Robert Legh

• Preferred Name: Robert Legh^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}
  
• Alternate Name: Robert Legh
  
• Gender: M
  
• Christening: 2 MAR 1361 in London, England, United Kingdom with note: Standardized. The United Kingdom didn't exist before 1801. Roterlehay, London
  
• LdsSealingToParents: 21 MAR 1995 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• Alt. Death: 26 SEP 1415 in Adlington, Cheshire, England at LATI: N3.3215 LONG: E2.1204
  
• NFS ID: with note: Description: K2VF-1ZM NFS
  
• Alt. Birth: 6 MAR 1363 in Adlington, Cheshire, England at LATI: N3.3215 LONG: E2.1204
  
• Occupation: Sheriff of Cheshire
  
• LdsEndowment: 6 JAN 1995 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• Alternate+Death: 26 SEP 1415 in Adlington, Cheshire, England at LATI: N3.3215 LONG: E2.1204 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• FSID: MTJL-KSH
  
• Birth: 2 MAR 1361 in Adlington, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom at LATI: N3.3237 LONG: E2.1357
  
• LdsBaptism: 31 MAY 1994 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• Death: 9 AUG 1408 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom at LATI: N3.2576 LONG: E2.1485 with note: Standardized. The United Kingdom didn't exist before 1801.
  
• Burial: AFT 26 SEP 1415 in Adlington, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom at LATI: N3.3237 LONG: E2.1357 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Sir Robert Legh of Adlington, Knight.
  
  He was Sheriff of Cheshire 17th and 22nd of Richard II, 1394 and 1399. He was still living 13th of Henry IV, 1412.
  
  He wasolder brother of Piers de Legh, who received Lyme and was ancestor of Leghs of Lyme. Robert deLegh was heir to his father of the Manor of Adlington, and also lands juxta Lyme, Northwich, Stokeport and Hyde.
  
  He married Isabel, daughter of Sir Thomas Belgrave, of Pulford, and Joan de Pulford. This marriage of Joan de Pulford with her first husband, Thomas de Belgrave, took place in her minority, when she was a ward of the Earl, inconsequence of her lands in Dunham Massy being held from the earldom by military service.
  
  The marriage took place without the license of the Earl, and for this breach of feudal privileges Thomas de Belgrave was fined 400 marks. The fine appears to have been paid by installments of 50marks each, one of which was paid 35th of Edward III, 1361, and the third payment occurs in the ministers accounts, 37th and 38th of Edward III, œ166-13s-4d being then due.
  
  The inquisition taken 35th of Edward III states Joan to be 14 years of age. It has been stated in the accounts of Pulford that the estates of this family name were settled 40th of Edward III, on the issue of this marriage, namely, Maud, Elizabeth or Isabel and Joan.
  
  Joan, wife of Thomas, de Belgrade,died before 1397. She married 2nd, before 1289, Sir Robert Grosvenor. It is proved that one of the heirs of Thomas Belgrave did marry and have issue, in the following record: Robert Legh of Adlington was asked, as the principal agent in a singular and impressive ceremony, to relinquish his claims to Joan's estate in favor of his half-brother, Sir Thomas Grosvenor, Joan's son by her 2ndhusband.
  
  This relinquishment was made with very unusual circumstances, devised probably from a wish to add to its impressiveness and notoriety, it was then agreed that Sir Thomas Grosvenor should take a solemn oath on the body of Christ, in the presence of 24 gentlemen or as many as he wished. Accordingly, the Chaplain celebrated a mass of the Holy Trinity, and Thomas Grosvenor swore on the Lord's body that he believed in the truth of these charters. (This was in 1412, when England was all Catholic or before the Reformation. E. E. W.)
  
  On April 24, 1412,Grosvenor, Robert Legh and Henry de Birtheles, counsel for Grosvenor, read in the MacclesfieldChapel a series of deeds relating to successive settlements by the Pulford family of their several manors. Then Robert Legh acknowledged the right of all said lands to be vested in Grosvenor and his heirs and an instrument to that effect was drawn by the notary, in the presence of the clergy, and attested by the seals and signatures of 58 knights and gentlemen. Seldom will the reader find a more goodly group collected together, nor will he devise a ceremony which would assory betterwith the romantic spirit of the times, and which turned a dry legal conveyance into an exhibition of chivalrous pageantry. (Among the names of those 58 signers were many of your ancestors, William Stanley, Hugh Venables, Hugh Dutton, Randle Maynwaringe, Lawrence Warren, Robert Winnington,John Legh and Robert Davenport. E. E. W.)
  
  Belgrave's paternal estates remained in the Legh of Adlington family until the reign of Elizabeth, when they were sold in parcels, the Manor of Belgrave being sold and conveyed to the Grosvenors.
  
  Pulford at the time of the Domesday survey was divided into unequal shares, between the secular canons of St. Werburg, the former possessors,and Hugh FitzOsborne, who had ejected the Saxon proprietor. There is strong reason for believing the Pulfords to be descended from Hugh FitzOsborne, the Norman grantee.
  
  [Source: Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith - Ormerod's History of Cheshire, Vol. 1, pp. 352, 526, 381-383,354; Vol. 2, p. 93; Vol. 3, pp. 306, 332, 336-338, 343, 393,106. - Betham's Baronetage of England, Vol. 1, pp. 99-105. - Foster's County Families, Lancashire. - Browning's Magna Charta Barons, pp. 265 and 301. - Burke's Landed Gentry (1939), Vol. 3, pp. 2759-60. Source: AFN:9HFS-2B
  
  === Robert is oldest son, not Piers ===
  ROBERT LEGH, of Adlington, who m. Matilda, dau. and co-heir of Sir John de Arderne, Knt. of Aldford and Alvanley, and had two sons, viz., I. ROBERT, (Sir,) his heir: II. PIERS, (Sir,) ancestor of the LEGHS OF LYME.
  
  Burke's Landed Gentry, 1847-49 vol 1
  https://ukga.org/browse.php?action=ViewRec&DB=33&bookID=198&page=707
  
  Info from above shows Sir Robert's parents, Robert & Matilda. He is the first born son (& heir) and Piers is second. Info is also supported in Life Sketch.
  
  === 1361 ===
  1361
  
  === !Visitation of Cheshire p 150-151-148-14 ===
  !Visitation of Cheshire p 150-151-148-149
  
  ===
  knight, lord of Adlington, son and heir ===
  
  knight, lord of Adlington, son and heir, sheriff of Cheshire 17, 20, and 22 R2,
  served in Scotland in 1385, and in Ireland in 1394; had a license for an
  oratory in Adlington 1398, a justice in Eyre, a retainer of Richard II,
  constable of the castle of Oswaldestre, and deputy steward and master of the
  forests of Cheshire 1401, ob. on the feast of St. Laurence, 1408, Inq. p.m. 9
  H4.
  
  === !Brown book 5, chart 74A. Knight of Adli ===
  !Brown book 5, chart 74A. Knight of Adlington-Chester. Sheriff of Cheshire.
  
  === Robert Legh of Adlington, Knight. He was ===
  Robert Legh of Adlington, Knight. He was Sheriff of Cheshire 17th and22nd of Richard II, 1394 and 1399. He was still living 13th of Henry IV, 1412. He wasolder brother of Piers de Legh, who received Lyme and was ancestor of Leghs of Lyme. Robert deLegh was heir to his father of the Manor of Adlington, and also lands juxta Lyme, Northwich,Stokeport and Hyde. He married Isabel, daughter of Sir Thomas Belgrave, of Pulford, andJoan de Pulford. This marriage of Joan de Pulford with her first husband, Thomas deBelgrave, took place in her minority, when she was a ward of the Earl, inconsequence of her lands in Dunham Massy being held from the earldom by military service. Themarriage took place without the license of the Earl, and for this breach of feudal privilegesThomas de Belgrave was fined 400 marks. The fine appears to have been paid by installments of 50marks each, one of which was paid 35th of Edward III, 1361, and the third payment occurs inthe ministers accounts, 37th and 38th of Edward III, œ166-13s-4d being then due. The inquisitiontaken 35th of Edward III states Joan to be 14 years of age. It has been stated in the accounts ofPulford that the estates of this family name were settled 40th of Edward III, on the issue of thismarriage, namely, Maud, Elizabeth or Isabel and Joan. Joan, wife of Thomas, de Belgrade,died before 1397. She married 2nd, before 1289, Sir Robert Grosvenor. It is proved that one ofthe heirs of Thomas Belgrave did marry and have issue, in the following record: Robert Legh ofAdlington was asked, as the principal agent in a singular and impressive ceremony, to relinquish hisclaims to Joan's estate in favor of his half-brother, Sir Thomas Grosvenor, Joan's son by her 2ndhusband. This relinquishment was made with very unusual circumstances, devised probably from a wish toadd to its impressiveness and notoriety, it was then agreed that Sir Thomas Grosvenor shouldtake a solemn oath on the body of Christ, in the presence of 24 gentlemen or as many as he wished.Accordingly, the Chaplain celebrated a mass of the Holy Trinity, and Thomas Grosvenor sworeon the Lord's body that he believed in the truth of these charters. (This was in 1412, whenEngland was all Catholic; in fact, this was before the Reformation. E. E. W.) On April 24, 1412,Grosvenor, Robert Legh and Henry de Birtheles, counsel for Grosvenor, read in the MacclesfieldChapel a series of deeds relating to successive settlements by the Pulford family of their severalmanors. Then Robert Legh acknowledged the right of all said lands to be vested inGrosvenor and his heirs and an instrument to that effect was drawn by the notary, in the presence of theclergy, and attested by the seals and signatures of 58 knights and gentlemen. Seldom will the readerfind a more goodly group collected together, nor will he devise a ceremony which would assory betterwith the romantic spirit of the times, and which turned a dry legal conveyance into an exhibitionof chivalrous pageantry. (Among the names of those 58 signers were many of your ancestors,William Stanley, Hugh Venables, Hugh Dutton, Randle Maynwaringe, Lawrence Warren, Robert Winnington,John Legh and Robert Davenport. E. E. W.) Belgrave's paternal estates remained in theLegh of Adlington family until the reign of Elizabeth, when they were sold in parcels, the Manor ofBelgrave being sold and conveyed to the Grosvenors. Pulford at the time of the Domesday survey wasdivided into unequal shares, between the secular canons of St. Werburg, the former possessors,and Hugh FitzOsborne, who had ejected the Saxon proprietor. There is strong reason forbelieving the Pulfords to be descended from Hugh FitzOsborne, the Norman grantee. Source: Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith - Ormerod's History of Cheshire, Vol. 1, pp. 352, 526, 381-383,354; Vol. 2, p. 93; Vol. 3, pp. 306, 332, 336-338, 343, 393,106. - Betham's Baronetage of England, Vol. 1, pp. 99-105. - Foster's County Families, Lancashire. - Browning's Magna Charta Barons, pp. 265 and 301. - Burke's Landed Gentry (1939), Vol. 3, pp. 2759-60. Source: AFN:9HFS-2B mas001GedCom@rainbeaux.net Robert Legh of Adlington, Knight. He was Sheriff of Cheshire 17th and22nd of Richard II, 1394 and 1399. He was still living 13th of Henry IV, 1412. He wasolder brother of Piers de Legh, who received Lyme and was ancestor of Leghs of Lyme. Robert deLegh was heir to his father of the Manor of Adlington, and also lands juxta Lyme, Northwich,Stokeport and Hyde. He married Isabel, daughter of Sir Thomas Belgrave, of Pulford, andJoan de Pulford. This marriage of Joan de Pulford with her first husband, Thomas deBelgrave, took place in her minority, when she was a ward of the Earl, inconsequence of her lands in Dunham Massy being held from the earldom by military service. Themarriage took place without the license of the Earl, and for this breach of feudal privilegesThomas de Belgrave was fined 400 marks. The fine appears to have been paid by installments of 50marks each, one of which was paid 35th of Edward III, 1361, and the third payment occurs inthe ministers accounts, 37th and 38th of Edward III, œ166-13s-4d being then due. The inquisitiontaken 35th of Edward III states Joan to be 14 years of age. It has been stated in the accounts ofPulford that the estates of this family name were settled 40th of Edward III, on the issue of thismarriage, namely, Maud, Elizabeth or Isabel and Joan. Joan, wife of Thomas, de Belgrade,died before 1397. She married 2nd, before 1289, Sir Robert Grosvenor. It is proved that one ofthe heirs of Thomas Belgrave did marry and have issue, in the following record: Robert Legh ofAdlington was asked, as the principal agent in a singular and impressive ceremony, to relinquish hisclaims to Joan's estate in favor of his half-brother, Sir Thomas Grosvenor, Joan's son by her 2ndhusband. This relinquishment was made with very unusual circumstances, devised probably from a wish toadd to its impressiveness and notoriety, it was then agreed that Si r Thomas Grosvenor shouldtake a solemn oath on the body of Christ, in the presence of 24 gentlemen or as many as he wished.Accordingly, the Chaplain celebrated a mass of the Holy Trinity, and Thomas Grosvenor sworeon the Lord's body that he believed in the truth of these charters. (This was in 1412, whenEngland was all Catholic; in fact, this was before the Reformation. E. E. W.) On April 24, 1412,Grosvenor, Robert Legh and Henry de Birtheles, counsel for Grosvenor, read in the MacclesfieldChapel a series of deeds relating to successive settlements by the Pulford family of their severalmanors. Then Robert Legh acknowledged the right of all said lands to be vested inGrosvenor and his heirs and an instrument to that effect was drawn by the notary, in the presence of theclergy, and attested by the seals and signatures of 58 knights and gentlemen. Seldom will the readerfind a more goodly group collected together, nor will he devise a ceremony which would assory betterwith the romantic spirit of the times, and which turned a dry legal conveyance into an exhibitionof chivalrous pageantry. (Among the names of those 58 signers were many of your ancestors,William Stanley, Hugh Venables, Hugh Dutton, Randle Maynwaringe, Lawrence Warren, Robert Winnington,John Legh and Robert Davenport. E. E. W.) Belgrave's paternal estates remained in theLegh of Adlington family until the reign of Elizabeth, when they were sold in parcels, the Manor ofBelgrave being sold and conveyed to the Grosvenors. Pulford at the time of the Domesday survey wasdivided into unequal shares, between the secular canons of St. Werburg, the former possessors,and Hugh FitzOsborne, who had ejected the Saxon proprietor. There is strong reason forbelieving the Pulfords to be descended from Hugh FitzOsborne, the Norman grantee. Source: Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith - Ormerod's History of Cheshire, Vol. 1, pp. 352, 526, 381-383,354; Vol. 2, p. 93; Vol. 3, pp. 306, 332, 336-338, 343, 393,106. - Betham's Baronetage of England, Vol. 1, pp. 99-105. - Foster's County Families, Lancashire. - Browning's Magna Charta Barons, pp. 265 and 301. - Burke's Landed Gentry (1939), Vol. 3, pp. 2759-60. Source: AFN:9HFS-2B mas001GedCom@rainbeaux.net 1 _UID BE89820488C2D511B46E00A0CC4189CF246E mas001GedCom@rainbeaux.net
  
  === Sheriff of Cheshire 1393,1396 and 1398. ===
  Sheriff of Cheshire 1393,1396 and 1398. Aretainee of Richard II, etc. etc. but see Ormerod Vol 3 p 661 and earlier
  
  === !Name,Byr,Pla,parents,Bap,End-TIB FHL 88 ===
  !Name,Byr,Pla,parents,Bap,End-TIB FHL 884565 Name,Byr,pla,Bap,End,SP-IGI,addendum 2002
  
  === !Visitations of Cheshire !History of Che ===
  !Visitations of Cheshire !History of Cheshire by Ormerod 3:661-3
  
  === Margery/DeLegh ===
  Margery/DeLegh
  
  === !Name,Chr,Pla,parents,DD,Myr,Spouse,Bap, ===
  !Name,Chr,Pla,parents,DD,Myr,Spouse,Bap,End-TIB FHL 884565 Name,Byr(1370),Chr,pla(Adlington,Ches),Md(also<1379,<1389<1414),Spouse,parents,SP,SS-IGI,addendum 2002 Name,parents,Spouse,son(Robert)-Old Cheshire Families FHL BK 942.71 D2al pg 93-97(copied)*States he inherited Adlington Manor, Lands in High Legh,near Lymm;livery of Estates as heir of Alina,daughter of Robert Daa;Belgrave Manor;Several other estates in Cheshire and Flintshire. Went to war along with King Richard and was made honour of knighthood at age 24. Appointed Sherriff of Cheshrie in 1393,1397. h1397 appointed Constable of Oswestry for life;In 1400 appointed Conservator of the Peace in Macclesfield Hundred.

• m. BEF 1384

1. Robert Legh,     d. 9 AUG 1415 in Adlington-Cheshire-England

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