Family and Education
b. c. 1563, 1st s. of Peter Legh and bro. of Edward Legh II. educ. Winwick and Macclesfield schools; Caius, Camb. 1580 ?G. Inn 1585. m. (1) 1585, Margaret (d. 3 July 1603), da. of Sir Gilbert Gerard, 7s. 2da.; (2) 11 Mar. 1605, Dorothy (d. 4 Apr. 1639), da. of Sir Richard Egerton, wid. of Richard Brereton. suc. fa. 10 Aug. 1570, gd.-fa. 1589 or 1590. Kntd. by 1599.
Offices Held
Servant of Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby by c.1577.
Forester, Macclesfield forest 1589 or 1590; j.p. Lancs. 1583, Cheshire from c. 1591; sheriff, Cheshire 1594 – 95, dep. lt. by 1595; capt. I.o.M. c.1600.
Main residences: Lyme, Cheshire; Bradley Hall, Lancs.
Volume
Commons 1558-1603
Web Title
LEGH, Peter (c.1563-1636)
Will
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Oxford 1644
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