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LEIGH, Sir John (c.1598-c.1666), of Northcourt, Shorwell, I.o.W.

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b. c.1598, 1st s. of Barnaby Leigh of Northcourt by 1st w. Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Hugh Bampfield of North Cadbury, Som. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. matric. 25 Oct. 1616, aged 18. m. by 1629, Anne, da. of William Bulkeley of Nether Burgate, Fordingbridge, Hants, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. Kntd. 1 Sept. 1628; suc. fa. 1642.Berry, Hants Genealogies, 122; PCC 69 Campbell.
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Col. of militia ft. I.o.W. 1642 – at least47, dep. lt. 1643; commr. for sequestrations, Hants 1643, levying money 1643, assessment, I.o.W. 1647 – 48, Aug. 1660–1, Hants 1648, 1652, 1657, Jan. 1660–1, Hants and I.o.W. 1664 – d.; j.p. Hants 1650–3.CJ, ii. 775; HMC Portland, i. 594; Royalist’s Notebook ed. Bamford, 110.

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LEIGH, Sir John (c.1598-c.1666), of Northcourt, Shorwell, I.o.W.
Main residence: Northcourt, Shorwell, I.o.W.
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LEIGH, Sir John (c.1598-c.1666)

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LEIGH, Sir Thomas (1616-62), of Hamstall Ridware, Staffs.

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b. 15 July 1616, 2nd s. of Thomas Leigh (d.1672), 1st Baron Leigh of Stoneleigh, by Mary, da. and coh. of Sir Thomas Egerton of Dodleston, Cheshire. educ. Camb. m. (1) settlement 9 July 1642, with £6,000, Anne (d. bef. 1 June 1647), da. of Richard Brigham of Lambeth, Surr. 1da.; (2) by 1652, Jane, da. of Patrick Fitzmaurice, 18th Baron of Kerry [I], 1s. 3da. Kntd. 22 Aug. 1642.Vis. Warws. (Harl. Soc. xii), 81; (lxii), 11; HMC 5th Rep. 182.
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J.p. Staffs. July 1660 – d., commr. for assessment Aug. 1660 – d., dep. lt. c. Aug. 1660 – d.; surveyor of woods, honour of Tutbury Sept. 1660–d.Sir Robert Somerville, Duchy of Lancaster Official Lists, 166.

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LEIGH, Sir Thomas (1616-62), of Hamstall Ridware, Staffs.
Main residence: Hamstall Ridware, Staffs.
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LEIGHTON, Robert (1628-89), of Wattlesborough, Alberbury, Salop and Bausley, Mont.

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bap. 30 Dec. 1628, 1st s. of Edward Leighton of Wattlesborough by Abigail, da. and h. of William Stevens of Shrewsbury. educ. Shrewsbury 1638. m. c.1650, Gertrude, da. of Edward Baldwin of Diddlebury, Salop, 7s. (4 d.v.p.) 5da. suc. fa. 1632.Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. (ser. 1), ix. 414; (ser. 4), xii. 217; Mont. Colls. viii. 99.
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Commr. for assessment, Salop 1657, Aug. 1660–80, Mont. 1661 – 80, Salop and Mont. 1689, j.p. Salop July 1660–80, 1682 – 85, Mont. 1675 – 85, Sept. 1688–?d.; capt. of militia ft. Salop 1660 – ?80, 1682–?5, commr. for recusants 1675, sheriff 1687 – Nov. 1688; dep. lt. Mont. Sept. 1688–?d.SP29/41/85.

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LEIGHTON, Robert (1628-89), of Wattlesborough, Alberbury, Salop and Bausley, Mont.
Main residences: Wattlesborough, Alberbury, Salop; Bausley, Mont.
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LEKE, Sir Francis, 1st Bt. (1627-79), of The Chauntry, Newark, Notts.

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bap. 1 Nov. 1627, 1st s. of William Leke of Newark by 1st w. Elizabeth, da. of Sir Guy Palmes of Ashwell, Rutland. educ. travelled abroad c.1645. m. c.1643, Frances, da. of Sir William Thorold, 1st Bt., of Marston, Lincs., 1s. 4da. suc. fa. 1651; Kntd. by 17 Oct. 1661; cr. Bt. 15 Dec. 1663.Her. and Gen. vii. 495; SP23/221/918; CSP Dom. 1661-2, p. 113.
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Trooper (royalist) c. 1643 – 45; capt. Lord Gerard’s Horse 1666 – 67; gov. Gravesend and Tilbury 1670–d.SP23/221/908; CSP Dom. 1661–2, p. 577; 1670, p. 142.

J.p. Notts. July 1660 – d., commr. for assessment, Notts. Aug. 1660 – d., Newark 1663 – 64, Essex and Kent 1673 – 74, Derbys. 1677 – d., Essex 1679 – d.; dep. lt. Notts. c. Aug. 1660 – d., sheriff Nov. 1660–1, commr. for corporations 1662 – 63, loyal and indigent officers 1662.C. Brown, Hist. Newark, ii. 139.

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LEKE, Sir Francis, 1st Bt. (1627-79), of The Chauntry, Newark, Notts.
Main residence: The Chauntry, Newark, Notts.
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E.R.E.
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LEKE, Sir Francis (1627-79)

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LEKE, Robert, Lord Deincourt (1654-1707), of Duke Street, Westminster.

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b. 9 Mar. 1654, 1st s. of Nicholas, 2nd Earl of Scarsdale, by Lady Frances Rich, da. of Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick. educ. travelled abroad 1668. m. Feb. 1672, Mary (d. 17 Feb. 1684), da. and coh. of Sir John Lewis, 1st Bt., of Ledston, Yorks, 1da. d.v.p. summ. to Lords in his fa.’s barony as Lord Deincourt 22 Oct. 1680, suc. fa. as 3rd Earl of Scarsdale 27 Jan. 1681.CSP Dom. 1667-8, p. 477; Cal. Treas. Bks. viii. 1526.
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Capt. gent. pens. 1677 – 83, groom of the stole to Prince George of Denmark 1685–7.

Keeper, Sherwood Forest 1677 – ?90, ld. lt. Derbys. 1685 – 87, j.p. by 1701–?d.Savile Corresp. (Cam. Soc. lxxi), 57.

Capt. Lord Gerard’s Horse 1678 – 79, indep. tp. 1685; col. Princess Anne’s Horse 1685–7.

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LEKE, Robert, Lord Deincourt (1654-1707), of Duke Street, Westminster.
Main residence: Duke Street, Westminster.
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LEKE, Robert (1654-1707)

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