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- The Leete family is an ancient one, traced back to before the Norman co nquest of England. Leit is described in the Doomsday Book as a thane (a r ank of nobility in pre-Norman England, roughly equivalent to baron) of t he Anglo-Saxon, Edward the Confessor, King of England from 1042 until h is death 5 Jan 1056/66. The manor of Foxcote in Buckinghamshire, worth £ 3 annually, is mentioned as being formerly held by Leit.
The Eversden branch of the Leete family embraces the names of the known d escendants of John Leete, of Eversden, Cambridgeshire whose name stands a t the head of the family pedigree, recorded by the Heralds in their Vis itation of Cambridgeshire in 1575, and again in 1619. From this John of E versden also descend the Leetes of Suffolk, whose pedigree is recorded i n the Visitation of Suffolk in 1612.
The Leete family is an ancient one, traced back to before the Norman co n quest of England. Leit is described in the Doomsday Book as a thane (a r a nk of nobility in pre-Norman England, roughly equivalent to baron) of t h e Anglo-Saxon, Edward the Confessor, King of England from 1042 until h i s death 5 Jan 1056/66. The manor of Foxcote in Buckinghamshire, worth £ 3 a nnually, is mentioned as being formerly held by Leit.
The Eversden branch of the Leete family embraces the names of the known d e scendants of John Leete, of Eversden, Cambridgeshire whose name stands a t t he head of the family pedigree, recorded by the Heralds in their Vis it ation of Cambridgeshire in 1575, and again in 1619. From this John of E v ersden also descend the Leetes of Suffolk, whose pedigree is recorded i n t he Visitation of Suffolk in 1612.
The Leete family is an ancient one, traced back to before the Norman co nquest of England. Leit is described in the Doomsday Book as a thane (a r ank of nobility in pre-Norman England, roughly equivalent to baron) of t he Anglo-Saxon, Edward the C onfessor, King of England from 1042 until h is death 5 Jan 1056/66. The manor of Foxcote in Buckinghamshire, worth £ 3 annually, is mentioned as being formerly held by Leit.
The Eversden branch of the Leete family embraces the names of the known d escendants of John Leete, of Eversden, Cambridgeshire whose name stands a t the head of the family pedigree, recorded by the Heralds in their Vis itation of Cambridgeshire i n 1575, and again in 1619. From this John of E versden also descend the Leetes of Suffolk, whose pedigree is recorded i n the Visitation of Suffolk in 1612.
The Leete family is an ancient one, traced back to before the Norman co n quest of England. Leit is described in the Doomsday Book as a thane (a r a nk of nobility in pre-Norman England, roughly equivalent to baron) of t h e Anglo-Saxon, Edward th e Confessor, King of England from 1042 until h i s death 5 Jan 1056/66. The manor of Foxcote in Buckinghamshire, worth £ 3 a nnually, is mentioned as being formerly held by Leit.
The Eversden branch of the Leete family embraces the names of the known d e scendants of John Leete, of Eversden, Cambridgeshire whose name stands a t t he head of the family pedigree, recorded by the Heralds in their Vis it ation of Cambridgeshir e in 1575, and again in 1619. From this John of E v ersden also descend the Leetes of Suffolk, whose pedigree is recorded i n t he Visitation of Suffolk in 1612.
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