de Leigh, Piers II

1389 - 1422  (32 years)

• Name	de Leigh, Piers  [1]
  Suffix	II
  Born	29 Aug 1389	Disley, Cheshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Find A Grave Memorial	64248244
  Died	16 Jun 1422	Paris, Île-de-France, France   [1]
  Buried	Macclesfield, Cheshire, England   [1]
  	St Michael's and All Angels Churchyard
  Person ID	I32022	Sullivan Burgess Family Tree | Ancestors of Glenn Close, Ancestors of President Cleveland, Ancestors of President Fillmore, Ancestors of President Hayes
  Last Modified	15 Sep 2018

  
  

  Father	de Leigh, Piers I,   b. 1355, Disley, Cheshire, England ,   d. 10 Aug 1399, Lyme Hall, Disley, Cheshire, England  (Age 44 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Danyers, Margaret,   b. 1345, Gropenhale, Cheshire, England ,   d. 24 Jun 1428, Great Budworth, Cheshire, England  (Age 83 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F10921	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Haydock, Joan,   b. 1387, Lancashire, England ,   d. 17 Jan 1440, Lancashire, England  (Age 53 years)
  Children	+ 1. Leigh, Piers III,   b. 4 Jun 1415, Disley, Cheshire, England ,   d. 27 Nov 1478, Bramhall Park, Cheshire, England  (Age 63 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	15 Sep 2018
  Family ID	F10920	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 29 Aug 1389 - Disley, Cheshire, England Died - 16 Jun 1422 - Paris, Île-de-France, France Buried - - Macclesfield, Cheshire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  Family Crest

  Leigh Family Crest

  
  

• Notes

  Sir Piers Legh II (died 16 June 1422), also known as Sir Piers de Legh and Peers Legh, was the second generation of the Leghs of Lyme. He was wounded in the Battle of Agincourt on 25 October 1415. His mastiff stood over him and protected him for many hours through the battle. The dog returned to Legh's home and was the foundation of the Lyme Hall Mastiffs. Five centuries later, this pedigree figured prominently in founding the modern English Mastiff breed. An old stained glass window remains in the drawing room of Lyme Hall portraying Sir Piers and his devoted mastiff. He was injured again in action in 1422 and died as a result of his wounds in Paris. He was buried at St Michael's Church, Macclesfield in the Legh Chapel, which had been built to receive his body.

  
  

• Sources

  [S167] FindAGrave, (Name: www.findagrave.com;). Record for Sir Piers Legh III