Dorothy Leigh

Dorothy Leigh (died c. 1616) was a 17th-century British writer remembered for The Mother's Blessing (1616).

Dorothy Leigh
Born	Dorothy Kemp 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

1. Earwaker 1876, p. 46-47.
2. The Society 1846, p. 156.

Bibliography

• This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Earwaker, John Parsons (1876). Local gleanings relating to Lancashire and Chesire (Public domain ed.).CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: The Society (1846). Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society (Public domain ed.). The Society.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

External links

• Dorothy Leigh at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography