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Name: William LYGON
Sex: M
Birth: 1518 ^b
Death: 8 Sep 1567 in Madresfield, Worcestershire ^d
Burial: 2 Oct 1567 in Great Malvern ^u

Parents:

Father:
Sir Richard LYGON Birth: Abt 1491 Death: 20 Mar 1556 in Arle Court

Mother:

Margaret GREVELL Death: 1542

Family:
Marriage:

Eleanor DENNIS on 1529 .^m1
Eleanor DENNIS Death: Before 2 Mar 1585/6

Children:

William LYGON
Richard LYGON Birth: Abt 1537
Fernando LYGON
Thomas LYGON Birth: Abt 1545
Ralph LYGON
Hugh LYGON
Francis LYGON
Cecily LYGON Death: Madresfield, Co Worcester
Margaret LYGON
Katherine LYGON
Elizabeth LYGON Birth: Abt 1548 Death: 16 Apr 1598

Bibliography

Burke, Sir John Bernard, Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage Baronetage and Knightage. 99th edition. London: Burke's Peerage, 1949. Available at http://archive.org/details/burkesgenealogic1949unse. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Burke Peerage [cx0-9]*].
Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 05 E-Goojerat. London: St Catherine Press, 1926. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP V [Ap][p0-9].*].
Faris, David, Plantagenet ancestry of seventeenth century colonists: the descent from the later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I, Edward II, and Edward III, of emigrants from England and Wales to the North American colonies before 1701, second edition. Boston: New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1999. NYPL APR (New England) 01-1513. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Faris PA2 p[0-9ivxc]*].
Foljambe, Cecil George Savile, Earl of Liverpool, House of Cornewall, Hereford: Jakeman, 1908. Available at http://archive.org/details/houseofcornewall00live. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Foljambe Cornewall p[0-9]*].
Richardson, Douglas, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Baltimore, MD: Genelogical Publishing Co, 2005. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson MCA p[0-9]*].
Richardson, Douglas, Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Baltimore, MD: Genelogical Publishing Co, 2004. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson PA p[0-9]*].
Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p[0-9]*].
Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p[0-9]*].
Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States: who were themselves notable or left descendants notable in American history, with a 2008 Addendum, Coda, and Final Additions. Baltimore, MD: Gen Pub Co, 2008. NYPL APK 08-4216. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Roberts RD600 p[0-9]*].
Thompson, Neil D, Further Observations on the Ancestry of Col Thomas Ligon of Henrico County, Virginia Genealogist, vol 38 (1994), pp48-51. Available at https://mattocks2.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/further-observations-on-the-ancestry-of-colonel-thomas-ligon-of-henrico-county/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Thompson LIGON p[0-9]*].
Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, David Faris, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who came to America before 1700, 7th Edition, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1992. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Weis AR7 #[0-9][0-9]*[A-Z]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: [Ref: Weis AR7 #209]; abt 1512 (age 44 in 1556) [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p576]; abt 1512 [Ref: Faris PA2 p217]; in or about 1512 [Ref: Thompson LIGON p48],
parents:: [Ref: Burke Peerage p151, Faris PA2 p217, Foljambe Cornewall p132, Richardson PA p262, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p576, Roberts RD600 p314, Weis AR7 #209]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: Burke Peerage p151, Faris PA2 p217, Thompson LIGON p48]; 29 Sep 1567 [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p577, Weis AR7 #209],
place:: [Ref: Faris PA2 p217, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p577, Thompson LIGON p48]

Sources for burial Information

date:: [Ref: Thompson LIGON p48],
place:: [Ref: Thompson LIGON p48]; Austin Friars, London [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p577]

Sources with Information about marriage to Eleanor DENNIS

date:: [Ref: Faris PA2 p217, Weis AR7 #209]; as early as 1529 [Ref: Thompson LIGON p49]; contract 1529 [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p576],
names:: [Ref: Burke Peerage p151, Faris PA2 p115, Foljambe Cornewall p132, Richardson PA p264, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p435, Roberts RD600 p314],
child:: [Ref: Faris PA2 p217, Faris PA2 p218, Richardson MCA p354, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p576, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p6, Roberts RD600 p259, Roberts RD600 p260, Thompson LIGON p49, Weis AR7 #209]