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Thomas Leigh 1st Bt (1546 - 1625)

Sir Thomas "1st Baronet Leigh, of Stoneleigh in Warwick" Leigh 1st Bt
Born in Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, Englandmap
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Husband of — married about 1570 in Englandmap
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Died at about age 79 in Basingthorpe, Lincolnshire, Englandmap
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Biography

European Aristocracy
Sir Thomas Leigh was a member of the aristocracy in England.

Sir Thomas Leigh, 1st Baronet Leigh, of Stoneleigh, in Warwick was the son of Sir Thomas Leigh and Alice Barker. He married Katherine Spencer, daughter of Sir John Spencer and Katherine Kitson, in 1570. He died on 1 Feb 1625/26. He was Sheriff of Warwickshire in 1581. He was invested as a Knight before 1595 and was created 1st Baronet Leigh, of Stoneleigh in Warwick [England] on 29 Jun 1611.[1]

Children of Sir Thomas Leigh, 1st Bt. and Katherine Spencer

  1. Katherine Leigh b. after 1570, m. Robert Catesby[2]
  2. John Leigh d. b 1626
  3. Alice Leigh, Duchess Dudley b. c 1579, d. 22 Jan 1668/69

Sources

  1. Lundy, Daryl (compiler). Sir Thomas Leigh, 1st Bt, M, #105360. Edited 11 Jul 2018, accessed 31 Jan 2019.
  2. Lundy, Daryl (compiler). Katherine Leigh, F, #703113. Edited 29 Oct 2017, accessed 31 Jan 2019.




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Nice mention of Sir Thomas Leigh here, (Calendar of State Papers, 26 November 1622) (with Sir Richard Verney and Sir Thomas Lucy) in a case brought against the owner (John Briggs + partners) of a coalmine in Bedworth, Warwickshire. Calendar of State Papers, Domestic. (1858). Retrieved from (Here;) Accessed 15 Apr 2022.
"Thomas Leigh of Stonley, Warwickshire, kt., and barronett" made his Will on 26th October 1622; a codicil was added 18th January 1625/6 and probate was granted on 24th May 1626 to Catherine Leigh the widow of the deceased.

Will available here - https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D890641; PROB 11/149/258 ; Date: 24 May 1626

posted by Anonymous Baker
Leigh-663 and Leigh-208 appear to represent the same person because: Both represent Thomas Leigh of Stoneleigh, despite the variation in dates. No reliable sources can be found for the dates on Leigh-663 so the dates on Leigh-208 can be used.
posted by Nic Donnelly
Please provide the source for this information, no records for the father indicate a son named Richard. The trees at Family Search do not have sources, either.
posted on Leigh-663 (merged) by Robin Lee

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