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- Robert was granted a degree of Bachelor of Arts 1544-5, Master of Arts in 1548 from Cambridge.
Robert was a Fellow of Saint John's College about 1545, and was so designated in a deed dated 24 Sep 1551, from Christopher Rogar of Little Eversden, husbandman, for 1/2 acre in Little Eversden (Queen's College Archives, Eversden Deed 664). This transfer was for property which Robert's brother, Edmund, had bought from Christopher Rogers, by a deed dated 10 Aug 1550 (Deed 663) and which Edmund bequeathed to Robert in his will dated 12 Jul 1551. The bequest was apparently implemented by reconveying it to Robert.
On 4 May 1558 Mary Lete, widow of Robert, gentleman, quitclaimed to the College of Saint John certain lands in Great and Little Eversden, which lands had been deeded four days earlier by his brother Thomas Leete of Little Eversden, gentleman, for £60 (Deeds 672, 673). A performance bond of £100 was also executed. These must have been inherited lands in which Robert could have had some vague claim; otherwise there would have been no need for him to execute a quitclaim deed. As for the widow, Mary, she was perhaps the widow of brother Henry of whom little is known.
On 16 Apr 1573 "Mr. Robert Leet and Alise Grudy” were married at Great Eversden. Robert was about 48 years old at the time of his marriage. Perhaps he had an earlier wife of whom there is no record. There seem to have been no other children except by his marriage to Alice Grundy. Alice was about 20 years younger than her husband. Their first child was baptized only 2 1/2 months after their marriage. Apparently, Robert resisted marriage as long as possible.
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1525 - 1597 (72 years)