Sir Piers Warburton, of Arley

Occasion of knighthood is not on record. 1580 Visitations denotes him as "Sir"; revised-1613 publication does not. Warburton’s family had been established in Cheshire since at least the early 14th century, and owned substantial lands in the north of the county.

OLDEST son and heir!

Sources include

• Page 1167 of A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire, Part 2. Henry Colburn, 1868 - “ .... Catherine, m 1st, to Richard Winnington, Esq. of Winnington, in Cheshire; and 2ndly, to William Venables, Esq. This lady had the lordship of Pulford, in Cheshire, which descended to her granddau. and heiress, Elizabeth Winnington, who m. Sir Piers Warburton, of Arley.”