paying the sum of £18,000, fixed by the Parliamentary commissioners as the composition. Death and burial The Earl of Scarsdale having devoted himself, his family, and fortune, to the cause of King Charles I and monarchy, became so much mortified at the execution of King Charles, that he dressed himself in sackcloth, and having his grave dug some years before his death, laid himself down in it every Friday, exercising himself frequently in divine meditations and prayers. He died at his house at Sutton Scarsdale on 9 April 1655, and was buried in the church there. Marriage and children He married Anne Cary, a daughter of Sir Edward Cary of Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire, and a sister of Henry Cary, 1st Viscount Falkland, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, by whom he had the following children: Francis Leke, slain in France; Nicholas Leke, 2nd Earl of Scarsadale, known during his father's lifetime as Lord Deincourt, eldest son and heir. The titles became extinct on the death of Nicholas Leke, 4th Earl of Scarsdale in 1736, when the family's large estates were sold to meet debts. Edward Leke and Charles Leke, who were slain at the Battle of Lansdowne in 1643; Henry Leke, who died unmarried. Anne Leke, eldest daughter, who married Henry Hildyard of Winestead, Yorkshire Catherine Leke, who married The Hon. Col. Cuthbert/Cutbert Morley (buried in St Mary's Church, Lambeth, 30 June 1669) of Hawnby/Hornby, Yorkshire. The only child and heiress of this marriage was Anne Morley (died 20 September 1701), who married the courtier Bernard Granville (1631-1701) of Birdcage Walk, Westminster, and Apps Court, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, 4th son of Sir Bevil Grenville (1596–1643) of Stowe, Kilkhampton in Cornwall (a Royalist who died heroically at the Battle of Lansdowne) and younger brother of John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath. Frances Leke, married Viscount Gormanston, in Ireland; Penelope Leke, married Charles, Lord Lucas of Shenfield; Elizabeth Leke and Muriel Leke, died unmarried. Ballad A song about his exploits was written by Richard Howitt (one of the "Worthies" of Derbyshire), the first verse of which is: Notes References Attribution 1655 deaths 1581 births Cavaliers Earls of Scarsdale Peers of England created by James I