Robert de Legh of Adlington

Robert de LEGH , of Adlington was born ABT 1307 in Knutsford Booths Hall, Bucklow, Cheshire, England, and died 1370 in Adlington, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England.

He was the son of John de LEGH , of Booths Hall and Ellen de CORONA , Heiress of Adlington.

Family

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He married

1. Sybil de HONFORD BEF 1322 in 1st wife, daughter of Henry de HONFORD and Miss de WALETON. She was born ABT 1305 in Handforth, Stockport, Cheshire, England, and died BEF 1325.
2. Maud de NORLEY BEF 1325 in 2nd wife, daughter of Thomas (Adam) de NORLEY , Sir and Margery WALETON. She was born ABT 1308 in Norley, Runcorn, Cheshire, England.

Children of Robert de LEGH , of Adlington and Sybil de HONFORD are:

• + 2 i. Margaret LEGH , of Adlington was born ABT 1322 in Adlington, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, and died AFT 1366.
• + 3 ii. Robert LEGH , of Adlington was born ABT 1324 in Adlington, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. Children of Robert de LEGH , of Adlington and Maud de NORLEY are:
• + 4 i. Peter (Piers) I LEIGH , Lord of Lyme, Sir was born BEF 1325 in Lyme Handley, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, and died 1399 in Chester, Cheshire, England (executed).
• + 5 ii. Susanna LEGH was born ABT 1328 in Adlington, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England.
• 6 iii. Maud (Matilda) LEIGH was born ABT 1340 in Adlington, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. She married Ralph de WILBURGHAM , Lord of Radnor AFT 1366 in 2nd wife, son of William de WILBURGHAM , Lord of Radnor and Cecilia. He was born ABT 1340 in Radnor, Congleton, Cheshire, England, and died ABT 1388

Notes

The Leghs of Adlington began with the first Legh of Adlington, Robert de Legh, a descendant of Gilbert de Venables, who had come to Britain in the time of William the Conqueror. He was a Riding-Forester of the Forest of Macclesfield, Bailiff of the Hundred of Macclesfield, “Lieutenant” to Sir Thomas de Ferrers, Justice of Chester and for many years “Lieutenant of the Prince’s Bachelor”. He also sat as Justice in Eyre. The family established their seat at Adlington in Cheshire. From then on, they are referred to as the "Legh's of Adlington" to differentiate them from other branches of the same family.
The manor of Adlington came into the Legh family when Henry III passed it to Hugh de Corona, whose granddaughter, Ellen, married John de Legh. De Corona bequeathed the estate to Ellen’s son, Robert (1308 – 1370).

Robert had close connections with court and held a variety of important positions, including Riding-Forester of the Forest of Macclesfield, then a royal hunting ground. Key duties included attending the King when he came to the Forest. He also sat as ‘Justice in Eyre’, presiding over Forest Law. Forest Law was an important part of the legal system at the time, protecting the animals of the chase and the greenery that sustained them in order to guarantee good hunting for the King and his friends.

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Biography

Robert de Legh, who succeeded to the manor of Adlington on the death of his mother in 1352, had a commission as a justice in eyre for Macclesfield, and was also appointed a steward of the manor and forest of Macclesfield. He was twice married, his first wife being Sibilla, the daughter of Henry de Honford, of Honford (Handforth), by whom he had, in addition to two daughters, Robert, who succeeded as heir to the Adlington estates, and Hugh, who predeceased him. His second wife was Maud, the daughter and heir of Adam de Norley of Northleigh, of the manor of that name, near Wigan, Knight. This lady, who is said to have been his second cousin, and very young at the time of her marriage, bore him two sons in his old age, Peter or Piers, and John. Peter, who was born about the year 1361, married in 1388, Margaret, the daughter and heiress of that famous Cheshire hero, Sir Thomas d'Anyers, who distinguished himself at the battle of Crescy* by taking prisoner the Count de Tankerville, chamberlain to the King of France, and rescuing the standard of the Black Prince when it was in danger of being captured, in acknowledgment of which services his daughter afterwards received a Royal grant of the manor of Lyme Handley, and, with her husband, became progenitor of the Leghs of Lyme and the Leghs of Ridge. John de Legh, the younger son by the second marriage, was keeper of Macclesfield Park prior to 1395, and was sometimes designated John de Macclesfield. He was living in 1399, and had issue.

Robert de Legh died at Macclesfield, about the year 137o.

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• 'The house of Lyme from its foundation to the end of the eighteenth century (1917)
• http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924027932320
• http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924027932320#page/n26/mode/1up
• The House of Lyme has its origin in the person of Peter or Piers — afterwards Sir Piers Legh — eldest son of 'Robert Legh of Adlington — and a descendant of the Leghs of Booths — by his second wife Maude, daughter and heiress of Sir John Norley'. This Sir Piers Legh married, in 1388, Margaret, daughter and heiress of Sir Thomas Danyers, the owner of a small domain or manor called Bradley within Appleton, in Cheshire — and widow of Sir John Savage — and founded the family of Legh of Lyme.
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• 'Nooks and corners of Lancashire and Cheshire: A wayfarer's notes in the ... By James Croston Pg.295-358
• http://books.google.com/books?id=KgsNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA297&lpg=PA297&dq...
• Pg. 295
• . . . . By her he had John Venables, who, as previously stated, assumed his mother's maiden name of Legh. . . . married sometime previous to 1315 Ellen de Corona, . . . Four sons were born of this marriage, three of whom became the founders of distinct houses; John, ancestor of the Leghs of Booths; 'Robert, to whom, at the death of his mother in 1352, the manor of Adlington reverted under the Corona settlement, and who thus became progenitor of the Leghs of Adlington, Lyme, Ridge, Stoneleigh, Stockwell, &c.'; William, founder of the line of Isall in Cumberland, and from whom descended . . . ; Peter de Legh, who in right of his wife Ellen, daughter and heir of Philip de Bechton, acquired . . . .
  • ' Robert de Legh, who succeeded to the manor of Adlington on the death of his mother in 1352, had a commission as justice in eyre for Macclesfield, and was also appointed a steward of the manor and forest of Macclesfield. He was twice married, his first wife being Sibilla, the daughter of Henry de Honford, of Honford
  • Pg. 296
  • '(Handforth), by whom he had, in additon to two daughters, Robert, who succeeded as heir to the Adlington estates, and Hugh, who predeceased him. His second wife was Maud, the daughter and heir of Adam de Norley of Northleigh, of the manor of that name, near Wigan, Knight. This Lady, who is said to have been his second cousin, and very young at the time of her marriage, bore him two sons in his old age, Peter or Piers, and John. Peter, who was born about the year 1361, married in 1388, Margaret, the daughter and heiress of that famous Cheshire hero, Sir Thomas d'Anyers, who distinguished himself at the battle of Crescy* . . . . John de Legh, the younger son by the second marriage, was keeper of Macclesfield park prior to 1395, and was sometimes designated John de Macclesfield. He was living in 1399, and had issue.
  • ' Robert de Legh died at Macclesfield, about the year 1370. Before his death his wife Maud, who survived, converyed to him all her estates in trust for their son, Piers Legh, who, at the time of his father's death was a child of nine years.
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• 'A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great ..., Volume 3 By John Burke Pg.453-457
• http://books.google.com/books?id=yshsAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA454&lpg=PA454&dq...
• ' ROBERT DE LEGH, second son of John Legh, of Booths, (see vol. ii. p. 45), by Ellen his wife, dau. and heiress of Thomas de Corona, of Adlington, living temp. EDWARD II. wedded Matilda, dau. and heiress of Adam de Norley, and was father of
  • ROBERT LEGH, of Adlington, who m. Matilda, dau. and co-heiress of Sir John de Arderne, knt. of Aldford and Alvanley, representative of one of the most ancient of those knightly families of which the county of Chester may so justly boast, and how had two sons, viz.
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• 'Remains, historical and literary, connected with the palatine ..., Volume 97 By Chetham Society
• http://books.google.com/books?id=cfoMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA126&lpg=PA126&dq...
• Pg. 123
• LEGH OF LYME.
• The pedigree of this family has been drawn by Dugdale, Glover, Yardswick, Ormerod, and others. Errors have crept into the draughts of Dugdale and Ormerod.
• Dugdale rightly deduces that descent of Legh of Lyme from 'Robert Legh of Adlington'; but instead of making John Legh of Ridge a brother of the last Legh of Lyme, he makes him a nephew, by a roundabout and inexplicable connexion.
• Dr. Ormerod quotes Mr. Browne's note at the foot of his pedigree, which is the true account.
• . . . . . In the accompanying pedigree I have endeavoured to show the descent of the family of Danyers, or Daniel, up to the time when Margaret, daughter and heiress of Sir Thomas Dayners, became the wife of Sir Piers Legh the first of Lyme.
• Pg. 124 CHART
• GENERATION
• Sir Thomas Danyers of Clifton. Ob. 1353. Vita Patris. Lord of Gropenhall & Broome m. Isabel, d. and h. of Sir Wm. Baggiley, by Clemence, d. and h. of Sir Roger Chedle.
  • GENERATION
  • Margaret Danyers, d. and h. and one of the heiresses of Thomas Danyers of Bradley. Thrice married, 1st to Sir W. de Radcliffe; 2nd, to Sir John Savage; and 3rd, to Sir Piers Legh, Ob. 1428 m. Sir Piers Legh, 'son of Robert Legh of Adlington and Maud Norley.'
• Pg. 125
• The following pedigree of Legh of Lyme was in possession of Mr. Sampson Yardswick in April 1576. It was copied into Bostock's Cheshire Collections, and now forms a part of the Harleian MSS., from which is was extracted by me in 1857:
• ' Sir Rob. Leighe of Adlington knight maried for his second (or later) wife . . . doughter and heir of Adam de Norley', knight, by which their descended to her son and heir Peter Leigh, Norley, Pemberton, over Walton, and Hoole.
  • Peter Leighe Esquire, justicer stuard of Macclesfield in the forest thereof, married Marg't d. and one of the heirs of Thomas Danyers, knight of Bradley, by whom descended Gropehall and Broome, to which Peter and Margaret, and their heir male, K. R'd2 gave Hanley not only for the . . . .
  • Pg. 126
  • Sir Piers Legh of Norley, and the first of Lyme, was the son of the first 'Robert Legh of Adlington, by his second wife Maud', daughter and co-heiress of Adam de Norley of North Leigh, in Lancashire, and grand-daughter of Thurstan de Norley. . . .
  • Pg. 127
  • The release of 'Norley' manor determines the age of Sir Peter Legh. He attained his majority in 1382, and was decapitated in 1399, and hence could not have reached the age of forty years at the date of his death.
• Pg. 135
• . . . an armorial bearing to which Margaret Norley became entitled as heiress of Waren de Walton. She had two daughters, co-heiresses, one of whom, 'Maud, by marriage with Robert Legh' of Adlington, became the mother of Sir Peter Legh of Lyme; whilst the other, Catherine, became the wife of Robert de Radcliffe.
• Pg. 154
  • LEGH OF RIDGE.
  • This family derives from John Legh, younger brother of Sir Peter Legh the first of Lyme. It is the more necessasary to insist on this point, as in many genealogical charts he is styled brother to Sir Peter Legh the second of Lyme. A reference to the indictment of 'Maud Norley' (see Legh of Adlington, p. 84) shows that John was her younger and apparently favourite son. Again, in the dispute that arose between 'Robert Legh' and his kinsmen, it is expressly stated that Peter and John Legh were brothers. (p. 86.)
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• 'Ancestry of John Barber White and his descendants edited by Almira Larkin White
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• Pg. 197
• 1. Sir William Venables, knight, lord of Bradwell, 2nd son of the Baron of Kynderton, m. Agnes, dau. and heir of Richard de Legh, lord of High Legh (Westhall, 1st wife).
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  • 2. John de Venables, alias de Legh, the latter name acquired by user, from his mother's manor of Legh, his birthplace and early residence. He m. Elen probably sister of John de Coroun, lord of Adelynton, and perhaps heiress at law of the Corouns; living 1296. He d. in or before March, 1324.
    • ' 3. Robert de Legh, lord of Adelynton, 2nd son of John de Legh and Elen his wife. He m. (1) Sybil or Sibill, dau. of Henry Honford, living 1336. He m. (2) Matilda, dau. and co-heir of Adam de Norley als. North Legh.
      • 4. Robert de Legh, lord of Adelynton, son and heir by 1st wife m. Matild, dau. of Sir John de Arderne of Aldford and Alvanley kt by Elen de Wasteneys, his 3rd wife.
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   Sir Robert de Legh, son of John and Elena. Eldest of the sons of Ellena de Corona, here named, succeeded to the Adlington estate under the settlement of his grandfather Corona, made in 1317, but by the inquisition Ellena was found to have held Adlington for life. He married Matilda de Worley, daughter and heiress of Adam de Worley. Adlington and Macclesfield appear from Domesday to have formed two great manors held in demesne by the Saxon Earls before the Conquest and Norman Earls after, and in one or the other of these, nearly all the unnamed districts of Prestbury, Cheadle and Wilmslow parishes seem to have been comprehended. Robert's eldest brother inherited the estates of Booth, which had been purchased by their father.

   See: http://todmar.net/ancestry/legh_main.htm

• 'Robert de Legh1
• 'M, d. 1370
• Father John Legh d. c 1324
• Mother Ellen de Corona d. b 1352
• ' Robert de Legh was born at of Adlington, Cheshire, England. He married Matilda de Norley, daughter of Adam de Norley. Robert de Legh married Sybil de Honford, daughter of Henry de Honford. Robert de Legh died in 1370.
• 'Family 1 Matilda de Norley
• Children
  • ◦Matilda Leigh2
  • ◦Susanna Legh+3
• 'Family 2 Sybil de Honford d. a 1336
• Child
  • ◦Robert de Legh+ d. 9 Nov 1382
• Citations
• 1.[S3298] Unknown author, Lineage and Ancestry of HRH Prince Charles by Paget, Vol. II, p. 454.
• 2.[S10297] Unknown author, History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, by George Omerod, 1819., p. 199.
• 3.[S11576] A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland, by John Burke, Esq. and John Bernard Burke, Esq., p. 648.
• http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p391.htm#i...
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Robert Legh inherited the lordship of Adlington from his mother, Ellen Legh (Corona) .nee de Baguley.. His father, John de Legh, was lord of the manor of Over Knutsford.,seated at Norbury Booths. He was descended in the male line from the Venable family.

Inherited Baguley Hall