Legh, Piers (1514 - 1589)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 1
Properties - 4
Total events naming patron - 2
Troupes - 2
Venues - 2
Bibliographic Sources - 8
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of Lyme, Cheshire

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1514-04-23
Death Date: 1589-12-06

Siblings

Female

Legh, Jane ( - )
Legh, Katherine ( - )
Legh, Mary ( - )
Legh, Alice ( - )
Legh, Margaret ( - )
Legh, Ellen ( - )
Legh, Elizabeth ( - )

Male

Legh, George ( - )
Legh, Robert ( - )

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Gerard, Margaret (1505 - )
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1518-8-27
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Marriage dispensation date

Offspring

From Gerard, Margaret (1505 - )

  1. Male offspring: Legh, Piers (d. 1570)
  2. Female offspring: Legh, Ellen (d. 1574)
  3. Male offspring: Legh, John (n.d.)
  4. Male offspring: Legh, Thomas (n.d.)
  5. Male offspring: Legh, James (n.d.)
  6. Male offspring: Legh, Robert (d. 1580)
  7. Female offspring: Legh, Margery (n.d.)

Primary Title

Knight

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed 1544
    Vacated 1589-12-06

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Deputy Steward, Cheshire n.d. n.d.
Sheriff, Lancashire 1549-11-14 n.d.
Sheriff, Cheshire 1553-11-17 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Lancashire 1570 n.d.
Provost-marshal, Lancashire 1585 n.d.
Provost-marshal, Cheshire 1585 n.d.
JP, Lancashire 1587 n.d. Possibly held this office. Date uncertain

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Cheshire
  • Lancashire

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1584-1584 Smithills Hall, near Bolton , Lancashire Sir Peter Legh's Musicians
Performance 1588-1588 Smithills Hall, near Bolton , Lancashire Sir Peter Legh's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Sir Peter Legh's Musicians Legh, Piers (1514 - 1589) Musicians 1
Sir Peter Legh's Players Legh, Piers (1514 - 1589) Players 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue Type
Bradley Hall Lancashire Private Residence
Lyme Park Cheshire Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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Coward, Barry. Stanleys, Lords Stanley, and Earls of Derby, 1385–1672. Chetham Society, 3rd ser, 30. Manchester: Manchester UP, 1983.
Crofton, H.T. A History of the Ancient Chapel of Stretford in Manchester Parish. Chetham Society, ns, 51. Manchester: Chetham Society, 1903.
Croston, James. County Families of Lancashire and Cheshire. London: John Heywood, 1887.
List of Sheriffs for England and Wales from the Earliest Times to AD 1831. Public Record Office Lists and Indexes 9. London: HMSO, 1898.
The National Trust. Lyme Park, Cheshire. London: The National Trust, 1988.
Newton, Lady [Evelyn Caroline (Bromley-Davenport) Legh]. The House of Lyme from its foundation to the end of the Eighteenth Century. London: William Heinemann, 1917.
Notitia Cestriensis, or, Historical Notices of the Diocese of Chester, by the Right Rev. Francis Gastrell, D.D. Lord Bishop of Chester. Vol. 1: Cheshire. Raines, F.R., ed. Chetham Society 8. Manchester: Printed for the Chetham Society, 1845.
Ormerod, George. History of the County Palatine and City of Chester. 1st ed 1819. 3 vols. London: Routledge, 1882.