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Margareta DRAKE 1390–1419 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt 1390

Birth Location: Church Stretton, Shropshire, England

Death Date: 1419

Death Location: Otterton, Devonshire, England

Father: John EXMOUTH

Mother: Christian BILLETT

Spouse(s): Thomas LEIGHTON, Richard LEIGHTON

Children(s): Richard LEIGHTON

Margareta DRAKE was born in 1390 in Church Stretton, Shropshire, England, the child of John Drake I Of Mt Drake And Exmouth And Christian Billett. Margareta DRAKE married Richard Leighton, Thomas Leighton, and had children including Richard Leighton. Margareta DRAKE passed away in 1419 in Otterton, Devonshire, England.

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Biography

  • Margareta DRAKE was born in 1390 in Church Stretton, Shropshire, England, the child of John Drake I Of Mt Drake And Exmouth And Christian Billett.
  • Margareta DRAKE married Richard Leighton, Thomas Leighton, and had children including Richard Leighton.
  • Margareta DRAKE passed away in 1419 in Otterton, Devonshire, England.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

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Margareta DRAKE's Ancestors

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Margareta DRAKE
1390–1419
Birth Place: Church Stretton, Shropshire, England
Parents
John DRAKE I OF MT DRAKE AND EXMOUTH
1321–1403
Great Waltham, Essex County. England
Christian BILLETT
1354–1430
Ashe by Axminster, Devon, England
Grandparents
Robert DRAKE
1321–1392
Ashe, Musbury, Devonshire, England, UK
Ellen (Elizabeth) PRIDEAUX
1330–1376
Great Waltham, Essex County. England
John BILLETT
1324–1388
Ashe, Musbury, Devonshire, England
Alice HAMPTON
1328–1382
Musbury, Devonshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Nicholas DRAKE
1275–1331
Julianna GREENVILLE
1280–1328
John PRIDEAUX
1286–1350
Elizabeth HATCH
1298–1371
John BELLOT
1294–
John BELLOT
1299–
Warren HAMPTON
1420–1520
Joane BROOKE
1425–1525
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Nicholas DRAKE
1252–1302
Agnes MARR
1256–1319
Roger PRIDEAUX
1260–
Elizabeth CLIFFORD
1270–1340
William HATCH
1278–1330
Margaret HORTON
1280–1298
Ralph BELET
1258–1315
Ellen BIGOT
1260–
Warren HAMPTON
1395–
Phillipa D'ORWAY
1395–
Richard
1280–
Mrs. Richard
1284–

Margareta DRAKE's Descendants

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Margareta DRAKE (Abt 1390–1419) m. Thomas LEIGHTON (1375–) m. Richard LEIGHTON (1404–21 Jan 1479)
  1. 1. Richard LEIGHTON 1412–1456 m. Joan (Joyce) CORNWALL 1414–1432
    1. 1. John LEIGHTON 1426–1493 m. Ankaret BURGH 1434–1498
      1. 1. Richard LAWTON 1500–1566 m. Joan PURRIER 1499–1558
        1. 1. Thomas LAWTON 1527–1558 m. Joan WHEELER 1534–1563
        2. 2. John LAWTON 1450–1520 m. Alianor MORE 1485–1520
        3. 3. Isabel LAWTON 1514–1599 m. Richard LOWNDES 1510–1592
      2. 2. Margaret LEIGHTON 1448–
      3. 3. Jane LEIGHTON 1450–1471 m. John BRUYN 1443–1471
      4. 4. Alice LEIGHTON 1451– m. Reginald RIDLEY 1447–
      5. 5. Thomas LEIGHTON 1452–1519 m. Anne BAKER 1456–1498 m. Elizabeth DEVEREUX 1452–1516
      6. 6. William LEIGHTON 1454–1520 m. Margery SPRENCHEAUX 1450–1512
      7. 7. Cuthbert LEIGHTON 1456–
      8. 8. Rose LEIGHTON 1457– m. William BEIST 1453–
      9. 9. Foulk LEIGHTON 1463– m. Foulk LEIGHTON 1470–
      10. 10. Ankeret LEIGHTON 1464–1528 m. Richard MYNDE 1460–
      11. 11. Joyce LEIGHTON 1468–
      12. 12. Elizabeth LEIGHTON 1471–1519 m. Fulke LEIGH 1470–
    2. 2. Elizabeth LEIGHTON 1430– m. William LYSTER 1425–1475 m. Fulke LEE 1450–1498

Margareta DRAKE's Timeline

2 Records

1390
Abt 1390
Birth of Margareta DRAKE in Church Stretton, Shropshire, England
Church Stretton, Shropshire, England
1419
1419
Age 29
Death of Margareta DRAKE in Otterton, Devonshire, England
Otterton, Devonshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt 1390
    Event Place: Church Stretton, Shropshire, England
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch<i>, accessed 29 Mar 2024), entry for Margareta Drake, person ID LHTZ-BXL.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1419
    Event Place: Otterton, Devonshire, England
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch<i>, accessed 29 Mar 2024), entry for Margareta Drake, person ID LHTZ-BXL.

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