A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank, but uninvested with heritable honours (1836)
hom she had oneson, Thomas, who assumed the name ofLeigh, and obtained the estate of theWest Hall, in High Leigh.By her second husband, William Venables,she had John, who also assumed the surnameof Legh, and resided at Booths, inCheshire. By his first wife he hada son, Sir John de Legh, livingtemp.… … Hamon de Leigh, of High Leigh, was fa-ther of William de Leigh, whose son,Richard de Leigh, living temp. HenryIII. had, with a daughter, Margery, m. toAytrop, son of Aytrop, of Millington, a sonand successor, LEIGH, OF WEST HALL, IN HIGH LEIGH. 531 the Leghs, of Adlington, Lyme,Stoneleigh, &c.…
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