Le19. Sir Peter Leigh of Hanley & Lyme d Agincourt 24.10.1415

m Joan Haydock d 1439, dau of Sir Gilbert Haydock of Haydock by Isabell, dau of William Stanley of Hootton, son of Mathew

le18.

Sir Roger Leigh of Lyme and Haydock b about 1415 d 1478 knighted by Richard Duke of York 30 Dec 1460 at Wakefield.

m Margaret Molyneaux d 1460, dau of Sir Richard Molyneaux of Sephton

Le17.

Peter Leigh of Lyme dvp 1468

1. Argent, a cross sable, in the dexter chief quarter a fleur-de-lis of the second--HAYDOCK. 2. Gules, a cross engrailed argent--NORLEY[afterwards taken by LEGH.] 3. [? Azure] a chevron between three cross crosslets[? or]--Unknown. 4. Argent, a mullet sable, charged on one point? with a bezant--ASHTON. 5. Vert, a cross flory or--BOYDELL. 6. Lozengy argent and sable--CROFT of Dalton. 7. Azure, a chevron argent between three covered cups or--FRECKELTON.

m Mabel Croft b about 1440 d 1474-5, dau of Sir James Croft of Dalton & Claghton by dau/heir of Frekelton. Sir James Croft was a witness at an inquest in 1440.

Le16

Sir Peter Leigh of Lyme and Haydock b about 1470 d 11.08.1527

m 1467 Ellen Savage d 1492, dau of Sir John Savage of Clifton

Le15-1.

Peter Leigh of Lyme and Haydock b c1520, d 1541

m1/2. Margaret Tyldesley dau of Nicholas de Tyldesley

1

Sir Peter Leigh of Lyme and Haydock d 06.12.1589

m Margaret Gerard dau of Thomas Gerard of Bryn

A

Peter Leigh dvp 1570

m Catherine Venables dau of Sir Thomas Venables of Kinderton

i

Sir Peter Leigh of Lyme, Sheriff of Cheshire d 17.02.1635/6

There appears to be confusion as to which wife came first. One died on 23.07.1603, the other died on 04.04.1639. The 1663 Visitation suggests that it was Dorothy Egerton who was the latter. It seems agreed that it was Margaret who was the mother of Sir Peter's children.

m1/2. sp Dorothy Egerton dau of Sir Richard Egerton of Ridley, relict of Richard Brereton of Tatton

m2/1. Margaret Gerard dau of Sir Gilbert Gerard, Master of the Rolls

a

Piers Leigh of Lyme

m Anne Saville dau of Sir John Saville of Howley

1

Peter Leigh b 12.08.1623, dvp 02.02.1640-2

2

Frances Leigh

m Mauger Vavasour dvpsp, son of William of Weston

3

Margaret Leigh

m Thomas Brathwaite of Ambleside

4

Elizabeth Leigh

m Richard Standish of Duxbury

b

Francis Leigh of Lyme b c1590, dsp 02.02.1643-4

m Anne Fenner dau of Sir Edward Fenner of Hampton Poyle

c

Thomas Leigh d 1639, rector of Sephton and Walton, 4th son

m Lettice Calveley b c1610, d 14.10.1648, dau of Sir George Calveley of Lea

1

Richard Leigh of Lyme b 07.05.1634, d 06.09.1687

m Elizabeth Chickley dau of Thomas Chickley of Wimpole

A

Peter Leigh of Lyme dsp after 1727

m Frances Leigh dau of Piers Leigh of Birch below

B

Thomas Leigh d before 1723

m Elizabeth Fleetwood dau of Thomas Fleetwood of Bank

i

Fleetwood Leigh of Bank d 21.01.1725

m 1723 Meriel Leicester b 25.11.1705, dau of Sir Francis Leicester, Bart of Nether Talbey

a

Anne Meriel Leigh b c1719??, dsp 1740

m Peter Brooke of Mere d 1793

ii

Peter Leigh of Lyme b 1706, d 20.05.1792

m Martha Benet d 21.06.1787, dau of Thomas Benet of Salthorp

a

Harriet Leigh

m Robert Vernon Atherton of Atherton & Bewsey

b

Elizabeth Leigh

m1 Joan Anthony Knock of Stoughton Grange

m2 William Bathurst Pye, later Benet

c

Esther Leigh d unm 20.06.1809

iii

Ashburnham Leigh rector of Davenham

m Charlotte Elizabeth Egerton dau of Sir Holland Egerton, Bart of Heaton

a

Thomas Peter Leigh of Golborne, later of Lyme d unm 07.08.1797, Colonel

partners unknown

1+

issue - Thomas, William

b

Cholmondeley Leyburn Leigh dsp 09.02.1784

c

Martha Anne Leigh

m 04.05.1775 Lawrence Ormerod of Ormerod b c1764, d 22.03.1793

iv+

other issue - Piers dsp, Elizabeth, Anne

2

Margaret Leigh d 19.06.1703

m 07.02.1654-5 John Arderne of Alvanley b 05.1630, d 06.02.1701-2

3

Frances Posthuma Leigh

m 04.1656 Sir Richard Brooke, 2nd Bart of Norton d 02.1709-10

4+

other issue - Dorothy, others d young - Peter, Thomas, Lettice

d

Peter Leigh of Birch bur 18.12.1641, 6th son

m1 Frances Bellot dau of John Bellot of Moreton

1

Peter Leigh dvpsp bur 15.06.1639

m2 Anne Birkenhead dau of Henry Birkenhead of Blackford

2

Piers Leigh of Birch a 1666

A

Frances Leigh

m Peter Leigh of Lyme dsp after 1727 above

3

Frances Leighwho married ...

m William Bankes of Winstanley Hall b 1636

4+

other issue - Thomas, Henry

e

Anne Leigh

m 03.01.1612-3 Richard Bold of Bold d 1635

f+

other issue - Gilbert d young, Radclyffe d infant, John d young, Catherine dsp

ii

Elizabeth Leigh

m _ Lathom of Parbold

iii+

other issue - Thomas, Edward

B

Thomas Leigh 4th son

m Catherine Langton dau of Sir Thomas Langton or Langley of Agecroft

i

issue dsp

C

Margaret Leigh

m Thomas Birch of Birch

D

Ellen Leigh

m John Booth of Barton

E

Margaret or Margery Leigh

m1 Robert Barton of Smithells

m2 Richard Shuttleworth dsp 04.11.1599, judge in Chester

F+

other issue - James, Robert dsp, Thomas, John

2

George Leigh

3

Jane Leigh

m Thomas Gerard of Bryn

m2/1. Janet Gerard d 1510, dau of Peter Gerard of Bryn

4

Cecilia Leigh

m Thomas Butler of Bewsey

5

Ann Leigh

Le15.

Margaret Leigh

m Lawrence Warren of Poynton d 18.09.1530

Le15-3.+

other issue - James, John, Gowther

Le16-2.

James Leigh d 1514

m Cicely Gerrard dau of Sir Roger Gerrard

Le16-3

Margaret Leigh

m Raffe Orrell

Le16-4+

other issue - John, Elizabeth

Le17-2.

Jane Leigh

m Richard Kighley

Le18-2.

Margery Leigh

m John Ireland

Le18-3.

Margaret Leigh

m1/2. Nicholas Bloundell

Possibly the Margaret who also married ...

m2/1. Geoffrey Lowe of Macclesfield d 1451

Le18-4.

Blanche Leigh dsp

m _ Clayton

Sources: Commoners vol ii, Legh of Lyme, under Hargreave of Ormerod House + Visitation Cheshire, 1580+1613+1663, Leigh or Legh of Lyme
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