Henry Northleigh


Henry Northleigh of Peamore in the parish of Exminster in Devon, was thrice MP for Okehampton in Devon.

Life

He was the 2nd but eldest surviving son and heir of Henry Northleigh of Peamore, Exminster, in Devon by his wife Lettice Yard, a daughter of Edward Yard of Churston Ferrers in Devon. He was educated at King’s College, Cambridge from 1660 and entered the Middle Temple in 1663.
He served as MP for Okehampton in 1677, as High Sheriff of Devon for 1680–81, and again as MP for Okehampton in 1689 and 1690–1694.

Marriage and children

He married Susanna Sparke, daughter of John Sparke, dyer, of Exeter. She was the granddaughter of Stephen Toller, haberdasher of Exeter, who in 1673 purchased "Crediton Parks", the former park of the Bishops of Exeter, from Sir John Chichester of Hall, Bishop's Tawton. Susanna devised Crediton Parks to her daughter Susanna Northleigh, who devised it to her nephew John Tuckfield of Little Fulford, MP for Exeter, eldest son of her sister Elizabeth Northleigh by her husband Roger Tuckfield of London, Merchant. By his wife he had children including:
He died in 1694, as is recorded on his ledger stone in Alphington church, near Peamore.