Richard de Legh

• Preferred Name: Richard de Legh^{[1] [2]}
  
• Alternate Name: Richard Legh
  
• Alternate Name: Richard de Leigh
  
• Gender: M
  
• Fact: with note: Description: https://www.geni.com/people/Lord-Richard-de-Legh/6000000013240428483?through=6000000013239864058
  
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Legh-30: with note: Description: Wikitree
  
• Birth: 1220 in West Hill High Legh Cheshire England at LATI: N3.35 LONG: E2.45
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Lord
  
• Death: ABT 1287 in West Hall, High Legh, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom at LATI: N3.3546 LONG: E2.4512
  
• FSID: G75M-7FV
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Richard de Lehe, Lord of West Hall, was born about 1225 and died after 1260. Richard was the son of Richard de Lehe. [1] Children Agnes, who married Richard son of Hugh de Lymm.[1] Richard gave half a bovate of land etc in High Legh, held by Gilbert son of Walter Becke, in marriage with his daughter Agnes, to her husband, Richard son of Hugh de Limme about 1260.[1] The grant was witnessed by Hugh de Limme and Thomas his brother, Adam de Lehe and Hugh his son Roger, the parson of Limme (and others).[1]
  
  * I. HAMON LEGH, of the West-Hall in High-Legh ; about Hen.II.
  * II. William de Legh.
  * III. Richard de Legh, son of William, had issue Richard and Madoc, cui pater dedit mediatetem de Sworton in High-Legh ; and Margery, married Aytrop, son of Aytrop of Millington, tempore Hen. III. (Lib.
  C. fol. 273, num. 3.)
  * IV . Richard de Legh, son of Richard, son of William ,son of Hamon de Legh.
  * V. Agnes, daughter and heir of Richard, had three husbands ; - the first was Richard de Limme, younger son of Hugh de Limme [by Emma his wife] ; and had issue Thomas de Legh de West-Hall.
  - After she married William Venables of Bradwell, and had issue John de Legh, from whom the Leghs
  of the Booths near Knotsford.
  - And lastly she married William de Hawardyn, and him had issue Raufe de Hawardyn.
  
  Page 451
  More Legh/Leigh family history from page 449 - 464 of the actual book or page 572 if you download the pdf. version.
  The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester: Comp. from ..., Volume 1
  George Ormerod
  https://books.google.co.nz/books/about/The_History_of_the_County_Palatine_and_C.html?id=DYY1AQAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y
  
  See Memories for the lineage chart
  
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  Hamon de Legh was known as Lord of the Mediety/Moiety of High Legh, during the time of Henry ll life from 1133-1189.
  See Memories:
  * Legh, of Norbury Booths Hall, by John Burke Esquire, Page 44
  * Leigh Lineage - Burke's Peerage and Baronetage Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary, Vol 2
  
  The history of the county palatine and city of Chester: compiled from original evidences in public offices, the Harleian and Cottonian mss., parochial registers, private muniments, unpublished ms. collections of successive Cheshire antiquaries, and a personal survey of every township in the county; incorporated with a republication of King's Vale royal, and Leycester's Cheshire antiquities. By George Ormerod
  by Ormerod, George, 1785-1873
  
  https://archive.org/details/historyofcountyp00orme/page/352/mode/2up?q=Hawardyn
  
  === Wife Removed ===
  Unable to find any connection as yet
  
  Richard De Legh ll
  1220–Deceased • GZRV-75P ​​
  No Marriage Events
  Elizabeth Mary Bryan
  1225–1250 • GW3L-XS2
  
  === Loose translation from from Google re Memories entry for Madoc ===
  The Visitation of Cheshire 1580, John Paul Rylands edit 1882.
  
  Madoc sive Mathew cui pater dedit medietatem ville de Swerton in villa de Legh
  
  Madock or if Mathew to whom her father gave them half the town of Sworton in the village of Legh

1. Anna de Legh, b. um 1250    
2. Agnes de Legh, b. ABT 1240 in High Legh, Cheshire, England     d. BEF 1296 in Bradwall, Cheshire, England

1. Title: The visitation of Cheshire in the year 1580 by Glover, Robert, 1544-1588; Flower, William, ca. 1498-1588; Fellows, William; Benolt, Thomas, d. 1534; Chaloner, Thomas, Sir, 1561-1615; Rylands, J. Paul (John Paul), b. 1846; College of Arms (Great Britain)
   Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/visitationchesh00fellgoog/page/n161/mode/1up?q=Massy;
   
2. Title: The history of the county palatine and city of Chester: compiled from original evidences in public offices, the Harleian and Cottonian mss., parochial registers, private muniments, unpublished ms. collections of successive Cheshire antiquaries, and
   Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/historyofcountyp00orme/page/352/mode/2up?q=Hawardyn;