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LEIGH, Sir Thomas, 2nd Bt. (c.1595-1672), of Stoneleigh, Warws. and Leighton Buzzard, Beds.

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b. c. 1595, 1st s. of Sir John Leigh of Hamstall Ridware, Staffs. and Ursula, da. and h. of Sir Christopher Hoddesdon of Leighton Buzzard and London, alderman and Haberdasher.Vis. Warws. (Harl. Soc. lxii), 11; PROB 6/7, f. 152v; A.B. Beaven, Aldermen of London, i. 37. educ. Magdalen, Oxf. 1608 aged 13. Al. Ox. m. 11 Nov. 1610, C142/485/91. Mary (bur. 21 Mar. 1669), da. and coh. of Sir Thomas Egerton† of Dodleston, Cheshire, 5s. (at least 2 d.v.p.) 6da. Vis. Warws. 11-12; CP, vii. 567. suc. fa. 1608; Kntd. 21 or 31 Dec. 1616; suc. grandfa. as 2nd bt. 1626; C2/Jas.I/L6/36; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 160; C142/485/91. cr. Bar. Leigh of Stoneleigh 1 July 1643. Docquets of Letters Patent 1642-6 ed. W.H. Black, 53. d. 22 Feb. 1672. CSP Dom. 1671-2, p. 159. sig. Tho[mas] Legh.
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J.p. Beds. 1617 – c.24, 1664-at least 1665, C231/4, f. 31; 231/7, p. 223; C66/2310; 66/3074. Staffs. 1623–32, C231/4, f. 153; C66/2577. Warws. 1626 – at least42, c.1661-at least 1665; C231/4, f. 201; HMC 5th Rep. 15; C66/2986; 66/3074. commr. subsidy, Beds. 1621 – 22, 1624, C212/22/20–1, 23. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. 1623–6; C181/3, ff. 89v, 207v. kpr. (jt.), Tutbury Ward, Staffs. from 1626; CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 571. commr. Forced Loan, Warws. and Staffs. 1627, C193/12/2, ff. 54, 60v; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 145. cloth trade dispute, Coventry, Warws. 1626–7; APC, 1626, p. 383; 1627–8, pp. 113–14. dep. lt., Staffs. 1627 – at least28, Warws. by 1639; Staffs. RO, D1798/H.M. Chetwynd/114; Wm. Salt Lib., Salt ms 40, pp. 327–8; CSP Dom. 1639, p. 19. commr. mines dispute, Bedworth, Warws. 1631–2, CSP Dom. 1631–3, pp. 208, 259–60. swans, Staffs. and Warws. 1635–8; C181/4, f. 199v; 181/5, f. 90v. surveyor of woods, Tutbury Honour, Staffs. from 1635;Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders ed. R. Somerville, 166. sheriff, Warws. 1636–7, List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 147. commr. assessment 1641–2, SR, v. 67, 90, 156. array 1642. Northants. RO, FH133.

Commr. Crown debts 1628. C66/2463/12.

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LEIGH, Sir Thomas, 2nd Bt. (c.1595-1672), of Stoneleigh, Warws. and Leighton Buzzard, Beds.
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LEIGH (LEE), Sir John (c.1575-1612), of Coldrey, Froyle, Hants.

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b. c.1575, o.s. of John Leigh of Coldrey and Margaret, da. of Thomas Saunders of Uxbridge, Mdx. and wid. of Robert Wolman (admon. 2 Feb. 1571) of London, Mercer.Vis. Hants (Harl. Soc. lxiv), 158; C142/175/82; PROB 11/53, ff. 57-8. educ. vol. Cadiz 1596. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 93. m. 19 Feb. 1601, Hants Par. Regs.: Marriages ed. W.P.W. Phillimore and S. Andrews, vii. 14. Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Sir Thomas West† of Testwood, Hants, 1s. Vis. Hants, 158. suc. fa. 1576; C142/175/82. Kntd. ?22 June 1596. Shaw, ii. 93. d. 6 Jan. 1612. C142/331/138.
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Capt. of horse [I] 1599. HMC Hatfield, ix. 145.

Carver of Chamber 1603-at least 1608. LS13/168, f. 49v; E179/70/122.

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LEIGH (LEE), Sir John (c.1575-1612), of Coldrey, Froyle, Hants.
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LEGARD, John (1576-1643), of Ganton, Yorks.

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b. 21 Jan. 1576,C142/213/117. 1st s. of John Legard, Haberdasher of St. John Walbrook, London and 1st w. Margery, da. of Robert Frank of London. Clay, Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 401-2. educ. ?Trin., Camb. 1587, BA 1590/1; M. Temple 1593. Al. Cant.; M. Temple Admiss. m. lic. 1598, Elizabeth (bur. 21 June 1617), da. of Sir William Mallory† of Studley Royal, Yorks., 6s. (2 d.v.p.), 3da. Clay, Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 401-2. suc. fa. 1587. C142/213/117. d. 20 Dec. 1643. C142/774/6. sig. Jo[hn] Legard.
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Commr. sewers, Yorks. (E. Riding) by 1603 – d., N. Riding by 1615 – at least32, R. Derwent Yorks. 1629; C181/1, ff. 119, 154; 181/2, ff. 181, 245; 181/3, ff. 48, 96, 187, 223; 181/4, ff. 1, 114, 189; 181/5, ff. 41, 166, 198. j.p. E. Riding c.1607–d.; STAC 8/175/4, f. 37. commr. subsidy 1621, 1624, 1641; C212/22/20–21; Add. Ch. 66600; C212/22/23; SR, v. 61, 83. collector (jt.), tenths 1624–5; E179/283, vol. ‘TG 28398’. member, High Commission, York prov. 1629; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 3, pp. 47–8. recvr. billeting monies (jt.), E. Riding 1641; Ibid. 115. commr. assessment, E. Riding 1642, Irish Aid 1642, SR, v. 107, 141–2, 150. array, Yorks. 1642. Northants. RO, FH133.

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LEGARD, John (1576-1643), of Ganton, Yorks.
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LEEDES, Sir John (c.1591-1658), of Wappingthorne, nr. Steyning, Suss. and Whitehall

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b. c. 1591, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Leedes of Wappingthorne and Mary, da. and h. of Thomas Leedes of North Milford, Yorks. m. (lic. 30 May 1610, aged 19, with £3,000), Bridget, da. of Sir Thomas Monson* of South Carlton, Lincs., 1s. 1da. d.v.p. Kntd. 8 Jan. 1611; suc. fa. ?1631.Bp. of London Mar. Lics. 1520-1610 ed. G.J. Armytage (Harl. Soc. xxv), 321; E. Lloyd, ‘Leedes of Wappingthorne’ Suss. Arch. Colls. liv. 49, 54; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 150. d. by 22 Nov. 1658. PROB 11/277, f. 245v.
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Gent. usher of the privy chamber by 1617-at least 1621. SP14/90/148; CD 1621, v. 252.

Freeman, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire 1617; J. Nichols, Progs. of Jas. I, iii. 330. commr. sewers, Suss. 1617-at least 1637; C181/2, f. 292v; 181/3, f. 133v; 181/4, f. 53v; 181/5, f. 69v. j.p. Suss. 1630-at least 1642; C231/5, p.27; ASSI 35/84/8. commr. charitable uses, Suss. 1632, 1639, C192/1, unfol. piracy 1637, C181/5, f. 68v. array 1642. Northants. RO, FH133.

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LEEDES, Sir John (c.1591-1658), of Wappingthorne, nr. Steyning, Suss. and Whitehall
Main residences: Wappingthorne, nr. Steyning, Suss.; Whitehall.
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LEECH (LEACH, LECHE), Edward (c.1570-1652), of Drury Lane, Westminster and Shipley, Heanor, Derbys.

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b. c.1570, 1st s. of Robert Leche, DCL, chan. Chester dioc. 1562-87, and Anne, da. and h. of John Webster of Chester.Vis. Cheshire (Harl. Soc. xlix), 138-9; Al. Ox. 1500-1714, p. 892. educ. Brasenose, Oxf. 1588, aged 18, BA 1591; G. Inn 1593. Al. Ox.; GI Admiss. m. (1) (d. by 3 Jan. 1626), Wentworth Pprs. ed. J.P. Cooper (Cam. Soc. ser. 4. xii), 246-7. da. of John Chaworth of Wiverton, Notts., Vis. Notts. (Harl. Soc. iv), 128. 1s. d.v.p. 1da.; London Mar. Lics. ed. J. Foster, 827; PROB 11/224, f. 128. (2) with £1,500, PROB 11/131, f. 421. Jane, da. of Oliver Lambert†, 1st Bar. Lambart of Cavan [I], 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. (1 d.v.p.). Lodge, Irish Peerage, i. 240; PROB 11/224, f. 128. suc. fa. 1587; PROB 11/224, f. 128. Kntd. 9 Sept. 1621. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 178. d. 12 July 1652. Some Acct. of Par. of St. Clement Danes comp. J. Diprose, i. 14.
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Sec. to William, 3rd earl of Pembroke by 1613–?21; HMC Downshire, iv. 193. master in Chancery 1621–d. T.D. Hardy, Principal Officers of Chancery, 91.

Assaymaster (jt.), stannaries 1614–d.; C66/1993/3. j.p. Derbys. 1621–d., C231/4, f. 120; C193/13/4, f. 17. commr. subsidy 1621 – 22, 1624, C212/22/20–1, 23. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. 1622–42, C181/3, f. 62; 181/5, f. 220v. Forced Loan, Derbys. and Derby 1627, C193/12/2, ff. 9v, 82. array, Derbys. 1642, Northants. RO, FH133. Midland Assoc. 1642, assessment, Derbys. 1645 – d., militia 1648. A. and O. i. 50, 637, 686, 963, 1080, 1235; ii. 32, 295, 463, 659.

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LEECH (LEACH, LECHE), Edward (c.1570-1652), of Drury Lane, Westminster and Shipley, Heanor, Derbys.
Main residences: Drury Lane, Westminster; Shipley, Heanor, Derbys.
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LEE (formerly HASSALL), Sir Richard (c.1545-1608), of Dane John, nr. Canterbury, Kent and the Savoy, Mdx.

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b. c. 1545, illegit. s. of Sir Anthony Lee† (d.1549) of Quarrendon, Bucks. and Anne, da. of Richard Hassall of Hassall and Hankelow, Cheshire; half-bro. of Sir Henry Lee† and Robert Lee†.The Gen. n.s. viii. 231. m. (1) by 1582, Mary (d.1587), da. of John Blundell†, merchant, of London and Steeple Barton, Oxon., wid. of Sir Gerard Croker of Hook Norton, Oxon., 1s. d.v.p.; VCH Oxon. vi. 119; CSP Dom. Addenda, 1580-1625, p. 63; M. Dickins, Hook Norton, 60, 164. (2) 1589, Alice (bur. 24 Apr. 1592), Canterbury Cathedral (Harl. Soc. Reg. ii), 112. da. of Sir Thomas Kempe† of Olantigh, Wye, Kent, wid. of Sir James Hales of Dane John, s.p. HMC 9th Rep. i. 158. Kntd. 1 June 1600. Letters of Philip Gawdy ed. I.H. Jeayes, 98; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 98. d. 22 Dec. 1608. W.R. Williams, Parl. Hist. Oxon. 198.
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Freeman, Canterbury 1590, common councilman by 1593; Freemen of Canterbury ed. J.M. Cowper, 319; HMC 9th Rep. i. 159. j.p. Kent 1591–d.; Hatfield House, ms 278; SP13/Case F/11, f. 19; C66/1549. commr. subsidy, Kent 1595, Canterbury 1608–d.; Staffs. RO, D593/S/4/38/16; SP14/31, f. 20. constable, Harlech, Merion. 1600–d.; HMC Hatfield, x. 180; xx. 295. ranger, Canterbury park by 1604. Ibid. xvii. 91.

Amb. to Muscovy 1600–1. Ibid. x. 169.

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LEE (formerly HASSALL), Sir Richard (c.1545-1608), of Dane John, nr. Canterbury, Kent and the Savoy, Mdx.
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LE GROS (GROSS), Sir Charles (c.1596-1650), of Crostwight, Norf.

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b. c. 1596, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Le Gros (d.1613) of Crostwright and Sloley, Norf. and Elizabeth, da. of Sir Charles Cornwallis* of Brome, Suff.Vis. Norf. (Harl. Soc. xxxii), 186; W.A. Copinger, Manors of Suff. v. 131; WARD 7/74/169. educ. Aylsham, Norf.; Wymondham, Norf. (Mr. Eston) 1605-11; Caius, Camb. 1611, aged 15; G. Inn 1614; J. Venn, Biographical Hist. of Gonville and Caius Coll. 211; GI Admiss. travelled abroad 1618-21. APC, 1618-19, p. 274. m. by 27 Mar. 1621, PROB 11/140, f. 314. Muriel, da. of Sir Thomas Knyvett† of Ashwellthorpe, Norf., 2s. 6da. Blomefield, Norf. xi. 10-11. Kntd. 6 Dec. 1616; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 160. suc. grandfa. 1622. WARD 7/74/169. d. by 31 May 1650. CCC, 2322. sig. C[harles] L[e] Gros.
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Commr. maintenance, Yarmouth haven, Norf. 1620; APC, 1619–21, p. 194. j.p. Norf. 1624-at least 1640; C231/4, f. 168v; C66/2858. commr. sea-breaches, Norf. 1625 – 26, Norf. and Suff. 1638, C181/3, f. 163v; 181/5, f. 103; APC, 1625–6, p. 361. drain Fens, Norf. and Suff. 1625; C181/3, f. 190. capt. militia horse, Norf. by 1626; commr. loan 1626–7; State Pprs. Relating to Musters, Beacons, Shipmoney, etc. in Norf. ed. W. Rye, 31, 48. sheriff 1626–7; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 89. commr. worsted stuffs, Norf. 1633, PC2/43, p. 72. poor prisoners 1635, PC2/45, p. 19. inquiry, Bury St. Edmunds canal, Suff. 1636–7, CSP Dom. 1635–6, p. 386; Cal. of Docquets of Ld. Kpr. Coventry ed. J. Broadway, R. Cust and S.K. Roberts (L. and I. Soc. spec. ser. xxxiv-vii), 307. sewers, Norf. 1639; C181/5, f. 146. dep. lt., Norf. by 1640; H. duc de Rohan, Complete Captain trans. J. C[ruso] (1640), sig. A2. commr. subsidy, Norf. 1641–2, SR, v. 87, 153. array 1642. Northants. RO, FH133.

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LE GROS (GROSS), Sir Charles (c.1596-1650), of Crostwight, Norf.
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Gross
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NOYES, Peter (d.c.1647), of Andover, Hants; later of Trunkwell, Shinfield, Berks.

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2nd s. of Peter Noyes of Blismore Hall, Weyhill, Hants and Edith.Coll. Top. et Gen. iv. 376 m. 1590, Agnes, da. and h. of John Noyes, yeoman, of Trunkwell, 6s. (5 d.v.p) 4da. (2 d.v.p.). Suss. Arch. Colls. ix. 341; PROB 11/109, f. 31. d. by 23 June 1647. PROB 6/22, f. 82.
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Capital burgess, Andover 1599, Andover Charters ed. E. Parsons, 20. bailiff 1602–3, Reg. Unreformed Corp. (Andover Local Archives, vii), 3. dep. steward 1621–31; C2/Chas.I/A19/39. escheator, Hants and Wilts. 1616–17. List of Escheators comp. A.C. Wood (L. and I. Soc. lxxii), 150.

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NOYES, Peter (d.c.1647), of Andover, Hants; later of Trunkwell, Shinfield, Berks.
Main residences: Andover, Hants.; Trunkwell, Shinfield, Berks.
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LAWTON, Thomas (c.1558-1606), of Church Lawton, Cheshire and Balterley, Staffs. and the Inner Temple, London

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b. c. 1558, 3rd s. of John Lawton (d.1598) of Church Lawton and his 2nd w. Margaret, da. of Fulke Dutton of Chester.G. Ormerod, Hist. Cheshire, iii. 17; Vis. Cheshire (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. lviii), 138. educ. scholar, King’s Sch. Chester 1574; Cheshire Archives, ‘L. and I. King’s Sch. Scholars’, unpag. typescript. St. Alban’s Hall, Oxf. 1575; I. Temple 1576, called 1584. Al. Ox.; I. Temple Admiss. ?m. ?; 3 Jan. 1590, Werber, da. of one Kent, ?s.p. Cheshire Sheaf ed. M. Ridgway, ser. 3. ii. 34. suc. ?cos. William Lawton (as coh.) 1604. d. by 7 Jan. 1606. Staffs. Historical Collections: Staffs. Q. Sess. Rolls V ed. S.A.H. Burne (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. ser. 3, 1940) p. 262; Cheshire Archives, AB/1, f. 288.
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Fee’d counsel, Chester 1596 – 1602, recorder 1602–d.; Cheshire Archives, AB/1, ff. 246v, 271v. bencher, I. Temple 1597, reader 1600. CITR, i. 358.

J.p. Cheshire 1601 – d., Staffs. 1604–d.; Cheshire Sheaf, ser. 3, i. 11; n.s. i. 147; Staffs. Hist. Colls.: Staffs. Q. Sess. Rolls V, 72, 262. freeman, Chester 1601, alderman 1602–d.; Freemen of Chester (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. li), 84; Cheshire Archives, AB/1, f. 269v, 271v. commr. sewers, Cheshire 1604–d. C181/1, p. 95.

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LAWTON, Thomas (c.1558-1606), of Church Lawton, Cheshire and Balterley, Staffs. and the Inner Temple, London
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