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I copied another sheet in the historical society records, which was taken from the N.G.S.Q. (National Genealogical Society Quarterly ?, Vol. 51, 1963 - "Lowe of Denby, County Derb, England and Maryland" by G. Rodney Crowther, III:
"The family of Lowe was of long standing and considerable antiquity in the county of Chgeshire. The name, although of infrequent occurrence in other parts of England, was once so common in that county that 'as many Leghs as fleghs; as many Lowes as sloes' became a local proverb. The family appears to have been originally seated in the eastern part of that county. Low or loe is the old English word for small hill and an ancient timbered mansion, called The Lowe, standing upon a gentle eminence about two miles fron Congleton, 8 mi. SSW. of Macclesfield by road, is traditionally recognized as occupying the site of the original residence of the family, and as the place from whence their surname was derived. There is however no documentary evidence to connect the family with that place."
"During the latter half of the 14th century, various persons bearing this surname were living in the neighborhood of Macclesfield........It appears that the first of the family of whom we have any specific record were two brothers, William del Lowe (d. 1398) and Thomas del Lowe (d. 1414), the latter of whom:
1. Thomas (Del) Lowe, the brother of William del Lowe and father of that Geoffrey del Lowe who is referred to in the charter (by the Mayor of Macclesfield) of 1426, appears to have died in 1415. According to the Wooley MSS in the British Musuem (Add.MSSS 6,666, f. 137) he died at Macclesfield, co. Cheshire, at eleven o'clock at night on the 10th of January 1415. Issue:
2. Geoffred (del) Lowe, his son, is stated upon the same quthority, which was evidently derived from some old missal, to have married (?Margaret), a daughter of (Sir Peter?) Legh of Lyme in the co. of Cheshire. This marriage is not mentioned in any of the pedigrees of that family, but there are several reasons for believing the statement to be correct, and it is possible that the lady is identical with Margaret, the daughter of that Sir Peter Legh whose arms are carved upon the tower of Macclesfield Church, and who fought in the battle of Agincourt, where he was created a knight-banneret. This Margaret is described as the wife of Nicholas Blundell, and thus Geoffrey del Lowe must have been her second husband.....Geoffrey del Lowe died at Macclesfield on the Monday in the third week of Lent, 1451, between the hours of six and seven in the morning. His widow survived him for about three years, dying on the Sunday before the feast of the Annunciation, 1454."
"They appear to have issue of five (if not six) sons, although Burke in 'Landed Gentry, 1939' p. 1415, lists but three sons and a daughter. Issue as given in Lowe, op. cit., and British musuem MSS 6,666, 5.110 & 119, being:
i. (?) Peter Lowe of Northwich (early Cheshire wills being lost, there is no proof of issue).
ii. Thomas Lowe, of Alderwasley (ca. 1450-1521); see his descendents there.
iii. William Lowe (will lost, as above).
iv. Lawrence Lowe
v. George Lowe, living 1492; m ____issue.
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