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Maud de Norlegh

Female - Aft 1374


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  1. 1.  Maud de Norlegh died after 1374.

    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.

    Family/Spouse: Robert de Legh. Robert (son of John de Venables and Ellen) was born in of Adlington, Cheshire, England; died about 1370 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Piers Legh  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1360 in of Lyme in Handley, Cheshire, England; died on 10 Aug 1399 in Chester, Cheshire, England.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Piers Legh Descendancy chart to this point (1.Maud1) was born about 1360 in of Lyme in Handley, Cheshire, England; died on 10 Aug 1399 in Chester, Cheshire, England.

    Notes:

    He was "executed 10 August 1399 at Chester by Henry Bolingbroke, on account of his support of Richard II, his 'mutilated body' being consigned to the Carmelite Friars of Chester for burial." [John Blythe Dobson, citation details below]

    Piers married Margaret Danyers on 26 Nov 1388. Margaret (daughter of Thomas Danyers and Isabel Baggiley) was born about 2 May 1348; died on 24 Jun 1428. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. Piers Legh  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1390 in of Lyme in Handley, Cheshire, England; died in 1422 in Paris, France; was buried in St. Michael's, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Piers Legh Descendancy chart to this point (2.Piers2, 1.Maud1) was born about 1390 in of Lyme in Handley, Cheshire, England; died in 1422 in Paris, France; was buried in St. Michael's, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England.

    Notes:

    Fought at Agincourt, where he was wounded.

    Piers married Joan de Haydock about 1403. Joan (daughter of Gilbert de Haydock and Sibyl) died on 17 Jan 1440; was buried in Sefton, Lancashire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. Peter Legh  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Jun 1415 in of Lyme in Handley, Cheshire, England; died in 1478 in Bradley-in-Burtonwood, Lancashire, England.


Generation: 4

  1. 4.  Peter Legh Descendancy chart to this point (3.Piers3, 2.Piers2, 1.Maud1) was born in Jun 1415 in of Lyme in Handley, Cheshire, England; died in 1478 in Bradley-in-Burtonwood, Lancashire, England.

    Notes:

    Fought on the Yorkist side at Wakefield, for which he was made a knight banneret by Richard, duke of York, father of Edward IV.

    Peter married Margaret Molyneux between 1430 and 1432. Margaret (daughter of Richard Molyneux and Ellen Radcliffe) died on 13 May 1460 in Bradley-in-Burtonwood, Lancashire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 5. Peter Legh  Descendancy chart to this point was born in of Lyme in Handley, Cheshire, England; died about 1468 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England; was buried in Winwick, Cheshire, England.


 

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