Richard Leigh (c. 1531–1597) was an English officer of arms. He was created Portcullis Pursuivant in 1571[1] and in this role conducted visitations of Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Shropshire on behalf of the Clarenceux King of Arms.[2] He was promoted to Richmond Herald in 1592,[3] in which role he conducted the visitation of Lincolnshire.[4] Promoted to Clarenceux in 1594,[5] he inherited his predecessor's dispute with William Dethick over their respective jurisdictions,[6] during which in 1596 he had a copy made of a privy seal grant made by Henry VIII to Thomas Benolt.[7] As Clarenceux he undertook visitations of Berkshire and Northamptonshire, but these were formally completed.[8] He died in September 1597 and was buried at St Alphage London Wall.