LEY, Henry (1595-1638), of Heywood House, Heywood, Wilts. and Lincoln’s Inn, London; later of Teffont Evias, Wilts.

Family and Education

bap. 3 Dec. 1595, Wilts. RO, 1427/3. 1st s. of Sir James Ley*, 1st earl of Marlborough, of Westbury, Wilts. and his 1st w. Mary, da. of John Petty of Stoke Talmage, Oxon. J. Burke, Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies, 313-14; Add. 39177, f. 113. educ. L. Inn. 1610, called 1616. LI Admiss.; LI Black Bks. ii. 188, 217. m. 5 Nov. 1616, Mary (d.1670), da. of Sir Arthur Capell* of Little Hadham, Herts. and Rayne, Essex, 1s. 1da. London Mar. Lics. (Harl. Soc. xxvi), 45; Vis. Wilts. (Harl. Soc. cv-cvi), 113. Kntd. 24 Aug. 1617; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 165. cr. bt. 2 Mar. 1626; HMC Buccleuch, iii. 269. summ. to Lords as Lord Ley 2 Mar. 1626; suc. fa. as 2nd earl of Marlborough 1629. Wilts. IPMs ed. G.S. and A.E. Fry (Brit. Rec. Soc. xxiii), 268. d. 1 Apr. 1638. sig. Henry Ley.

Offices Held

J.p. Som. 1618–d. (custos rot. 1625–d.), Wilts. 1622–d.; C231/4, ff. 67, 192. freeman, Devizes, Wilts. 1620, member of the Twelve 1626–d.; Wilts. RO, G20/1/16, f. 324v; G20/1/17, f. 41. commr. subsidy, Wilts. 1621, Oxon. 1624. C212/22/21, 23.

Assoc. bencher, L. Inn 1620. LI Black Bks. ii. 217.

Parlimentarian

LEY, Henry (1595-1638), of Heywood House, Heywood, Wilts. and Lincoln’s Inn, London; later of Teffont Evias, Wilts.

Main residences: Heywood House, Heywood, Wilts.; Lincoln's Inn, London; Teffont Evias, Wilts.

Author

H.J.L.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

LEY, Henry (1595-1638)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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