Richard LEIGH

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Family/Spouse: 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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• 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]

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• Fact: ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Leigh_(Lord_Mayor)
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• Occupation: ; Lord Mayor of London
• Alt. Birth: 20 Sep 1509; Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England
• Occupation: Between 1558 and 1559; Lord Mayor of London
• Title (Nobility): 1559; Sir Knight (granted by Queen Elizabeth)

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Sir Thomas Leigh was knighted by Queen Elizabeth in 1559. He was an English merchant and Lord Mayor of London in 1558-59. He served as a City Alderman from 1552 until his death in 1571.

Leigh was born about 1504 at Wellington, Shropshire to Roger Leigh (who died 1506) and Anne n?e Trafford. He was the 2nd great-grandson of Sir Piers Leigh, who was wounded at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, whose family was a cadet branch of the ancient Leighs, of West Hall, High Legh, Cheshire.

He was raised by Sir Rowland Hill, a City mercer and wool merchant, and later joined Sir Rowland's business, and circa 1535, he married his niece and heir, Alice Barker, daughter of John Barker and Elizabeth Hill. The following year he was appointed a Justice of the Peace for Shropshire. Leigh, who served three times as Master of the Mercers' Company, also served as Sheriff of London (1555? 56) and in 1558 became Lord Mayor of London. He was also a merchant of the Staple and a member of the Merchant Adventurers' Company.

He and Alice had 5 daughters and 4 sons, Rowland, Sir Thomas Bt. and Sir William and Richard. Daughter Winifred married George Bond (who was Mayor of London) and Katherine married Edward Baber, MP. other daughters were Isobel, mentioned in his will, Alice (Coney) and Mary (Cobbe)

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Leigh,_Thomas_(1504%3F-1571)

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64246202/thomas-leigh

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Leigh_(Lord_Mayor)

Thomas married Alice BARKER about 1533 in Devon, England. Alice (daughter of John BARKER, Coverall of Coulshurst and Dame Elizabeth HILL) was born in 1509 in Wolverton, Warwickshire, England; died on 16 Nov 1603 in Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England; was buried in Jan 1604 in Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Life Sketch: ; Her name was Winifred Leigh ** she had a sister named Katherine Leigh who married - Edward Baber MP, Serjeant-at-law and Recorder of Bath.
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Winifred married Sir George BOND on 23 Jun 1561 in Shoreditch, Middlesex, England. George (son of Lord William BOND and Dionise BOURMAN) was born in 1534 in Buckland St. Mary, Somerset, England; died on 4 Mar 1592 in Mercer Chapel, London, Middlesex, England; was buried after 4 Mar 1592 in Church of St. Thomas of Acon, London, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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