Events
Date of Baptism: probably 13 October 1593.
Place of Baptism: Burton Dassett, Warwickshire.
The entry is partly missing, but this seems to be the right date.
Date of Burial: 20 October 1680.
Place of Burial: Burton Dassett.
The burial is recorded in the parish register. The will of Mary Ledbrook, widow of Burton Dassett (made 1665, proved 1672) makes “my brother John Ledbrooke” one of the overseers. This was probably the John Ledbrook of this page.
Relationships
Father: John Ledbrooke.
Mother: Elizabeth Wagstaff.
See the Commentary section.
Spouse: Mary Spicer. Marriage settlement dated 1 June 1618.
The will of Mary’s mother mentions her daughter Mary Ledbroke and her son in law John Ledbrook
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
John Ledbrooke (buried 5 June 1656 in Burton Dassett)
Nathaniel Ledbrooke (baptized 2 November 1621 in Burton Dassett - died about 1694) married Dorothy.
Jonathan Ledbrooke
Elizabeth Ledbrooke
Evidence
from the Warwickshire archives catalogue (CR0709/4):
Marriage Settlement for Mary Spyrer [should be “Spycer”] before her marriage to John Ledbrooke of property in Knightcote.
Date: 1 June 1618
Mary was the daughter of John Spyrer of Napton-on-the-hill, yeoman and John was the son and heir of John Ledbrooke of Knightcote, Burton Dassett, yeoman. The settlement trustees are Theophilus Grene of Rugby, gentleman, William Foster of Banbury, Oxfordshire, gentleman, and James Hally of Stocken, Warwickshire, yeoman. The property consists of 4 messuages and various closes of land in Knightcote and Northend. Property in exchange for dowry of £200.
from the Burton Dassett parish register:
Nathaniell the sonne of John Ledbroke and Mary his wife was baptised the second of November 1621
John Ledbrook the younger was buried the 5th day of June 1656
Johnns Lidbrook sepultus fuit vindecimo die Octobris [1680]
Commentary
John’s parentage
In the description in the Warwickshire Archives catalogue of a 1618 marriage settlement, John is described as the son and heir of John Ledbrooke of Knightcote, Burton Dassett, yeoman.
In his 1640 will, John Ledbroke of Knightcott, yeoman, named his wife Elizabeth and his son John Ledbrooke.
(The elder) John and Elizabeth’s eldest child, John, was baptized in 1593. The Burton Dassett register records the marriage in 1592 of “John Lydbrooke sonne to Robert Lydbroke” and “Elizabethe Wagstaffe daughter to John Wagstaff”.
References
Burton Dassett parish registers. Digital images on Findmypast.co.uk accessed 3 January 2020.
Will of Agnes Spicer of Napton on the Hill, Warwickshire. Proved 1626 in the Consistory Court of Lichfield and Coventry. Digital images on Findmypast.co.uk accessed 2 January 2020
Will of John Ledbrook of Knightcote, Warwickshire. Proved 11 January 1640/1 in the Consistory Court of Lichfield and Coventry. Digital images on Findmypast.co.uk accessed 2 January 2020.
Will of Mary Ledbrook of Burton Dassett, Warwickshire. Proved 1672 in the Consistory Court of Lichfield and Coventry. Digital images on Findmypast.co.uk accessed 2 January 2020.