Sir Richard Lygon, Kt., of Arle and Madresfield

• Son of Sir Richard Lygon, Kt., of Madresfield and Anne Beauchamp
• Richard Lygon was Justice of the Peace in Worcester 1509, 1510. He owned manors at Madresfield, Warmedon (now Warndon), Bracy's Leigh, Holfast and Farley.
• Birth: 1496 in Madresfield, Worcestershire, England
• Death: March 20, 1556 (60) in Madresfield, Worcestershire, England

Married

• Married: Sir Richard II Lygon [1490- March 20, 1556] of Arle Court, Sheriff of Gloucestershire 1534-5 & Worcestershire 1548-9, married1. 1511 Margaret Greville [1495-1542] Married 1556/57 of Worcestershire, daughter of Sir William Greville, Justice of the Court of Common Pleas
• Richard married (2 ) Joan, who survived him. Sir Richard died on March 20, 1556.
• NOTE: With marriage to Margaret, Richard Lygon acquired Arle Court near Cheltenham, where he appears to have lived during his mother's life. After his mother’s death, there were some differences between him and his younger brother, which was settled by a friendly arbitration. In 1523, Richard was on a commission to collect the subsidy in. He was knighted at the coronation of Queen Anne Boleyn on May 30, 1535. In 1535 he was Justice as a session held at Great Malvern and bound over James Asche, parson of Staunton, to the council for calling the king antichrist. In 1536, Sir Richard Lygon was called to furnish 100 men to be sent against the northern rebels and to attend the king in person. He served in the French War, 1544. In 1545, the expenses of the Hundred Courts of the town of Slaughter were held by Richard Lygon, Chief Steward, and also he was Chief Steward of the King's Court at Cheltenham. Margaret, his wife, died in 1542

Children

• 1. Anne LYGON (b. BET 1500/12) (m. Christopher Savage)
• 2. Susanne LYGON (b. ABT 1511)
• 3. William LYGON (Sheriff of Worcestershire) (b. ABT 1513 - d. 29 Sep 1567) (m. Eleanor Dennis)
• 4. Henry LYGON (b. BET 1514/25 - d. BEF 15 Aug 1577) (m. Elizabeth Berkeley)
• 5. Ursula LYGON (b. ABT 1515)
• 6. Dau. LYGON (b. ABT 1518)
• 7. Elizabeth LYGON (b. ABT 1518) (m. Thomas Curzon)
• 8. Margery (Mary) LYGON (b. ABT 1519)
• 9. Barbara LYGON (b. ABT 1522)
• 10. Ferdinando LYGON (b. ABT 1524)
• 11. John LYGON (b. ABT 1526)

Source - http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/GREVILLE.htm#Margaret GREVILLE

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