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LEIGH, Nicholas (1494/95-1581), of Addington, Surr.

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b. 1494 /95, 1st s. of John Leigh of Addington by Isabel, da. of John Harvey of Thurleigh, Beds. m. by 1514, Anne, da. of Sir Richard Carew of Beddington, Surr. 1s. d.v.p. 7da. suc. fa. 24 Apr. 1503.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m. and livery of lands, CIPM Hen. VII, ii. 684; LP Hen. VIII, ii. Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. xliii), 13-14; Surr. Arch. Colls. vii. 85.
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Sewer of the chamber by 1516, jt. (with William Hatcliffe) receiver, manor of Lee, Kent 22 Feb. 1516; j.p. Surr. 1538 – d.; esquire of the body 1547; commr. musters, Surr. 1546, goods of churches and fraternities, Surr. and Southwark 1552, 1553; other commissions 1541–64.LP Hen. VIII, ii, xiii, xiv, xvii, xx, xxi; CPR, 1547–8, p. 90; 1550–3, pp. 142, 395; 1553, p. 415; 1553–4, p. 24; 1560–3, p. 325; 1563–6, p. 39; HMC 7th Rep. 617; Guildford mus. LM 1074.

Main residence: Addington, Surr.
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LEIGH (LYE), George (by 1530-78), of Shrewsbury, Salop.

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b. by 1530, 2nd s. of John Leigh of Ellesmere by Catherine, da. of one Dod of Petsey in Stoke-upon-Tern. m. Mary, da. of Thomas Sturry of Rossall, 4s. 1da.Date of birth estimated from first reference. Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxix), 321, 448.
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Burgess (common councilman), Shrewsbury 16 Sept. 1555, bailiff 1564 – 65, 1568 – 69, 1574 – 75, alderman 10 Mar. 1565; escheator, Salop 1571–2.Shrewsbury Guildhall 486, ff. 15v, 78v.

Main residence: Shrewsbury, Salop.
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LEE (LEIGH), Thomas III (by 1523-56), of St. Bees and Calder Abbey, Cumb.

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b. by 1523, 1st s. of William Lee of Frizington. educ. ?M. Temple. m. by 1553, Frances, (?illegit.) da. of Sir Thomas Wyatt I of Allington Castle, Kent, 1s. Henry Leigh 1da.Date of birth estimated from first reference. Trans. Cumb. and Westmld. Antiq. and Arch. Soc. n.s. xxv. 135, 137-8 and ped. bet. pp. 242 and 243 according to which Lee’s wife was legitimate; M.T. Recs. i. 103.
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Sheriff, Cumb. 1553 – 54; bailiff, Egremont, Ennerdale, Harrington and Kelton, Cumb. Sept. 1555.CPR, 1555–7, p. 47.

Main residences: St. Bees; Calder Abbey, Cumb.
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LEE, Thomas II (by 1492-?1539/44), of Winchester, Hants.

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b. by 1492. m. ?Elizabeth, da. of one Tichborne, ?wid., 1da.Date of birth estimated from first reference. Vis. Hants (Harl. Soc. lxiv), 38; VCH Surr. iv. 340.
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Chamberlain, St. Giles’s fair for bp. of Winchester 1513–31.Eccles. 2/155861–75.

Main residence: Winchester, Hants.
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LEE (LEGH, LEIGH), Thomas I (by 1511-45), of London.

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b. by 1511. educ. Camb. BCL 1527, DCL 1531; adv. Doctors’ Commons 7 Oct. 1531. m. by 1537, Joan, da. of William Cotton of Oxenhoath, Kent, 1 da. Kntd. 11 May 1544.Date of birth estimated from first employment. LP Hen. VIII, xii; Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. lxxiv), 42; DNB; G. D. Squibb, Doctors’ Commons, 27, 146.
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Visitor and commr. for suppression of monasteries 1535 – 39; master, Sherburn hospital, co. Dur. Sept. 1535 – d.; master in Chancery 1537.LP Hen. VIII, ix-xiv; VCH Durham, ii. 116.

Main residence: London.
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LEE (LEGH, LEIGH), Thomas I (by 1511-45)

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