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About Matilda
ROBERT LEGH MARRIED MAUD/MATILDA BELGRAVE. MAUD/MATILDA MARRIED 2ND WILLIAM HONFORD. CHILDREN ARE ROBERT, JAMES, RECTOR, WILLIAM, PETER, ELLEN (ROGER LEGH).
"Robert Leigh, of Adlington, who left, at his decease, (Inq. p. 111., 3 IlsNnv V.,) by Matilda, his wife, (remarried to William de Honford,) four sons and one dau., viz., RoBERT; James, Rector of Rostherne, in 1456; William; Peter; and Ellen, the wife of Roger Legh, of Ridge."
On the 4th May, 1431, Robert Legh made proof of age, when his mother's second husband, William Honford, “aged 60 and upwards," was one of the witnesses, and testified “that the said Robert was born at Adlynton, and baptized in the church at Prestbury, the Tuesday on the feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (March 25, 1410), and was aged 21 on the feast of the Invention of the Holy Cross (May 3) then last past ; and that he, William, was present at Prestbury the day when Robert Hyde, his godfather, came to the church at Prestbury with the said Robert.” (Earwaker.) ...
.... In 1478 his mother, Matilda, who had survived her first husband sixty-three years, and had also outlived her second husband, William de Honford, died. She must have been very old, for in the inquisition taken after her death her son Robert was said to be sixty-eight years of age. He had livery of the lands held by her in dower, but did not long enjoy possession of them, for his death occurred on the 21st January following. ...
Sources
- A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great ..., Volume 3 By John Burke Pg.454
- Nooks and corners of Lancashire and Cheshire: A wayfarer's notes in the ... By James Croston Pg.295-358
- A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland, Volume 1 (Google eBook) John Burke, Sir Bernard Burke, Henry Colburn, 1846 - Gentry - 1672 pages. Page 707
Matilda's Timeline
1390 |
1390
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Belgrave, Leceistershire, England (United Kingdom)
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1409 |
March 24, 1409
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Adlington, Cheshire East, England (United Kingdom)
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1416 |
1416
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Adlington, Lancashire , England
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1430 |
1430
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Adlington, Cheshire, England (United Kingdom)
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1478 |
March 17, 1478
Age 88
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London, Middlesex, England (United Kingdom)
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