Dorothy Leigh
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Born
Unknown
Dorothy Kemp (or Kempe)
Unknown
England
Diedc. 1616
England
OccupationWriter
Notable worksThe Mother's Blessing
Dorothy Leigh | |
|---|---|
| Born | Dorothy Kemp (or Kempe) Unknown England |
| Died | c. 1616 England |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Notable works | The Mother's Blessing |
| Spouse | Ralph Leigh |
Dorothy Leigh (née Kemp or Kempe; died c. 1616) was a 17th-century English writer remembered for The Mother's Blessing (1616).
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]
