Eleanor (Dennis) Lygon (abt. 1513 - 1587)

Born about 1513 in Dyrham, Gloucestershire, England

Ancestors

Wife of William (Lygon) Ligon Esq. — married 1529 in England

Descendants

Died Jan 1587 at about age 74 in Arle Court, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England

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Biography

Eleanor Dennis was born between 1508 and 1515 in Dyrham, Gloucestershire, England.^[1]

She was the daughter of William Dennis, Knight, of Dyrham, Gloucestershire by his 1st wife Anne Berkeley, daughter of Maurice Berkeley. She married William Ligon, Esq., eldest son and heir of Richard Lygon, and his 1st wife Margery Greville, by contract dated 1529. William Lygon, born in 1512, was not yet 18 years old.^[2][3]

Name

Name: Eleanor Dennis ^[2][3]

Name: Eleanor Lygon ^[2][3]

Still living 1579 ^{[4] [2]}

Children

William and Eleanor (Dennis) Lygon had the following children:^[5]

1. William Lygon II b: 1529 in Arle, Worcestershire, England (died before 1567)
2. Richard Lygon b: 1537 in Arle, Gloucestershire, England
3. Hugh Lygon b: 1538 in Arle, Gloucestershire, England
4. Cicely Lygon b: 1539 in Arle, Gloucestershire, England
5. Ralph Lygon b: 1540 in Arle, Gloucestershire, England
6. Thomas Lygon, Gent. b: 1545 in Elkstone, Gloucester, England
7. Elizabeth Lygon b: 1548 in Upton Severn, Worcester, England
8. Francis Lygon b: 1549 in Madresfield, Worcestershire, England
9. Fernando Lygon b: 1550 in Arle, Gloucestershire, England
10. Margaret Lygon b: 1553 in Arle, Gloucestershire, England
11. Katherine Lygon b: 1558 in Madresfield, Worcestershire, England

Death

Eleanor (Dennis) Lygon survived her husband's death in September 1567. She was named in documents in 1579, leading many family genealogies to state she died "after 1579". However, her estate was not inventoried until March 2, 1585, demonstrating that she died shortly before that date.^[6]

Elinor was buried on 27 January 1586/7 in Cheltenham, St Mary, Gloucestershire, England.^[7] The parish register noted that she was Elinor Lygon, gent(lewoman) of Arle.

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #175936304 retrieved 31 Dec 2018 states 1508 as do My Heritage & Geneanet sources. Her Ancestry.com profile says born in 1513 as does Storric.cnc.net. Geni.com & Our royal, titled, noble & common ancestors, both state born in 1515. Choosing "ca. 1513" as middle-ground; it makes better sense than 1508 as her 17-yr-old husband was born in 1512 & 16 was a marriageable age. Chet Snow.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Richardson, Douglas. Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), volume III, page 576-577, 579
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. 2nd edition, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011). Space:Magna_Carta_Ancestry, volume III, page 23 #12
4. ↑ Magna Charta Sureties Line 66-11
5. ↑ The Thomas Knowlton Gibson Genealogy Pages on RootsWeb - Eleanor Dennis
6. ↑ "Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families," 1st edition, by Douglas Richardson, Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 2004, Ligon 15: pp. 448-449. See also:

   "Eleanor Lygon's intestate estate was inventoried 2 March 1585, administration was granted to her three younger sons: Thomas, Hugh and Francis Lygon, she was probably residing on the Lygon dower lands in Co. Gloucester." (The VA Gen., Jan 1994, p.48-51), Consistory Court of Gloucester, Act Book, 1585. Cited on Ham/m Database on RootsWeb - Eleanor Dennis. Dr. Thomas Hamm is an historian at Univ. Del. who has done significant genealogical research.

7. ↑ Burial: "Gloucestershire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1813"
   Gloucestershire Archives; Gloucester, Gloucestershire; Gloucestershire Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: P78/1 in 1/1
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 4732 #2297018 (accessed 15 November 2022)
   Elnor Hygen burial on 27 Jan 1586 in Cheltenham, St Mary, Gloucestershire, England.

See also:

• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry (2013) Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), Vol III, page 576, Eleanor Dennis.

• Ancestors of Alexandra Catlin Vaut, et al on RootsWeb - Eleanor Dennis Cites Richardson and others.

• Smith, John, of Nibley: Lives of the Berkeleys, Vol. 2, p. 183, 5.