Peter Legh

1415 - 1478  (~ 62 years)

• Name	Peter Legh
  Birth	Jun 1415	of Lyme in Handley, Cheshire, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1478	Bradley-in-Burtonwood, Lancashire, England   [1, 3, 4]
  Person ID	I35880	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	13 Sep 2021

  
  

  Father	Piers Legh,   b. Abt 1390, of Lyme in Handley, Cheshire, England d. 1422, Paris, France (Age ~ 32 years)
  Mother	Joan de Haydock   d. 17 Jan 1440
  Marriage	Abt 1403  [1]
  Family ID	F21083	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Molyneux   d. 13 May 1460, Bradley-in-Burtonwood, Lancashire, England
  Marriage	Between 1430 and 1432  [1]
  Children	+ 1. Peter Legh,   b. of Lyme in Handley, Cheshire, England d. Abt 1468, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England
  Family ID	F21082	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2021

  
  

• Notes

  Fought on the Yorkist side at Wakefield, for which he was made a knight banneret by Richard, duke of York, father of Edward IV.

  
  

• Sources

  [S413] Genealogy Page of John Blythe Dobson. [S5954] Memoir of the Molyneux Family by Gisborne Molyneux. 1882., place only. [S812] The Victoria County History of Lancaster. Portions online, linked from medievalgenealogy.org.uk., year only. [S5947] Contributions toward a History of the Ancient Parish of Prestbury by Frank Renaud. Contained in Remains Historical and Literary Connected with the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester, volume 97 (1876), published by the Chetham Society.