Elizabeth Legh

Born [date unknown] in Lyme, Lyme Handley, Prestbury, Cheshire, England

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Died Mar 1661 in Duxbury, Lancashire, England

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Biography

Elizabeth Legh was a member of the aristocracy in England.

Elizabeth Legh died from complications of childbirth.

Elizabeth Legh, was the daughter of Piers Legh of Lyme, Cheshire.^[1][2] Baines (1836), asserts that her mother was Anne, dau. of Sir John Savile of Howley, Yorkshire.^[3]

Elizabeth was married to Richard Standish (1621-62).^[1][2]

An arranged marriage took place in 1647 between Elizabeth and Colonel Richard Standish in order to save the Standish estate which was heavily in debt (as a result in part of the costs of fighting for Cromwell in the English Civil War.) ^[4]

Elizabeth died after a difficult child birth in 1661 ^[4]

Notes

• one Elizabeth Legh was christened in Northenden, Cheshire in July 1622. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Henning, B.D. (1983). "Standish, Richard (1621-62), of Duxbury, Standish, Lancs.," in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660-1690. HOP. Web.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Hayton, D. Cruickshanks, E. & Handley, S. (2002). "Standish, Sir Richard, 1st Bt. (1651-93), of Duxbury, Lancs.," in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690-1715. HOP.
3. ↑ Legh of Lyme & Haydock, (Baines, 1836).[1]
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} http://mylesstandish.info/Standish%20of%20the%20Pele%202%201647%20-%202008.htm
5. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," (11 Feb 2018). Elisabeth Legh, 21 Jul 1622. FHL microfilm 90,133.[2] (father not identified).