Piers (Legh) Leigh

Biography

Peter (Legh) Leigh was born in Cheshire, England.

Piers Legh was born in 1535.

Piers was probably born at Lyme Hall where his father's family had lived for over a century. Lyme Hall is in Lyme Handley, a major settlement in Prestbury parish, Macclesfield hundred, Cheshire, England.^[1]

He was the son of Sir Piers Leigh of Lyme, Knight and his wife, Margaret Gerard.^[2] Margaret was the daughter of Thomas Gerard.^{[2] [3]}

Piers was the brother of:

1. Thomas, married Katherine, daughter and heir of Robert Langley;^[2]
2. James;^[2]
3. Robert;^[2]
4. John;^[2]
5. Margery, who was married to Robert Barton of Smethells;^[2]
6. Ellin Leigh, who was married to John Bouth of Barton.^[2]

He married Katherine, daughter of Sir Thomas Venables^[2] of Kinderton.^{[3] [4]}

Piers and Katherine had children:

1. Sir Piers Leigh of Lyme, knighted at Grenewich, 2 July, 1598, married Margrett, daughter of Sir Gilbert Gerard, Master of the Rolles;^[2]
2. Edward Legh, of Hallam, Cheshire, married Katherine, widow of Thomas Touchet of Whitley, they had no children,^[5] aka Leigh of Grayes Inne;^[2]
3. Thomas, gent, ussher to the Countess of Essex;^[2]
4. Elizabeth, who was married to — Lathom of Parbold.^[2]

Death

He predeceased his father.^[2] Baines (1836), dates his death to c. 1580.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "Lyme Hall & Lyme Park," Survey of English Place-Names (1923-2022) The Institute for Name‑Studies, University of Nottingham, UK. (https://epns.nottingham.ac.uk/browse/Cheshire/Prestbury/53283645b47fc4085600138b-Lyme+Hall+%26+Lyme+Park : accessed 30 July, 2022).
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13} John Paul Rylands, ed., The Visitation of Cheshire in the Year 1580 Made by Robert Glover, Somerset Herald, for William Flower, Norroy King of Arms, with Numerous Additions and Continuations, Including Those from the Visitation of Cheshire Made in the Year 1566, by the Same Herald. With an Appendix, Containing the Visitation of a Part of Cheshire in the Year 1533, made by William Fellows, Lancaster Herald, for Thomas Benolte, Clarenceux King of Arms. And a Fragment of the Visitation of the City of Chester in the Year 1591, Made by Thomas Chaloner, Deputy to the Office of Arms, (London: Harleian Society, XVIII, 1882), 153, e-book Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/visitationofches00glov/page/153/mode/1up : accessed 30 July, 2022). [Pedigree: Leigh of Lyme].
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Legh of Lyme & Haydock, (Baines, 1836). WikiTree.com. Pedigree.
4. ↑ P W Hasler, "Venables, Sir Thomas (by 1513-80), of Kinderton, Cheshire," in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603, (1981) (https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/venables-sir-thomas-1513-80.
5. ↑ R C G, "Legh, Edward II (c.1565-1609), of Hallam, Cheshire," The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603, ed. P W Hasler, (1981) (https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/legh-edward-ii-1565-1609 : accessed 30 July, 2022).

See also:

• Wikipedia: Leghs of Lyme
• George Ormerod, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester 3 volumes, 2nd edition, ed. Thomas Helsby, (London: George Routledge and Sons, 1882), III:676–678.