The commemoration was eventually put down by the Stuarts as giving rise to tumults and disorders.—Journal 49, fo. 270b; Luttrell's Diary, 17 Nov., 1682.
Son of Roger Leigh, of Wellington, co. Salop, an apprentice of Sir Rowland Hill, whose niece, Alice Barker, he married. Buried in the Mercers' Chapel. By his second son, William, he was ancestor of the Lords Leigh, of Stoneleigh, and by his third son William, grandfather of Francis Leigh, Earl of Chichester.—Notes to Machyn's Diary, p. 407.
"The order of the sheryfes at the receyvyng of the quenes highenes in to Myddlesex."—Letter Book S, fo. 183; Repertory 14, fo. 90b.
Letter Book S, fo. 182b; Journal 7, fo. 101b.
Repertory 14, fos. 97, 98.
-Id., fo. 99.
-Id., fo. 102b.
Repertory 14, fo. 103b.
Dated 27 Dec., 1558.—Journal 17, fo. 106b.
Wriothesley, ii, 145.