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man William Ligon‏‎ 1) 2) 3) 4)
Born ‎± 1512 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England‎ 5)
Died ‎29 Sep 1567 Arle, Madresfield, Worcestershire, England‎, approximately 55 years 1) 5) 2)
Buried ‎2 Oct 1567 Austin Friars Dutch Reformed Church, London, England 5)
Occupations: ‎between 1550 and 1551; Sheriff of Worcestershire 1), ‎between 1560 and 1561; Sheriff of Worcestershire 1)
Will signed: ‎12 Aug 1568 2)


Married ‎1529
to:

woman Eleanor Denys‏‎ 3)
Born ‎± 1510 / 1508 Dyrham, Gloucestershire, England / Dyrham, Gloucestershire, England
Died ‎after 1579 / 1557 Arle, Madresfield, Worcestershire, England‎
Will signed: ‎1585 Gloucestershire, England 6)


Child:

1.
man Richard Lygon‏ 4) 7) 3)
Born ‎± 1534 England
Died ‎2 Oct 1584 Madresfield, Worcestershire, England‎, approximately 50 years 8) 1) 7) 9) 4)
Occupations: ‎between 1573 and 1574; Sheriff of Worcestershire 8), ‎between 1583 and 1584; Sheriff of Worcestershire 8) 1)
Will signed: ‎4 Dec 1584 Madresfield, Worcestershire, England 7)


Sources

1) Source: Victoria County History. Reference: Madresfield; A History of the County of Worcester: volume 4 (Data from secondary evidence)
2) Source: England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858 Record for William Ligon. Mentions son Richard Lygon and youngest daughter Elizabeth amongst others.. External Link
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=5111&h=1012744&indiv=try. Reference: The National Archives; Kew, England; Prerogative Court of Canterbury and Related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 50 (Data from direct source)
3) Source: The Visitation of the County of Worcester made in the year 1569. Reference: Lygon pedigree (Data from secondary evidence)
4) Source: Monuments On the North side of the Communion table is a flat stone, with the inscription round it in capitals:"Here lyethe the bodye of Penelope, the wife of Robert Walweyn, of Neulande, gentleman, the daughter of Richard Ligon, of Madersfyelde, esquire, the sonne of William Ligon, esquire, sonne of Sir Richard Ligon, knight, the sonne of Thomas Ligon, esquire and Anne his wife, one of the daughters of the lorde Beauchampe, her mother was Marye, the daughter of Sir Thomas Russell, of Strensham, knyghte. Obiit 13 Januarii, 1596."This stone formerly covered a raised monument, which stood where the communion table now is, on the wall; at her feet were these verses:"Hic pia Penelope Walwini conditur uxor,Jamdudum morbis languida, docta mori.""Docta mori, vitae que breves transcendere metasNune anima coelum possidet, ante fide."On the other three sides were thirty-five coats of arms: the principal were Walweyn impaling Ligon; some of the others were Godhead, Russell, Planges, Hodington, Cromeley, Somery, Albany, Haute, earl of Chester, Golafer, Cassy, Cookesey, Thurgrim, Cholmley, Askham, Rydal, Lygon, Bracy, Blanchmister, Giffard, Beauchamp, baron of Powick, D'Abetot, Hulgreve, Sir Gerard de Useslate, Lovestofte, Verdon, Greville.. Reference: Malvern Church: From 'A General History of Malvern, J. Chambers (W. Walcott, 1817)' (Data from secondary evidence)
5) Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current Record for William Lygon. External Link
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveUK&h=647860&indiv=try (Questionable reliability of evidence)
6) Source: Gloucestershire, England, Wills and Inventories, 1541-1858 Record for Eleanor Lygon. External Link
https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=4294&h=232939&indiv=try (Data from secondary evidence)
7) Source: England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858 Record for Richard Ligon. Mentions daughter Penelope Lygon. External Link
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=CanturburyPrerogativeCourt&h=941428&indiv=try. Reference: The National Archives; Kew, England; Prerogative Court of Canterbury and Related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 67 (Data from direct source)
8) Source: Victoria County History "Lygon Earl Beau-champ.Argent two lions passant gules with forked tails.Madresfield was probably held by the Bracys as early as the time of Henry I, for William Bracy in 1166 held half a knight's fee in Worcestershire of William Beauchamp of the ancient feoffment from the time of Henry I. (fn. 26) He appears to have been alive in 1175–6, (fn. 27) but had been succeeded before 1192 by Robert Bracy, against whom Walter de Baldenhall claimed half a knight's fee in Madresfield (fn. 28) as his share of the inheritance of three knights' fees which six sisters had divided between them. (fn. 29) In 1196 Walter gave up his claim in exchange for other land. (fn. 30) Robert Bracy is again mentioned in 1204 (fn. 31) and 1205, (fn. 32) and it was perhaps this Robert, a coroner of Worcestershire, who died in 1220. (fn. 33) He was apparently succeeded (fn. 34) by William Bracy, lord of Madresfield about 1250. (fn. 35) He was exempted in 1253 from being put on assizes and juries (fn. 36) ; about 1280 he paid a subsidy of 10s. for his lands in Madresfield. (fn. 37) In ill-health in 1282 (fn. 38) he lived till 1289, when he died and was buried at Great Malvern. (fn. 39) Robert Bracy was appointed one of the commissioners to perambulate the forest of Feckenham in 1297, (fn. 40) and was Sheriff of Worcestershire in 1298. (fn. 41) In 1300 and again in 1301 and 1305 he was returned as knight of the shire for Worcester. (fn. 42) He was appointed one of the assessors of two subsidies in the county of Worcester in 1308, (fn. 43) and held various other offices in the county. (fn. 44) In 1316 he was seised of three knights' fees in Warndon, Madresfield and Brace's Leigh, (fn. 45) and in that year settled the manors of Madresfield and Warndon on himself for life, with remainder to Robert son of William Bracy and the heirs of his body. (fn. 46) A grant of free warren in his Worcestershire lands was made to Robert Bracy in 1328, (fn. 47) in which year he was appointed keeper of the manor of Hanley Castle and the chase of Malvern (fn. 48) ; in 1345 Robert Bracy, probably he to whom the reversion had been granted in 1316, was lord of Madresfield. (fn. 49) Robert Bracy was knight of the shire for Worcester in 1361, 1365 and 1366. (fn. 50) He appears to have been succeeded before 1370 by William Bracy, (fn. 51) who apparently died about 1390, in which year the Lady Joan Bracy, probably his widow, held her first court for the manors of Madresfield and Brace's Leigh. (fn. 52) William Bracy presented to the church in 1415, 1419, 1420 and 1433, (fn. 53) and in 1431 he was returned as holder of the manor of Madresfield. (fn. 54) Joan, heiress of the Bracys and probably daughter of this William, married Thomas Lygon; the date of the marriage is given by Habington as 1419–20. (fn. 55) There seems no doubt that it took place before 1428. (fn. 56) Thomas Lygon, probably their son, (fn. 57) died on 10 April 1507 seised of the manor of Madresfield (fn. 58) ; he was succeeded by his eldest surviving son Richard, who died at Madresfield on 1 May 1512, having previously settled the manor on his wife Anne daughter and co-heir of Richard Lord Beauchamp of Powick. (fn. 59) This Richard was succeeded by a son Richard (fn. 60) who was knighted at the coronation of Anne Boleyn in 1533. (fn. 61) He was Sheriff of Worcestershire in 1548 (fn. 62) and died in 1556. (fn. 63) His son and successor William, sheriff in 1550 and 1560, (fn. 64) died about 1567, (fn. 65) when the manor passed to his son Richard, sheriff in 1573 and 1583, (fn. 66) who was succeeded in 1584 (fn. 67) by his son William.". Reference: Madresfield; A History of the County of Worcester: volume 4 (Questionable reliability of evidence)
9) Source: Chancery: Inquisitions Post Mortem, Series II, and other Inquisitions, Henry VII to Charles I Lygon, Richard: WorcesterDated: 1584. Reference: C 142/206/8 (Data from direct source)