Leigh, Dorothy Kempe (fl. 1616)
Leigh, Dorothy Kempe (fl. 1616)
British writer. Born Dorothy Kempe or Kemp in Finchingfield, Essex, England; dau. of Robert Kempe and Elizabeth (Higham) Kempe (dau. of Sir Clement Higham of Barrowhall, Suffolk); m. Ralph Leigh or Lee (soldier under the earl of Essex at Cadiz); children: 3 sons.
Wrote book of advice for her sons, The Mother's Blessing (1616).
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