Thomas de Leigh

'A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great ..., Volume 4 By John Burke (http://books.google.com/books?id=KikAAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA401&lpg=PA401&dq... Pg. 530-531)

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 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.

The eldest son, THOMAS DE LEIGH, of the West Hall, in High Leigh, was lord of a moiety of Lymme in 1305. He m. Cicely, and had a son, THOMAS; and two daughters, Margary, m. to William, son and heir of Robert Massy, of Tatton, and Agnes, m. to William Daniell, of Lymme. Thomas de Leigh d. 10th Edward II. 1314, and was s. by his son, THOMAS LEIGH, who, by Alice his wife, had a son and successor,

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• 'Thomas de Leigh1
• 'M, #328008, d. 1314
• Last Edited=1 Jan 2009
• ' Thomas de Leigh was the son of Richard de Lymm and Agnes de Leigh.1 He married Cicely (?).2 He died in 1314.2
• ' Thomas de Leigh lived at High Leigh, Cheshire, England.2 In 1305 he held a moiety of Lymm, Cheshire.2
• 'Children of Thomas de Leigh and Cicely (?)
  • 1.Thomas Leigh+2
  • 2.Margery Leigh2
  • 3.Agnes Leigh2
• 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/p32801.htm#i328008
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• 'Thomas de Legh1
• 'M, d. after 1305
• Father Richard de Limme
• Mother Agnes de Legh
• ' Thomas de Legh was born at of High Legh of the West Hall, Cheshire, England. He married Cicely. Thomas de Legh died after 1305.
• 'Family Cicely
• Children
  • John Legh d. a 1307
  • William Legh
  • Margery Legh+
  • Agnes Leigh+
  • Thomas Legh+ d. b 1330
• Citations
• 1.[S7386] Unknown author, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, by George Ormerod, 1819, p. 364; Burke's Commoners, Vol. I, p. 43; Wallop Family, p. 533, 482.
• http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p781.htm#i...
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Thomas de LEGH [Parents] 1 was born 1258 in High Legh, Cheshire, England. He died 1316 in High Legh, Cheshire, England. Thomas married Cicely on 1277 in High Legh, Cheshire, England.

Cicely was born 1260 in High Legh, Cheshire, England. She married Thomas de LEGH on 1277 in High Legh, Cheshire, England.

They had the following children:

  F i Agnes de LEGH was born 1278. 

source:

Ormerod, George, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester (London: Lackington, Hughes, Mavor & Jones, 1819.), 1:472, 499, Family History Library, 942.71 H2or.

1. D: I234209
2. Name: Thomas [@ <] de Legh
3. Sex: M
4. Birth: ABT 1270 in West Hall, High Legh, Cheshire, England
5. Death: ABT 1317

Father: Richard [<] de Lymm b: ABT 1250 in Lymm, Bucklow, Cheshire, England

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

Marriage 1 Spouse Unknown

Children

  1. Has Children Margery [@ <] de Legh b: ABT 1292 in West Hall, High Legh, Cheshire, England

source:

http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db...

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• '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 (1819)
• http://www.archive.org/details/historyofcountyp00orme
• http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofcountyp00orme#page/345/mode/...
• Robert Massy of Tatton died about 1328. 2 Edw. III. V. Sir William Massy of Tatton, knight, 1335. son and heir of Robert, married Margery, daughter of 'Thomas Legh, of High Legh de West Hall.' Lib. C. Fol. 267. num. 12. This was about 1307. And had issue Hugh Massy, son and heir; Oliver Massy of Denfield in Rosthorn, another son, from whom the Massies of Denfield; Richard Massy of Dich-house in Rosthorn, another son; Ellen, a daughter, married Gilbert Hassall, of Hassall in Lancashire, afterwards to Sir William Brereton of Brereton in Cheshire.
  • Sir William Massy died the 2d May, 1338. 12 Edw. III.
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Thomas de Leigh was born Thomas de Lymme. He adopted the de Leigh name in order to inherit his mother's property.

Born Lymm, Bucklow, Chesire, England.