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Richard Leigh 1537–1621 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 10 June 1537

Birth Location: Colton Hall, Nordley Regis, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1621

Death Location: Morton Regis, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom

Father: Sir Lee

Mother: Katherina Blount

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Richard Leigh was born in 1537 in Colton Hall, Nordley Regis, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Sir Humphrey Humphridus Lee And Katherina Matel Clovis Blount. Richard Leigh passed away in 1621 in Morton Regis, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Richard Leigh was born in 1537 in Colton Hall, Nordley Regis, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Sir Humphrey Humphridus Lee And Katherina Matel Clovis Blount.
  • Richard Leigh passed away in 1621 in Morton Regis, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Richard Leigh's Ancestors

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Richard Leigh
1537–1621
Birth Place: Colton Hall, Nordley Regis, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir Humphrey (Humphridus) Lee
1506–1588
Coton Hall, Alveley Parish, Nordley Regis, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
Katherina (Matel Clovis) Blount
1506–1591
Eye, Herefordshire, England
Grandparents
Captain (Sir Thomas de LEE de NORDLEY) (KNIGHT)
1460–1526
Nordley, regis, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
lady (johanna) morton
1484–1526
Cotton Hall, Nordley Regis, Shropshire, England
Thomas (I Blount, Knight of The Garter) Sr.
1457–1506
Eye, Herefordshire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
Elizabeth Yeo
1470–1550
Yeo, Salop, England
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Richard Leigh's Timeline

2 Records

1537
10 June 1537
Birth of Richard Leigh in Colton Hall, Nordley Regis, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
Colton Hall, Nordley Regis, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
1621
1621
Age 84
Death of Richard Leigh in Morton Regis, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
Morton Regis, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 10 June 1537
    Event Place: Colton Hall, Nordley Regis, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1621
    Event Place: Morton Regis, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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