Mary. Frances. Jane.

Anne, m. first, to Richard Winkworth, esq. of
Maudlins, in Ireland, and secondly, to Captain
Nashack.

Martha, m. to John Padmore, esq.
Elizabeth, m. to Colonel Richard Beck.

He d. in February, 1690, and was s. by his eldest

500,

11. SIR THOMAS LEE, M. P. who m. Alice, daughter and heir of Thomas Hopkins, esq. of London, merchant, and had issue,

I. THOMAS, his successor.

11. WILLIAM (Sir), lord chief justice of England, and a privy councillor, m. first, Anne, daughter of Mr. Goodwin, of Bury, and had a son, WILLIAM, who m. Philadelphia, daughter of Sir John Dyke, bart. and dying in 1778, left (with four daughters, Philadelphia; Harriet, wife of John Fiott, esq. merchant of London; Louisa, and Sophia), a son, WILLIAM, who, in pursuance of the will of Mr. Antonie, of Colworth, in Bedfordshire, took the name of An

TONIE.

Sir William Lee married secondly, Margaret, relict of Mr. Melmoth, and daughter of Roger Drake, esq. but by that lady had no issue.

III. John, colonel in the Guards, m. first, a daughter of Sir Thomas Hardy, knt, and secondly, Mary, daughter of — Browne, esq. of Arlsey, in Bedfordshire; by the latter (who wedded secondly, Colonel Schutz), he had

Thomas, of Hampton Court, equerry to the
Duke of Gloucester.

John, an ensign in the Foot Guards.
Colonel Lee d. in 1760.

Iv. George (Sir), LL. D. a privy councillor, one of the lords of the Admiralty, and treasurer to her royal highness the Princess Dowager of Wales, m. Judith, daughter of Humphrey Morice, esq. but dying without issue, 18th December, 1758, left his fortune to his nephew, Sir William Lee, bart.

1. Sarah, d. in 1693.

Sir Thomas was s. at his decease by his eldest son,
III. SIR THOMAS LEE, M. P. for the county of Bucks,'
Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Thomas Sandys,
q and had issue,

WILLIAM, his heir. Thomas.

Anne, m. to George Vernon, esq. created, in 1762,
Lord Vernon, of Kinderton.

He d. in December, 1749, and was s. by his son,

IT. SIR WILLIAM LEE. This gentleman devoted himself to the improvement of his seat at Hartwell, displaying great taste in his manner of planting and laying out the grounds, and his additions to the mansion house, the east and south fronts of which he reilt: he also rebuilt the parish church, to which his acles contributed, viz. the Chief Justice £1000, and Fir George Lee £500. He was distinguished by his nevolent attentions to the poor, and having studied The science of medicine, was their gratuitous physician. Sir William m. in 1763, Lady Elizabeth Harcourt, laughter of Simon, Earl of Harcourt, and had issue,

I. HUMPHREY LEE, esq. of Langley and Acton Burnell, in Shropshire, son of Richard Lee, esq. of Langley, by Eleanor, his wife, daughter of Walter Wrottesley, esq. of Wrottesley, was fourth in descent from Richard Lee, esq. sheriff of the county in 1479, and representative of one of the oldest families in England. In 1620 he was created a BARONET, being the first Shropshire gentleman who received that honour. He m. Margaret, daughter of Richard Corbett, esq. of Stoke, one of the judges of the court of King's Bench, and had issue,

RICHARD, his heir.

Margaret, m. to Sir Francis Kynaston, knt. of Oteley, in Salop.

Cecilia. Alice. Mary.

Sir Humphrey was succeeded by his son,

II. SIR RICHARD LEE, of Langley and Acton Burnell, M. P. for Salop, who suffered much in the royal cause, and had to compound for his estate in the sum of £3719. He m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Edward Allen, knt. alderman of London, and left at his decease, in April, 1660, issue, to survive him, two daughters, his co-heirs, viz.

RACHAEL, m. to Ralph Cleaton, esq. second son of Ralph Cleaton, of Oneley, in Salop; she obtained for her inheritance Lea Hall and the other estates of her ancestors in that neighbourhood, and transmitted them to her descendant in the third generation,

RICHARD CLEATON, who had two daughters, ALATHEA, m. to James Apperley, M. D. JANE, m. to Watkin Williams Wynne, esq. of Voclas, in Denbighshire, whose daughters married, the one the Hon. Charles Finch, and the other, Thomas Assheton Smith, esq. of Tedworth, Hants. Lea Hall and the other estates were sold to Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt Jones, bart.

MARY, m. to Edward Smythe, esq. who was created a BARONET, ancestor of the present

SIR EDWARD SMYTH, bart. of Acton Burnell and Langley.

The LEICESTERS, (or LEYCESTERS, as formerly writ ten,) are of great antiquity in the county of Chester, and enjoyed lands there so early as the time of King JOHN.

SIR NICHOLAS DE LEICESTER, knt. who d. in 1295, m. Margaret, daughter of Geffery Dutton, and ac quired thereby the village, manors, and mansion of Nether-Tabley, Wethall, &c. His son and heir,

ROGER LEICESTER, resided at Wethall, and had a grant from Sir John de Grey, son of Reginald de Grey, justice of Chester, of a third part of Over Tabley, cum Ludlow, which places were given to the said Sir John by William de Tabley, Lord of Tabley and Knutsford. This Roger died about the year 1349, and was s. by his son,

NICHOLAS LEICESTER, who died in the same year, leaving by his wife, Mary, daughter of William Mobberley, of Mobberley, co-heir of her mother, Maud, and half sister of Sir Ralph Mobberley,

JOHN, his heir.

Ralph, who m. Joan, daughter and heir of Robert Toft, of Toft, in Cheshire, and died temp. RICHARD II. He was ancestor of the LEYCESTERS of Toft Hall, now represented by RALPH LEYCESTER, esq. of Toft Hall; of the LEYCESTERS of Poole, whose heiress, Mary, married Sir Henry Delves, bart.; and of the present GEORGE HANMER LEYCESTER, esq. of White Place, near Maidenhead, Berkshire.

The elder son and heir,

JOHN LEICESTER, served in the French wars in 1373 and 1380, under JOHN of Gaunt, and erected the manor hall of Nether Tabley, 4 RICHARD II. He married the next year, Joan, daughter of Robert Touchet, of Nether Whetley, and dying in 1398, was s. by his

son,

WILLIAM LEICESTER, who is the first of the family styled "de Tabley," but this may be in consequence of the statute of additions, passed in 1 HENRY V.;

Jeffery Dutton (writes Sir Peter Leicester, the historian of Cheshire), son of Adam de Dutton, gave Nether Tabley to his daughter Margaret, and her heirs, about the end of the reign of HENRY III. This Margaret first married Robert de Denbigh, and had no issue. Afterwards she married Nicholas de Leicester, by whom she had issue, and to whose succeeding progeny the manor

for, previously to the enactment of that law, few were written of any place or with the title of esquire. Certain it is, that this William lived at his manor house of Nether Tabley, which continues to the present time the seat of his descendants. He m. two wives, but left issue only by one, Agnes, sister of Sir Piers Dutton, viz. JOHN, Lawrence, and Jeffery. He d. in 1428, and was s. by the eldest,

JOHN LEICESTER, esq. of Nether Tabley, who m. in of 1422, Elizabeth, daughter of Hammon Massey, esq. Rixton, in Lancashire, and had six sons, JOHN, his heir; Hammon, parson of Mobberly; Randle; Nicho las; Henry; and William. He d. in 1462, and was s. by his eldest son,

JOHN LEICESTER, esq. of Tabley, who m. in 142, Margery, daughter of John Legh, esq. of High Legh, in Westhall, and dying in 1496, was s. by his eldest

son,

THOMAS LEICESTER, esq. of Nether Tabley, who s. Margaret, sixth daughter and co-heir of Robert Gras venor, esq. of Houlme, near Peover, and so acquired a moiety of Nether and Little Peover, and one-third of Over Alderley, with lands in Allostock and Hope; by this lady he had a son, JOHN, his heir: after her decease, he married three other wives, by the first of whom he had two other sons. He d. in 1526, and was s. by his eldest son,

JOHN LEICESTER, esq. of Tabley. This gentleman m. first, in 1479, Lucy, daughter of John Ratcliffe, of Ratcliffe, in Lancashire, and had a son, William, who wedded Anne, daughter of Richard Sneyd, of Bradwell, in Staffordshire, but died issueless. He (John) m. secondly, in 1499, Alice, daughter of Henry Henshaw, esq. of Milne House, by Chelford, and by that lady had issue,

PETER, his heir. Richard.

James, ancestor of the Leicesters of Halelowe.
Laurence.

Isabel, m. to John Ogle, esq. of Roby.

He d. in 1543, and was s. by his eldest son,

PETER LEICESTER, esq. of Tabley, who married Alice, daughter of Sir John Holford, of Holford, and had PETER, his heir; ADAM; William, from whom the Leicesters of Legh, in Staffordshire; Alice, m. to Geoffery Brereton; and Margaret, m. to Richard Bir kenhead. He d. 8th April, 1577, was buried at Badworth on the 11th, and s. by his eldest son,

PETER LEICESTER, esq. of Tabley. This gentleman m. Elizabeth, daughter and sole heir of Edward Col wich, esq. of Colwich, in Staffordshire, and died 21st July, 1581, leaving three daughters, Alice, m. to Sir George Leycester, of Toft; Elizabeth, . to George Legh, esq. of East Hall, in High Legh; and Katharine, m. to John Ireland, esq. of Hutt; when he was s. Ly

Thomas, b. in 1020; d. unm. in 1652.

Adam, captain in the army.

The eldest son and heir,

1. PETER LEICESTER, esq. of Tabley, b. 10th August, 1660, the celebrated antiquary, and historian of Cheshire, who was created a BARONET 10th August, 1660. Sir Peter m. 6th November, 1642, Elizabeth, third daughter of Gilbert, second Lord Gerard, of Gerard's Bromley, in Staffordshire, and dying 11th October, 1678, was s. by his son,

11. SIR ROBERT LEICESTER, b. 11th September, 1643, married 6th June, 1667, Meriel, daughter and heir of Francis Watson, esq. of Church Aston, in Salop, and had surviving issue,

FRANCIS, his successor.

Meriel, m. to John Danvers, esq. who after her decease, succeeding his father, became Sir John Danvers, bart.

He d. 7th July, 1684, and was s. by his son,

III. SIR FRANCIS LEICESTER, b. 30th July, 1674, M. P. for Newton, in the county of Lancaster, who . Frances, daughter and sole heir of Joshua Wilson, esq. of Colton, in Yorkshire, and widow of Bryan Thornhill, esq. by whom he had one daughter. He d. 5th August, 1742, when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT. His only child and heiress,

MERIEL LEICESTER, b. 25th November, 1705, m. first, in 1723, Fleetwood Legh, esq. of Bank, and by him. who d. in 1725, had a daughter,

Anne-Meriel Legh, who m. Peter Brooke, esq. of Mere, and d. s. p.

She wedded, secondly, Sir John Byrne, bart. of
Timogue, in the Queen's County, and was s. by
her son,

SIR PETER BYRNE, who assumed the name of
LEICESTER, and was father of

SIR JOHN FLEMING LEICESTER, created
BARON DE TABLEY in 1826. (Refer to
BURKE'S Peerage and Baronetage.)

Arms-Az. a fesse gu. between three fleurs-de-lis or.

This was a branch of the great Cheshire family of Legh, founded by

SIR THOMAS LEIGH, knt. lord mayor of London in 1558, great great-grandson of Sir Peter Leigh, knight-banheret, who fell at Agincourt in 1415. Sir Thomas was brought up by Sir Rowland Hill, an opulent merchant and alderman of the same city, and obtained the hand f his favourite niece, Alice Barker, otherwise Covedale, in marriage, and with her the greater part of his wealth. Sir Thomas received the honour of knightåned during his mayoralty, and dying 15th November, 1571, was buried in Mercers' Chapel, London. widow survived him two-and-thirty years; she resided * Stoneleigh, and lived to see her children's children to the fourth generation. She was interred in 1603 at

His

that place, where she had founded an hospital for five poor men and five poor women, all to be unmarried, and to be nominated after her decease by her third son, Sir Thomas Leigh, of Stoneleigh, and his heirs for ever. She had issue by Sir Thomas Leigh,

I. ROWLAND, who was largely provided for at Longborough, in Gloucestershire, by Sir Rowland Hill. From him descended the Leighs of Longborough and Adlestrop, now represented by CHANDOS LEIGH, esq. of Stoneleigh. 11. Richard, d. in 1570 s. p.

III. THOMAS.

iv. William, of Newnham Regis, in the county of Warwick. (See LEIGH OF NEWNHAM.)

1. Mary, m. first, to Richard Cobbe, esq.; and secondly, to Robert Andrews, esq. of London. 11. Alice, m. to Thomas Connye, esq. of Basingthorpe, in Lincolnshire.

III. Katherine, m. to Edward Barber, serjeant-atlaw.

IV. Winifred, m. to Sir George Bond, knt. of London.

Sir Thomas's third son,

1. SIR THOMAS LEICH, of Stoneleigh, in the county of Warwick, received the honour of knighthood from Queen ELIZABETH, and was made a BARONET on the institution of the order, 29th June, 1611. He m. Catherine, fourth daughter of Sir John Spencer, knt. of Wormleighton, in Warwickshire, and had issue,

JOHN (Sir), m. first, Ursula, daughter of Sir Chris-
topher Hoddesdon, knt. lord of the manor of
Leighton, in Bedfordshire, and had a son,
THOMAS, heir to his grandfather.

Sir John Leigh m. secondly, Anne, eldest daugh-
ter of Sir John Cope, bart. of Hanwell, in Ox-
fordshire, but by her had no issue. He d. before
his father.
Thomas (Sir),
Fernando,

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d. s. p.

Alice, m. to Sir Robert Dudley, knt. She was created Duchess of Dudley for life.

He died 1st February, 1625, and was s. by his grand

son,

II. SIR THOMAS LEIGH, M.P. for the county of Warwick temp. CHARLES I. who, for his zeal in the royal cause, was created in 1643 Baron Leigh, of Stoneleigh. He m. Mary, daughter and co-heir of Sir Thomas Egerton, eldest son of the Lord Chancellor Egerton, and had issue,

1. THOMAS (Sir), his heir, who m. first, Anne, daughter and sole heir of Richard Bingham, esq. of Lambeth, in Surrey, and had a daughter, Anne, who died young. He m. secondly, Jane, daughter of Patrick Fitzmaurice, Lord Kerry, and dying before his father, left THOMAS, Successor to his grandfather. Honora, m. first, to Sir William Egerton; and secondly, to Hugh, Lord Willoughby, of Parham.

Mary, m. to Arden Bagot, esq. of Pipe Hall, in the county of Warwick.

Jane, m. to William, Viscount Tracy.

11. Charles, of Leighton, who surviving his own children, left his estate to his grandnephew, the Hon. Charles Leigh.

1. Elizabeth, m. to John, Lord Tracy.

11. Vere, m. to Sir Justinian Isham, bart. III. Ursula, m, to Sir William Bromley, K.B. His lordship d. 22nd February, 1671, and was s. by his grandson,

III. SIR THOMAS LEIGH, second Lord Leigh, who m.

first, Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Sir Richard Brown, knt. of Shingleton, in Kent, but by her had no issue. He wedded, secondly, the Hon. Eleanor Watson, eldest daughter of Edward, second Lord Rockingham, and grandaughter, maternally, of the unfortunate Earl of Strafford, and by her had

EDWARD, his successor.

Charles, who inherited the estates of his greatuncle, the Hon. Charles Leigh, of Leighton. He m. Lady Barbara Lumley, but d. s. p. in 1749. Anne, d. unm. in 1734.

Eleanor, m. to Thomas Verney, esq. and d. in

1756.

He d. in 1710, and was s. by his elder son,

IV. SIR EDWARD LEIGH, third Lord Leigh, who m. Mary, daughter and heir of Thomas Holbech, esq. of Fillongley, in the county of Warwick, and heir, through her mother, of Bernard Paulet, esq. by whom he had issue,

Edward, who d. in the lifetime of his father, anno

1737.

THOMAS, Successor to his father.

Mary,

Eleanor, d. unm.

Anne,

His lordship d. in March, 1737, and was s. by his son, V. SIR THOMAS LEIGH, fourth Lord Leigh, who m. first, Maria-Rebecca, daughter of the Hon. John Craven, and sister of William, fifth Lord Craven, by whom he had

EDWARD, his successor.

MARY.

He m. secondly, Catherine, daughter of Rowland Berkeley, esq. of Cotheridge, in Worcestershire, and had another daughter,

ANNE, m. to Andrew Hacket, esq. and died of the small-pox.

His lordship d. 30th November, 1749, and was s. by his son,

VI. SIR EDWARD LEIGH, fifth Lord Leigh, who died unmarried 26th May, 1786, when all his honours, including the BARONETCY, are presumed to have become EXTINCT. Stoneleigh, at the decease of his lordship, devolved upon his only surviving sister,

THE HON. MARY LEIGH; and at her death, 2nd July, 1806, it came to the Rev. Thomas Leigh; and from him passed to his nephew, James-Henry Leigh, esq. of Addlestrop, father of the present (1837)

CHANDOS LEIGH, esq. of Stoneleigh. (Refer to BURKE'S Commoners, vol. iii. p. 223.) Arms-Gu, a cross ingrailed arg. a lozenge in the dexter chief of the second.

LEIGH, OF NEWNHAM.

CREATED 24th Dec. 1618.-EXTINCT 21st Dec. 1653.

Lineage.

WILLIAM LEIGH, esq. of Newnham Regis, in the county of Warwick, fourth son of Sir Thomas Leigh, lord mayor of London at the decease of Queen MARY,

This manor was acquired by the marriage of Richard de Grey (son of William de Grey, of Sandford and Sandiacre, a younger son of Henry de Grey, of Thurrock,) with Lucy, daughter and heir of Robert de Hareston, Lord of Sutton in the Dale; which, with divers other

m. Frances, daughter of Sir James Harrington, of Exton, in the county of Rutland, and was 5. by his

son,

SIR FRANCIS LEIGH, K. B. who m. the Hon. Mary, daughter of Sir Thomas Egerton, Viscount Brackley, Lord Chancellor of England, and left a son and beir,

1. FRANCIS LEICH, esq. of Newnham, who was cre ated a BARONET 24th December, 1618, and raised to the peerage ten years after as Baron Dunsmore. His lordship having subsequently distinguished himself in the cause of royalty during the civil war, was created Earl of Chichester in 1644. He m. first, Suran, daughter and heir of Richard Northan, esq. but by her had no issue. He wedded, secondly, Audrey, daughter and co-heir of Sir John Butler, Baron Butler, of Bramfield, and widow of Sir Francis Anderson, and by that lady had

ELIZABETH, M. to Thomas Wriothesley, fourth Earl of Southampton.

MARY, m. to George Villiers, Viscount Grandison, in the peerage of Ireland.

His lordship d. 21st December, 1653, when the earldeta of Chichester devolved, according to a special limitation in the patent, upon his son-in-law, Thomas, fourth Earl of Southampton, and the barony of Dunsmore, with the BARONETCY, became EXTINCT.

Arms-As LEIGH OF STONELEIGH.

1. SIR FRANCIS LEKE, knt. of Sutton, in the county of Derby, being a gentleman of ancient family and ample fortune, was created a BARONET on the insti tution of the order, 22nd May, 1611. In thirteen years after he was raised to the peerage, as Baron Deincourt, of Sutton; and taking an active part in favour of the king during the civil war, was made Earl of Scarsdale in 1645. He m. Anne, daughter of Sir E3ward Carey, knt. of Berkhampstead, in the county of Hertford, and had issue,

cloth, and causing his grave to be dug some years before his death, laid himself therein every Friday for divine meditation and prayer. He d. in 1655, and was s. by his son,

II. SIR NICHOLAS LEKE, Second Earl of Scarsdale, who married Lady Frances Rich, daughter of Robert, second Earl of Warwick, and had issue,

ROBERT, his successor.

Richard, m. Mary, daughter of Sir John Molyneux, bart. and had

NICHOLAS, successor to his uncle.

Robert, d. young.

Frances.

Lucy. Mary.

His lordship d. in 1680, and was s. by his elder son, III. SIR ROBERT LEKE, third Earl of Scarsdale, who wedded Mary, daughter and co-heir of Sir John Lewis, of Ledstone, in the county of York, but had no surviving issue. His lordship, temp. JAMES II. was lordlieutenant of Derbyshire, colonel of horse, and groom of the stole to Prince GEORGE of Denmark. He died in 1707, and was s. by his nephew,

IV. SIR NICHOLAS LEKE, fourth Earl of Scarsdale, who died unmarried in 1736, when all his honours, including the BARONETCY, became EXTINCT.

and was buried in St. Michael's, Crooked Lane, London, on the south side of the chancel. Margaret, m. to- Collin.

Anne, m. to Richard Barber, of Shadbrooke, Suffolk.

The elder son,

WILLIAM LEMAN, esq. of Beccles, m. Alice, daughter of- Bourne, of Norwich, and had five sons,

1. JOHN, of Beccles and Otley, ancestor of the Lemans of Charsfield, Winhaston, Weston, and Parham.

11. Robert, of Ipswich, buried in St. Stephen's
Church there, left two daughters, his co-heirs,
MARY, m. to Richard Bennet, esq. of Kew,
in Surrey, brother of Sir Richard Bennet,
bart. of Babraham, in Cambridgeshire,
and had a daughter,

MARY BENNET, m. to Sir Henry Capel,
K.B. created BARON CAPEL, of Tewkes-

bury, and d. s. p.

ALICE, m. first, to Thomas Barker, esq. of
Fresingfield, in Suffolk; and secondly, to
Charles Goring, second Earl of Norwich,
but d. issueless.

III. Thomas, of Gillingham, who m. Margaret, dau. of John Smith, esq. of Laxfield, in Suffolk, and had a son and two daughters,

John, of Bruens Hall, in Suffolk, who m.
Anne, daughter of Thomas Weld, esq. of
Windham, in Norfolk, and left issue.
Margaret, m. to Thomas Smith, gent. of Wal-
soken, in Norfolk.

Alice, m. to John Parker, of Wickham Mar-
ket, in Suffolk.

IV. WILLIAM, of whom presently.

v. Philip, of Thames Ditton, in Surrey. The fourth son,

WILLIAM LEMAN, of London, woollen draper, and heir to the chief part of his uncle, Alderman Sir John Leman's wealth, purchased the manor of Northaw, in Hertfordshire, from William Sidley, esq. In 1634 he served the office of sheriff for that county, and was elected to parliament by the borough of Hertford in 1645. He m. Rebecca, daughter and co-heir of Edward Prescot, of Thoby, in Essex, and of London, salter, by whom he had issue,

I. WILLIAM, his heir.

11. John, m. Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. Haley, of Edgeworthbury, in Middlesex, and had two daughters,

Elizabeth.

Anne.

III. Thomas, of London, draper, m. Mary, daughter of Mr. Hickford, of London, and had Hickford, aged nineteen in 1695.

Robert, aged eighteen in 1695, a student at
Trinity College, Cambridge.

Rebecca.

IV. Edward, of Fenchurch Street, London, merchant, in 1695, m. Mary, daughter of Sir Thomas Holt, knt. serjeant-at-law, and had Edward, aged nine in 1695.

Susanna-Maria.

v. James, d. unm.

VI. Philip, in holy orders, rector of Warboys, in Huntingdonshire, m. Catherine, daughter of Richard Carter, gent. of Colne, in the same county, and had issue.

VII. Tanfeild, barrister-at-law, died 16th January, 1704.

1. Rebecca, m. to Tanfeild Vachel, esq. of Coley, in Berkshire.

11. Ellen, m. to James Wainwright, of London.