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

Family and Education

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.

Offices Held

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.

Parlimentarian

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

Main residence: Addington, Surr.

Author

S.R.J.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

LEIGH, Nicholas (1494/95-1581)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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