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Lady Elisabeth Jenkes Baroness Rich Leighs 1504–1558 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1504

Birth Location: , London, , England

Death Date: 16 December 1558

Death Location: Smithfield, City of London, Greater London, England

Father: Augustine Porter

Mother: Ellen Smith\Smyth

Spouse(s): Richard Leez

Children(s): Lady Rich

Lady Elisabeth Jenkes Baroness Rich Leighs was born in 1504 in , London, , England, the child of Augustine Porter And Ellen Helena Smith Smyth. Lady Elisabeth Jenkes Baroness Rich Leighs married Richard I Baron Of Leighs Rich Van Leez, and had children including Lady Mary Marie Rich. Lady Elisabeth Jenkes Baroness Rich Leighs passed away in 1558 in Smithfield, City of London, Greater London, England.

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Biography

  • Lady Elisabeth Jenkes Baroness Rich Leighs was born in 1504 in , London, , England, the child of Augustine Porter And Ellen Helena Smith Smyth.
  • Lady Elisabeth Jenkes Baroness Rich Leighs married Richard I Baron Of Leighs Rich Van Leez, and had children including Lady Mary Marie Rich.
  • Lady Elisabeth Jenkes Baroness Rich Leighs passed away in 1558 in Smithfield, City of London, Greater London, England.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Lady Leighs's Ancestors

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Lady Leighs
1504–1558
Birth Place: , London, , England
Parents
Augustine Porter
1490–1554
Belton, Lincolnshire, , England
Ellen (Helena) Smith\Smyth
1500–1569
Belton, Lincolnshire, England
Grandparents
Augustine Porter
1460–1530
Markham, Nottinghamshire, England
Katherine Bellingham
1460–1554
Markham, Nottinghamshire, England
Great-Grandparents
John Porter
1440–1505
Margaret Gardner
1440–1463
Robert Bellingham
1436–1533
Margaret Aske
1445–1544
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Porter
1404–1500
Margaret
1404–
Robert Bellingham
1408–1476
Elizabeth Tunstall
1408–1524
Sir Aske
1400–1460
Margaret Oughtred
1421–1466

Lady Leighs's Descendants

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Lady (Elisabeth Jenkes Baroness Rich) Leighs (1504–16 December 1558) m. Richard (I (Baron of Leighs) Rich Van) Leez (1496–12 June 1567)
  1. 1. Lady (Mary Marie) Rich 1516–1598 m. Sir (Thomas) Wroth 1516–1573 m. Thomas Wroth 1495–1537
    1. 1. Mary Wroth 1563–1647 m. John Hussey 1543–1600
      1. 1. Rev. (Thomas John) Hussey 1599–1656 m. Eleanor Morton 1604–1635
        1. 1. Mary (M) Hussey 1624–1684 m. George (G) Mitchell 1620–1675 m. Col (John) Hanson 1630–1714

Lady Leighs's Timeline

2 Records

1504
1504
Birth of Lady Elisabeth Jenkes Baroness Rich Leighs in , London, , England
, London, , England
1558
16 December 1558
Age 54
Death of Lady Elisabeth Jenkes Baroness Rich Leighs in Smithfield, City of London, Greater London, England
Smithfield, City of London, Greater London, England

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1504
    Event Place: , London, , England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 December 1558
    Event Place: Smithfield, City of London, Greater London, England

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