Peter De Legh 
Peter was born about 1455 in of Lyme in Handley, Cheshire; and Haydock, Lancashire, England.1 Peter's father was Peter De Legh and his mother was Mabel Croft. His paternal grandparents were Peter De Legh and Margaret Molyneux; his maternal grandfather was James Croft. He was an only child. He died on August 11th, 1527 in Lyme in Handley, Cheshire, England.1 General Notes
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He was his grandfather's heir. He was a soldier and was present at the siege of Berwick, where he was made a knight banneret by Edward IV. He was described in the 1580 Visitation of Cheshire as "Piers Legh who after was a Priest." He entered holy orders after the death of his wife. "It is stated in an early MS, but on anonymous authority, that sir Peirs Legh being an ecclesiastic, was sentenced, as a penance for the share he had in this murder [of John, or more likely, Thomas, Boteler, Knt., of Bewsey] to build Disley church; which he performed in the year 1527." Also, "At Winwick, Lancashire, Sir Peter Legh, 1527, who, on the death of his wife, relinquished his knightly calling for the priestly office, is represented [in monumental inscription] wearing a chasuble over his armour."
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1390 in Cheshire, England d.1422 in Lyme, England
- b.1415 d.1478
- b.1322 d.12 Dec 1387
- b.1358 in Bradley, Lancashire, England d.~ 1425
- b.~ 1401 in Bradley, Lancashire, England d.17 JAN 1438/39 in Stafford, England
- b.~ 1433 in of Haydock, Lancashire, England d.1468
- b.~ 1330 in Lancashire, England d.1372 in Canterbury, Kent, England
- b.~ 1360 in Sefton, Lancashire, England d.27 FEB 1396/97
- b.~ 1338 in England d.< 1372
- b.05 Oct 1396 in Sefton, Lacashire, England d.1460 in Staffordshire, England
- b.~ 1332 in Erswick, Lancashire, England
- b.~ 1364 in Erswick, Lancashire, England d.> 1426
- b.~ 1345 in Erswick, Lancashire, England
- b.~ 1430 in Sefton, Lancashire, England d.1460
- b.~ 1392 in Sefton, Lancashire, England
- b.~ 1455 in of Lyme in Handley, Cheshire; and Haydock, Lancashire, England d.11 Aug 1527 in Lyme in Handley, Cheshire, England
- b. in of Dalton
- d.1475 in Dalton, England
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They had a son named Peter.
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Children
Peter De Legh
Peter was born in 1480 in Lyme in Handley, Cheshire, England.1 He died at the age of 62 in 1542.1
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