Roger DE LEIGH

1482 - Abt 1562  (80 years)

• Name	Roger DE LEIGH  [1]
  Birth	1482	Wellington, Shropshire, England   [1]
  Christening	1482	Wellington, Shropshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Title (Nobility)	[2]
  	Title (Nobility)
  Name	Roger LEIGH  [2]
  Name	Rogier of Rushall  [2]
  Occupation	[2]
  	Lord Leigh van Rushall
  Residence	Wellington, Shropshire, England   [2]
  _FSFTID	L1L8-XFY
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L1L8-XFY
  _UID	27AE700463E24099910C69978169ED6944F8
  Burial	Aft 17 Nov 1522	Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England   [1]
  Death	Abt 1562	Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England   [1]
  Person ID	I594766344	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	30 Dec 2022

  
  

  Father	Richard LEIGH,   b. Abt 1425, Wallington, Shropshire, England d. 1508 (Age ~ 83 years)
  Mother	Margery SPRENCHEAUX,   b. Abt 1442, Donnington by Wellington, Shropshire, England d. 1512, Willington, Durham, England (Age ~ 70 years)
  Family ID	F536728667	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lady Alice TRAFFORD,   b. Abt 1510, Trafford Manor, Lancashire, England d. 16 Jun 1578, Cheadle, Cheshire, England (Age ~ 68 years)
  Children	1. William LEIGH,   b. Abt 1499, Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England d. Abt 1550, Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England (Age ~ 51 years)   2. Sir Thomas LEIGH,   b. Abt 1504, Wellington, Shropshire, England d. 15 Nov 1571, Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England (Age ~ 67 years)   3. John LEIGH,   b. 1513, Wellington, Herefordshire, , England d. Yes, date unknown   4. Robert LEIGH,   b. 1515, Wellington, Herefordshire, England d. Yes, date unknown   5. Richard LEIGH,   b. 1520, Warwickshire, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F536728665	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Dec 2022

  
  

• Notes

  A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages of England, Ireland, and ... By John Burke. page 310. John Leigh, who inherited his mother's estate, of Ridge was escheat of Chesire for seven years, from the 12th Henry VI., and was living in 1452, being then also escheat. He m. Alice, daughter and heir of Thomas Alcock, and had issue, Roger, who by Ellen, his wife, daughter of Robert Leigh, Esq., of Adlington, was ancestor of the Leighs of Ridge. Richard, of whose line we are about to treat. John, from whom descended Sir Hohn Leigh, K.B., of Stockwell, in Surrey. Richard Leigh, the second son, was seated at Russell, in Staffordshire, in 1456, and was s,. by his son, Roger Leigh, of Wellington, in Shropshire & Russell, in the county of Stafford. This gentleman had issue, William, who succeeded to the estates, and marrying Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Harper, Knt., and co-heir of her brother, was progenitor of the Leighs, of Russell. This William Leigh, was gentleman usher to King Henry VII,. Thomas Leigh, a younger son, who was brought up under Sir Rowland Hill, a rich merchant of London, and Lord Mayor of that city; by whom, for his knowledge and industry, he was made his factor beyond sea ; and in that trust deporting himself with the highest integrity, Sir Rowland bestowed upon him the hand of his favorite niece, Alice, daughter of John Barker, alias Coverall, of Wolverton, in the county of Salop, by Elizabeth, hi wife, daughter of Thomas Hill, and upon the issue of marriage he entailed the greater part of his estate. Thomas Leigh subsequently served the office of Sheriff of London, and was Lord Mayor at the death of Queen Mary. He was knighted during his mayoralty and dying in 1571, was buried in Mercer's Chapel, London, with this epitaph upon his tomb: "Sir Thomas Leigh bi civil life, All offices did beare, Which in this city worshipful Or honorable were: Whome as God blessed with great wealth, So losses did he feel; Yet never changed he constant minde, Tho' fortune turn'd her wheels. Learning he loved and helpt the poore to them that knew him deere; For whom this lady and loving wife This tomb hath builded here." ************************

  
  

• 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 Thomas Leigh, person ID LBF5-CVG. (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 Roger de Leigh, person ID L1L8-XFY. (Reliability: 3).