Margaret Legh

Margaret Gerard, daughter of Thomas Gerard and Margaret Trafford, was born 1516 in Bryn, Lancashire, England. She married 3 Sir Peter LEGH Sheriff of Cheshire on 27 Aug 1518 in Lyme, Cheshire, England.

Sir Piers Legh VII (died 6 December 1589), was the son of Peter Legh, Esq. (d. 1541) and his 2nd wife, Margaret Tyldesley. This Peter Legh was the builder of Lyme Hall; was knighted at Leith in 1544; and was also High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1550. He was buried at Winwick.

The children of Peter Legh and Margaret Gerard were:

1. Piers Leigh, died in the lifetime of his father. Married Katherine Venables.
2. Thomas, married Katherine Langley,
3. James
4. Robert
5. John
6. Margery, married Robert Barton of Smethells
7. Ellin, married John Bouth of Barton

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Leigh of Lyme, (Vis. of Chesh, 1580)

"Leigh of Lyme, Harl. 1424, fo. 89b.," in Vis. of Cheshire, 1580. Page 153 < Archive.Org >

References

1. Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011). Vol. II, page 250, GERARD 11. < GoogleBooks >
2. https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~hwbradley/genealogy/aqwg3207.htm#67350