George (Leicester) Leycester (abt. 1570 - 1612)

Born about 1570 in Toft, Cheshire, England

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Died 28 Mar 1612 at about age 42 in Mobberley, Cheshire, England

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Sir George Leicester was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Biography

Sir George Lecester of Toft^[1] aka Leycester or Leicester of Tofte^[2]

George was the son of William Lecester of Toft and his wife, Katherine, daughter of John Edwards of Chirk.^[1] William had his right to bear arms authenticated by Robert Glover, Somerset Herald, during the visitation of Cheshire in 1580.^[1]

George had siblings:

1. Rafe, natus ante nuptias [born before the nuptials], aged 17 in 1580, disinherited by his father,^[1] but said to be second son in the 1613 Visitation;^[2]
2. Jane,^[1] married to — Dauenpt;^[2]
3. Ellin,^[1] married to — Slade;^[2]
4. Parnell,^[1] Pettronus married to —;^[2]
5. Mary,^[1] married to 1) — Huntington, 2) Petter Middleton, and 3) George Calveley son of Sir George;^[2]
6. Anne, married to — Bradshaw of Lancashire;^[1]

George married Alice, daughter of Piers Lecester of Tabley.^[1]

George and Alice had children:

1. Rafe, heir;^[2]
2. Katherine Leycester, married to William Tatton;^[2]
3. Mary, married to James Massey of Sale, 1611;^[2]
4. Alice;^[2]

When "Anne Manwaringe wyddowe late wief of Phillipe Manwaringe of Pev Esquier deceased" made her will on 29 January 1586 [now 1587], she left to her "nevewe George Leycester one incalf heffer."^[3] Anne was the sister of George's father William.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10} 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", The Publications of the Harleian Society, XVIII, (London: Harleian Society, 1882), 141, Digital Image Internet Archive (https://archive.org/stream/visitationofches00glov#page/140/mode/2up : accessed 17 March 2018). Harl 1424, fo 93b.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9} Sir George J Armytage, Bart, and J Paul Rylands, Esq, eds. "Pedigrees made at the Visitation of Cheshire, 1613, taken by Richard St George, Esq, Norroy King of Arms, and Henry St George, Gent, Bluemantle Pursuivant of Arms, and Some Other Contemporary Pedigrees". The Record Society for the Publication of Original Documents relating to Lancashire and Cheshire LVIII. (London: The Record Society, 1909) 153, Digital Image Internet Archive (https://archive.org/stream/recordsociety58recouoft#page/152/mode/2up : accessed 17 March 2018).
3. ↑ Rev G J Piccope, ed, "Lancashire and Cheshire Wills and Inventories from the Ecclesiastical Court, Chester, the Second Portion", Remains Historical and Literary Connected with the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester, LI, (Manchester: printed for the Chetham Society, 1860), 197, Digital Image Internet Archive (https://archive.org/stream/lancashirecheshi512manc#page/196/mode/2up : accessed 17 March 2018).

See also:

• http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/leycester-george-1566-1612