Thomas Legh (1614-1687) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree

Eldest son succeeded as heir to the Adlington estates on the death of his father in 1644; served as lieutenant-colonel in the Royalist army; was Sheriff of Cheshire 1662; and died 1687.

Will of Thomas Legh of Adlington Esq. proved (Chester Probate Registry) 1688.^[1]

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↑ List of the Wills Now Preserved in the Probate Court, Chester, From the Year 1681 to 1700 Inclusive. Chapter 1810

Croston, James. The Register Book of Christenings, Weddings, and Burials with the Parish of Prestbury in the county of Chester, 1560-1636., The Record Society for the Publication of Original Documents Relating to Lancashire and Cheshire (1881) Vol. 5.

- - Page 200: Christeninges, 1614. Adlingeton, Thomas Leighe, filius Thomae Leighe, armigr natus vo Aprill, et baptisate xvijo Aprilis. (Also see footnote.)

Marshall, George William. Registers of Worksop, County Nottingham, 1558-1771 (Billing and Sons, Guilford, 1894)

- - Page 96: Weddings: 8 Jan 1640 Thomas Lees Esqr & Mary Bolles

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Thomas Legh (1614 - 1687)

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Thomas

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Thomas Legh

Anne Gobert

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Urian Leigh Kt

Margaret Trafford

John Gobert gent.

Lucy Smith

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Thomas Legh

Sibila Brereton

Edmund Trafford

Elizabeth Leicester

Peter Gobert gent.

Frances Darcy

Erasmus Ambroise Smith

Anne Baiard

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Descendants of Thomas Legh

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