LEGH, Piers (c.1637-71), of Bruche, Warrington, Lancs.

Family and Education

b. c. 1637, 1st surv. s. of Peter Legh of Bruche, and Anne, da. of Henry Birkhened of Backford, Cheshire.Earwaker, E. Cheshire, ii. 305. educ. Chester g.s.; St John’s, Camb. 9 May 1653, aged 16;Al. Cant. G. Inn 10 Jan. 1654.G. Inn Admiss. 266. m. (1) 1 Mar. 1660 (with £1,000), Anne (bur. 17 Dec. 1661), da. of Edward Hyde of Norbury, Lancs. 1s.; (2) 23 Aug. 1667, Abigail, da. of John Chetwode of Oakley, Staffs. 2da. (1 d.v.p.).Stockport par. reg.; Stoke, Cheshire par. reg.; JRL, Legh of Lyme muns. box R, D nos. 5, 16; Earwaker, E. Cheshire, ii. 305. suc. fa. Dec. 1641. bur. 13 Oct. 1671 13 Oct. 1671.Earwaker, E. Cheshire, ii. 305.

Offices Held

Local: commr. assessment, Lancs. 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. militia, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. Capt. militia horse, 19 Apr. 1660;JRL, Legh of Lyme muns. box R, D no. 6; Parliamentary Intelligencer no. 17 (16–23 Apr. 1660), 270 (E.183.5) capt.-lt. militia ft. 29 Oct. 1663.JRL, Legh of Lyme muns. box R, D no. 11. J.p. c. May 1660 – 1 Sept. 1666, 13 Aug. 1670–d.Lancs. RO, QSC/62–5, 70–1. Commr. poll tax, 1660;SR. corporations, Lancs. 1662–3.SP29/61/157, f. 278.

Military: col. of horse (roy.), 12 Aug. 1659.Newton, House of Lyme, 203.

Parlimentarian

LEGH, Piers (c.1637-71), of Bruche, Warrington, Lancs.

: of Bruche, Lancs., Warrington.

Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, ‘Master J.H.’ (prob. J. Hesketh), 1660.NT, Lyme.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

LEGH, Piers (c.1637-71), of Bruche, Warrington, Lancs.

Will

29 July 1671, cod. n.d., pr. 15 July 1672.JRL, Legh of Lyme muns. box S, I no. 19.

Estates

1651, through his mo. Anne, Legh paid £455 for a messuage and two cottages and other lands in Fernhead, Woolston and Poulton, Lancs.JRL, Legh of Lyme muns. box G, C, no. 10. c.1652, at the age of 16, inherited his fa.’s lands and messuages in Bruche, Fernhead, Poulton, Sankey, Warrington and Woolston that were conveyed to Peter by his fa. Sir Peter Legh (Piers paying £200 out of these lands to his sister).Lancs. RO, WCW, will of Peter Legh 1641. 1671, his estate inc. land and tenements in Poulton, in par. of Warrington, and a tenement in Backford, Cheshire.JRL, Legh of Lyme muns. box R, D no. 16; Box S, I no. 19.

Oxford 1644

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