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Robert de Legh

Male - Abt 1370


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  1. 1.  Robert de Legh was born in of Adlington, Cheshire, England; died about 1370 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England.

    Family/Spouse: Sybil de Honford. Sybil (daughter of Henry de Honford) died after 1335. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Robert de Legh  Descendancy chart to this point was born in of Adlington, Cheshire, England; died on 11 Nov 1382.
    2. 3. Margaret de Legh  Descendancy chart to this point died after 1365.

    Family/Spouse: Maud de Norlegh. Maud (daughter of Thurstan de Northlegh and Margery de Walton) died after 1374. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. 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.  Robert de Legh Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1) was born in of Adlington, Cheshire, England; died on 11 Nov 1382.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: Abt 1382

    Family/Spouse: Maud de Arderne. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 5. Robert de Legh  Descendancy chart to this point was born in of Adlington, Cheshire, England; was christened on 2 Mar 1361 in Audley, Staffordshire, England; died in 1408.

  2. 3.  Margaret de Legh Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1) died after 1365.

    Family/Spouse: John de Ashton. John was born in of Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England; died about 1360. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 6. John Assheton  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1354 in of Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England; died about 1398.

  3. 4.  Piers Legh Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1) 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. 7. 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. 5.  Robert de Legh Descendancy chart to this point (2.Robert2, 1.Robert1) was born in of Adlington, Cheshire, England; was christened on 2 Mar 1361 in Audley, Staffordshire, England; died in 1408.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: Aft 1411

    Notes:

    Sheriff of Cheshire 1393-94; 1396-97; 1399-1400. Constable of the castle of Oswaldestre. Deputy steward and master of the forests of Cheshire, 1401.

    Family/Spouse: Isabella Belgrave. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 8. Robert de Legh  Descendancy chart to this point was born in of Adlington, Cheshire, England; died on 26 Sep 1415 in Harfleur, Normandy, France.

  2. 6.  John Assheton Descendancy chart to this point (3.Margaret2, 1.Robert1) was born about 1354 in of Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England; died about 1398.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: Aft 1392

    Notes:

    Also called John de Ashton. Knighted in 1377. "John de Ashton is said to have distinguished himself at the siege of Noyon in 1370, and represented the county in Parliament in 1382, 1388, and 1390." [VCH Lancaster, citation details below]

    History of Parliament (citation details below) gives his dates as a knight of the shire for Lancashire as Oct 1382, Sep 1388, and Jan 1390.

    John married Joan Radclyffe before 1366. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 9. John Assheton  Descendancy chart to this point was born in of Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England; died on 3 Sep 1428.

  3. 7.  Piers Legh Descendancy chart to this point (4.Piers2, 1.Robert1) 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. 10. 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. 8.  Robert de Legh Descendancy chart to this point (5.Robert3, 2.Robert2, 1.Robert1) was born in of Adlington, Cheshire, England; died on 26 Sep 1415 in Harfleur, Normandy, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: 1410

    Notes:

    Died of the plague during the siege of Harfleur.

    Family/Spouse: Maud Belgrave. Maud was born about 1388; died in 1478. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 11. Robert Legh  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1410 in Adlington, Cheshire, England; was christened in 1410 in Prestbury, Cheshire, England; died on 21 Jan 1479.

  2. 9.  John Assheton Descendancy chart to this point (6.John3, 3.Margaret2, 1.Robert1) was born in of Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England; died on 3 Sep 1428.

    Notes:

    "John Assheton (II), of Ashton-under Lyne, co. Lancaster, entered the service of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, in the 1380s, created a Knight of the Bath at the coronation of John's son, Henry IV (1399), Knight of the Shire for Lancashire in the parliament of 1413, appointed Seneschal of Bayeux after its capture in 1416, born after 1338 (under-age in 1360), died 3 September 1428. This man's marriages, and particularly the maternity of his son Thomas, appear to be the object of some confusion. One source states that he married (1) Isabel Kirkby, granddaughter and heiress of Sir Richard Kirkby, implying that she was mother of his son Thomas, and (without explanation) makes him married (2) to ________. Another source states that he married (1) Jane, daughter of Sir John Savile, of Tankersleigh, and that she was mother of his son Thomas. The various accounts of this man agree however in making him marry finally, by 1420, Margaret, widow of Sir William Atherton and of Sir Maurice Berkeley, and daughter of Sir John Byron, of Clayton (by whom he was ancestor of the extinct house of Baronets Assheton of Middleton). He married by 1403 (if she was mother of his son Thomas), Isabel Kirkby, granddaughter and heiress of Sir Richard Kirkby." [John Blythe Dobson, citation details below]

    His History of Parliament (citation details below) entry says that he was a knight of the shire for Lancashire in 1411, May 1413, and March 1416.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 12. Thomas Assheton  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1403 in of Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England; died after 9 Mar 1446.

  3. 10.  Peter Legh Descendancy chart to this point (7.Piers3, 4.Piers2, 1.Robert1) 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. 13. 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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