LEY, Matthew (c.1545-1632), of Westbury and Teffont Evias, Wilts.

b. c. 1545,Date calculated from age given on MI in Teffont Evias church. 2nd s. of Henry Ley (d.1574) of Bere Ferrers, Devon, and Teffont Evias and Dionysia, da. and coh. of Walter Seymour; bro. of James*. educ. New Inn. Wilts. RO, 366/1. m. Mar. or Nov. 1602, Margaret, da. of John or Charles Barret of Stafford Dingley, Berks., wid. of Sir Humphrey Forster† (d.1602) of Aldermaston, Berks., s.p. Ibid; J. and J.B. Burke, Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies, 208; Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lvi), 208; IGI Berks. suc. bro. William 1623. PROB 6/15, p. 24. d. 24 May 1632. MI, Teffont Evias church.