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