William Lygon, Esq.

1518 - 1567  (49 years)

• Name	William Lygon  [1]
  Suffix	Esq.
  Birth	1518  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Elected	Sheriff of Worcestershire
  Death	1567  [1]
  Burial	London, England   [1]
  Person ID	I14546	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	Elinor Dennis,   b. 1515, Worcestershire, England d. 1579, Bromsgrove District, Worcestershire, England (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	1529  [2]
  Children	1. Elizabeth Lygon,   b. 1548, Madresfield, Worcestershire, England d. 16 Apr 1598, Leckhampton, Gloucestershire, England (Age 50 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5296	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - - London, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Arms Icons & Insignia

  Arms-Lygon Ligon/Lygon/de Lygon Coat of Arms

  
  

• Sources

  [S6040] FindAGrave Old World, William Lygon 1512-1567. William Lygon, Esq., Of Madresfield, Redgrove and Lower Mitton, Worcestershire, of Arle Court, Cheltenham, of Elmstone, Kemerton, of Staverton, Glouchester. Sheriff of Worcestershire. Son and heir to Sir Richard Lygon and Margery Greville. Grandson of Sir Richard Lygon and Anne Beauchamp, daughter of Richard and Elizabeth Stafford. William married Eleanor Dennis, daughter of Sir William Dennis, descendant of King Edward III, and Anne de Berkeley, daughter of Sir Maurice and descendant of King Edward I. They married by contract dated 1529 and had seven son and four daughters; William, Richard, Fernando, Thomas, Ralph, Hugh, Francis, Margaret; wife of Henry Berkeley, Cecily; wife of Edward Gorges, Katherine; wife of Thomas Foliot and Elizabeth; wife of William Norwood. William is listed amoung the gentlemen "meet to be preferred in the King's service" by Lord Cromwell, compiled in 1538. He was granted the manor of Redgrove in 1540, and served in France in 1544. He was sued by John Rede regarding an "Affray concerning hawks at Cheltenham." https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67514571/ly [S625] Virginia Historical Genealogies, Berkeley-Ligon Chart. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/48234/VAHistGenealogies-005722-344/252090?backurl=&ssrc=&backlabel=Return Virginia Historical Genealogies Berkeley-Ligon Chart