Roger DE LEIGH

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• FamilySearch ID: L1L8-XFY
• Title (Nobility): ; Lord of Rushall
• Name: Roger LEIGH
• Name: Rogier of Rushall
• Occupation: ; Lord Leigh van Rushall
• Residence: Wellington, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom

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A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages of England, Ireland, and ... By John Burke. page 310.

John Leigh, who inherited his mother's estate, of Ridge was escheat of Chesire for seven years, from the 12th Henry VI., and was living in 1452, being then also escheat. He m. Alice, daughter and heir of Thomas Alcock, and had issue,

Roger, who by Ellen, his wife, daughter of Robert Leigh, Esq., of Adlington, was ancestor of the Leighs of Ridge.
Richard, of whose line we are about to treat.
John, from whom descended Sir Hohn Leigh, K.B., of Stockwell, in Surrey.
Richard Leigh, the second son, was seated at Russell, in Staffordshire, in 1456, and was s,. by his son,
Roger Leigh, of Wellington, in Shropshire & Russell, in the county of Stafford. This gentleman had issue,
William, who succeeded to the estates, and marrying Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Harper, Knt., and co-heir of her brother, was progenitor of the Leighs, of Russell. This William Leigh, was gentleman usher to King Henry VII,.
Thomas Leigh, a younger son, who was brought up under Sir Rowland Hill, a rich merchant of London, and Lord Mayor of that city; by whom, for his knowledge and industry, he was made his factor beyond sea ; and in that trust deporting himself with the highest integrity, Sir Rowland bestowed upon him the hand of his favorite niece, Alice, daughter of John Barker, alias Coverall, of Wolverton, in the county of Salop, by Elizabeth, hi wife, daughter of Thomas Hill, and upon the issue of marriage he entailed the greater part of his estate. Thomas Leigh subsequently served the office of Sheriff of London, and was Lord Mayor at the death of Queen Mary. He was knighted during his mayoralty and dying in 1571, was buried in Mercer's Chapel, London, with this epitaph upon his tomb:
"Sir Thomas Leigh bi civil life, All offices did beare, Which in this city worshipful Or honorable were: Whome as God blessed with great wealth, So losses did he feel; Yet never changed he constant minde, Tho' fortune turn'd her wheels. Learning he loved and helpt the poore to them that knew him deere; For whom this lady and loving wife This tomb hath builded here."
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Family/Spouse: Lady Alice TRAFFORD. Alice (daughter of Sir. Edmund DE TRAFFORD, II and Margaret SAVAGE) was born about 1510 in Trafford Manor, Lancashire, England; died on 16 Jun 1578 in Cheadle, Cheshire, England; was buried on 16 Jun 1578 in Cheadle, Cheshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. William LEIGH was born about 1499 in Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom; died about 1550 in Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom.
2. Sir Thomas LEIGH was born about 1504 in Wellington, Shropshire, England; was christened on 20 Sep 1509 in Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England; died on 15 Nov 1571 in Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England; was buried after 17 Nov 1571 in Mercers Chappel, London, Middlesex, England.
3. John LEIGH was born in 1513 in Wellington, Herefordshire, , England; and died.
4. Robert LEIGH was born in 1515 in Wellington, Herefordshire, England; and died.
5. Richard LEIGH was born in 1520 in Warwickshire, England; and died.

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Richard married Margery SPRENCHEAUX. Margery was born about 1442 in Donnington by Wellington, Shropshire, England; died in 1512 in Willington, Durham, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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