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Lady Agnes LEIGH

Lady Agnes LEIGH

Female 1445 - 1493  (47 years)

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  • Name Agnes LEIGH  [1
    Prefix Lady 
    Born 7 Oct 1445  Adlington, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Christened 7 Oct 1446  Adlington, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    FamilySearch ID LBRQ-TTG 
    Name Anne Legh  [2
    Name De Brereton  [2
    Died 1493  Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried Aft 1493  Chester, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I594776151  Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 17 Apr 2024 

    Father Robert LEGH,   b. 3 May 1410, Adlington, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jan 1479  (Age 68 years) 
    Mother Isabell de STANLEY,   b. 1411, Houghton Manor, West Houghton, Nr Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1481, Adlington, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Married 26 Aug 1424  Lichfield, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F536731377  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sir Andrew DE BRERETON, 11th Lord of Brereton,   b. 1448, Brereton cum Smethwick, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Oct 1496, Chester, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years) 
    Children 
     1. Elisabeth DE BRERETON,   b. 1460, Brereton cum Smethwick, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Apr 1517, Brereton cum Smethwick, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years)
     2. Johanna BRERETON,   b. 1470, Brereton cum Smethwick, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Sir William BRERETON, IX,   b. Apr 1473, Brereton cum Smethwick, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Feb 1541, County Kilkenny, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 67 years)
     4. John BRERETON,   b. Aft 1474, Brereton, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Leek, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Roger BRERETON,   b. Abt 1476, Brereton, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Feb 1541, Milkenny, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 65 years)
     6. Ellen BRERETON,   b. Abt 1477, Brereton, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Sep 1541, Gawsworth, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 64 years)
     7. Andrew BRERETON,   b. 1478,   d. 1530  (Age 52 years)
     8. Katherine BRERETON,   b. Abt 1480, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1549, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 69 years)
     9. Matilda BRERETON,   b. 1481, Brereton cum Smethwick, Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1530, Chester, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years)
     10. Matthew BRERETON,   b. 1483,   d. 1506, Clifton, Cumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 23 years)
     11. Catherine BRERETON,   b. 1487, Brereton, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Sep 1541, Gawsworth, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)
     12. Alice BRERETON,   b. 1490, Hassall, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1552, Chester, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
    Last Modified 17 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F536731375  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • AGNES LEGH was born about 1445 of Adlington Hall, Cheshire, England, to Robert Legh, Esq. (1409-1479) and Isabell de Stanley (1414-1481.) She married Sir Andrew Brereton about 1470 of Cheshire, England.

      Agnes Legh died about 1493 of Chester, Cheshire, England, age 48.

      About Agnes Legh
      ?Agnes Legh
      ?F, #44398, b. circa 1445
      ?Father Robert Legh, Esq. b. 3 May 1410, d. 29 Jan 1479
      ?Mother Isabella Stanley
      ?Agnes Legh was born circa 1445 at of Adlington, Cheshire, England. She married Sir Andrew Brereton, son of Sir William Brereton and Philippa Hulse, circa 1459.
      ?Family Sir Andrew Brereton b. c 1440
      ?Children
      ?Elizabeth Brereton+ b. c 1470
      ?Sir William Brereton+ b. 1473
      ?Ellen Brereton+ b. c 1477, d. 22 Sep 1541


      Cheshire - Adlington Hall - Timbered courtyard_from_the_south-west
      Adlington, Cheshire, England
      Adlington Hall is a country house in Cheshire, England. The oldest part of the existing building, the Great Hall, was constructed between 1480 and 1505; the east wing was added in 1581. The Legh family has lived in the hall and in previous buildings on the same site since the early 14th century.



      Chester Cheshire The Rows


      Children of Andrew Brereton and Agnes Legh:

      1.Margaret or Katherine Brereton (1467-1549)
      2.Elizabeth Brereton (1472-1540)
      3.*SIR WILLIAM BRERETON (1473-1541)
      4.John Brereton (1475-1541)
      5.Ellen Brereton (1477-1541)
      6.Andrew Brereton (1478-1530)
      7.Matilda Brereton (1481-1540)
      8.Johanna Brereton (1483-)
      9.Matthew Brereton (1484-1530)
      10.Alice Brereton (1490-1552)
      11.Catherine Brereton (1492-1541)
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 17 Apr 2024), entry for Elisabeth de Brereton, person ID LVQ3-MPP. (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 17 Apr 2024), entry for Agnes Leigh, person ID LBRQ-TTG. (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 17 Apr 2024), entry for Robert Legh, person ID LCVR-TD1. (Reliability: 3).