LEIGH, Thomas (c. 1595-1672) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

b. c. 1595, 1st s. of Sir John Leigh of Hamstall Ridware, Staffs. and Ursula Hoddesdon. educ. Magdalen, Oxf. matric. 4 Nov. 1608. m. 11 Nov. 1610, Mary (d.1669) da. of Sir Thomas Egerton^‡ of Dodleston, Cheshire, and Elizabeth Venables, 5s. (3 d.v.p.), 6da. Dugdale, Antiquities of Warwickshire, iv. 180. suc. grandfa. 3 Feb. 1626. d. 22 Feb. 1672; Isham Diary, 85 ; CSP Dom. 1671–2, p. 159. will 6 Jan. 1671, pr. 6 Apr. 1672. TNA, PROB 11/338.

Offices Held

Dep. lt. Staffs. 1627 – at least28, Warws. by 1639; sheriff, Warws. 1636 – 37; commr. array Warws. 1642. Warws. CRO, Z237, cited in A. Hughes, Politics, Society and Civil War in Warwickshire 1620–1660, 137n.

Parlimentarian

LEIGH, Sir Thomas, 2nd Bt. (c.1595-1672), of Stoneleigh, Warws. and Leighton Buzzard, Beds.

Associated with: Stoneleigh, Warws.CSP Dom. 1671-2, p.159.;

Author

Eagles, Robin

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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