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A History of the County of Lancaster
… parson of Witton, Thomas de Osbaldeston, Gilbert de la Legh, Richard de Merclesden, John son of John de Blakeburn, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… there were four houses with ten hearths eachthose of Mr. Legh, Ralph Bowker, Mr. Bowker, and Edward Dawsonbut no other … Sir Richard Assheton of Middleton, 11 and sold to Francis Legh of Lyme in 1636. 12 They descended in this family till … Richard Taylor, Lord Grey de Wilton, John Hutton, Peter Legh, and Robert Jackson. 30 About 1850 the principal …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… 68 The new lord married Anne, daughter of Sir Peter Legh of Lyme. 69 He was sheriff in 1630, 70 and died on 19 … Matthew de Bold in free marriage with Alice his daughter; Legh D. (quoted by W. Beamont). By an early charter Gilbert …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… 1783 the principal contributors to the land tax were Peter Legh and Henry Porter, together paying over a fifth of the … Henrietta Maria Fleetwood (born 1684) married Thomas Legh, second son of Richard Legh of Lyme, and they lived at Bank; the husband was member …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… of Lincoln. 45 By 1302 it had been acquired by Gilbert de Legh, who was stated to hold it by the eighth part of a … 1300, and that the monks had demised it to Gilbert de Legh, ancestor of the Towneley family. In 1446 it was … i, 84. Robert de Briercliffe in 1335 gave to Gilbert de Legh the rent of 12 d. due to grantor from Mustihalgh; C 8, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… in 1846. 28 A younger brother, Lieut.-Colonel William Legh Clowes, who had served in the Peninsular War, then …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… 147 50. The chantry goes back to 13723, when Thomas de la Legh granted the third part of the manor of Towneley to his …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… daughter and heir of Sir Gilbert Haydock, to Sir Peter Legh of Lyme, 41 this manor passed to the Leghs, but was sold … a cross and in the first quarter a fleur-de-lis sable. Legh of Lyme. Gules, a cross engrailed argent; an escutcheon … older date than 1465. Shortly before that year Sir Peter Legh had greatly enlarged and improved his residence. 44 Of …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Adam de Belfield; Fishwick, Rochdale, 3501, quoting High Legh deeds. Adam son of Geoffrey de Clegg and Alice his wife … brothersEdward and William, sons of Arthur Ashton. Richard Legh and Anne his wife, Alexander Barlow and Elizabeth his …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Talbot of Salesbury, Stanley, Towneley of Towneley, Legh of Adlington, and Byron of Clayton. In the lower part of …