Elizabeth, Ralph & Ursula - Packington Leicestershire
Now lying against the wall behind the piano and war memorial www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/8EmPyC is the thick stone gravestone slab with the incised figures of Ralph Leeson 1587 & his 2 wives Eiizabeth Dethick & Ursula Poole under their heraldic coats of arms
"Here lieth the bodies of Raphe Leeson, gent, & Elizabeth his wife, sister to Humphrey Dethick of Newhall, esq. She died An Dni 1581; Secondly he married Ursula daughter to Austin Poole of Langely, esq. She died Ano 1586; and ye said
Raphe departed 21 of October 1587
Elizabeth. By her he had i daughter named Ellen.
Ursula. By her he had one son named Robert."
Ralph Leeson 1530-1587
He m1 Elizabeth 3rd daughter of Thomas Dethick of Newhall Derbyshire & Anne daughter of Thomas Rolleston and Elizabeth daughter of John Turville of Newhall,
She was the sister of Humphrey Dethick of Newhall & Hartshorne www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/Jr5x6R who m Elizabeth daughter of Ralph Longford & Dorothy Fitzherbert flic.kr/p/6xfByq daughter of Anthony Fitzherbert & Maud / Matilda Cotton flic.kr/p/2kyiD2m
She was the grand daughter of William Dethick & Anne daughter of Humphrey Bradborne / Bradbourne of Hogue
She was the 4 x great grand daughter of Margaret & William Dethick at Burton on Trent www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/212m99
She was also the grand daughter of James Rolleston 1529 of Ashover & Anne Babington 1505 flic.kr/p/2kwZXjy
Children
1. Ellen
He m2 Ursula 1560 - 1586 daughter of Augustin Pole of Kings Langley & Cecily daughter of William Bowden
Her father Augustin inherited the family lands at Kings Langley after the death of his childless brother Henry c1558 flic.kr/p/6LqLdm
Children
1. Robert 1585 - 1655 +++ m Jane b1584 daughter of Thomas Gleason & Jane Lowe.
(In court case over property in 1585, when Joan Coxe of Packington, called Ralph Leeson ‘a false knave’, the Court of Common Pleas took note that, ‘by reason of the speaking and pronouncement… the same Ralph is not only injured in his good name and fame, but also is grievously harmed in his dealings with divers honest persons’)
The slab was most likely made shortly after Ralph's death. He made provision for it in his will and appointed his son and daughter executors, and their uncle Humphrey Dethick of Newhall and Henry Edyell, inn holder of Burton Upon Trent, as supervisors. As his children were minors, Humphrey Dethick proved the will. Edyell who was once a servant of Ralph's uncle Dr William Leeson was a witness to the will of alabasterer Richard Parker of the Royley workshop at Burton On Trent where probably the slab was made.
What happened to Ellen & Robert, Who looked after them after the death of their parents ? Did Ellen live to adulthood & marry ?
Robert Leeson 1609 - 1694 of Packington, gent., son of Robert & Jane +++ is mentioned in January 1638 when be settled his property here in view of his intended marriage with Sarah Gilbert of Barrow, Derbyshire, the trustees of the settlement being William Gilbert of Barrow, and William Cooper of Chellaston. His son Robert Leeson 1684 - 1747 described as of Hathem, clerk, also made a settlement in 1746, of which Thomas Bowley, of Hathem, surgeon, and Samuel Smith, of Hathem, gardener, were the Trustees ; by this deed Robert settled property in Packington on his eldest son Robert, subject as to part to a life interest for his daughter Elizabeth Parker, and property in Hathern and Long Whatton on his second son Daniel.
- Church of the Holy Rood, Packington Leicestershire
www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/ursula-pole-24-198d5lb...
www.stirnet.co.uk/genie/data/british/dd/dethick2.php
archive.org/stream/leicestershirea01unkngoog/leicestershi...
Elizabeth, Ralph & Ursula - Packington Leicestershire
Now lying against the wall behind the piano and war memorial www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/8EmPyC is the thick stone gravestone slab with the incised figures of Ralph Leeson 1587 & his 2 wives Eiizabeth Dethick & Ursula Poole under their heraldic coats of arms
"Here lieth the bodies of Raphe Leeson, gent, & Elizabeth his wife, sister to Humphrey Dethick of Newhall, esq. She died An Dni 1581; Secondly he married Ursula daughter to Austin Poole of Langely, esq. She died Ano 1586; and ye said
Raphe departed 21 of October 1587
Elizabeth. By her he had i daughter named Ellen.
Ursula. By her he had one son named Robert."
Ralph Leeson 1530-1587
He m1 Elizabeth 3rd daughter of Thomas Dethick of Newhall Derbyshire & Anne daughter of Thomas Rolleston and Elizabeth daughter of John Turville of Newhall,
She was the sister of Humphrey Dethick of Newhall & Hartshorne www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/Jr5x6R who m Elizabeth daughter of Ralph Longford & Dorothy Fitzherbert flic.kr/p/6xfByq daughter of Anthony Fitzherbert & Maud / Matilda Cotton flic.kr/p/2kyiD2m
She was the grand daughter of William Dethick & Anne daughter of Humphrey Bradborne / Bradbourne of Hogue
She was the 4 x great grand daughter of Margaret & William Dethick at Burton on Trent www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/212m99
She was also the grand daughter of James Rolleston 1529 of Ashover & Anne Babington 1505 flic.kr/p/2kwZXjy
Children
1. Ellen
He m2 Ursula 1560 - 1586 daughter of Augustin Pole of Kings Langley & Cecily daughter of William Bowden
Her father Augustin inherited the family lands at Kings Langley after the death of his childless brother Henry c1558 flic.kr/p/6LqLdm
Children
1. Robert 1585 - 1655 +++ m Jane b1584 daughter of Thomas Gleason & Jane Lowe.
(In court case over property in 1585, when Joan Coxe of Packington, called Ralph Leeson ‘a false knave’, the Court of Common Pleas took note that, ‘by reason of the speaking and pronouncement… the same Ralph is not only injured in his good name and fame, but also is grievously harmed in his dealings with divers honest persons’)
The slab was most likely made shortly after Ralph's death. He made provision for it in his will and appointed his son and daughter executors, and their uncle Humphrey Dethick of Newhall and Henry Edyell, inn holder of Burton Upon Trent, as supervisors. As his children were minors, Humphrey Dethick proved the will. Edyell who was once a servant of Ralph's uncle Dr William Leeson was a witness to the will of alabasterer Richard Parker of the Royley workshop at Burton On Trent where probably the slab was made.
What happened to Ellen & Robert, Who looked after them after the death of their parents ? Did Ellen live to adulthood & marry ?
Robert Leeson 1609 - 1694 of Packington, gent., son of Robert & Jane +++ is mentioned in January 1638 when be settled his property here in view of his intended marriage with Sarah Gilbert of Barrow, Derbyshire, the trustees of the settlement being William Gilbert of Barrow, and William Cooper of Chellaston. His son Robert Leeson 1684 - 1747 described as of Hathem, clerk, also made a settlement in 1746, of which Thomas Bowley, of Hathem, surgeon, and Samuel Smith, of Hathem, gardener, were the Trustees ; by this deed Robert settled property in Packington on his eldest son Robert, subject as to part to a life interest for his daughter Elizabeth Parker, and property in Hathern and Long Whatton on his second son Daniel.
- Church of the Holy Rood, Packington Leicestershire
www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/ursula-pole-24-198d5lb...
www.stirnet.co.uk/genie/data/british/dd/dethick2.php
archive.org/stream/leicestershirea01unkngoog/leicestershi...