Sir Thomas LEIGH

Abt 1504 - 1571  (~ 67 years)

• Name	Thomas LEIGH  [1]
  Prefix	Sir
  Birth	Abt 1504	Wellington, Shropshire, England   [1]
  Christening	20 Sep 1509	Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Alt. Birth	20 Sep 1509  [2]
  	Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England
  Fact	[2]
  	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Leigh_(Lord_Mayor)
  FamilySearch ID	LBF5-CVG
  Occupation	Between 1558 and 1559  [2]
  	Lord Mayor of London
  Title (Nobility)	1559  [2]
  	Sir Knight (granted by Queen Elizabeth)
  Occupation	[2]
  	Lord Mayor of London
  Death	15 Nov 1571	Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England   [1]
  Burial	Aft 17 Nov 1571	Mercers Chappel, London, Middlesex, England   [1]
  Person ID	I594766333	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	30 Dec 2022

  
  

  Father	Roger DE LEIGH,   b. 1482, Wellington, Shropshire, England d. Abt 1562, Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Lady Alice TRAFFORD,   b. Abt 1510, Trafford Manor, Lancashire, England d. 16 Jun 1578, Cheadle, Cheshire, England (Age ~ 68 years)
  Family ID	F536728665	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alice BARKER,   b. 1509, Wolverton, Warwickshire, England d. 16 Nov 1603, Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England (Age 94 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1533	Devon, England   [2]
  Children	1. Catherine LEIGH,   b. 1530, Lanchester, Durham, England d. 25 Jun 1576, London, England (Age 46 years)   2. Robert Rowland LEIGH,   b. Abt 1536, Warwickshire, England d. 1 Apr 1603, London St Bride's Church Fleet Street, Middlesex, England (Age ~ 67 years)   3. RICHARD RALPH LEIGH,   b. 1536, Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England d. Feb 1625 (Age 89 years)   4. Lady Alice LEIGH,   b. 1537, Bassingthorpe with Westby, Lincolnshire, England d. 1621, Bassingthorpe with Westby, Lincolnshire, England (Age 84 years)   5. Lady Catherine LEIGH,   b. 1539, Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England d. 10 Mar 1601, Chew Magna, Somerset, England (Age 62 years)   6. Winifred LEIGH,   b. Abt 1540, Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England d. 10 Mar 1600, Kings Walden, , Hertfordshire, England (Age ~ 60 years)   7. Thomas LEIGH,   b. 1545, Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England d. 1 Feb 1625, Basingthorpe, Lincolnshire, England (Age 80 years)   8. Sir William LEIGH,   b. Abt 1551, Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England d. 16 Jul 1627, Titsey, Surrey, England (Age ~ 76 years)   9. Mary LEIGH,   b. Abt 1555, Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F536728662	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Dec 2022

  
  

• Notes

  Sir Thomas Leigh was knighted by Queen Elizabeth in 1559. He was an English merchant and Lord Mayor of London in 1558-59. He served as a City Alderman from 1552 until his death in 1571. Leigh was born about 1504 at Wellington, Shropshire to Roger Leigh (who 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. He 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, daughter of John Barker and Elizabeth 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) and in 1558 became Lord Mayor of London. He was also a merchant of the Staple and a member of the Merchant Adventurers' Company. He and Alice had 5 daughters and 4 sons, Rowland, Sir Thomas Bt. and Sir William and Richard. Daughter Winifred married George Bond (who was Mayor of London) and Katherine married Edward Baber, MP. other daughters were Isobel, mentioned in his will, Alice (Coney) and Mary (Cobbe) https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Leigh,_Thomas_(1504%3F-1571) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64246202/thomas-leigh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Leigh_(Lord_Mayor)

  
  

• Sources

  [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 30 Dec 2022), entry for Winifred Leigh, person ID LCQL-F58. (Reliability: 3). [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 30 Dec 2022), entry for Thomas Leigh, person ID LBF5-CVG. (Reliability: 3).