People: Lever, Alexander

Surname

Lever (Leaver)

Forename

Alexander

Sex

Male

Marital Status

Married

Spouse Name

Elizabeth

Remarks

Career: Alexander Lever had held the prebend of Bolton-le-Moors under lease from 1499 until his death.

When he made his will in April 1539 he named two surviving daughters and two sons, one being his heir, Roger, who was a minor at the time. He appointed his wife, Elizabeth, as an executrix with his brother-in-law, William Bolton, and two sons as executors.

After his death his widow re-married Thomas Cheetham.

Sources:

James Christopher Scholes, History of Bolton: with Memorials of the old Parish Church, (ed. William Pimblett, Bolton, 1892), pp. 101-105

Causes

EDC 5/13/1 – mentioned in the libel

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