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Sir Ralph LEYCESTER

Sir Ralph LEYCESTER

Male Abt 1513 - 1572  (~ 59 years)

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  • Name Ralph LEYCESTER  [1
    Prefix Sir 
    Born Abt 1513  Toft, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    FamilySearch ID LZG1-7LB 
    TitleOfNobility   [2
    Sir Knight 
    Name Rafe Leycester  [2
    Probate 1572  [2
    Buried Feb 1572  Mobberley, Cheshire East Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Died 23 Feb 1572  Norbury, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I594776130  Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 17 Apr 2024 

    Father Sir Ralph LEYCESTER,   b. 1488, Nether Tabley, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1572, Toft, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Mother Eleanor EGERTON,   b. 1498, Egerton, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar 1572  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 1512  Toft, Chesire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F536731371  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ellen LEIGH,   b. Abt 1498, Norbury, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1546, Norbury, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 48 years) 
    Married 1531  Over, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. Ellen LEICESTER,   b. Abt 1533, of Toft, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Infant
     2. Elizabeth LEYCESTER,   b. 1535, Toft, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1579, Trentham, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years)
     3. Laurence LEYCESTER,   b. Abt 1540, Chester, , Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1632, Chester, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 92 years)
     4. Mary LEYCESTER,   b. Abt 1537, Lee Darnhall, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Rafe LEYCESTER,   b. 1532, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 17 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F536731370  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Sir Ralph Leycester1
      M, #181221
      Last Edited=3 Jan 2009

      Sir Ralph Leycester lived at Toft, Cheshire, England .1 He was also known as Rafe Leycester.2 He was invested as a Knight on 11 May 1544
      Child of Sir Ralph Leycester
      Laurence Leycester + 1
      Citations
      [S37 ] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 524. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
      [S40 ] L. G. Pine, editor, Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 17th edition, (London, England: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1952), page 2211. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Landed Gentry, 17th ed..



  • 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 Mary Leycester, person ID LXWQ-LC8. (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 Ralph Leycester, person ID LZG1-7LB. (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 Ralph Leycester, person ID LZLQ-F2B. (Reliability: 3).