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Agnes Legh 1456–1498 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1456

Birth Location: Adlington, Cheshire, England

Death Date: 1498

Death Location: Brereton, Cheshire, England

Father: William Leigh

Mother: Lady Warren)

Spouse(s): Andrew Brereton

Children(s): Ellen Brereton\Fritton

Agnes Legh was born in 1456 in Adlington, Cheshire, England, the child of William Leigh And Lady Isabella Isabel Stanley M De Legh M De Warren. Agnes Legh married Andrew Brereton, and had children including Ellen Brereton Fritton. Agnes Legh passed away in 1498 in Brereton, Cheshire, England.

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Biography

  • Agnes Legh was born in 1456 in Adlington, Cheshire, England, the child of William Leigh And Lady Isabella Isabel Stanley M De Legh M De Warren.
  • Agnes Legh married Andrew Brereton, and had children including Ellen Brereton Fritton.
  • Agnes Legh passed away in 1498 in Brereton, Cheshire, England.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Agnes Legh's Ancestors

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Agnes Legh
1456–1498
Birth Place: Adlington, Cheshire, England
Parents
William Leigh
1410–1479
Adlington, Cheshire East Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England
Lady (Isabella (Isabel) Stanley, (m. De Legh) (m. De) Warren)
1413–1460
Lathom House, Lathom, Lancashire, Lancashire, England
Grandparents
Sir (Robert III *Lord of Adlington High Sheriff of Cheshire* De) Leigh
1365–1415
Adlington, Cheshire, England
Isabel (Maud) Belgrave
1365–1420
Belgrave, Leicestershire, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir II
1345–1382
Lady Arderne
1350–1392
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Legh
1317–1370
Sybil Honford
1305–1325

Agnes Legh's Descendants

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Agnes Legh (1456–1498) m. Andrew Brereton (1455–1527)
  1. 1. Ellen Brereton\Fritton 1477–1541 m. Johnathon, (Sir Knight "The Elder" de) Fitton 1471–1524
    1. 1. Anne Fitton 1495–1556 m. # (Richard HOLLANDE of Denton) ^1493 1493–1548 m. Thomas DAVENPORT 1489–1546
      1. 1. Edwarde HOLLANDE 1520–1570 m. Cecilia TRAFFORD 1530–1620 m. Jane Carrington 1520–1585
        1. 1. Richard (Carrington) Holland 1542–1619 m. Margaret Langley 1540–1616

Agnes Legh's Timeline

2 Records

1456
1456
Birth of Agnes Legh in Adlington, Cheshire, England
Adlington, Cheshire, England
1498
1498
Age 42
Death of Agnes Legh in Brereton, Cheshire, England
Brereton, Cheshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1456
    Event Place: Adlington, Cheshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1498
    Event Place: Brereton, Cheshire, England

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