 After Leigh's death, his personal papers were deliberately destroyed by John Dodson, a Fellow of Oriel, who had been sent to Stoneleigh to sort Leigh's books.The destruction was sanctioned by Leigh's uncle and sister.The complex will is the basis of research by Australian writer Judy Stove into alleged murders at Stoneleigh Abbey in the decades following Leigh's death, in her book "The Missing Monument Murders."