Thomas Leigh (Lord Mayor)
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Life
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Leigh was born about 1504 at Wellington, Shropshire to Roger Leigh (died 1506) and Anne née Trafford.
He was the 2nd great-grandson of Sir Piers Leigh, who was wounded at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, whose family was a cadet branch of the ancient Leighs, of West Hall, High Legh, Cheshire.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Leigh was raised by Sir Rowland Hill, a City mercer and wool merchant, and later joined Sir Rowland's business, and circa 1535, he married his niece and heir, Alice Barker,[1] daughter of John Barker and Elizabeth née Hill.
The following year he was appointed a Justice of the Peace for Shropshire.
Leigh, who served three times as Master of the Mercers' Company, also served as Sheriff of London (1555–56),[2][3] and in 1558 became Lord Mayor of London.[4]
He was also a merchant of the Staple and a member of the Merchant Adventurers' Company.[4]
In 1558, after the death of Mary I of England, Leigh led the coronation procession of Elizabeth I of England.[5]
In 1559, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth.[6]
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Residence
In 1561, Sir Rowland Hill purchased Stoneleigh Abbey after the Dissolution of the Monasteries for his ward Sir Thomas Leigh, and a mansion was built on the site of the former monastic buildings. Leigh's family and descendants were seated on the estate from 1561 to 1993.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Family
Sir Thomas Leigh's descendants include Jane Austen through her mother Cassandra Leigh, the Leigh baronets and the Barons Leigh of Stoneleigh, the Earls of Chichester and the Duchess of Dudley.
One of his daughters, Winifred Leigh, married a later Lord Mayor of London, George Bond.[7]
Another, Katherine Leigh, married Edward Baber MP, Serjeant-at-law and Recorder of Bath.
See also
References
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- 1500s births
- 1571 deaths
- Year of birth uncertain
- Businesspeople from Shropshire
- People from Warwickshire
- People from Wellington, Shropshire
- English justices of the peace
- 16th-century English merchants
- Knights Bachelor
- 16th-century English knights
- Merchants of the Staple
- Councilmen and Aldermen of the City of London
- Sheriffs of the City of London
- 16th-century lord mayors of London