John Leycester, of Nether-Tabley, Esq.

Family

The English Baronetage Containing a Genealogical and Historical ..., Volume 3. “Leicester, of Tabley.” Page 139. GoogleBooks

8. Thomas Leycester, of Nether-Tabley, Esq; son and heir of. John, had four wives ; 1. Margaret, fixth daughter and coheir of Robert Grosvenor, of Houlme, nigh Nether-Pever, Efq; whom he married, 1464, 4. Edw. IV. and had issue by ber, John Leycester, son and heir. ...

9. John Leycester, of Nether-Tabley, Esq., son and heir, married Lucy, daughter of John Ratcliffe, of Ratcliffe, in Lancashire, Esq; 1.9 Edw. IV. 1479; by whom he had issue,

• William Leycelter, who married Anne, daughter of Richard Sneyd, of Bradwell, in Staffordshire, Esq; 23 Hen. VII. 1508 ; but Williain, dying without issue, in the life-time of John, his father: Anne, his widow, married Roger Hurleston, of Chester, Efq; 25 Hen, VIII, 1533. VII. 1502.

After the death of Lucy, John Leycester, married Alice, daughter of Henry Henshaw, de Milne-house, nigh Chelford, Gent. 15 Hen. VII. 1499, and by her had issue,

• Peter Leycester, who succeeded heir to his father;
• Richard, another son ;
• James Leycester, third son, from whom the Leycesters, of Hale-lowe, in Bodon parish, descended ; and
• Lawrence, another son, living, 1577 ; also
• Isabel, a daughter, married John Ogle, of Roby, in Lancashire, Esq;

This John Leycefter, had also two bastard sons,

• Nicholas, from whom the Leycesters, of Heild, descended, and
• John Leycester, who died without issue ; also three bastard daughters ;
• Elizabeth, married Thomas Swynton, of Nether-Knotsford, 30 Hen. VIII.
• Joan, another base daughter; she was called Joan Birchenhead, 1543, and
• Margaret.

John Leycester, of Tabley, sold Hulme house, in Over-Aldera ley, now called the Pastures, unto Nicholas Hobson, 18 Hen.

This John, died 35 Hen. VIII. 1543, and was buried at GreatBudworth, in our lady Mary's chapel, there, in the appropriate burial-place of his family, in the seventy-seventh year of his age, and survived his father, seventeen years.

Ann Sneyd m. 1st, to William, eldest son and heir of John Leycester, Esq. of Tabley; and 2ndly, to Roger Hurleston, Esq. of Chester.

References

• “A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great ..., Volume 2” By Bernard Burke. . “Sneyd of Keele.” Page 1287. GoogleBooks
• https://nanopdf.com/download/file-michaels-family-history-and-genea...