Isabel Leigh

Isabel Leigh, Lady Stumpe ( 1496 – 16 Feb 1573) was a lady-in-waiting during the reign of her younger half-sister, Catherine Howard, fifth wife and Queen Consort to Henry VIII. Early life Isabel was the first child of Joyce Culpeper and Sir Ralph Leigh. She had two younger sisters and two younger brothers: Margaret Leigh (born 1500); married a man surnamed Rice. Joyce Leigh (born 1504); married John Stanney. May have had issue. John Leigh (born 1502); married Elizabeth, surname unknown. Had issue. Ralph Leigh (born 1498; died 1561); married Margaret Ireland. Had issue. Ralph died c. 1509/1510 and Isabel's mother remarried to Lord Edmund Howard c. 1513/1515. They had six children. Margaret Howard ( 1515 – 10 Oct 1572); married Sir Thomas Arundell of Wardour Castle, son of Sir John Arundell of Lanherne and Lady Eleanor Grey. Had issue. Mary Howard (born after 1515); married Edmund Trafford. Henry Howard (born after 1515); married Anne Howard. Charles Howard (born after 1515). George Howard ( 1519 – 1580). Catherine Howard ( 1524 – 13 Feb 1542); married Henry VIII of England. Marriage and issue She married Sir Edward Bayntun or Baynton, of Bromham, Wiltshire, on 18 January 1531. They had three children. Henry Baynton (b. c 1536). Married Anne Cavendish. Had issue. Francis Baynton (b. 1537) Anne Baynton (d. young)