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Sir Piers (Peter) "Knight of Lyme" De Leigh 1444 – 1527 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt 1444-1458

Birth Location: Macclesfield or Lyme Hall, Disley, Cheshire, England

Death Date: 11 Aug 1527

Death Location: Lymm, Warrington Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England

Father: Sir Wakefield-1460

Mother: Elizabeth Trafford

Spouse(s): Lady Savage

Children(s): Lady Stockport

Sir Piers (Peter) "Knight of Lyme" De Leigh VI was born in 1444 in Macclesfield or Lyme Hall, Disley, Cheshire, England, the child of Sir Peter\Piers Leigh\Legh Lord of Lyme, Made Knight Banneret after Battle of Wakefield-1460 and Elizabeth Trafford. Sir Piers (Peter) "Knight of Lyme" De Leigh VI married Lady Eleanor "Ellen" Savage, and had children including Lady Margaret De Leigh, Baroness of Stockport. Sir Piers (Peter) "Knight of Lyme" De Leigh VI passed away in 1527 in Lymm, Warrington Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England.

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Biography

  • Sir Piers (Peter) "Knight of Lyme" De Leigh VI was born in 1444 in Macclesfield or Lyme Hall, Disley, Cheshire, England, the child of Sir Peter\Piers Leigh\Legh Lord of Lyme, Made Knight Banneret after Battle of Wakefield-1460 and Elizabeth Trafford.
  • Sir Piers (Peter) "Knight of Lyme" De Leigh VI married Lady Eleanor "Ellen" Savage, and had children including Lady Margaret De Leigh, Baroness of Stockport.
  • Sir Piers (Peter) "Knight of Lyme" De Leigh VI passed away in 1527 in Lymm, Warrington Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Wakefield-1460
1415 – 1478
Birth Location: Disley, Cheshire East Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England
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Elizabeth Trafford
1418 – 1474
Birth Location: Trafford Park, Lancashire, England
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Spouses(s)

Lady Savage
1453 – 1491
Birth Location: Clifton, Cheshire, England
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Children(s)

Lady Stockport
1483 – 1545
Birth Location: Lyme, Cheshire, England
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Sir Leigh's Ancestors

Self
Sir Leigh
1444 – 1527
Birth Place: Macclesfield or Lyme Hall, Disley, Cheshire, England
Parents
Sir Peter\Piers Leigh\Legh Lord of Lyme, Made Knight Banneret after Battle of Wakefield-1460
1415 – 1478
Disley, Cheshire East Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England
Elizabeth Trafford
1418 – 1474
Trafford Park, Lancashire, England
Grandparents
Piers Legh
1389 – 1422
Lyme Hall, Disley, Cheshire, England
Joan (Mol) Haydock
1387 –
Bradley, Lancashire, , England
Edmund ("Knight") Trafford
1390 – 1458
Trafford Castle, Trafford, Lancashire, England
Alice Venables
1398 – 1450
Bolyn, Cheshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Piers Legh
1325 – 1399
Sir Bollin
1370 – 1402
Johanna Massey
1375 – 1420
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Leigh's Descendants

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Sir (Piers (Peter) "Knight of Lyme" De) Leigh (abt 1444-1458 – 11 Aug 1527) m. Lady (Eleanor "Ellen") Savage (1453 – 17 May 1491/92)
  1. 1. Lady (Margaret De Leigh, Baroness of) Stockport (abt 1483 – 5 July 1545) m. Sir (Laurence) Warren, (1481 – 18 Sep 1530)
    1. 1. Richard Warren (Abt 1501 – 28 May 1557) m. Lady (Joan) Stourton (1503 – 3 Oct 1540) m. Alice (Olivia) Jenawaye (1505 – 28 Mar 1557)
      1. 1. Lady (Dionysia) Ware (1526 – 1552) m. John Hatton (1510 – 1560)
        1. 1. William (Hatton) Adams (1548 – 18 Nov 1578) m. Joan Walworth (1552 – 1610)
      2. 2. Robert Warren (1517 – 1570) m. Elizabeth Fryer (1517 – 1537)
        1. 1. Robert Waller (1538 – 1570)
      3. 3. Honour Warren (1518 – 16 Feb 1599) m. Honour (Lambert) Yumbert (1535 – 17 September 1627)
        1. 1. Honora (Honoria Honor Honour) Yumbert (abt 1535-1550 – 17 Sep 1627) m. Robert Treat (28 Aug 1538 – 16 Feb 1599) m. Nn Yumbert (1528 – 1599) m. Thomas (Josiah Deming or De) Ming (1545 – 1584)
      4. 4. Honour Trott (1518 – 17 Sep 1627)
      5. 5. Mary Warren (1524 – 01 Feb 1614)
      6. 6. Margaret (Warren or) Waller (1524 – 01 Feb 1614)
      7. 7. *William (John (Waller)) Warren (1525 – 23 May 1573)
      8. 8. Lady (Elizabeth de Warenne) Hall. (1525 – abt 1597)
      9. 9. Lady (Helen) Warren (1527 – 18 Jul 1558)
      10. 10. Margaret Warren (1527 – ABT 12 May 1601)
      11. 11. Elizabeth (Waller or) Warren (1527 – 1558)
      12. 12. Helen (Ellen) Warren (1527 – 15 Jul 1558) m. Robert (John Foote of) Royston (1523 – 18 Jul 1558)
        1. 1. Robert (Foote Jr of Shalford (arrived aboard) "Fortune") (18 Jul 1553 – 27 Jan 1608) m. Joane Brooke (18 Jun 1559 – 10 Oct 1634)
      13. 13. William, (Sir Knight, Mabley) Warren (1532 – 12 Oct 1558) m. Mary (Ann Mabley) Warren (9 February 1525 – 1562)
        1. 1. Christopher (William) Warren (1558 – 07 Dec 1587) m. Alyce Webbe (1560 – abt 1655)
      14. 14. Ellen Warren (1528 – 7 Feb 1595)
      15. 15. Alice (Warren (or) Waller) (1529 – 9 OCT 1607)
      16. 16. Richard (Warren (or) Waller) (1530 – 29 Nov 1580)
      17. 17. Henry (Warren (or) Waller) (1530/33 – 29 Nov 1580)
      18. 18. Elizabeth Hinksman (abt 1530 – abt 1588)
      19. 19. Nicholas (Ellis) Warren (Abt 1531 – 25 Nov 1602) m. Margaret Hernst (1527 – abt 1619) m. Agnes Wright m. Mary Warren
        1. 1. John Ellis (1545 – 19 Sep 1614)
        2. 2. Nicholas (Warren) Ellis (1551 – 3 Aug 1575)
        3. 3. Philip (Nicholas) Ellis (1551 – 4 June 1610)
        4. 4. Lady (Thomasine) Waller (18 Jan 1563 – 29 Jan 1612)
        5. 5. Thomasina Waller
        6. 6. Nicholas Ellis (1551 – 3 Aug 1575)
      20. 20. Honour (Lambert) Yumbert (1535 – 17 September 1627) m. Honour Warren (1518 – 16 Feb 1599) m. Robert Treat (1538 – 16 Feb 1599)
        1. 1. Richard (Treat) Trott (28 Aug 1584 – 14 Feb 1669)
        2. 2. Honour ((Honora) Lambert (Yumbert)) Treat (1535 – 17 Sep 1627) m. Josiah (de) Ming\Deming (1545 – 1584)
      21. 21. Margaret Warren (1535 – 1576)
      22. 22. Henry Waller (Abt 1533 – 1613) m. Meargerye (ABT 1545 – )
        1. 1. Margerye Waller (ABT 1565 – )
      23. 23. Edward Warren (1536 – 23 May 1573) m. Alice Snagge (est 1545 – )
        1. 1. Samuel Warren (Abt 1566 – )
      24. 24. John (Warren Or) Waller (ABT 1537 – )
      25. 25. Robert (WARREN) \WALLER (1540 – 1570)
      26. 26. Jennett Waller (1545 – 3 Nov 1587) m. Richardus Hewson (1550 – Aft. 1588)
        1. 1. Ellena Howson (19 Nov 1570 – 1604)
        2. 2. Edwardus Howson (1571 – abt 1596)
        3. 3. Dyonis (Waller) Howson (9 Aug 1571 – 1603)
        4. 4. Henricus Howson (1573 – abt 1673)
        5. 5. Lawrentius Howson ( – 2 Aug 1596)
      27. 27. Mary Warren ( – abt 1699)
      28. 28. Ann Waller ( – abt 1688)
      29. 29. Sir (Ralph) Warren (1486 – 16 July 1553)
      30. 30. Honour Warren (1518 – 16 Feb 1599)
      31. 31. Lady (Elizabeth de Warenne) Hall. (1525 – abt 1597)
      32. 32. William (John Warren alias) Waller (1525 – 1613) m. Elizabeth Hammond (1540 – 1599)
        1. 1. William Warren (1561 – 1610)
        2. 2. Christopher Warren (1562 – abt 1631)
        3. 3. Edward Warren (1562 – 1640)
        4. 4. John Waller (1563 – 25 May 1624)
        5. 5. Gawen Waller (1565 – 1610)
        6. 6. Elizabeth Warren (1568 – abt 1654)
        7. 7. Susan Warren (1576 – abt 1742)
        8. 8. Henry (Robert) Warren (1578 – 27 Oct 1631)
        9. 9. Andrew Warren (1578 – 27 Oct 1631)
        10. 10. Edward (Warren) Waller (1581 – 1 Feb 1639)
        11. 11. Elisabeth Warren
      33. 33. Nicholas Ellis (1526 – 25 Nov 1602)
      34. 34. Margaret Christian (1527 – ABT 12 May 1601)
      35. 35. Richard (Warren or) Waller (1527 – 29 Nov 1580)
      36. 36. Elizabeth (Waller or) warren (1527 – 1558)
      37. 37. William Warren (1528 – 12 Oct 1559)
      38. 38. Ellen Salisbury (Abt 1529 – abt 1643)
      39. 39. Elizabeth Hinksman (abt 1530 – abt 1588)
      40. 40. Nicholas Waller (ABT 1531 – 25 NOV 1602)
      41. 41. Margaret Warren (1535 – 1576)
      42. 42. Alice ((Aves) Warren or) Waller (Abt 1535 – 9 OCT 1607)
      43. 43. Mary Warren

Sir Leigh's Timeline

4 Records

1444
abt 1444-1458
Birth of Sir Piers (Peter) "Knight of Lyme" De Leigh VI in Macclesfield or Lyme Hall, Disley, Cheshire, England
Macclesfield or Lyme Hall, Disley, Cheshire, England
1453
1453
Age 9
Birth of Sir Piers (Peter) "Knight of Lyme" De Leigh VI in Lymm, Warrington Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England
Lymm, Warrington Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England
1527
11 Aug 1527
Age 83
Death of Sir Piers (Peter) "Knight of Lyme" De Leigh VI in Lyme, Presbury, Cheshire or Colstock, Cornwall, England-Buried at Winwick Church
Lyme, Presbury, Cheshire or Colstock, Cornwall, England-Buried at Winwick Church
1527
11 Aug 1527
Age 83
Death of Sir Piers (Peter) "Knight of Lyme" De Leigh VI in Lymm, Warrington Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England
Lymm, Warrington Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1453
    Event Place: Lymm, Warrington Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: abt 1444-1458
    Event Place: Macclesfield or Lyme Hall, Disley, Cheshire, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Hanley Distley, Cheshire, England
    Record Source: UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 Aug 1527
    Event Place: Lyme, Presbury, Cheshire or Colstock, Cornwall, England-Buried at Winwick Church

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 Aug 1527
    Event Place: Lymm, Warrington Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Winwick, Warrington Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current
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