'Leigh09'
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Families covered: Leigh of Couldray, Leigh of Newnham Regis, Leigh of Ridge (Rudge), Leigh of Rushall, Leigh of Stockwell, Leigh of Stoneleigh
[Part of this page was previously within Leigh01. It was moved here to facilitate expansion.]
| John (Jenkin) Leigh of Ridge (d 1453) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Alice Alcock (dau of John Alcock of Ridge) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Roger Leigh of Ridge | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ellin Leigh (dau of Robin Leigh of Adlington) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Roger Leigh of Ridge | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Spark (dau of William Sparke of Glenham, m2. Sir Edward Savage) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | John Leigh of Ridge (d 1578) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Dutton (dau of Foulk Dutton, Mayor of Chester) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Leigh of Ridge (b c1556, d 1600) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1583) Grace Cotton (dau of Humfrey Cotton of Bold) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Peter Leigh of Ridge (d 1629) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1595) Katharine Aston (dau of Sir Thomas Aston) | |||||||||||||||
| (A)+ | issue - John (b 1612), Mary | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Alice Leigh | ||||||||||||||
| m. Raffe Wedgwood (?) of Staffordshire | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Grace Leigh | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Coterell of Derby | |||||||||||||||
| (4)+ | other issue - William (dsp), John, Elizabeth, Mary (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Katherine Leigh | ||||||||||||||
| m1. William Williams of Cochwilliam Owen in Visitation (1580), William in Visitation (1613) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Sir John Holcroft | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Elizabeth Leigh | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Bartram of Burleston | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Jane Leigh | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Macky or Mackley or Mackay of Scotland | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Grace Leigh | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Venables | |||||||||||||||
| f. | Mary Leigh | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Short of Derbyshire | |||||||||||||||
| g. | Susanna Leigh | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Fox of Lancashire | |||||||||||||||
| h. | Margaret Leigh | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert de Leftwiche | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Alice Leigh | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Porter of Staffordshire | |||||||||||||||
| j.+ | other issue - John, Roger, Edward, Peter, Richard, Thomas, Randoll | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Roger Leigh (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Elizabeth Leigh | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Tindall of Brotherton | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Mary Leigh | ||||||||||||||
| m. Hugh Erdswick or Erdeswick of Sandon | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Richard Leigh of Rushall | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Roger Leigh of Rushall | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Trafford | |||||||||||||||
| i. | William Leigh of (Wellington then) Rushall or Shawell | ||||||||||||||
| William's wife & mother were reported in Visitation (London, 1568, Leigh). The following is supported by Visitation (Glover (Glazebrook 1883), Staffordshire, 1583, 'Leigh, Rushall, Bowles, etc.'). | |||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Harper (dau of John Harper by Margaret, dau of John Bromley) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Henry Leigh of Shawell & Rushall | ||||||||||||||
| m. Catherine Dunham (dau/coheir of John Dunham of Kirtlington) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Edward Leigh of Rushall (a 1583) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Elizabeth Leigh probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Harcourt of Dadlington (d 1597) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Roger Leigh | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Sir Thomas Leigh, Lord Mayor of London (d 17.11.1571) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alice Barker (d 1603, dau of John Barker, alias Coverall of Wolverton, niece of Sir Rowland Hill) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Rowland Leigh of Adlestrop and Longborough (a 1596) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Margery Lowe (dau of Thomas Lowe of London) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Catherine Berkeley (dau of Sir Richard Berkeley of Stoke Giffard) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Sir Thomas Leigh, 1st Bart of Stoneleigh (d 01.02.1625-6) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Katharine Spencer (dau of Sir John Spencer of Wormleighton) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir John Leigh (dvp) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Ursula Hoddesdon (dau of Sir Christopher Hoddesdon of Leighton Buzzard) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir Thomas Leigh, Sheriff of Warwickshire, 1st Lord of Stoneleigh (b 1595, d 22.02.1671) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (11.11.1610) Mary Egerton (bur 21.03.1669, dau of Sir Thomas Egerton) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir Thomas Leigh (b c1616, dvp 04.1662) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Anne Bingham (dau of Richard Bingham of Lambeth) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Anne Leigh (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Jane FitzMaurice (dau of Patrick FitzMaurice, 19th Lord Kerry) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Thomas Leigh, 2nd Lord of Stoneleigh (bpt 17.06.1652, d 12.11.1710) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Elizabeth Brown (dsp 07.1678, dau of Richard Brown of Singleton) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Eleanor Watson (d 1705, dau of Edward Watson, 2nd Lord Rockingham) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Edward Leigh, 3rd Lord of Stoneleigh (b 13.01.1683/4, d 09.03.1737-8) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (11.09.1705) Mary Holbech (d 06.09.1743, dau of Thomas Holbech of Fillongley by Elizabeth, dau/heir of Bernard Paulet) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Edward Leigh (dvp 1737) | ||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Thomas Leigh, 4th Lord of Stoneleigh (bpt 29.04.1713, d 30.11.1749) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (c1736) Maria Rebecca Craven (bur 09.12.1746, dau of Hon. John Craven of Whitley) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Edward Leigh, 5th Lord of Stoneleigh (b 01.03.1742, d unm 04.06.1786) | ||||||||||||||
| ((ii)) | Mary Leigh (d unm 02.07.1806) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (12.1747) Catherine Berkeley (dau of Rowland Berkeley, formerly Green, of Cotheridge) | |||||||||||||||
| ((iii)) | Anne Leigh | ||||||||||||||
| m. Andrew Hacket | |||||||||||||||
| ((C))+ | other issue (d unm) - Mary, Eleanor, Anne | ||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Charles Leigh of Leighton (b c1684, dsp 1749) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Barbara Lumley (dau of Earl of Scarborough) | |||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | Anne Leigh (d unm 1734) | ||||||||||||||
| ((4)) | Eleanor Leigh (d 08.01.1756) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Verney (b 1691, dvp 05.05.1710) | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Honora Leigh | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Sir William Egerton (b 15.08.1649) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (1692) Hugh Willoughby, 12th Lord of Parnham (dsps 08.1712) | |||||||||||||||
| (d) | Mary Leigh | ||||||||||||||
| m. Arden Bagot of Pipe Hall | |||||||||||||||
| (e) | Jane Leigh (d 25.01.1707/8) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1688) William Tracy, 4th Viscount of Rathcoole (b c1657, d 18.04.1712) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Charles Leigh of Leighton | ||||||||||||||
| (a) | issue (dvpsp) | ||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Elizabeth Leigh (d 20.09.1688) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1655) John Tracy, 3rd Viscount of Rathcoole (b 1617, d 08.03.1686/7) | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Vere Leigh (d 29.10.1704) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1653) Sir Justinian Isham, 2nd Bart of Lamport (b 20.01.1610-1, d 02.03.1674-5) | |||||||||||||||
| (v) | Ursula Leigh | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir William Bromley of Bagington or Baginton | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Anne Cope (dau of Sir Anthony Cope, Bart of Hanwell) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Alice Leigh, Duchess of Dudley (d 22.01.1669-70) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 25.09.1597) Sir Robert Dudley, 'Leicester' (d 06.09.1649) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Katherine Leigh mentioned in Visitation (Shropshire, 1623, 'Hill of Court of Hill') | ||||||||||||||
| m. (Robert) Catesby (leader of the Gunpowder Plot) | |||||||||||||||
| (4)+ | other issue (dsp) - Sir Thomas, Ferdinando | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Sir William Leigh of Newnham Regis | ||||||||||||||
| m. Frances Harington (dau of Sir James Harington of Exton) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir Francis Leigh of Newnham Regis | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Egerton (dau of Sir Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount Brackley) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Francis Leigh of Newnham Regis, Earl of Chichester (d 21.12.1653) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (31.07.1617) Susan Northam (dau of Richard Northam) | |||||||||||||||
| The following is supported by 'The History and Antiquities of the County of Hertford' (Robert Clutterbuck, vol 2, 1821, 'Pedigree of the Families of Boteler and Villiers', p47). | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (c1617) Audrey Boteler (d 16.09.1652, dau of John Boteler, 1st Lord of Bramfield) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Elizabeth Leigh (d before 05.1659) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c24.04.1642) Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, Earl of Chichester (b 10.03.1607/8, dspm 16.05.1667) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Mary Leigh (d 07.07.1671) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1652) George Villiers, 4th Viscount Grandison (d 16.12.1699) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii)+ | other issue (dsp) - George (dvp), Audrey | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Juliana Leigh (d 1685) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1630) Sir Richard Newdigate, 1st Bart of Arbury (b 17.09.1602, d 14.10.1678) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Alice Leigh probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Skrymshire of Norbury (b c1600, d 24-5.03.1665) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Winifred Leigh (d 30.07.1649) probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir William Brouncker, 1st Viscount Brouncker of Lyons (b 1585, bur 20.11.1645) | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Mary Leigh | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Robert Andrews of London | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Michael Cobb | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Alice Leigh | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Connye of Lincolnshire | |||||||||||||||
| f. | Katherine Leigh | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edward Barber of Somersetshire | |||||||||||||||
| g. | Winifred Leigh (d 1621) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir George Bond, Lord Mayor of London (d 03/4.1592) | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | John Leigh | ||||||||||||||
| The following is largely supported by MGH (vol 1, 1868, 'Leigh of Stockwell', p246). | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Rafe Leigh of Stockwell | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Langley (dau of Henry Langley of Bekeling (Essex) 'by dau of _ Walden by dau of _ Breton') | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir John Leigh of Stockwell | ||||||||||||||
| m. Isabel Worsley (dau of Atwell Worsley (or Otwell of Worsley)) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Anne (not Joyce) Leigh | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Thomas Paston | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Rafe Leigh of London | ||||||||||||||
| Except as shown, the following is supported by Visitation (Hampshire, 1530+1575+1622-34, Leigh). | |||||||||||||||
| m. Joyce Colepeper (dau/coheir of Richard Colepeper) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir John Leigh mentioned by Visitation (Cheshire, 1580, Leigh of the Ridge) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Raffe Leigh | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Ireland (dau of William Ireland) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | John Leigh of Froile, Hampshire | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret (Margery) aunders (dau of Thomas Saunders of Uxbridge, m2. Sir William Killegrave of Cornwall) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir John Leigh of Couldray, Hampshire | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth West (dau/coheir fo Sir Thomas West of Testwood, son of Lord Delaware) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Thomas Leigh of Couldray | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Fleming (dau of Sir Thomas Fleming of Stonham) | |||||||||||||||
| (a)+ | issue - Anne, Frances | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Margaret Leigh probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Sir Henry Frowick of Gannelsbury | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Walter Ford of Kingston | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For Leigh of Ridge : Visitation (Cheshire, 1580+1613, Leigh of the Ridge)
(2) For Leigh of Stoneleigh : BP1934 (Leigh), BE1883 (Leigh of Stoneleigh), TCP (Leigh of Stoneleigh)
(3) For Leigh of Newnham Regis : TCP (Chichester), BE1883 (Leigh of Chichester)
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