Peter Higgons, of Stretton

Peter, the eldest son of Richard Higgons of Stretton, married Catherine, daughter of Roger Baker.

• His son and heir George Higgons was chief bailiff of Shrewsbury in 1584, and died 23rd October, 1591, and was buried in St. Alkmund’s Church.
• Richard Higgons, the third son (2nd according to Visitations 1623) was of Shrewsbury in 1584. This Richard married Maria, daughter of John Wilding of Shrewsbury.

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• "Higgons of Stretton and Shrewsbury" The Visitation of Shropshire, Taken in the Year 1623 by Robert Tresswell, Somerset Herald, and Augustine Vincent, Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms, Marshals and Deputies to William Camden, Clarenceux King of Arms: With Additions from the Pedigrees of Shropshire Gentry Taken by the Heralds in the Years 1569 and 1584, and Other Sources, Part 1. Robert Treswell, Augustine Vincent.  Harleian Society, 1889 - Heraldry.  Page 241.
• Stemmata Botevilliana Memorials of the families of De Boteville, Thynne, and Botfield, in the counties of Salop and Wilts. With an appendix of illustrative documents.  Beriah BOTFIELD J. B. Nichols & Sons, 1858 - 204 pages.  Page 104