Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
NameLeonard Keate 
[40, 5th Series, Vol III, (1918-19), pp.2 & 3 (Oxon vis'n).], [56, Oxford 1669-75, Harleian pub 1993, Lybbe pp. 9-10], [56, Berks of 1665-6 (prob), Harliean pub 1908, v.2, p. 161], [42, Oxford County History, vol 12, Kidlington manors, pp. 188.194]
[40, 5th Series, Vol III, (1918-19), pp.2 & 3 (Oxon vis'n).], [56, Oxford 1669-75, Harleian pub 1993, Lybbe pp. 9-10], [56, Berks of 1665-6 (prob), Harliean pub 1908, v.2, p. 161], [42, Oxford County History, vol 12, Kidlington manors, pp. 188.194]Deathca Jan 1623
General1st s. Of Checkenden, Oxon, of which he was Lord of the Manor.
Notes for Leonard Keate
Squibb, in Oxon visitation, thought he might be of Berks and thus in that visitation, ii, 161. if so, he was 1st s. and m. the sole heir of Sir Richard Moore, Master of Chancery. The evidence from Leonard’s will, or what I can decipher of it, seems to confirm this.
VCH Oxford, Vol 12, pp. 188-194, includes this on Kidlington and its Manors:
“Henry d'Oilly, probably the second of that name (d. 1196), gave a chapel at FRIES to Oseney abbey, and c. 1200 Thomas of St. Valery added the adjoining house, a grant confirmed by Richard, earl of Cornwall, before 1235. (fn. 3) That house, which lay in Yarnton parish, apparently passed from Oseney to Rewley abbey and descended thereafter with Rewley's Yarnton lands. (fn. 4) Oseney abbey retained its Fries estate until the Dissolution when it was granted, with Water Eaton, to the bishopric of Oxford and then to William Bury. (fn. 5) A later grant, by Elizabeth I in 1574 to Christopher Fenton and Bernard Gilpin of London, (fn. 6) does not seem to have taken effect. Bury sold Fries in 1551-2 to George Owen of Godstow, (fn. 7) but before 1570 the estate had passed to John Keate of Hagbourne (Berks.), who died that year; he was succeeded by his son John (d. 1618) and then by Leonard Keate (d. 1623). Leonard's heir was his daughter Mary who with her husband Anthony Libbe in 1648 surrendered Fries to Leonard's brother John Keate of Checkendon. (fn. 8)”
This firms up on the fact that Mary was the sole heraldic heir of her father.
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Further in the House of Lords Journel, vol 10, 1 Dec 1648, there is:
“Libbe's Petition, for Writings out of the Court of Wards.
Upon reading the Petition of Anthony Libbe and Mary his Wife, Daughter and Heir of Leonard Keate deceased, and late His Majesty's Ward; desiring, "to have a Lease and Mean Assignments out of the Court of Wards, to be made Use at the next Assizes at Oxford:"
It is Ordered, That the Clerk of the Court of Wards do certify the Truth of the Matter to this House; and if it be as is alledged in the Petition, that then he deliver the said Writings as is prayed in the Petition.”
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In The Ancestor, No V, of April 1903, p. 82, edited by Oswald Barron, there is this report of a case in the Court of Chancery, temp Chas I:
“EMANS v. KEATE and others
“EA Bill (19 May 1631) of Anthony Emans of Henley-upon-Thames,
co. Oxford, husbandman, complainant against John Keate of Stoke Stallmadge,
co. Oxford, esquire, Christopher Petty and Dorothy his wife.
“Concerning the complainant's title to a copyhold messuage and lands in the manor of Chekendon, held by the complainant's father and after his death by the complainant's mother, who died about ten years since. Leonard Keate of Chekendon, esquire, lord of the said manor, died and left the said Dorothy his widow, now wife of Christopher Petty of Tettisworth, gent. Leonard Keate had conveyed the inherit-
ance of the manor to the said John Keate.”
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The above transcripts more or less confirm what is on the Visitation record and give us this line:
John Keate of Hagbourne and Checkendon (d. 1570)
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John Keate of Checkendon, owner of Fries (d. 1618)
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Leonard Keate of Checkendon, John Keate of Checkenden
lord of manor of same (d. 1623) and of Stoke Smallmadge, dsp
m. Dorothy dau. of Sir Richard Moore
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Mary, sole heir = Antony Libby
The above is very similar to a fuller table of this family opp. p. 150 of “Parochial Topography of the Hundred of Wanting … Berks” by William Nelson Clarke, pub Parker and Whittaker, London 1824.
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VCH Oxford, Vol 12, pp. 188-194, includes this on Kidlington and its Manors:
“Henry d'Oilly, probably the second of that name (d. 1196), gave a chapel at FRIES to Oseney abbey, and c. 1200 Thomas of St. Valery added the adjoining house, a grant confirmed by Richard, earl of Cornwall, before 1235. (fn. 3) That house, which lay in Yarnton parish, apparently passed from Oseney to Rewley abbey and descended thereafter with Rewley's Yarnton lands. (fn. 4) Oseney abbey retained its Fries estate until the Dissolution when it was granted, with Water Eaton, to the bishopric of Oxford and then to William Bury. (fn. 5) A later grant, by Elizabeth I in 1574 to Christopher Fenton and Bernard Gilpin of London, (fn. 6) does not seem to have taken effect. Bury sold Fries in 1551-2 to George Owen of Godstow, (fn. 7) but before 1570 the estate had passed to John Keate of Hagbourne (Berks.), who died that year; he was succeeded by his son John (d. 1618) and then by Leonard Keate (d. 1623). Leonard's heir was his daughter Mary who with her husband Anthony Libbe in 1648 surrendered Fries to Leonard's brother John Keate of Checkendon. (fn. 8)”
This firms up on the fact that Mary was the sole heraldic heir of her father.
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Further in the House of Lords Journel, vol 10, 1 Dec 1648, there is:
“Libbe's Petition, for Writings out of the Court of Wards.
Upon reading the Petition of Anthony Libbe and Mary his Wife, Daughter and Heir of Leonard Keate deceased, and late His Majesty's Ward; desiring, "to have a Lease and Mean Assignments out of the Court of Wards, to be made Use at the next Assizes at Oxford:"
It is Ordered, That the Clerk of the Court of Wards do certify the Truth of the Matter to this House; and if it be as is alledged in the Petition, that then he deliver the said Writings as is prayed in the Petition.”
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In The Ancestor, No V, of April 1903, p. 82, edited by Oswald Barron, there is this report of a case in the Court of Chancery, temp Chas I:
“EMANS v. KEATE and others
“EA Bill (19 May 1631) of Anthony Emans of Henley-upon-Thames,
co. Oxford, husbandman, complainant against John Keate of Stoke Stallmadge,
co. Oxford, esquire, Christopher Petty and Dorothy his wife.
“Concerning the complainant's title to a copyhold messuage and lands in the manor of Chekendon, held by the complainant's father and after his death by the complainant's mother, who died about ten years since. Leonard Keate of Chekendon, esquire, lord of the said manor, died and left the said Dorothy his widow, now wife of Christopher Petty of Tettisworth, gent. Leonard Keate had conveyed the inherit-
ance of the manor to the said John Keate.”
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The above transcripts more or less confirm what is on the Visitation record and give us this line:
John Keate of Hagbourne and Checkendon (d. 1570)
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John Keate of Checkendon, owner of Fries (d. 1618)
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Leonard Keate of Checkendon, John Keate of Checkenden
lord of manor of same (d. 1623) and of Stoke Smallmadge, dsp
m. Dorothy dau. of Sir Richard Moore
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Mary, sole heir = Antony Libby
The above is very similar to a fuller table of this family opp. p. 150 of “Parochial Topography of the Hundred of Wanting … Berks” by William Nelson Clarke, pub Parker and Whittaker, London 1824.
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Will notes for Leonard Keate
PCC Will:
Description Will of Leonard Keate of Checkendon, Oxfordshire
Date 10 February 1623
Catalogue reference PROB 11/141
He lists:
His wife Dorothie,
His daughter Mary,
His friend Fossingham,
His friend Richard Libb.
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It appears that he owned the manor of Checkenden.
The above of the will makes it very likely that I have the right will and that Richard Lybbe ended up arranging that his son Antony should marry the daughter Mary of his friend Leonard keate. I may get someone to give me a decent transcription of this will.
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Description Will of Leonard Keate of Checkendon, Oxfordshire
Date 10 February 1623
Catalogue reference PROB 11/141
He lists:
His wife Dorothie,
His daughter Mary,
His friend Fossingham,
His friend Richard Libb.
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It appears that he owned the manor of Checkenden.
The above of the will makes it very likely that I have the right will and that Richard Lybbe ended up arranging that his son Antony should marry the daughter Mary of his friend Leonard keate. I may get someone to give me a decent transcription of this will.
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Arms Generally notes for Leonard Keate
Originally found in RCLPL’s notes, with reference to Berks visitations).
RCL P-L reports the arms as: Argent three mountain cats passant in pale sable.
RCL P-L reports the arms as: Argent three mountain cats passant in pale sable.
Armorial Blazon notes for Leonard Keate
Argent three mountain cats passant in pale Sable.
Blazon source notes for Leonard Keate
Oxon Vis’n of 1669-75, pp. 9 and 10 note (3); Berks vis’ns for 1532-1666, vol II, pp. 161-2; VCH Oxon, vol 12, pp. 188-194 on Kidlington; House of Lords Journal, vol 10 for 1 Dec 1648.