Ralph Leycester MP (abt. 1519 - 1572)

Biography

Sir Ralph Leycester of Toft, Cheshire, (c. 1518-1572) was the oldest surviving son of Ralph Leycester (d. 1525; aet 37) of Toft by Eleanor, da. of Ralph Egerton.

He m. (1) Ellen, da. of Philip Legh of Booths, 4s. inc. William 4 or 5da.; (2) Jane, da. of Sir Hugh Calverley, wid. of John Edwards of Chirk, Denb.,0 ?1da.

Sir Ralph was the father of:

1. William Leycester, son and heir;^[1]
2. Lawrence Leycester; ^[1]
3. Anne Leicester, m. Phillip Maynwaringe esq. of Pever, (Peover); Cheshire ^[1]
4. Elizabeth Leicester m1). Randall Maynwaringe (d.1557) - Issue & m2). Edmund Trafford - Issue ^[1]
5. Marie Leycester, said in Ralph's will to be contracted to marry Robert Venebls of Antrobus, younger son of Thomas; Antrobus ^[1]
6. Jane Leicester m. Roger Langton; - Issue ^[1] & ^[2]

On 18 September 34 Henry VIII [1542], Edmund Ravenscroft, son and heir of John, late of Betham, Lancashire, granted to Ralph Leycester of Tofte, in fee simple, messuages and land in Bexton and Lower Knottesford.^[3]

"Rauff Leycester of Toft in the county of Chester knight" in his will, made on 23 February 1571 [now 1572], to which George Caulveley Knight, Edmund Trafford and Phillip Maynwaringe, esquiers, were overseers, he requests to be buried in the church or chauncell at Moberley and mentions family members:^[1]

• his son Lawrence Leycester;
• Lawrannce Leycester of Knottesford, gent;
• his daughter, Marie L;
• his son and heir apparent, William L;
• Phillip Maynwaringe of Pever esquier and An his wyeff;
• his wife, Dame Jane;
• John Leycester, son of Geffraye L;
• his daughter, Jane Langton;
• his daughter, Ladie Maynwaringe;

Sir Ralph Leycester's will proved March 1572 [now 1573].^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} Rev G J Piccope, ed, "Lancashire and Cheshire Wills and Inventories from the Ecclesiastical Court, Chester, the Second Portion", Remains Historical and Literary Connected with the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester, LI, (Manchester: printed for the Chetham Society, 1860), pg 244-6; Will of Sir Ralph Leicester of Toft, Knight.
2. ↑ Visitation of England and Wales by Howard, Joseph Jackson, 1827-1902; Crisp, Frederick Arthur, 1851-1922; College of Arms (Great Britain) Publication date 1893 pg 101, Pedigree of Crosse
3. ↑ Peter Turner, comp, "Appendix 4. Welsh Records. Calendar of Deeds, Inquisitions, and Writs of Dower, Enrolled on the Plea Rolls of the County of Chester.—Henry VIII", The Thirtieth Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records [25 February 1869], (London: Printed by George E Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1869), 158, Digital Image HathiTrust (https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015039450518?urlappend=%3Bseq=496 accessed 15 March 2018).

• HISTORY OF COUNTY PALATINE AND CITY OF CHESTER (1882), by George Ormerod, p. 504
• LEYCESTER, Sir Ralph (c.1518-72), of Toft, Cheshire. The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603, ed. P.W. Hasler, 1981
• http://www.thepeerage.com/p36896.htm#i368956