LEAK, Francis (c.1542-1626), of Sutton Scarsdale, Derbys. and the Chantry House, Newark, Notts.

b. c. 1542, s. and h. of Sir Francis Leak of Sutton Scarsdale by Elizabeth, da. of William Paxton of Norf. educ. St. John’s, Camb. 1555; L. Inn 1556. m. (1) Frances, da. of Robert Swift of Rotherham, 1s.; (2) Mary, da. of John Egioke of Egioke, Worcs., 1s. suc. fa. 1581. Kntd. by 13 Oct. 1601.Her. and Gen. vii. 495; C142/188/20; C. Brown, Annals Newark, 73; APC, xxxii. 284. The date suggested by Shaw, Knights, ii. 98 for Leak’s knighthood is almost certainly wrong, as Leak appears as j.p.q., esquire, in the following years.