♂ 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 Moorish exiles from Spain, led by Moulay Ali Ben Moussa Ben Rached El Alami, found the city of Chefchaouen in the north of Morocco.
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1475


Age: 22y
1475 Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye is the first book to be printed in English, by William Caxton in Bruges.

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 Sten Sture the Elder is elected Regent of Sweden for the second time.

1519


Age: 66y
1519 • The first civil revolt in Anatolia took place which was led by Alevi preacher Celâl.

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