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Peter Legh, V

Peter Legh, V[1]

Male 1455 - 1527  (72 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Peter Legh  [2
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    Birth 1455  Lyme, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Death 11 Aug 1527  Lyme, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I192015  Geneagraphie
    Last Modified 13 Jan 2008 

    Father Peter IV (Piers) de Legh,   b. 1433, Bradley, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aug 1468, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years) 
    Mother Mabel Croft,   b. Abt 1437, Dalton In Lonsdale, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aug 1475, Dalton In Lonsdale, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years) 
    Family ID F31581  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ellen Savage,   b. Abt 1460, Clifton, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
    +1. Peter Legh, II,   b. Abt 1480   d. 1541 (Age 61 years)
    +2. Margaret Legh,   b. Abt 1483, Lyme, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    +3. Cecily Legh,   b. Abt 1482   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F78143  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 Jan 2008 

  • Notes 
    • Became a priest before 1580.
      Knighted by Edward IV

      Ellen was age 12 at time of arranged marriage.

  • Sources 
    1. [S190] Peter Barns-Graham, British Pedigrees, (Stirnet), Leigh of Birch, Leigh of Haydock, Leigh (Legh) of Lyme (Reliability: 2).

    2. [S188] David Faris, Plantagenet Ancestry of 17th Century Colonists, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1996), 1st ed, pp 289-291, "Wyllys" (Reliability: 0).



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