Peter Legh, MP

• 9. Sir Peter Legh IX of Lyme, succeeded his grandfather. Born c. 1563, High Sheriff of Cheshire 1595, MP for Cheshire, knighted at Greenwich 2 Jul 1598, died Lyme 17 Feb 1635 (Julian Calendar), buried Winwick. Peter's second wife was Dorothy dau of Sir Richard Egerton of Ridley and widow of Richard Brereton of Tatton and Worsley; they married 1604 and she died 4 Apr 1639 when a monument was erected to her memory at Eccles.
• + 1st wife, Margaret, dau of Sir Gilbert Gerard, Master of the Rolls, married 19 Sep 1585 died aged 33 on 23 July 1603. In addition to their son Piers, Francis, Thomas, Peter, Radcliffe, Gilbert, and John they had daughters Katherine, and Anne. Peter Legh of Bruche in Lancashire was MP for Newton in Lancashire and died in 1641; his son Piers born c. 1636 had with his second wife a daughter, Frances Legh, born 9 June 1670
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  • 10. Peter Legh of Bruche in Lancashire, fourth son, MP for Newton in Lancashire, buried Warrington 18 Dec 1641
  • + 1st wife Frances, dau of Edward Bellot of Great Moreton near Congleton
    • 11. Peter Legh, buried Warrington 15 June 1639
  • + 2nd wife Anne dau of Henry Birkenhead of Backford, Chester, buried at Warrington, 11 June 1688. In addition to Piers and Thomas shown below, this couple had Henry and Frances.
    • 11. Piers Legh of Bruche, born c. 1636, MP for Newton. Fought at Winnington Bridge in 1659, buried Warrington 13 October 1671
    • + 1st wife Margaret dau of Edward Hyde of Hyde, married Feb 1659 (Julian Calendar) buried at Stockport 17 Dec 1661
      • 12. Piers Legh of Bruch, MP for Newton in Lancashire, buried Warrington 24 Oct 1685, had no issue
    • + 2nd wife Abigail, dau of John Chetwode, married c 1668
      • 12. Frances, who married her second cousin Peter Legh of Lyme
      • 12. Margaret Legh, died young
    • 11. Thomas Legh, bapt Warrington 31 Oct 1639, killed at Winnington Bridge buried Warrington 22 Aug 1659 and had no issue.

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