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Piers “Peter” Legh VI

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Piers “Peter” Legh VI

Birth
England
Death
4 Dec 1541 (aged 65–66)
England
Burial
Winwick, Warrington Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Peter Legh VI (est. 1475) and Margaret Tyldesley
Peter Legh, son of Sir Piers (Peter) Legh of Lyme and Haydock, knight banneret and Ellen, daughter of Sir John Savage of Clifton and Katherine Stanley. Married 1513, Margaret Tyldesley, daughter of Nicholas de Tyldesley son of Thomas.

Will of Peter Legh
Lancashire and Cheshire Wills
https://archive.org/details/publications11chesgoog/page/n93/mode/1up?view=theater

Legh of Lyme
The Visitations of Cheshire 1580
Page 153
https://books.google.com/books?id=hlYN_LmEu8YC&pg=PA153#v=onepage&q&f=false

Spelling variations:
Peres, Peter, Piers
Legh, Leghe, Leigh

Legh of Lyme
The History of the County Palatine and the City of Cheshire in Three Volumes:
Volume III — Containing the Hundreds of Northwich, Nantwich, and Macclesfield; Appendix and General Index.
By George Ormerod (Published 1819)
https://archive.org/details/historyofcountyp03orme/page/338/mode/1up?view=theater

From Tim Dowling genealogy website:
Jane Leigh (born c1515) married Thomas Gerard (born c1519)
Their child -
Catherine Gerard married William Torbock 1558
Their child -
Margaret Torbock (1558-1641)
https://gw.geneanet.org/tdowling?lang=en&p=margaret&n=tyldesley

Tyldesley (as per Tim Dowling genealogy website)
Thomas de Tyldesley of Lancashire
Nicholas de Tyldesley, son of Thomas
Margaret Tyldesley, daughter of Nicholas, married Peter Legh
https://gw.geneanet.org/tdowling?lang=en&pz=timothy+michael&nz=dowling&p=thomas&n=de+tyldesley&oc=2

LEGH (marriage to Savage brings Stanley lineage)
Katherine Stanley and John Savage
Ellen Savage and Piers "Peter" Legh
Peter Legh and Margaret Tyldesley
Jane Legh and Sir Thomas Gerard
Catherine Gerard and William Torbock
Margaret Torbock and Oliver Mainwaring
Oliver Mainwaring and Prudence Ashe
Oliver Mainwaring and Hannah Raymond
Hannah Mainwaring and John Harris

Peter Legh and Ellen Savage (parents)
Family history, church history
Monumental Brasses
J G Waller, Esq, On Certain Church Brasses in Cheshire and Lancashire, The Journal of the British Archaeological Association, V, (London: Henry J Bohn, 1850)
https://archive.org/details/journalofbritish05brit/page/260/mode/1up?view=theater

Peres Legh of Bradley in the County of Lanc Esquier son and heyr of Peres Legh Knyght and Preist" made his will on 6 September in 31 Henry VIII [1539], in which he mentions his father's will, dated 1 December 1522.

Great-nephew of 249128862 John Stanley, a brother of Katherine Stanley Savage.

Descendants of Thomas Stanley and Jane Goushill (Oliver Mainwaring line)
• William Torbock, descendant of Peter Legh's great-uncle John Stanley, married Peter Legh's granddaughter Catherine Gerard - this couple being cousins who have the same Stanley ancestors.
• Descendants of Peter Legh have the Stanley bloodline by way of his grandmother, Katherine (Stanley) Savage.
• Peter Legh's granddaughter Catherine Gerard marries William Torbock.
• William Torbock, a direct descendant of Peter Legh's great-uncle John Stanley.
• These two direct lines (from Thomas Savage) come together with the marriage of Catherine Gerard and William Torbock, both being direct descendants of Thomas Stanley and Jane Goushill.
• This double Savage line then goes to America with immigrant Oliver Mainwaring. His descendants have two direct lines of descent from Thomas Stanley and Jane Goushill.

STANLEY ancestors
The Stanley genealogy is available online because Peter Legh's grandmother Katherine (Stanley) Savage was a direct descendant of several Magna Carta surety barons. Also a direct descendant of Charlemagne, William the Conqueror, British royals, several further royal and aristocratic houses. Link to Famous Kin website for ancestors:
https://famouskin.com/famous-kin-menu.php?name=92620+ellen+savage

Legh
"East Cheshire: Past and Present: Or, A History of the Hundred of Macclesfield, in the County Palatine of Chester. From Original Records, Volume One", by John Parsons Earwaker. Published by The author, 1877.
https://books.google.ca/books?id=VwMcAQAAMAAJ&pg=PR3#v=onepage&q=Legh&f=true

Since the Middle Ages various spellings of this ancient surname have been used: Legh, a Lee, Leghe, Leigh and Leyghe; there were also variations on Peter, eg. Piers and Peers, the family's most oft-used given name. The first Sir Piers Legh, of Lyme, was knighted in 1397 and assumed as a coat of arms those of his mother, Matilda de Norley, in lieu of his ancient patrilineal Leigh arms.

For ease of distinguishing between the earlier generations, it became customary to append a Roman numeral to the various Leghs' names; in this case the numbering system is as used in The National Trust Handbook for Lyme Park.
Peter Legh VI (est. 1475) and Margaret Tyldesley
Peter Legh, son of Sir Piers (Peter) Legh of Lyme and Haydock, knight banneret and Ellen, daughter of Sir John Savage of Clifton and Katherine Stanley. Married 1513, Margaret Tyldesley, daughter of Nicholas de Tyldesley son of Thomas.

Will of Peter Legh
Lancashire and Cheshire Wills
https://archive.org/details/publications11chesgoog/page/n93/mode/1up?view=theater

Legh of Lyme
The Visitations of Cheshire 1580
Page 153
https://books.google.com/books?id=hlYN_LmEu8YC&pg=PA153#v=onepage&q&f=false

Spelling variations:
Peres, Peter, Piers
Legh, Leghe, Leigh

Legh of Lyme
The History of the County Palatine and the City of Cheshire in Three Volumes:
Volume III — Containing the Hundreds of Northwich, Nantwich, and Macclesfield; Appendix and General Index.
By George Ormerod (Published 1819)
https://archive.org/details/historyofcountyp03orme/page/338/mode/1up?view=theater

From Tim Dowling genealogy website:
Jane Leigh (born c1515) married Thomas Gerard (born c1519)
Their child -
Catherine Gerard married William Torbock 1558
Their child -
Margaret Torbock (1558-1641)
https://gw.geneanet.org/tdowling?lang=en&p=margaret&n=tyldesley

Tyldesley (as per Tim Dowling genealogy website)
Thomas de Tyldesley of Lancashire
Nicholas de Tyldesley, son of Thomas
Margaret Tyldesley, daughter of Nicholas, married Peter Legh
https://gw.geneanet.org/tdowling?lang=en&pz=timothy+michael&nz=dowling&p=thomas&n=de+tyldesley&oc=2

LEGH (marriage to Savage brings Stanley lineage)
Katherine Stanley and John Savage
Ellen Savage and Piers "Peter" Legh
Peter Legh and Margaret Tyldesley
Jane Legh and Sir Thomas Gerard
Catherine Gerard and William Torbock
Margaret Torbock and Oliver Mainwaring
Oliver Mainwaring and Prudence Ashe
Oliver Mainwaring and Hannah Raymond
Hannah Mainwaring and John Harris

Peter Legh and Ellen Savage (parents)
Family history, church history
Monumental Brasses
J G Waller, Esq, On Certain Church Brasses in Cheshire and Lancashire, The Journal of the British Archaeological Association, V, (London: Henry J Bohn, 1850)
https://archive.org/details/journalofbritish05brit/page/260/mode/1up?view=theater

Peres Legh of Bradley in the County of Lanc Esquier son and heyr of Peres Legh Knyght and Preist" made his will on 6 September in 31 Henry VIII [1539], in which he mentions his father's will, dated 1 December 1522.

Great-nephew of 249128862 John Stanley, a brother of Katherine Stanley Savage.

Descendants of Thomas Stanley and Jane Goushill (Oliver Mainwaring line)
• William Torbock, descendant of Peter Legh's great-uncle John Stanley, married Peter Legh's granddaughter Catherine Gerard - this couple being cousins who have the same Stanley ancestors.
• Descendants of Peter Legh have the Stanley bloodline by way of his grandmother, Katherine (Stanley) Savage.
• Peter Legh's granddaughter Catherine Gerard marries William Torbock.
• William Torbock, a direct descendant of Peter Legh's great-uncle John Stanley.
• These two direct lines (from Thomas Savage) come together with the marriage of Catherine Gerard and William Torbock, both being direct descendants of Thomas Stanley and Jane Goushill.
• This double Savage line then goes to America with immigrant Oliver Mainwaring. His descendants have two direct lines of descent from Thomas Stanley and Jane Goushill.

STANLEY ancestors
The Stanley genealogy is available online because Peter Legh's grandmother Katherine (Stanley) Savage was a direct descendant of several Magna Carta surety barons. Also a direct descendant of Charlemagne, William the Conqueror, British royals, several further royal and aristocratic houses. Link to Famous Kin website for ancestors:
https://famouskin.com/famous-kin-menu.php?name=92620+ellen+savage

Legh
"East Cheshire: Past and Present: Or, A History of the Hundred of Macclesfield, in the County Palatine of Chester. From Original Records, Volume One", by John Parsons Earwaker. Published by The author, 1877.
https://books.google.ca/books?id=VwMcAQAAMAAJ&pg=PR3#v=onepage&q=Legh&f=true

Since the Middle Ages various spellings of this ancient surname have been used: Legh, a Lee, Leghe, Leigh and Leyghe; there were also variations on Peter, eg. Piers and Peers, the family's most oft-used given name. The first Sir Piers Legh, of Lyme, was knighted in 1397 and assumed as a coat of arms those of his mother, Matilda de Norley, in lieu of his ancient patrilineal Leigh arms.

For ease of distinguishing between the earlier generations, it became customary to append a Roman numeral to the various Leghs' names; in this case the numbering system is as used in The National Trust Handbook for Lyme Park.

Gravesite Details

Chapell at Wynwick mentioned in will. Birthdate estimate 1475 to match other genealogy websites.



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