Bpt ‘John ye son of John Leigh of Hayne in ye Parish of Ottery St Mary’68,10 Marr “Banns of Marriage No 16 John Leigh Jnr of the Parish of St Mary Ottery & Jane Pratt of this [Venn Ottery] Parish were married in this Church by Licence... by .. Francis Luce [?] Vicar” Signed John Leigh & Janey Pratt, wits Nath: Pratt, Richard Thorne. [Note: Vicar Francis Luce or Lace signs as Rector in entry No 18 July 1777]40 Bur "John Leigh -(second son of John Leigh, Gent,of Hayne in the Parish of Ottery St Mary, but a Native of this [Branscombe] Parish & Mary* his Wife)-, after a lingering illness, aged 31, leaving a family of [5?] children" 124,30 * This is the only ref to a "Mary"-- possible mishearing of "Sarah" by Branscombe vicar John Kingman who didn't know the family? The figure for the number of John Jnr’s children is not clear in the photocopy, but is written as ‘five’ in the DCRS ed.