 Hen. VIII. 1520. T. num. 89, and r4 Hen. VIII. T. num. 88. She was the ninth daughter and coheir, and had lands in Brieklesworth, in Northamptonshire; for sir James had ten daughters and coheirs in all : lib. A. fol. 133. m. n.

Origins

http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1108.htm#...

”James Harrington and Isabella Radcliffe had 1 son (William) & 10 daughters (Agnes, wife of Thomas Ashton; Elizabeth, wife of John Lumley; Alice, wife of Ralph Standish, Esq; Margaret, wife of Christopher Hulton; Isabel, wife of John Tresham; Eleanor, wife of John Leicester; Joan (Janet), wife of Edmund Ashton, Esq; Anne, wife of Sir William Stanley; Clemnce, wife of Henry Norrys, Esq; & Katherine ...”

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Eleanor Leycester's Timeline

1467
1467
Brirworth, , Kent, England
1488
1488
Toft, Cheshire, England
1520
1520
Age 53