Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Maud de Norlegh
- Aft 1374-
Name Maud de Norlegh [1, 2, 3, 4] Gender Female Death Aft 1374 [3, 5] Person ID I35822 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of LD Last Modified 13 Sep 2021
Father Thurstan de Northlegh, b. of Norley-in-Pemberton, Lancashire, England 
d. Between 1321 and 1346 Mother Margery de Walton d. Aft 1346 Marriage Bef 1315 [4] Family ID F21184 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Robert de Legh, b. of Adlington, Cheshire, England d. Abt 1370, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England Children + 1. Piers Legh, b. Abt 1360, of Lyme in Handley, Cheshire, England d. 10 Aug 1399, Chester, Cheshire, England (Age ~ 39 years)Family ID F21048 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 7 Sep 2021
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Notes - According to Frank Renaud (citation details below), an "old MS. pedigree" indicates that she was her husband Robert de Legh's second cousin. Renaud also makes her a daughter of an Adam de Norley of North Leigh, son of Thurstan de Norley, and Adam's wife Matilda.
After the death of her husband Robert de Legh, she was charged with having forged a settlement of her husband's estates in fraud of the heir and in favor of her youngest son, John. The outcome of the case is unknown.
- According to Frank Renaud (citation details below), an "old MS. pedigree" indicates that she was her husband Robert de Legh's second cousin. Renaud also makes her a daughter of an Adam de Norley of North Leigh, son of Thurstan de Norley, and Adam's wife Matilda.
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Sources - [S1129] The Visitation of Cheshire in the Year 1580 by Robert Glover, Somerset Herald, for William Flower, Norroy King of Arms. Edited by John Paul Rylands. London: 1882.
- [S853] The Book of the Radclyffes by Charles P. Hampson. Edinburgh, 1946.
- [S5947] Contributions toward a History of the Ancient Parish of Prestbury by Frank Renaud. Contained in Remains Historical and Literary Connected with the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester, volume 97 (1876), published by the Chetham Society.
- [S812] The Victoria County History of Lancaster. Portions online, linked from medievalgenealogy.org.uk.
- [S77] The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester by George Ormerod. Second edition, revised and enlarged by Thomas Helsby. London: George Routledge and Sons, 1882.
- [S1129] The Visitation of Cheshire in the Year 1580 by Robert Glover, Somerset Herald, for William Flower, Norroy King of Arms. Edited by John Paul Rylands. London: 1882.