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 1504 - 1571 (~ 67 years)
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| Name |
Thomas Leigh |
| Title |
Sir |
| Suffix |
Knight, Lord Mayor of London |
| Birth |
~ 1504 |
Wellington, Shropshire, England  [1, 2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
17 Nov 1571 |
London, England [1, 2] |
| Burial |
Mercers' Chapel, London, England [2] |
| Person ID |
I31873 |
The Hennessee Family |
| Last Modified |
24 Feb 2017 |
| Father |
Roger Leigh, b. ~ 1470, Wellington, Shropshire, England |
| Mother |
Alice Trafford, b. 1486-1487, Leigh, Lancashire, England d. (England) |
| Marriage |
~ 1508 |
Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England [3, 4] |
| Family ID |
F11614 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Alice Barker, b. ~1522, Wolverton, Norfolk, England d. 1600, Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England (Age ~ 77 years) |
| Marriage |
Y [1, 2, 5] |
| Children |
| | 1. Winifred Leigh, b. ~1538, Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England d. 1592, Kings Walden, Hertfordshire, England (Age ~ 53 years) |
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| Family ID |
F11599 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
30 Apr 2023 |
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- http://www.geni.com/people/Sir-Thomas-Leigh-Lord-Mayor-of-London/6000000003649658961?through=6000000000115741701
THOMAS IS POSSIBLY CONNECTED TO THE WRONG PARENTS AND BROTHER.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, search Sir Thomas Leigh Lord Mayor of London In office 1558–1559 Preceded by Thomas Curtes Succeeded by Sir William Huett Personal details Born c. 1509 Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England Died November 17, 1571 London, England Resting place Mercer's Chapal London, England Nationality English Spouse(s) Alice Barker Occupation Merchant
Sir Thomas Leigh (c. 1509 – November 17, 1571[1]) was Lord Mayor of London in 1558.
He is the ancestor that links Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, Prince Harry of Wales and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge as cousins. He was an Elizabethan soldier, diplomat and, for 40 years, the cut-throat Governor of Guernsey. He is William's 12th generation great-grandparent, and Kate's 11th, making them 12th cousins, once removed.
Thomas was born about 1509 in Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England to Roger and A...
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- Sir Thomas Leigh (c. 1504 – November 17, 1571[1]) was an English merchant and Lord Mayor of London in 1558-59. He served as a City Alderman from 1552 until 1571.
Life
Leigh was born about 1504 at Wellington, Shropshire to Roger Leigh (died 1506) and Anne nâee Trafford. He was the great-great grandson of Sir Piers Leigh, who was wounded at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, whose family was a cadet branch of the ancient Leighs, of West Hall, High Legh, Cheshire.
Leigh was raised by Sir Rowland Hill, a City mercer and wool merchant, and later joined Sir Rowland's business, and circa 1535, he married his niece and heir, Alice Barker,[1] daughter of John Barker and Elizabeth nâee Hill. The following year he was appointed a Justice of the Peace for Shropshire. Leigh, who served three times as Master of the Mercers' Company, also served as Sheriff of London (1555–56)[2][3] and in 1558 became Lord Mayor of London.[4] He was also a merchant of the Staple and a member of the Merchant Adventurers' Company.
In 1558, after the death of Mary I of England, Leigh led the coronation procession of Elizabeth I of England.[5] In 1559, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth.[6]
In 1561, Sir Rowland Hill purchased Stoneleigh Abbey after the Dissolution of the Monasteries for his ward Sir Thomas Leigh, and a mansion was built on the site of the former monastic buildings. Leigh's family and descendants were seated on the estate from 1561 to 1993.
Sir Thomas Leigh's descendants include Jane Austen through her mother Cassandra Leigh, the Leigh baronets and the Barons Leigh of Stoneleigh, the Earls of Chichester and the Duchess of Dudley.
He has been wrongly attributed to be the ancestor that links Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry with Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge as cousins. Their actual common ancestor is Sir Thomas Leighton, the Governor of Guernsey; he was an Elizabethan soldier and diplomat.
Arms of the Barons Leigh [2]
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