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John de Venables

Male - Bef 1324


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  John de Venables died before Apr 1324.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: Bef 1339

    Notes:

    Also called John de Legh, from his mother's manor of Legh, his birthplace and early residence.

    Family/Spouse: Ellen. Ellen died after 1295. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Robert de Legh  Descendancy chart to this point was born in of Adlington, Cheshire, England; died about 1370 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Robert de Legh Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) 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. 3. Robert de Legh  Descendancy chart to this point was born in of Adlington, Cheshire, England; died on 11 Nov 1382.
    2. 4. 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. 5. 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: 3

  1. 3.  Robert de Legh Descendancy chart to this point (2.Robert2, 1.John1) 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. 6. 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. 4.  Margaret de Legh Descendancy chart to this point (2.Robert2, 1.John1) 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. 7. John Assheton  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1354 in of Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England; died about 1398.

  3. 5.  Piers Legh Descendancy chart to this point (2.Robert2, 1.John1) 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. 8. 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: 4

  1. 6.  Robert de Legh Descendancy chart to this point (3.Robert3, 2.Robert2, 1.John1) 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. 9. 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. 7.  John Assheton Descendancy chart to this point (4.Margaret3, 2.Robert2, 1.John1) 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. 10. John Assheton  Descendancy chart to this point was born in of Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England; died on 3 Sep 1428.

  3. 8.  Piers Legh Descendancy chart to this point (5.Piers3, 2.Robert2, 1.John1) 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. 11. 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.