Peter Legh (abt. 1475 - 1541)

Born about 1475 in Haydock, Lancashire, England

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Peter VI Legh was a member of the aristocracy in England.

Biography

Peter Legh of Lyme and Haydock, esq

Piers Legh of Bradley in 1533.

Peter Legh was the son of Sir Peter Legh of Lyme and Haydock, knight banneret, and his wife, Ellen, the daughter of Sir John Savage of Clifton.

Burke in his "Commoners" says this Peter Legh was born in 11 Henry VIII.^[1] However, the inscription on his father's monument in Winwick church, says Ellen, the daughter of sir John Savage, died on 17 May 1491^[2] therefore, this Peter could not have been born in 11 Henry VIII which is 1519, almost 30 years after his mother's death.

After his mother died, Peter's father was consecrated a priest.^[2]

Peter married twice, his wives and children were:

1. Margaret, the daughter of Nicholas de Tyldesley.^[1] Peter and Margaret had children:
   1. Sir Peter Legh of Lyme and Haydock, knight, heir, married Margaret, the daughter of Thomas Gerard of Bryn co Lanc, esq^[1]
   2. Jane, married to Thomas Gerard of Bryn^[1]
2. Jane the daughter of Peter Gerard of Bryn^[1] Peter and Jane had children:
   1. Cecilia, the wife of Thomas Butler of Bewsey^[1]
   2. Anne^[1]

However, the only children Peter mentioned In his will were his daughters:

1. Elizabeth^[3]
2. Mary^[3]
3. Alice^[3]

"Peres Legh of Bradley in the County of Lanc Esquier son and heyr of Peres Legh Knyght and Preist" made his will on 6 September in 31 Henry VIII [1539], in which he mentions his father's will, dated 1 December 1522.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} John Burke, Esq, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland Enjoying Territorial Possessions or High Official Rank but Uninvested with Heritable Honours, archive.org, II, (London: Henry Colburn, 1835), accessed 24 August 2014, https://archive.org/stream/agenealogicalan00austgoog#page/n718/mode/2up pp.686.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} J G Waller, Esq, On Certain Church Brasses in Cheshire and Lancashire, Archive.org, The Journal of the British Archaeological Association, V, (London: Henry J Bohn, 1850), accessed 15 July 2014, http://archive.org/stream/journalofbritish05brit#page/260/mode/2up pp.260-261.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} W M Fergusson Irvine, ed., "A Collection of Lancashire and Cheshire Wills not now to be found in Any Probate Registry 1301-1752, archive.org, The Record Society for the Publication of Original Documents relating to Lancashire and Chester, XXX, (Lincoln's Inn Fields, WC: The Record Society, 1896), accessed 23 August 2014, https://archive.org/stream/publications11chesgoog#page/n92/mode/2up pp.73-6.

See also:

• Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 444.
• Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 14.
• Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 127.
• Harleian Society. The Visitation of Cheshire in the Year 1580, The Publications of The Harleian Society (London: The Society, 1882) Vol. 18, Page 153
• Wikipedia, Leghs of Lyme.
• Family Trees
  • https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/25804043/family