Amyas Leigh

Amyas Leigh

Sir Amyas Leigh was the title character in "Westward Ho! or the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth" by Charles Kingsley.


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