Dorothy Leigh
Dorothy Leigh (née, Kemp; died c. 1616) was a 17th-century British writer remembered for The Mother's Blessing (1616). She died ca. 1616.
Dorothy Leigh | |
|---|---|
| Born | Dorothy Kemp DOB unknown England |
| Died | c. 1616 England |
| Occupation | writer |
| Notable works | The Mother's Blessing |
| Spouse | Ralph Leigh |
Biography
Dorothy Kemp (or Kempe) was the daughter of William Kemp (or Robert Kemp), of Finchingfield, Essex. She married Ralph Leigh of Cheshire (or Ralph Lee of Sussex), who was a soldier under the Earl of Essex at Cádiz.[1][2]
The Mother's Blessing was dedicated to the Princess Elizabeth, wife to the Count Palatine. It includes a prefixed a poem entitled "Counsell to my Children, George, John, and William Leigh". In 1626, her son William was appointed Rector of Groton, in Suffolk.[1]
Selected works
- 1616, The mothers blessing, or, The godly counsaile of a gentle-woman not long since deceased, left behind her for her children : containing many good exhortations, and godly admonitions, profitable for all parents to leaue as a legacy to their children, but especially for those, who by reason of their young yeeres stand most in need of instruction
References
- Earwaker, John Parsons (1876). Local gleanings relating to Lancashire and Chesire (Public domain ed.). pp. 46–47.
- The Society (1846). Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society (Public domain ed.). The Society p=156.
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