LEIGH, Edward (1603-71), of Rushall Hall, Rushall, Staffs.

Family and Education

b. 24 Mar. 1603, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Henry Leigh of Rushall Hall, and Sutton Coldfield, Warws. and 1st w. Anne (d. 1611), da. of Anthony Lisle of Wootton, I.o.W.F.W. Willmore, Recs. of Rushall (Walsall, 1892), 46, 47, 83; ‘Edward Leigh’, Oxford DNB. educ. Walsall g.s.;Ath. Ox. iii. 926. Magdalen Hall, Oxf. 24 Oct. 1617, BA 17 Oct. 1620, MA 18 June 1623, incorp. Cambridge 1634;Al. Ox. M. Temple, 30 Oct. 1624;M. Temple Admiss. i. 116. travelled abroad (France) 1625.Willmore, Rushall, 47. m. 10 Feb. 1629, Elizabeth (d. 1707), da. of Thomas Talbot of Worfield, Salop, 3s. 1da.Shaw, Staffs. ii. 69; Willmore, Rushall, 47, 83. suc. fa. c.1639;PROB11/180, f. 90v. d. 2 June 1671.‘Edward Leigh’, Oxford DNB.

Offices Held

Local: j.p. Staffs. 12 Aug. 1641 – 6 Aug. 1642, by Oct. 1645 – bef.June 1649, Mar.-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/5, pp. 471, 536; Staffs. RO, Q/SO/5, pp. 86, 159; A Perfect List (1660); J.C. Wedgwood, ‘Keepers and justices of the peace for Staffs.’ (Collns. for a Hist. of Staffs. 1912), 332, 334, 335. Commr. for Staffs. and Lichfield, assoc. of Staffs. and Warws. 31 Dec. 1642;Rushworth, Hist. Collns. v. 103. assessment, Staffs. 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643.A. and O. Member, Staffs. co. cttee. 30 May 1643.CJ iii. 110a; LJ vi. 70a. Commr. oyer and terminer, 12 Aug. 1645;C181/5, f. 258. militia, Staffs. and Lichfield 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. Custos rot. Staffs. Mar.-July 1660.A Perfect List; C231/7, p. 21.

Military: capt. of horse (parlian.) by Apr. 1643–?Honour Advanced (1643), 6 (E.99.28); E121/5/5/19. Col. of ft. by Aug. 1643–?J. Vicars, God in the Mount (1643), 411–12 (E.73.4); Staffs. Co. Cttee. 73.

Central: member, cttee. for plundered ministers, 15 May 1646.CJ iv. 545b. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 26 Aug. 1648. Member, cttee. for sale of bishops’ lands, 30 Nov. 1646. Commr. appeals, visitation Oxf. Univ. 1 May 1647.A. and O.

Parlimentarian

LEIGH, Edward (1603-71), of Rushall Hall, Rushall, Staffs.

: of Rushall Hall, Staffs., Rushall.

Likenesses

Likenesses: line engraving, T. Cross, 1650;BM; NPG. line engraving, J. Chantry, 1662.BM; NPG.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

LEIGH, Edward (1603-71), of Rushall Hall, Rushall, Staffs.

Will

19 Oct. 1668, pr. 11 Nov. 1678.PROB11/358, f. 187.

Estates

in 1596, Leigh’s fa.’s estate inc. manor of Rushall; lands and messuages in Aldridge, Bentley, Caldmore, Darlaston, Goscott, Great Barr, Little Wyrley, Rushall, Shelfield and Walsall; rectory and parsonage of Walsall; advowson of vicarage of Rushall, Staffs.; manor, manor house and advowson of Shawell, Leics.; and manor of Lilborne and other lands in Northants.Willmore, Rushall, 44-5. In 1662, his estate was estimated to be worth £800 p.a.‘The gentry of Staffs. 1662-3’ ed. R.M. Kidson (Collns. for a Hist. of Staffs. ser. 4, ii), 36. In 1666, his house at Rushall was assessed at 13 hearths.‘The 1666 hearth tax’ (Collns. for a Hist. of Staffs. 1923), 138.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Bowling Alley, St Margaret, Westminster (1646).WCA, SMW/E/47/1580, unfol.

Religion

presented Isaac Barton to vicarage of Rushall, Staffs. 1662.CCEd Record ID: 136421, The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835 www.theclergydatabase.org.uk, accessed 4 Mar. 2019.

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