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Margaret de Legh 1370–1449 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1370

Birth Location: Clayton Le Moors, Lancashire, England

Death Date: 1449

Death Location: Clayton Le Moors, Lancashire, England

Father: Mathew Legh

Mother: Alice Clayton

Spouse(s): Henry Rishton

Children(s): Richard Rishton

In 1370, Margaret de Legh entered the world in Clayton Le Moors, Lancashire, England, born to Mathew De Legh And Alice De Clayton. Margaret de Legh married Henry Rishton, and had children including Ellen Rishton, Richard Rishton. Margaret de Legh passed away in 1449 in Clayton Le Moors, Lancashire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1370, Margaret de Legh entered the world in Clayton Le Moors, Lancashire, England, born to Mathew De Legh And Alice De Clayton.
  • Margaret de Legh married Henry Rishton, and had children including Ellen Rishton, Richard Rishton.
  • Margaret de Legh passed away in 1449 in Clayton Le Moors, Lancashire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Margaret Legh's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Legh
1370–1449
Birth Place: Clayton Le Moors, Lancashire, England
Parents
Mathew de Legh
1345–1404
Norbury, Cheshire, England
Alice (de) Clayton
1350–1357
England
Grandparents
John (de) Legh
1317–1377
Booths, Cheshire, England
Elizabeth (de) Sandback
1318–1362
Congleton, Cheshire, England
Robert (de) Legh
1318–1370
Booths Hall, Norbury, Cheshire, England
Maud (de) Norley
1308–1369
Norley, Runcorn, Cheshire, England
Great-Grandparents
John Legh
1297–1324
Matilda Arderne
1297–1336
Peter Legh
1294–1360
Ellen Bechton
1304–1379
John Legh
1280–1324
Ellen Baguley
1288–1352
Thomas Norley
1285–
Margery Waleton
1280–1326
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Legh
1280–1324
Ellen Baguley
1288–1352
John Legh
1280–1324
Ellen Baguley
1288–1352
Philip Bechton
1280–1316
William Venables
1250–1313
Agnes Legh
1236–1300
William Baguley
1260–1320
Lucy Plantagenet
1265–1316
John Waleton
1260–

Margaret Legh's Descendants

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Margaret (de) Legh (1370–1449) m. Henry Rishton (1370–29 May 1428)
  1. 1. Richard Rishton 1395–1448 m. Margaret (de) Holt 1400–1425
    1. 1. Henry Rishton 1425–1490 m. Agnes Sherburne 1425–1471
      1. 1. Nicholas Rishton 1445–1508 m. Margery Radcliff 1455–1528
        1. 1. Agnes (Anne) Rishton 1470–1556 m. Robert Bolton 1466–1487 m. Richard Worthington 1462–1526
        2. 2. Richard Rishton 1475–1530
        3. 3. Henry Rishton 1477–
        4. 4. Nicholas Rishton 1479–
        5. 5. Isabella Rishton 1483–
      2. 2. Isabel Rishton 1450–
    2. 2. Anne Rishton 1430–

Margaret Legh's Timeline

2 Records

1370
1370
Birth of Margaret de Legh in Clayton Le Moors, Lancashire, England
Clayton Le Moors, Lancashire, England
1449
1449
Age 79
Death of Margaret de Legh in Clayton Le Moors, Lancashire, England
Clayton Le Moors, Lancashire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1370
    Event Place: Clayton Le Moors, Lancashire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1449
    Event Place: Clayton Le Moors, Lancashire, England

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