Leigh, Katherine ( - 1576)

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Other Last Name

Blount

Born / Died

Birth Date: n.d.

Death Date: 1576-06-25 (burial date)

Parents

Mother: Cotton, Joan ( - 1556/57)

Father: Leigh, Thomas (1511 - 1545)

Marriages/Other Unions

Blount, James (1533 - 1581)
Type: marriage
Union began: exactly 1558
Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Blount, James (1533 - 1581)

Male offspring: Blount, William (1561 - 1594)
Male offspring: Blount, Charles (1563 - 1606)

Primary Title

Lady Mountjoy

Titles

Lady Mountjoy
Assumed: 1558 (date married)
Vacated: 1576-06-25

Details of Offices

Details of Properties

Residence

Silver Street, London (city-county)
Acquired: 1558
Husband's residence
Apethorpe, Northamptonshire
Acquired: 1558
Husband's residence
Hooke Court, Dorset
(Performance Venue)
Acquired: 1558
Husband's residence

Event Naming Patron

Event Type	Date	Location	Troupe
Performance	1571 - 1572	Boothall, Gloucester, Gloucestershire	Lady Manche's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name	Patron	Troupe Type	# of events
Lady Manche's Players	Leigh, Katherine (0 - 1576)	Players	1

Owned Venues

Venue Name	County	Type
Hooke Court	Dorset	Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.