Family and Education
s. and h. of William Leigh (fl. 1394) of Isel and Blindcrake, poss. by his w. Katherine. m. by c.1388, Agnes (d. bef. Apr. 1428), da. and coh. of Sir Clement Skelton at least 1s. Sir William. Kntd. by Aug. 1396.C139/33/29, 93/50; CPR, 1391-6, p. 529; CCR, 1396-9, p. 79; Cumb. and Westmld. Antiq. and Arch. Soc. n.s. xii. 12, 18-19.
Offices Held
Sheriff, Cumb. 30 Sept. 1399 – 24 Nov. 1400, 3 Nov. 1412 – 6 Nov. 1413, 14 Feb.-13 Nov. 1423.
Commr. to prevent the spread of treasonous rumours, Cumb. May 1402; of array Sept. 1403, Mar. 1419; inquiry Jan. 1412 (persons liable for taxation).
Constable of Cockermouth castle, Cumb. for Henry, earl of Northumberland, by July 1403.
J.p. Cumb. 10 Apr. 1410 – July 1423, 20 July 1424 – d.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Isel; Blindcrake, Cumb.
Lee, Leegh, Legh
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
Web Title
LEIGH, Sir William (-d.1428)
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Estates
Oxford 1644
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