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Legh, Piers (1514 - 1589)

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Born / Died

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

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

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

Siblings

Offspring

Primary Title

  • Knight

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed: 1544
    Vacated: 1589-12-06

Details of Offices

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

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Cheshire
  • Lancashire

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Smithills Hall, near Bolton, Lancashire Sir Peter Legh's Musicians
Performance - 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 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. Manchester: Manchester UP, 1983
  • Crofton, H.T.. A History of the Ancient Chapel of Stretford in Manchester Parish. 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. 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. 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