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Catherine Leigh 1539–1576 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1539

Birth Location: St Oswalds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 25 June 1576

Death Location: Shoreditch, London Borough of Hackney, Greater London, England

Father: Thomas Leigh

Mother: Joan Chaloner

Spouse(s): James Blount

Children(s): Christopher Blount, Charles Blount, Anne Blount, William Blount

Catherine Leigh was born in 1539 in St Oswalds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Thomas Leigh And Joan Leigh Chaloner. Catherine Leigh married James 6Th Baron Mountjoy Blount, and had children including Anne Blount, Charles Blount, Christopher Blount, William Blount. Catherine Leigh passed away in 1576 in Shoreditch, London Borough of Hackney, Greater London, England.

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Biography

  • Catherine Leigh was born in 1539 in St Oswalds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Thomas Leigh And Joan Leigh Chaloner.
  • Catherine Leigh married James 6Th Baron Mountjoy Blount, and had children including Anne Blount, Charles Blount, Christopher Blount, William Blount.
  • Catherine Leigh passed away in 1576 in Shoreditch, London Borough of Hackney, Greater London, England.

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Catherine Leigh's Ancestors

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Catherine Leigh
1539–1576
Birth Place: St Oswalds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Thomas Leigh
1490–1545
St Oswalds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Joan (Leigh) Chaloner
1499–1557
St Oswalds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
William Cotton
1477–1519
Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Margaret Colepepper
1481–1518
Oxon Hoath Manor, West Peckham, Tonbridge, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Catherine Leigh's Descendants

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Catherine Leigh (1539–25 June 1576) m. James (6th Baron Mountjoy) Blount (1533–20 October 1581)
  1. 1. Christopher Blount 1555–1601 m. Letitice Knolles 1543–1634
    1. 1. James (Blount of The Astley) Blounts 1591–1651
    2. 2. Sir (Charles) Blount 1589–1589
  2. 2. Charles Blount 1563–1606
  3. 3. Anne Blount –1572
  4. 4. William Blount 1561–1594

Catherine Leigh's Timeline

3 Records

1539
1539
Birth of Catherine Leigh in St Oswalds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
St Oswalds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
1558
17 May 1558
Age 19
Catherine Leigh was married in Derby, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom
Derby, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom
1576
25 June 1576
Age 37
Death of Catherine Leigh in Shoreditch, London, London, England, United Kingdom
Shoreditch, London, London, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1539
    Event Place: St Oswalds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 17 May 1558
    Event Place: Derby, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 June 1576
    Event Place: Shoreditch, London, London, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Shoreditch, London Borough of Hackney, Greater London, England

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