♂ Sir Thomas Leighton

1453 - 1519

 

Knight, of Wattlesborough, in Shropshire, and Stretton in le Dale

Sir Thomas Leighton
Parents
John Leighton
John Leighton
???? - 1493
Anchoretta Burgh
Anchoretta Burgh
???? - 1471
Children

1471


Age: 18y

property


Wattlesborough, Shropshire, England ⇓
Wattlesborough Castle was given to the Leighton family in 1471. It was kept by them until 1711. The picture is of Wattlesborough Tower.
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1471 • King Afonso V of Portugal conquers the Moroccan town of Arzila.
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1475


Age: 22y
1475 • The original Landshut Wedding takes place, between George, Duke of Bavaria, and Hedwig Jagiellon.

1501


Age: 48y
Burgh/Leighton - Collections for a History of Staffordshire, Volume 2

Partition


In 1501 a partition was made of the estates of Sir John Burgh and his wife Jane Clopton between their four coheirs, including Thomas Leighton, the son of John Leighton and Ankaret his wife, mother of the daughters who had also predeccased him.
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1501 John, King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden is deposed from the Swedish throne.

1519


Age: 66y
1519 Hernán Cortés and his men, accompanied by 3,000 Tlaxcalans, enters Cholula.

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