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1. Legh, Robert III
   1. , Maud
      1. Legh, Robert
         1. de Stanley, Isabella
            1. Legh, Robert VI
            2. Leigh, Blanch
            3. Leigh, James Reginald
            4. de Leigh, Thomas
            5. Leigh, Isabel
            6. Leigh, John
            7. Leigh, William
            8. Leigh, Agnes
            9. Legh, Dulcia
            10. Leigh, Margery
            11. Legh, Maud
            12. Leigh, Richard
            13. Legh, Philip
            14. Leigh, Elizabeth
            15. Honford, Katherine
            16. Legh, Randall
            17. de Legh, Ellen

Ancestors

Source References

1. http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=skaggsl&id=I07885&style=TABLE
2. RCKarnes: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=arciek&id=I08620 @ RootsWeb Carrie's Family Tree
3. RCKarnes: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=arciek&id=I06646 @ RootsWeb Carrie's Family Tree
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        # ID: I06646
        # Name: *Robert LEGH
        # Sex: M
        # Birth: 26 SEP 1415 in Adlington, Prestbury, Cheshire, England
        # Birth: 3 MAY 1410 in Adlington, Cheshire, England
        # Death: 21 JAN 1479
        # Occupation: Knight
        # Note:

        Robert Legh IV, Esquire
        Robert Legh of Adlington, inquisition 18th of Edward III, 1479, held Manor of Adlington, also in addition to those of his father, lands in Hyde, Northwich, Lamelode, Chester, Belgrave and Fulshaw. He married 1st Isabel, daughter of John Savage of Clifton. She died sine prole, and he married 2nd Isabella, daughter of Sir William Stanley, of Hoton or Hooton, and his wife Blanche, daughter of Sir John Arderne of Aldford. They had Robert, Margaret, Margery, Matilda, Agnes and Isabel.
        (Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith, page 662-663)

         

         

         

         

        Father: Robert LEGH III b: ABT 1382 in Adlington, Cheshire, England
        Mother: Maud b: ABT 1386 in Adlington, Cheshire, England

        Marriage 1 Isabella SAVAGE b: ABT 1409

        * Married: ABT 1435

         

        Marriage 2 *Isabell STANLEY b: 1413 in Lathom, Cheshire, England

        * Married: 1439 in Adlington, Prestbury, Cheshire, England
        * Married: ABT 1438 in Cheshire, England

        Children

        1. Has No Children Robert LEGH
        2. Has No Children Margaret LEGH
        3. Has No Children Matilda LEGH
        4. Has Children Agnes LEGH
        5. Has Children *Isabel LEGH b: ABT 1440 in Holford, Cheshire, England

      • Citation:

        e-mail: arciek@juno.com

4. Geneanet, "Robert de Leigh"
5. Robert Legh, "Find a Grave Index"
   1. • Source text:

        Name Robert Legh
        Birth Date 1410
        Death Date 21 Jan 1479
        Event Type Burial
        Event Place Prestbury, Cheshire East Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England
        Cemetery St Peter Churchyard
        Photograph Included N
        Note Contains Biography

        ---

        Robert Legh, esquire, of Adlington.

        He was baptized at St. Peter Church in Prestbury the Tuesday on the feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary [Mar. 25, 1410].

        Robert was summoned to attend the council of the young Henry VI at Chester on Mar. 3, 1435/6, and was a subsidy collector on various occasions.

      • Citation:

        "Find a Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGH-YD27 : 15 June 2022), Robert Legh, ; Burial, Prestbury, Cheshire East Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England, St Peter Churchyard; citing record ID 117145142, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

        https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117145142/robert-legh

6. WikiTree, "'Robert Legh (abt. 1410-1479)"
   1. • Source text:

        Robert "of Adlington" Legh
        Born about 1410 in Adlington, Cheshire, England

        Son of Robert (Legh) de Legh and [mother unknown]
        [sibling(s) unknown]
        Husband of Isabel Savage — married before 26 Sep 1415 in Cheshire, England
        Husband of Isabel (Stanley) Legh — married after 26 Aug 1424 in Cheshire, England

        Father of Robert Legh, Isabel (Legh) Warren, Ellen (Legh) Pigot, Maud (Leigh) Mainwaring and Anna (Legh) Brereton
        Died 21 Jan 1479 at about age 69 in Adlington, Cheshire, England

        Biography
        Robert de Legh of Adlington was born in 1410 [he was said at his father's inquisition on 2 November, 1415, to be five years old[1]].

        His father was Robert de Legh, of Adlynton.[1]

        Before his father's death in 1415, Robert's father married him, aged four, to Isabel Savage,[1] who was six years old.[2]

        On 7th day before the Kalends of September, 1424, which was 26 August, at Frascati, Pope Martin V issued a mandate to the bishop of Lichfield, to dispense Robert de Legh, donsel, and Isabel Stanley, daughter of William Stanley, knight, of his diocese, to contract and solemnize marriage notwithstanding an impediment of quasi-affinity (impedimentum publice honestatis justicie) arising from the fact that the said Robert, when in or about his fifth year, and the late Isabel Savage (related to the above Isabel Stanley in the second degree of kindred), when in her seventh year, contracted espousals, the said Isabel Savage dying after cohabiting for eight years with Robert (insimul cohabitaverat carnali copula inter eos non secuta). Oblate nobis.[2]

        Inquisition Robert de Legh, of Adlynton, Died 1415
        On the Saturday next after the feast of All Saints, 3 Henry V [2 November, 1415], an inquisition taken at Chester, regarding Robert de Legh, of Adlynton, found that the said Robert died seised, in his demesne, of 10l granted to him and his heirs by Thomas de Stanley, to be received of the issues of the manor of Alderley; that the said manor was held of the Earl of Chester in capite by knight's service; that the said Robert de Legh died on the Thursday next before the feast of St Michael the Archangel "last" past, [26 September, 1415] and Robert his son was next heir and of the age of five years, and was married by the said Robert his father a long time prior to his death.[1]

        Sources
        ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Peter Turner, comp, "Appendix 6. Welsh Records. Calendar of Deeds, Inquisitions, and Writs of Dower, Enrolled on the Plea Rolls of the County of Chester.—Ric. 2 to Hen. 7.", The Twenty-Ninth Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records [25 February 1868], (London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1868), 70, e-Book HathiTrust (https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015039450518?urlappend=%3Bseq=268%3Bownerid=34524648-267 : accessed 6 July, 2022).
        ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Lateran Regesta 243: 1423-1424," in Calendar of Papal Registers Relating To Great Britain and Ireland: Volume 7, 1417-1431, ed. J A Twemlow (London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1906), 360-366. British History Online, (http://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-papal-registers/brit-ie/vol7/pp360-366 : accessed 8 June, 2022). f. 240.
        See also:

        Harleian Society. The Visitation of Cheshire in the Year 1580, The Publicatons of The Harleian Society (London: The Society, 1882) Vol. 18.
        Page 151: "Rob't Leigh of Adlington." married 1st "Isabel d. to Jno Savage s.p." married 2nd "Isabell d. to Sr Wm Stanley married by consent of the Pope because she was of the blood of his first wife."
        Jacobus, Donald Lines. Ancestry of Obadiah and Mary Bruen, The American Genealogist (1950) Vol. 26, Page 18. "The Holford Lineage"

      • Citation:

        https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Legh-9

7. The Peerage, "Robert Leigh"
   1. • Source text:

        Robert Leigh1
        M, #709216, b. 3 May 1410, d. 29 January 1479
        Last Edited=8 Jul 2018
        Robert Leigh was born on 3 May 1410.1 He was the son of Sir Robert Leigh and Maud Norley.1 He married, firstly, Isabel Savage, daughter of Sir John Savage.1 He married, secondly, Isabel Stanley, daughter of Sir William Stanley.1 He died on 29 January 1479 at age 68.1
        Children of Robert Leigh and Isabel Stanley
        Reginald Leigh+1 d. 1508
        Matilda Leigh1 d. 1512
        Margery Leigh1 d. 1500
        Isabel Leigh1 d. 1482
        Robert Leigh+1 b. 1428, d. 8 Dec 1486
        Citations
        [S344] Burke's Peerage and Gentry, online http://www.burkespeerage.com. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Gentry.

      • Citation:

        https://www.thepeerage.com/p70922.htm#i709216

8. Our Royal, Titled, Noble and Commoner Ancestors, "Robert Legh, Esq."
   1. • Source text:

        Robert Legh, Esq.1,2,3,4,5
        Last Edited 4 Apr 2020
        M, #11737, b. 3 May 1410, d. 29 January 1479
        Father Robert Legh d. 26 Sep 1415
        Mother Matilda d. 17 Mar 1478
        Robert Legh, Esq. married Isabella Stanley, daughter of Sir William Stanley and Blanche Arderne.3,5 Robert Legh, Esq. married Isabella Savage, daughter of Sir John Savage, Bailiff of the Forest of Macclesfield, Constable of Halton Castle, Chamberlain of Middlewich and Maud Swynnerton. Robert Legh, Esq. was born on 3 May 1410 at of Adlington, Cheshire, England. He died on 29 January 1479 at age 68.
        Family 1
        Isabella Savage
        Family 2
        Isabella Stanley
        Children
        Margaret Legh
        Margery Legh
        Maud Legh+3,5 d. a 1512
        Robert Legh, Esq.+ b. c 1428, d. 1487
        Isabel Leigh+2,4 b. 1440
        Agnes Legh+ b. c 1445
        Citations
        [S3292] Unknown author, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, by George Ormerod, 1819, p. 495, 371; Lineage and Ancestry of HRH Prince Charles by Paget, Vol. II, p. 264; Plantagenet Ancestry of 17th Century Colonists, by David Faris, p. 208.
        [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 344.
        [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 278.
        [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 584.
        [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 282.

      • Citation:

        https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p391.htm#i11737

9. LCVR-TD1 FamilySearch.org
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        The Leghs of Adlington were established by Robert de Leigh who inherited the lordship of the manor of Adlington from his mother Elena de Corona (née de Baguley). His father, John de Leigh, who was lord of the manor of Over Knutsford and seated at Norbury Booths, descended in the male line from the Venable family.

        Robert de Leigh, lieutenant to Sir Thomas de Ferrers “Lieutenant of the Prince’s Bachelor”, was a Riding-Forester of the Forest of Macclesfield, Bailiff of the Hundred of Macclesfield and a Justice in Eyre for Cheshire.

        Robert de Legh, the second in succession, was one of the Black Prince's Esquires. Sir Robert Legh the third in succession was knighted during the reign of Richard II. He was twice Sheriff of Cheshire. He fought at the Battle of Shrewsbury in 1403 against Henry IV. Robert Legh the fourth in succession was preparing to take part in the Battle of Agincourt but died of pestilence ten days before the battle.

        Some years after the dissolution of the monasteries, Thomas Legh the tenth in succession acquired the rights to the manor of Prestbury, together with the advowson of the parish church and tithes. Leghs became patrons of the Living and Lay Rectors of Prestbury as they still are. Thomas Legh served as High Sheriff of Cheshire for 1588/89.

        Sir Urian Legh was knighted for military services by taking Cádiz in 1596. He was appointed High Sheriff in 1613.

        Thomas Legh (1593–1644), the twelfth in succession, was twice High Sheriff of Cheshire (1629 and 1642) and a Colonel in the Royalist Army during the Civil War. He lost Adlington Hall in December 1642 but regained it later. In February 1644 the house was again besieged. This time it had to be surrendered to the Parliamentarians in order to prevent severe damage. It was not returned to the family until 1656 after heavy fines had been paid.

        Thomas Legh (1614–1687), the thirteenth in succession, was gazetted Colonel of Militia and appointed High Sheriff in 1662 in recognition of his services to the Stuarts. The next three in succession were also Colonels of Militia and High Sheriffs, John (the fifteenth) also serving as MP for Bodmin from 1715 to 1722. On the death of Charles Legh in 1781 the direct male line expired but the succession continued through Charles' niece Elizabeth Rowlls who assumed the surname of Legh by Royal Sign Manual.

        Succession of the Legh family of Adlington
        Robert de Leigh (1308–1370)
        Robert de Legh (1330–1382)
        Sir Robert Legh (1362–1408)
        Robert Legh (1386–1415)
        Robert Legh (1410–1478)
        Robert Legh (1428–1487)
        Thomas Legh (1452–1519)
        George Legh (1497–1529)
        Thomas Legh (1527–1548)
        Thomas Legh (1547–1601)
        Sir Urian Legh (1566–1627)
        Thomas Legh (1593–1644)
        Thomas Legh (1614–1687)
        Thomas Legh (1644–1691)
        John Legh (1668–1739)
        Charles Legh (1697–1781)
        Elizabeth Rowlls Legh (1728–1806)
        Richard Crosse Legh (1754–1822)
        Thomas Legh (1795–1829)
        Charles Richard Banastre Legh (1821–1888)
        Caroline Mary Florence Legh (1873–1940)
        Cynthia Combermere Legh (1896–1983)
        Charles Francis Legh (1922–1992)
        Camilla Jane Corona Legh (1960–)[1]

      • Citation:

        https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LCVR-TD1

   2. • Source text:

        The Leghs of Adlington were established by Robert de Leigh who inherited the lordship of the manor of Adlington from his mother Elena de Corona (née de Baguley). His father, John de Leigh, who was lord of the manor of Over Knutsford and seated at Norbury Booths, descended in the male line from the Venable family.

        Robert de Leigh, lieutenant to Sir Thomas de Ferrers “Lieutenant of the Prince’s Bachelor”, was a Riding-Forester of the Forest of Macclesfield, Bailiff of the Hundred of Macclesfield and a Justice in Eyre for Cheshire.

        Robert de Legh, the second in succession, was one of the Black Prince's Esquires. Sir Robert Legh the third in succession was knighted during the reign of Richard II. He was twice Sheriff of Cheshire. He fought at the Battle of Shrewsbury in 1403 against Henry IV. Robert Legh the fourth in succession was preparing to take part in the Battle of Agincourt but died of pestilence ten days before the battle.

        Some years after the dissolution of the monasteries, Thomas Legh the tenth in succession acquired the rights to the manor of Prestbury, together with the advowson of the parish church and tithes. Leghs became patrons of the Living and Lay Rectors of Prestbury as they still are. Thomas Legh served as High Sheriff of Cheshire for 1588/89.

        Sir Urian Legh was knighted for military services by taking Cádiz in 1596. He was appointed High Sheriff in 1613.

        Thomas Legh (1593–1644), the twelfth in succession, was twice High Sheriff of Cheshire (1629 and 1642) and a Colonel in the Royalist Army during the Civil War. He lost Adlington Hall in December 1642 but regained it later. In February 1644 the house was again besieged. This time it had to be surrendered to the Parliamentarians in order to prevent severe damage. It was not returned to the family until 1656 after heavy fines had been paid.

        Thomas Legh (1614–1687), the thirteenth in succession, was gazetted Colonel of Militia and appointed High Sheriff in 1662 in recognition of his services to the Stuarts. The next three in succession were also Colonels of Militia and High Sheriffs, John (the fifteenth) also serving as MP for Bodmin from 1715 to 1722. On the death of Charles Legh in 1781 the direct male line expired but the succession continued through Charles' niece Elizabeth Rowlls who assumed the surname of Legh by Royal Sign Manual.

        Succession of the Legh family of Adlington
        Robert de Leigh (1308–1370)
        Robert de Legh (1330–1382)
        Sir Robert Legh (1362–1408)
        Robert Legh (1386–1415)
        Robert Legh (1410–1478)
        Robert Legh (1428–1487)
        Thomas Legh (1452–1519)
        George Legh (1497–1529)
        Thomas Legh (1527–1548)
        Thomas Legh (1547–1601)
        Sir Urian Legh (1566–1627)
        Thomas Legh (1593–1644)
        Thomas Legh (1614–1687)
        Thomas Legh (1644–1691)
        John Legh (1668–1739)
        Charles Legh (1697–1781)
        Elizabeth Rowlls Legh (1728–1806)
        Richard Crosse Legh (1754–1822)
        Thomas Legh (1795–1829)
        Charles Richard Banastre Legh (1821–1888)
        Caroline Mary Florence Legh (1873–1940)
        Cynthia Combermere Legh (1896–1983)
        Charles Francis Legh (1922–1992)
        Camilla Jane Corona Legh (1960–)[1]

      • Citation:

        https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LCVR-TD1

   3. • Source text:

        The Leghs of Adlington were established by Robert de Leigh who inherited the lordship of the manor of Adlington from his mother Elena de Corona (née de Baguley). His father, John de Leigh, who was lord of the manor of Over Knutsford and seated at Norbury Booths, descended in the male line from the Venable family.

        Robert de Leigh, lieutenant to Sir Thomas de Ferrers “Lieutenant of the Prince’s Bachelor”, was a Riding-Forester of the Forest of Macclesfield, Bailiff of the Hundred of Macclesfield and a Justice in Eyre for Cheshire.

        Robert de Legh, the second in succession, was one of the Black Prince's Esquires. Sir Robert Legh the third in succession was knighted during the reign of Richard II. He was twice Sheriff of Cheshire. He fought at the Battle of Shrewsbury in 1403 against Henry IV. Robert Legh the fourth in succession was preparing to take part in the Battle of Agincourt but died of pestilence ten days before the battle.

        Some years after the dissolution of the monasteries, Thomas Legh the tenth in succession acquired the rights to the manor of Prestbury, together with the advowson of the parish church and tithes. Leghs became patrons of the Living and Lay Rectors of Prestbury as they still are. Thomas Legh served as High Sheriff of Cheshire for 1588/89.

        Sir Urian Legh was knighted for military services by taking Cádiz in 1596. He was appointed High Sheriff in 1613.

        Thomas Legh (1593–1644), the twelfth in succession, was twice High Sheriff of Cheshire (1629 and 1642) and a Colonel in the Royalist Army during the Civil War. He lost Adlington Hall in December 1642 but regained it later. In February 1644 the house was again besieged. This time it had to be surrendered to the Parliamentarians in order to prevent severe damage. It was not returned to the family until 1656 after heavy fines had been paid.

        Thomas Legh (1614–1687), the thirteenth in succession, was gazetted Colonel of Militia and appointed High Sheriff in 1662 in recognition of his services to the Stuarts. The next three in succession were also Colonels of Militia and High Sheriffs, John (the fifteenth) also serving as MP for Bodmin from 1715 to 1722. On the death of Charles Legh in 1781 the direct male line expired but the succession continued through Charles' niece Elizabeth Rowlls who assumed the surname of Legh by Royal Sign Manual.

        Succession of the Legh family of Adlington
        Robert de Leigh (1308–1370)
        Robert de Legh (1330–1382)
        Sir Robert Legh (1362–1408)
        Robert Legh (1386–1415)
        Robert Legh (1410–1478)
        Robert Legh (1428–1487)
        Thomas Legh (1452–1519)
        George Legh (1497–1529)
        Thomas Legh (1527–1548)
        Thomas Legh (1547–1601)
        Sir Urian Legh (1566–1627)
        Thomas Legh (1593–1644)
        Thomas Legh (1614–1687)
        Thomas Legh (1644–1691)
        John Legh (1668–1739)
        Charles Legh (1697–1781)
        Elizabeth Rowlls Legh (1728–1806)
        Richard Crosse Legh (1754–1822)
        Thomas Legh (1795–1829)
        Charles Richard Banastre Legh (1821–1888)
        Caroline Mary Florence Legh (1873–1940)
        Cynthia Combermere Legh (1896–1983)
        Charles Francis Legh (1922–1992)
        Camilla Jane Corona Legh (1960–)[1]

      • Citation:

        https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LCVR-TD1