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Ralph de Hawardyn

Also Known As: "Ralph /De Harwarden/"
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Birthplace: High Legh, West Hall, Cheshire, England
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Son of William de Hawardyn and Agnes, Heiress de Legh
Half brother of Thomas de Leigh; Agnes "the daughter" de Legh; Richard Leigh, of West Hall & Colwich; John de Legh of Norbury Booths and Alice de Venables

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About Ralph de Hawardyn

  • 'A general and heraldic dictionary of the peerages of England, Ireland, and ... By John Burke
  • A general and heraldic dictionary of the peerages of England, Ireland, and ... By John Burke
  • Pg. 309
  • LEIGH - BARONS LEIGH, OF STONELEIGH, IN THE COUNTY OF WARWICK.
  • By Letters Patent, dated 1st July, 1643.
    • Lineage.
  • The ancestors of this noble family assumed their surname from the town of HIGH-LEIGH, in Cheshire, where they were seated before the conquest.
  • RICHARD DE LEIGH, left an only daughter and heiress.
    • AGNES-LEIGH, who espoused, first Richard de Lymme, and had a son,
      • THOMAS, who had half the said mediety of High-Leigh, and taking the surname of LEIGH, left a son,
        • THOMAS LEIGH, who was patriarch of the LEIGHS, of West-Leigh, in High-Leigh.
    • AGNES LEIGH, married, secondly, William Venables, of Bradwell, second son of Sir William Venables,-Baron of Kinderton, and had a son,
      • JOHN, who assumed the name of LEIGH, and of him presently.
    • She wedded, thirdley, William de Hawardyn, and had a son,
      • ' RALPH DE HAWARDYN, who had the other half of the medity of High-Leigh, and sold it to Sir Richard Massey, of Tatton, in 1386.
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  • 'A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great ..., Volume 4 By John Burke
  • A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great ..., Volume 4 By John Burke
  • Pg. 530
  • RICHARD DE LEIGH, whose only daugher and heir,
    • AGNES DE LEIGH, married three husbands: her first was RICHARD DE LYME (son of Hugh de Lymm, lor of the moiety of Lymm in 1358), by whom whe had one son,
      • THOMAS, who assumed the name of Leigh, and obtained the estate of the West Hall, in High Leigh.
    • By her second husband, William Venables she had
      • JOHN, who also assumed the surname of LEGH, and resided at Booths, in Cheshire. By his first wife he had a son, SIR JOHN DE LEGH, living temp. Edward III., ancestor of the LEGHS, of Booths (see vol.ii. p. 4??) and by his second, Ellen, daughter of Thomas de Corona, of Adlington, he had, inter alios, another son,
      • ROBERT, of Adlington, ancestor of
      • Pg. 531
      • the Leghs, of Adlington, Lyme, Stoneleigh, &c. &c. Sir Peter Legh, the first of Lyme, was beheaded at Chester by order of the Duke of Lancaster, in 1399; and his son and successor Sir Peter Legh, knight banneret, fell at Agincourt. For the LEGHS, of Adlington, see vol. iii. p. 453, and the the LEGHS, of Lyme, vol. ii. p. 686.
    • Agnes de Legh wedded, thirdly, William de Hawardyn, by whom she had a son,
      • ' RALPH DE HAWARDYN.
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  • Agnes de Leigh1
  • F, #328408
  • Last Edited=1 Jan 2009
  • Agnes de Leigh is the daughter of Richard de Leigh.1 She married, firstly, Richard de Lymm, son of Hugh de Lymm.1 She married, thirdly, William Venables, son of William Venables.1 She married, secondly, William de Hawardyn.1
  • Her married name became Hawardyn.1 Her married name became Venables.1 Her married name became de Lymm.1
  • Child of Agnes de Leigh and William de Hawardyn
  • Child of Agnes de Leigh and Richard de Lymm
    • 1.Thomas de Leigh+1 d. 1314
  • Child of Agnes de Leigh and William Venables
    • 1.John Leigh+1
  • Citations
  • 1.[S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 2, page 2292. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
  • 2.[S40] L. G. Pine, editor, Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 17th edition, (London, England: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1952), page 1503. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Landed Gentry, 17th ed.
  • http://www.thepeerage.com/p32841.htm#i328408
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  • Agnes de Legh1
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  • Father Richard de Legh
  • Agnes de Legh married Sir William Venables, son of Sir William Venables and Margaret Dutton. Agnes de Legh was born at of West Hall in High Legh, Cheshire, England. She married Richard de Limme, son of Hugh de Limme and Emma. Agnes de Legh married William de Hawardyn.
  • Family 1 William de Hawardyn
  • Family 2 Richard de Limme
  • Child
    • Thomas de Legh+ d. a 1305
  • Family 3 Sir William Venables d. a 1300
  • Child
    • John Legh+ d. c 1324
  • Citations
  • 1.[S3302] Unknown author, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, by George Ormerod, 1819, p. 352; Burke's Commoners, Vol. II, p. 45; Wallop Family, p. 482.
  • http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p392.htm#i...
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High Legh, West Hall, Cheshire, England
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