Richard Leigh (other)
Richard Leigh may refer to: *Richard Leigh (martyr) (c. 1561–1588), Catholic martyr *Richard Leigh (officer of arms), Clarenceux King of Arms, died 1597 *Richard Leigh (poet) (1649/50–1728), English poet *Richard Leigh (footballer) (born 1974), Australian rules footballer *Richard Leigh (author) (1943–2007), co-author of ''The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail'' *Richard Leigh (songwriter) (born 1951), American country music songwriter *Richard Leigh (musician), free-improvising musician, member of the ''Musics (magazine), Musics'' collective *Richard H. Leigh, U.S. Navy admiral *Richard Leigh (cricketer) (1784–1841), English cricketer *Richard Leigh (cricket patron), 18th-century English businessman and cricket patron *Beaver Dick, Richard "Beaver Dick" Leigh, English-American trapper, scout, and guide See also

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Richard Leigh (martyr)
Richard Leigh (c. 1557 – 1588) was an English Roman Catholic martyr born in Cambridge, the scion of Cheshire Landed gentry, gentry, Lord of the manor, squires of the High Legh, West Hall, High Legh since the 11th century. Life Richard Leigh was the son of Richard Leigh, who attended Cambridge University, and Clemence Holcroft, daughter of John Holcroft (16th-century MP), Sir John Holcroft. He was the subject of a childhood arranged marriage at Middleton, Greater Manchester, Middleton, 22 September 1562 with Anne Belfield (married in 1574 Assheton baronets, William Assheton, Steward (office), steward of the Manorialism, manor of Rochdale (ancient parish), Rochdale), daughter of Ralph Belfield, of Clegg Hall, who had died without a male heir in 1552. Her sister, Elizabeth, was married on the same day to Barlow Hall, Alexander Barlow (later Sir Alexander Barlow) and both marriages were subsequently annulled on the grounds of being so young that "doth not remember that he eve ...
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