LEAKE, THOMAS [SSNE 1936]
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Thomas Leake was an Englishman who formed part of the embassy of Sir Dudley Diggs to Russia in 1618-19. In 1619, Leake arrived in Moscow to deliver a sum of money to the Tsar lent by the Muscovy Company. He was accompanied by his nephew Thomas Finch [SSNE 1788].
Sources: S. Konovalov, Oxford Slavonic Papers, Vol. 2, 1951 [Bodleian Library, MS, Ashmole 824, ff. 175-86.]
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- STUART KINGDOMS, RUSSIA
- Arrived 1618-07-16
- Departed 1618-09-02
- Capacity SECRETARY, purpose CIVIL SERVICE
- Arrived 1619-01-01
- Departed 1619-12-31
- Capacity DIPLOMAT, purpose DIPLOMACY