Piers (Legh) Leigh (abt. 1563 - 1636)

Born about 1563 in England

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Died Feb 1636 at about age 73 in Winwick, Lancashire, England

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Biography

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

Piers Leigh of Lyme, Cheshire, was the son of Piers Leigh and his wife, Katherine, daughter of Sir Thomas Venables.^[1] of Kinderton, Lancashire (b. bef. 1513 - d. 19 Jul 1580).^[2]

Piers was the brother of:

1. Edward Leigh, of Hallam, Cheshire, married Katherine, widow of Thomas Touchet of Whitley, they had no children,^[3] aka Leigh of Grayes Inne;^[1]
2. Thomas, gent, ussher to the Countess of Essex;^[1]
3. Elizabeth, who was married to — Lathom of Parbold.^[1]

He was knighted at Grenewich on 2 July, 1598.^[1]

Piers married twice, to:

1. Margrett, daughter of Sir Gilbert Gerard, Master of the Rolles;^[1] Peter and Margaret had children:
   1. Peter, heir;^[1]
   2. Frances, 2nd son;^[1]
   3. Thomas, 3rd son;^[1] and
   4. Anne.^[1]
2. Dorothy, daughter of Sir Richard Egerton.^{[4] [5]}

Baines (1836), asserts that Dorothy Egerton died without issue.^[4] Lundy (2018), citing Burke (n.d.), disputes this and states she was the mother of Peter Legh of Bruch and John Legh (dsp).^[5]

^[4] (1587/8-1624)

m. Anne, dau. of Sir John Savile of Howley, Yorkshire.^[4]

• Radcliffe (d.inf.)^[4]
• Gilbert (d. inf.)^[4]
• 4. Thomas, Legh, DD, rector of Sefton,^[4] & Walton on the Hill in Lancashire (d. 1639).^[6]

m. Letice, dau. of Sir George Calveley of Lea, Cheshire.^[4][6]

• 5. Peter of Bruch^[4][5]

m. Anne, dau. of Henry Birkenhead of Backford^[4]

• John,^[4] (dsp.).^[5]
• Anne.^[4]

m. Richard Bold^[4]

• Catherine (dsp)^[4]

• Dorothy Egerton, second wife of Peter Legh, was the mother of Peter of Bruch & John (dsp).

Sir Piers Legh of Lyme, Cheshire, died in 1636.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9} John Paul Rylands, ed., The Visitation of Cheshire in the Year 1580 Made by Robert Glover, Somerset Herald, for William Flower, Norroy King of Arms, with Numerous Additions and Continuations, Including Those from the Visitation of Cheshire Made in the Year 1566, by the Same Herald. With an Appendix, Containing the Visitation of a Part of Cheshire in the Year 1533, made by William Fellows, Lancaster Herald, for Thomas Benolte, Clarenceux King of Arms. And a Fragment of the Visitation of the City of Chester in the Year 1591, Made by Thomas Chaloner, Deputy to the Office of Arms, (London: Harleian Society, XVIII, 1882), 153, e-book Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/visitationofches00glov/page/153/mode/1up : accessed 30 July, 2022). [Pedigree: Leigh of Lyme].
2. ↑ Hasler, P.W. (1981). "Venables, Sir Thomas (by 1513-80), of Kinderton, Cheshire," in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603. HOP. Web.
3. ↑ R C G, "Legh, Edward II (c.1565-1609), of Hallam, Cheshire," The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603, ed. P W Hasler, (1981) (https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/legh-edward-ii-1565-1609 : accessed 30 July, 2022).
4. ↑ ^{4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13} Legh of Lyme & Haydock, (Baines, 1836). WikiTree.com. Pedigree.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} Lundy, D. (2018). ThePeerage.com. Web.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Henning, B.D. (1983). "Legh, Richard (1634-87), of Lyme, Cheshire," in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660-1690. HOP. Web.

• Wikipedia: Leghs of Lyme
• Ormerod, George (1882), Thomas Helsby, ed., The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester (2nd ed.), London: George Routledge and Sons, pp. iii:676–678
• HoP Peter Legh