Sir Francis Leake (d. 1588) of Sutton near Chesterfield Cartulary containing transcribed medieval deeds relating to his family's estates in North Derbyshire This cartulary contains transcripts of many medieval deeds of which the originals are not known to survive. It comprises 412 pages but pages 128 to 360 are blank. Pages 1-127 contain transcripts of deeds relating to Leake property in the parishes of North Wingfield, Morton, Tupton, Duckmanton, Sutton Scarsdale, Ault Hucknall, Rowthorne, Bolsover, Harwood Grange, Killamarsh, Dore, Tibshelf, Temple Normanton, Brampton and Scarcliffe. The sources for these seem to have been the Coucher books possibly now lost, of the Abbeys of Louth, Lincolnshire, Welbeck and Newstead, Nottinghamshire [see p.25] Miscellaneous late 16th – early 17th century transcripts include: Page 361 list of free tenants in town of Derby c1570 Pages 362-377 lists of freeholders in each hundred of the county c1570 Pages 381-198 rental of Sir Francis Leake’s estate 1574 Pages 405-411 Terriers of Leake land at Newark 1612, 1614 Page 412 List of persons who have made agreement for payment of the prince’s rent for Empringham’s land at Newark, 1623 c1574