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with whom she had a son, John, and two daughters, Elizabeth and
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Harrington, Peter, "Colonel Thomas Peter Legh, Lancashire Light
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twice but acquitted on both occasions. He then employed the
Italian architect
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in 1642, but died without issue the following year and was buried at
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in 1512. The memorial brass to him and his wife Ellen (or
Eleanor) in
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Sir Piers Legh (beheaded 1399) was the second son of Robert Legh of
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521:(1706 – 20 May 1792) was a nephew of the above. He was born at
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various spellings of this ancient surname have been used :
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Lancashire. He married in 1620 Anne Savile, 2nd daughter of
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and travelled widely. He carried out the first survey of
485:. Richard Legh planted the first avenues of trees in the
199:' names; in this case the numbering system is as used in
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of Newton-in-Makerfield, Haydock, Dalton and
Bradley in
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Sir Piers Legh (died 11 August 1527) was wounded at the
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The
History of the County Palatine and City of Chester
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Assistant Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
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for political services in 1892. He created the sunken
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Sir Piers Legh (died 6 December 1589), the builder of
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Piers Legh (died 10 August 1570 – before his father).
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Sir Piers Legh (1455–1527) was knighted between the
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Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research
344:in 1485 and was further rewarded by appointment as
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702:Hon. Piers Richard Legh (born 25 October 1979) is
454:when he succeeded to the family estate during the
375:. He was buried at St Oswald's Church, Winwick.
187:For ease of distinguishing between the earlier
30:Lyme Park, the former seat of the Legh family
8:
610:(19 December 1828 – 15 December 1898) was a
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580:(died 8 May 1857), son of the above, was a
333:Piers Legh (died 1468 – before his father).
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284:in 1397 by Richard II, was executed at
268:in 1398 receiving about 1,400 acres at
161:; there were also variations on Peter,
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437:1640 and was killed in a duel in 1642.
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937:Illustrations of monumental brasses
558:and of Cheadle and Lyme Handley in
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760:Earl of Chichester (1644 creation)
626:and other buildings to the estate.
499:(died 1744) was imprisoned in the
412:in 1598 and was buried at Winwick.
191:, it became customary to append a
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934:Cambridge Camden Society (1846).
910:St Michael's Church, Macclesfield
415:Peter Legh (1588–1624), lived at
294:St Michael's Church, Macclesfield
118:, from 1398 until 1946, when the
1094:Burke's Peerage & Baronetage
691:(born 11 January 1950) lives at
80:Burke's Peerage & Baronetage
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542:(1754 – 7 August 1797), MP for
292:'s coup, later being buried at
893:by J.P. Earwaker, London, 1877
891:East Cheshire Past and Present
775:Leighs of West Hall, High Legh
319:was consecrated in his memory.
280:; Sir Piers Legh, having been
1:
830:(1882), Thomas Helsby (ed.),
630:Thomas Legh, 2nd Baron Newton
614:before being elevated as the
550:1794, succeeded his uncle as
525:and married Martha Bennet of
1070:Burke's Peerage & Gentry
678:Peter Legh, 4th Baron Newton
493:, and was buried at Winwick.
433:(1623–1642), elected MP for
400:Sir Piers Legh (1563–1636),
360:, having been ordained as a
596:. At Lyme he commissioned
582:Fellow of the Royal Society
515:. He was buried at Winwick.
476:Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire
427:and died before his father.
366:St Oswald's Church, Winwick
201:The National Trust Handbook
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995:; Edward Hubbard (2003) ,
390:in 1550, he was buried at
388:High Sheriff of Lancashire
872:Waterson, Merlin (1975),
566:just before his death at
548:Lancashire Light Dragoons
503:in 1694 and charged with
211:List of the Leghs of Lyme
173:in 1397 and assumed as a
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653:Evelyn Bromley-Davenport
531:St Mary's Church, Disley
483:Lieutenant of Lancashire
1130:Roman Catholic families
1115:English gentry families
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905:A History of the Church
680:(1915–1992) was also a
338:Battles of Hutton Field
242:Royal Manor of Frodsham
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303:(died 16 June 1422 at
1001:Yale University Press
754:Burke's Landed Gentry
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687:Richard Thomas Legh,
546:1780, Colonel of the
523:Bank Hall, Bretherton
86:Burke's Landed Gentry
1120:People from Cheshire
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952:"Lyme Park Cheshire"
723:heraldic achievement
666:(1888–1960) donated
634:Member of Parliament
612:Member of Parliament
588:and wrote about the
464:Member of Parliament
460:English Commonwealth
126:were donated by the
122:and its surrounding
458:period. Under the
328:Battle of Wakefield
313:Macclesfield Church
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765:Leghs of Adlington
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733:from those of the
672:The National Trust
552:lord of the manors
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382:, was knighted at
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59:North West England
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993:Pevsner, Nikolaus
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238:Cheshire estates
73:Lee, Legh, Leigh
51:Region of origin
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462:he was elected
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727:Barons Leigh
649:
620:Dutch garden
608:William Legh
505:high treason
448:Richard Legh
422:
417:Bradley Hall
340:in 1481 and
324:Duke of York
315:, where the
270:Lyme Handley
261:
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230:Black Prince
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186:
175:coat of arms
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158:
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120:stately home
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748:Baron Leigh
644:during the
598:Lewis Wyatt
590:slave trade
578:Thomas Legh
472:Restoration
317:Legh Chapel
189:generations
139:Middle Ages
65:Other names
36:Language(s)
1104:Categories
1075:2 November
1049:2 November
920:2 November
781:References
682:politician
622:and added
568:Leith Fort
556:Lancashire
519:Peter Legh
497:Peter Legh
431:Peter Legh
301:Piers Legh
266:Richard II
226:Lancashire
137:Since the
1125:Bank Hall
1038:Lyme Park
874:Lyme Park
668:Lyme Park
572:Edinburgh
456:Civil War
442:Lyme Park
410:Greenwich
386:in 1544.
380:Lyme Hall
346:Seneschal
309:Agincourt
218:Adlington
205:Lyme Park
108:Lyme Park
742:See also
674:in 1946.
560:Cheshire
468:Cheshire
342:Bosworth
282:knighted
278:Cheshire
171:knighted
124:parkland
112:Cheshire
55:Cheshire
725:of the
706:to the
636:, then
624:stables
537:Colonel
392:Winwick
286:Chester
257:Clifton
232:at the
116:England
102:family
98:were a
40:English
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708:Newton
697:Sussex
602:Disley
544:Newton
480:Deputy
435:Newton
362:priest
358:Disley
274:Disley
240:, his
222:Norley
169:, was
159:Leyghe
104:seated
100:gentry
46:Origin
711:title
594:Egypt
586:Petra
570:near
452:minor
406:Wigan
384:Leith
305:Meaux
272:near
253:manor
197:Leghs
179:Leigh
155:Leigh
151:Leghe
147:a Lee
1077:2008
1051:2008
1005:ISBN
974:ISBN
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731:arms
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657:Lyme
640:and
513:hall
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487:park
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299:Sir
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