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Sir Piers Peter VI Leigh Legh 1505–1541 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1505

Birth Location: Lyme, Cheshire, England

Death Date: 4 Dec 1541 or 27 Nov 1578

Death Location: High Legh, Cheshire, England

Father: Sir Leigh

Mother: Lady Legh

Spouse(s): Lady Tildesley), Jane Done

Children(s): Margaret Gerard, Cecile Boteler, Piers Legh, Margaret Legh

In 1505, Sir Piers Peter VI Leigh Legh entered the world in Lyme, Cheshire, England, born to Sir Piers Peter Leigh And Lady Eleanor Ellen Savage Legh. Sir Piers Peter VI Leigh Legh married Jane Done, Lady Margaret Tildesley Tyldesley De Tildesley, and had children including Anthony Leigh, Cecile Boteler, Hamlett Leigh, Katherine Leigh, Margaret Jane Leigh Legh Gerard, Margaret Jane Legh, Piers Legh, Richard Leigh. Sir Piers Peter VI Leigh Legh passed away in 1541 in High Legh, Cheshire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1505, Sir Piers Peter VI Leigh Legh entered the world in Lyme, Cheshire, England, born to Sir Piers Peter Leigh And Lady Eleanor Ellen Savage Legh.
  • Sir Piers Peter VI Leigh Legh married Jane Done, Lady Margaret Tildesley Tyldesley De Tildesley, and had children including Anthony Leigh, Cecile Boteler, Hamlett Leigh, Katherine Leigh, Margaret Jane Leigh Legh Gerard, Margaret Jane Legh, Piers Legh, Richard Leigh.
  • Sir Piers Peter VI Leigh Legh passed away in 1541 in High Legh, Cheshire, England.

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Sir Legh's Ancestors

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Sir Legh
1505–1541
Birth Place: Lyme, Cheshire, England
Parents
Sir Piers Peter Leigh
1442–1527
Macclesfield, Cheshire, England
Lady (Eleanor "Ellen" Savage) Legh
1447–1491
Clifton, Cheshire, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Legh's Descendants

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Sir (Piers Peter VI Leigh) Legh (1505–4 Dec 1541 or 27 Nov 1578) m. Lady (Margaret Tildesley (Tyldesley) (de) Tildesley) (1487–1540) m. Jane Done (1487–1532)
  1. 1. Margaret (Jane (Leigh) Legh) Gerard 1518–1575 m. Thomas Gerard 1580–1558
    1. 1. Henry Gerard 1539–1571 m. Catherine (Gielle Piron Walsh) Gerard 1543–1570
      1. 1. Marie Gerard 1550–1612
  2. 2. Cecile Boteler 1500–
  3. 3. Piers Legh 1514–1589
  4. 4. Margaret (Jane) Legh 1493–1575

Sir Legh's Timeline

2 Records

1505
1505
Birth of Sir Piers Peter VI Leigh Legh in Lyme, Cheshire, England
Lyme, Cheshire, England
1541
4 Dec 1541 or 27 Nov 1578
Age 36
Death of Sir Piers Peter VI Leigh Legh in High Legh, Cheshire, England
High Legh, Cheshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1505
    Event Place: Lyme, Cheshire, England
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Cheshire: Chester - Quarter Sessions Records and other records of the Justices of the Peace, 1559-1760

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Lancashire & Cheshire

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Lancashire & Cheshire: - Cases in the Court of Star Chamber, 1499-1528

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 Dec 1541 or 27 Nov 1578
    Event Place: High Legh, Cheshire, England
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

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