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OF this Family also, was Sir Thomas Leigh of Stoneley Knight; viz. second Son to Sir Thomas Leigh Knight, Lord May∣or of L••ndon in 1 Eliz. (as hath been already observed) Which Sir Thomas, upon the 29th of Iune 9 Iac. was honoured with the title of Ba∣ronet (then being the time of the erection of that Order.) And, having married Katherine, the Daughter of Sir Iohn Spenser of Wormleight••n, in the same County Knight, had Is••ue by her Sir
Iohn Leigh Knight, whom he survived: and de∣parting this life ... Febr. 1 Car. 1. left Thomas his Grandson (viz. Son of Sir Iohn Leigh his Son, formerly deceased) his next Heir.
Which Thomas, having been dignified with Knighthood by King Iames, married Mary, one of the Daughters and Coheirs of Sir Thomas Eger∣ton Knight, eldest Son to Thomas Lord Ellesmere Lord Chancellor of England: and firmly adhe∣ring to the late King Charles the First (of blessed memory) in the late rebellious times, was ad∣vanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm, upon the first of Iuly, in the nineteenth year of his reign, by the title of Lord Leigh of Stone∣ley.
This Thomas* 1.1 had Issue by her the said Mary his Wife, four Sons; Thomas, Charles (Ferdinand, who died unmarried) and Christopher: and three Daughters, which survived him; Elizabeth mar∣ried to Iohn Vicount Tracie of Rathcule, in Ire∣land; Vere to Sir Iustinian Isham of Lamport, in Com. Northt. Baronet, and Vrsula to Sir Wil∣liam Bromely of Baginton in Com. Warw. Knight of the Bath. And, departing this life upon the twenty second day of February an. 1671. (23 Car. 2.) was buried in a certain Vault, made on the South Side of the Chancel of the Parochial Church at Stonely before mentioned; his eldest Son Sir Thomas (who was Knighted by King Charles the First at Stoneley 22 Aug. an. 1642.) being deceased in his life time.
Which Sir Thomas* 1.2 married twice: First Anne Daughter and sole Heir to Richard Brigham of Lambeth in Com. Surr. Esq by whom he had Issue one Daughter called Anne, who died young. Afterwards Iane, Daughter of Patrick Fitz. Maurice Baron of Kerrey, in Ireland: by whom he had Issue Thomas, his only Son (now Lord Leigh) and three Daughters; Honora married to Sir William Egerton Knight, second Son to Iohn Earl of Bridgwater; Mary, and Iane.
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