LIGON (LYGON), Sir William (1567-1608), of Madresfield, Worcs.

Family and Education

b. 12 Aug. 1567,C142/206/8. 1st s. of Richard Ligon of Madresfield and his 1st w. Mary, da. of Sir Thomas Russell† of Strensham, Worcs. Vis. Worcs. (Harl. Soc. xxvii), 91. m. lic. 12 Apr. 1586, Worcs. RO, Consistory Ct. wills etc., 1586.10. Elizabeth (bur. 7 Apr. 1631), Reg. of Priory Church, Great Malvern Worcs. (Birmingham and Midland Soc. for Genealogy and Heraldry [1979]), unpag. da. of Edmund Harewell of Besford, Worcs., Vis. Worcs. (Harl. Soc. xc), 65. 3s. 2da. (1 d.v.p.) Vis. Worcs. (Harl. Soc. xxvii), 91. suc. fa. 1 Oct. 1584, aged 17 years and 50 days; Kntd. 11 May 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 108. d. 8 Dec. 1608. WARD 7/42/17. sig. William Ligon.

Offices Held

J.p. Worcs. by 1591–d.; Hatfield House, ms 278; SP14/33, f. 65. commr. subsidy, Worcs. 1591, 1594, 1598 – 99, 1603 – 04, 1606–8; Worcs. RO, 970.5:99/BA892/2, pp. 368–9 (this collection is a typescript calendar of the Ligon papers at Madresfield ct.); E179/201/228; 179/201/24; 179/201/244; 179/283/4; E115/44/72; 115/134/113; 115/236/132. sheriff, Worcs. 1592–3; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 158. commr. to take i.p.m., Worcs. 1593, 1595; CPR, 1592–3 (L. and I. Soc. cclxxxii), 51; CPR, 1594–5 (L. and I. Soc. cccx), 197. dep. lt., Worcs. 1595–d.; APC, 1595–6, p. 18; SP14/33, f. 4v. commr. eccles. causes, Worcs. 1598, C66/1478, m. 8. charitable uses 1599, 1600, 1601, 1605, C93/1/8; 93/1/22; 93/1/35; 93/2/20. musters, 1601. APC, 1600–1, p. 403.

Parlimentarian

LIGON (LYGON), Sir William (1567-1608), of Madresfield, Worcs.

Main residence: Madresfield, Worcs.

Lygon

Author

B.C.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

LIGON (LYGON), Sir William (1567-1608)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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