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Dorothy Leigh
Born Dorothy Kemp (or Kempe)DOB unknown Died c. 1616 Occupation Writer Notable works The Mother's Blessing Spouse Ralph Leigh
Dorothy Leigh (née Kemp or Kempe ; died c. 1616 ) was a 17th-century British writer remembered for The Mother's Blessing (1616).
Biography [ edit ]
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 ), 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]
Dorothy Leigh died in or before 1616.[3]
Selected works [ edit ]
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 leave as a legacy to their children, but especially for those, who by reason of their young yeeres stand most in need of instruction
References [ edit ]
^ "The Mothers Blessing by Dorothy Leigh - Folgerpedia" . folgerpedia.folger.edu . Retrieved 28 August 2022 .
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a d d i t i o n a l t e r m s m a y a p p l y . B y u s i n g t h i s s i t e , y o u a g r e e t o t h e T e r m s o f U s e a n d P r i v a c y P o l i c y . W i k i p e d i a ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e W i k i m e d i a F o u n d a t i o n , I n c . , a n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n . ● P r i v a c y p o l i c y ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● D i s c l a i m e r s ● C o n t a c t W i k i p e d i a ● C o d e o f C o n d u c t ● D e v e l o p e r s ● S t a t i s t i c s ● C o o k i e s t a t e m e n t ● M o b i l e v i e w
