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b. c.1598, 1st s. of Barnaby Leigh of Northcourt, and Elizabeth (d. 7 Mar. 1615), da. of Hugh Bampfield of North Cadbury, Som.Vis. Hants (Harl. Soc. lxiv), 179-80. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. 25 Oct. 1616, ‘aged 18’.Al. Ox. m. bef. 1629, Elizabeth, da. of William Bulkeley of Nether Burgate, Fordingbridge, Hants, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da.Vis. Hants (Harl. Soc. n.s. x), 104; Berry, Hants, 122; Oglander Memoirs, 147. Kntd. 1 Sept. 1628.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 195. suc. fa. betw. 28 Mar.-23 May 1642.PROB11/189/280. d. c. 1666.Vis. Hants (Harl. Soc. n.s. x), 104.
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Civic: burgess, Yarmouth 1631.Add. 5669, f. 88.

Local: capt. militia ft. I.o.W. by 3 July 1632–?I.o.W. RO, OG/BB/270. Commr. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660; Hants 1660. 10 June 1642 – 10 Dec. 1644SR. J.p., by Feb. 1650-aft. Oct. 1653.C231/5, p. 528; C193/13/3, f. 56v; C193/13/4, f. 86v; Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 243. Commr. assessment, 1642, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664;SR; A. and O.; Ordinance for Assessment (1660), 50 (E.1075.6). I.o.W. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 1664;A. and O.; SR. array (roy.), Hants 1642.Northants RO, FH133. Dep. lt. c.1643–?Royalist’s Notebook ed. Bamford, 110. Commr. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, I.o.W. 7 May 1643; Hants. and I.o.W. 3 Aug. 1643.A. and O. Member, I.o.W. cttee. 20 June 1644.CJ iii. 537a. Commr. subsidy, I.o.W. 1663.SR.

Parlimentarian
LEIGH, Sir John (c.1598-c.1666), of Northcourt, Shorwell, I.o.W.
: I.o.W., Shorwell.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
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LEIGH, Sir John (c.1598-c.1666), of Northcourt, Shorwell, I.o.W.

Will
not found.
Estates
inherited from fa. in spring 1642 lands on I.o.W. inc. Northcourt, Rowborough, Pitclose and Portlandfields; manor of Alvington (bought in 1640).PROB11/189/280; VCH Hants, v. 229-30. Sold Alvington to his stepmo. Margaret Leigh in June 1651, and his interest in the manor of Milborne Stileham, Dorset, to his brother-in-law John Bulkeley* in Nov. 1651.Hants RO, 1M53/838, 2280.
Oxford 1644
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