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Richard de Legh (de Lymm)

Also Known As: "de Leigh", "de Lyme"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Lymm, Bucklow, Cheshire, England (United Kingdom)
Death: West Hall, High Legh, Cheshire, England
Immediate Family:

Son of Hugh de Lymm and Emma De Lymm
Husband of Agnes, Heiress de Legh
Father of Thomas de Leigh and Agnes "the daughter" de Legh
Brother of Alan de Lymm; Beatrix de Lymm; Simon de Lymm and Thomas de Lymm

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About Richard de Legh

http://www.thepeerage.com/p32841.htm#i328409

Richard de Lymm is the son of Hugh de Lymm.2 He married Agnes de Leigh, daughter of Richard de Leigh.1 His married name became Leigh.

Child of Richard de Lymm and Agnes de Leigh

  • Thomas de Leigh+1 d. 1314

Citations

  • [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.
  • [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.

Richard de LYMME [Parents] 1, 2, 3 was born 1230 in Lymm, Cheshire, England. He died 1259 in High Legh, Cheshire, England. Richard married Agnes de LEGH on 1257 in High Legh, Cheshire, England.

Agnes de LEGH [Parents] 1, 2, 3 was born 1240 in High Legh, Cheshire, England. She died 1280/1285 in Bradwall, Cheshire, England. Agnes married Richard de LYMME on 1257 in High Legh, Cheshire, England.

Other marriages:

HAWARDEN, William de

VENABLES, William de Knight

They had the following children:

  M i Thomas de LEGH was born 1258 and died 1316. 

sources:

1. Ormerod, George, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester (London: Lackington, Hughes, Mavor & Jones, 1819.), 1:499, Family History Library, 942.71 H2or.

2. Earwaker, John Parsons, East Cheshire: Past and Present (London: Earwaker, 1877-80.), 2:249, Los Angeles Public Library, Gen 942.71 E12 folio.

3. Boyer, Carl, Medieval English Ancestors of Robert Abell (Santa Clarita, California: C. Boyer, 2001.), p. 152, Los Angeles Public Library, 929.2 A141-2.


  1. ID: I234205
  2. Name: Richard [<] de Lymm
  3. Sex: M
  4. Birth: ABT 1250 in Lymm, Bucklow, Cheshire, England
  5. Death: BEF 1280 in West Hall, High Legh, Cheshire, England

Father: Hugh [<] de Lymm b: ABT 1223 in Lymm, Bucklow, Cheshire, England

Mother: Emma [<] \\ b: 1225 in England

Marriage 1 Agnes [@ <] de Legh b: 1254 in Boothes & Mobberly, Cheshire, England

Children

  1. Has Children Thomas [@ <] de Legh b: ABT 1270 in West Hall, High Legh, Cheshire, England

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Richard de Legh's Timeline

1230
1230
Lymm, Bucklow, Cheshire, England (United Kingdom)
1270
1270
West Hall, High Legh, Cheshire, England
1278
1278
West Hall, High Legh, Cheshire, England
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West Hall, High Legh, Cheshire, England