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The Environs of London
… time of her death 91 years of age. She married Sir John Leigh. Relict of John Roy, and daughter of Delaline Hussey, …
Alumni Oxonienses
… Coll., matric. 19 Oct., 1639, aged 16; of Park Hall, near Leigh, co. Stafford; died 9 Aug., 1684, aged 60, mural … 14 March, 1662-3, aged 18, B.A. 19 Feb., 1663-4; rector of Leigh, co. Worcester, 1687, and of Upton Lovell, Wilts, 1699. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… number of lords had holdings. They were the south field of Leigh, the field called 'the hill', the west field, described … inhabitants of Chapmanslade, Dilton Marsh, and Westbury Leigh were chiefly occupied with the textile industry, 47 …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… besides the benefactions to the Baptist chapel at Westbury Leigh, and the Upper Meeting in Warminster Road, 63 £18 was … in addition to a payment to the minister of the Westbury Leigh chapel, about £5 was paid to the poor of that …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… built at Dilton Marsh, Heywood, Chapmanslade, and Westbury Leigh. 86 Between 1109 and 1120 the church of Westbury was … this William gave land in Westbury, Bratton, Westbury Leigh, and Heywood for the support of a chaplain to pray … of Westbury, which still included Old Dilton and Westbury Leigh. 37 In 1864 there were morning, afternoon, and evening …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 55 In 1545 the clothier John Adlam acquired the manor of Leigh Priors, formerly among the possessions of the Prior of … John Lyde (fl. 1694), 87 both sergeweavers. At Westbury Leigh there were John Paineter, weaver (fl. c. 1633), 88 and … oppressed by the rich clothiers. Two brothers of Westbury Leigh, clothiers and justices, were accused in particular of …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Brook, Penleigh, Bremeridge, Dilton Marsh, and Westbury Leigh in the west and south, and Chapmanslade in the extreme … the purposes of taxation until the 17th century. Westbury Leigh was probably a suburb of Westbury town from early … Hawkeridge, Brook with Mauduits, Westbury Leversage, Leigh Priors, Leigh Marsh (Westbury Leigh), and Bremeridge. 9 …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… and the hamlets of Headinghill, Stoke, Melborne, and Leigh, i.e. Joan and Eleanor's share of Sir John Pavely's … to John Adlam, who at that date acquired the manor of Leigh Priors which had also formerly belonged to Monkton … In 1341 lands and rent in Westbury, Heywood, Bratton, and Leigh were settled upon Walter Sewale and Emma his wife with …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… formed the manors later known as Westbury Mauduits, Leigh Priors, Westbury Leversage, and Bremeridge. 47 Other … by Henry II or his predecessors gave rise to the manors of Leigh, Penleigh, and Bratton. 48 What was left after all … with the hamlets of Headinghill, Stoke, Milborne, and Leigh, the other half of the profits mentioned above, and the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 20th. 98 There was a fulling mill attached to the manor of Leigh Priors when this was acquired by the clothier, John … John Whitaker, alias Bathe. 99 A fulling mill at Westbury Leigh was conveyed in 1550 by John Stanshall and Anne, his … Sir James Ley in 1616. 3 Another fulling mill in Westbury Leigh was conveyed in 1584 by George, Lord Audley, lord of …