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Margaret De Leigh 1325 – 1366 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1325

Birth Location: Macclesfield, Cheshire, England

Death Date: 1366

Death Location: Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England

Father: Robert Legh

Mother: Matilda Norley

Spouse(s): John Ashton, John Lawrence

Children(s): Johanna Ashton, John Ashton

Margaret De Leigh was born in 1325 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, the child of Robert de Legh and Matilda Maud Norley. Margaret De Leigh married John de Ashton, John Lawrence, and had children including Johanna de Ashton, John de Ashton. Margaret De Leigh passed away in 1366 in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England.

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Biography

  • Margaret De Leigh was born in 1325 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, the child of Robert de Legh and Matilda Maud Norley.
  • Margaret De Leigh married John de Ashton, John Lawrence, and had children including Johanna de Ashton, John de Ashton.
  • Margaret De Leigh passed away in 1366 in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert Legh
1300 – 1370
Birth Location: Norbury, Cheshire, England
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Matilda Norley
1308 – 1375
Birth Location: Norley, Runcorn, Cheshire, England
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Spouses(s)

John Ashton
1300 – 1360
Birth Location: Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England
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John Lawrence
1300 – 1360
Birth Location: Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire, England
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Children(s)

Johanna Ashton
1343 –
Birth Location: –
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John Ashton
1344 – 1403
Birth Location: Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England
JA

Margaret Leigh's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Leigh
1325 – 1366
Birth Place: Macclesfield, Cheshire, England
Parents
Robert de Legh
1300 – 1370
Norbury, Cheshire, England
Matilda (Maud) Norley
1308 – 1375
Norley, Runcorn, Cheshire, England
Grandparents
John (De) Leigh
1269 – 1325
Prestbury, Cheshire, England
Ellen (de) Corona
1288 – 1352
Baguley, Cheshire, England
Adam (de) Norley
1285 – 1344
Norley, Runcorn, Cheshire, England
Margery (Norley de) Waleton
1280 – 1326
Cheshire, England
Great-Grandparents
William Venables
1266 – 1367
Agnes DeLegh
1260 – 1300
William Baguley
1246 – 1320
Lucy Corona
1242 – 1317
John Waleton
1260 – 1301
Matilda Waleton
1262 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Venables
1240 – 1292
Margaret Dutton
1237 – 1293
Richard Legh
1220 – 1287
Agnes Legh
1232 – 1300
William Baguley
1220 – 1290
Roesia Massey
1231 – 1320
Hugh Corona
1220 – 1292
Amabilla Baumville
1225 – 1307

Margaret Leigh's Descendants

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Margaret (De) Leigh (1325 – 1366) m. John (de) Ashton (1300 – Abt 1360) m. John Lawrence (1300 – 1360)
  1. 1. Johanna (de) Ashton (Abt 1343 – )
  2. 2. John (de) Ashton (1344 – 3 Sep 1403) m. Anne (de) Standish (1348 – 1405) m. Agnes Standish
    1. 1. John (De) Assheton (1368 – 3 Sep 1428) m. Jane Saville (1372 – 1410) m. Margaretha Byron (1368 – 1443)
      1. 1. Margaret Ashton (1397 – 1470) m. Thomas Langley (1407 – 20 Jan 1470)
      2. 2. Elizabeth Ashton (Abt 1399 – 19 Aug 1466) m. Richard Hamerton (1401 – 27 Jun 1449)
        1. 1. John (Abt 1422 – )
        2. 2. Jane Hammerton (Abt 1424 – )
        3. 3. Stephen Hamerton (1427 – 1501) m. Alice deRichmond m. Ms (John) Webb (9 Jul 1450 – ) m. ann harold (1455 – 1490)
        4. 4. Elisabeth Hamerton (1428 – )
        5. 5. John Hamerton (1429 – ) m. Elizabeth (1425 – )
        6. 6. Jane Hamerton (1431 – ) m. Brian (Roecliffe) (Baron) (Abt 1430 – 24 Mar 1494)
        7. 7. Isabel Hamerton (1436 – ) m. John Mallory (1427 – Apr 1475)
        8. 8. Peter Hamerton (Abt 1438 – Abt 1501)
        9. 9. John (DE) HAMERTON (Abt 1447 – 20 Sep 1514) m. Elizabeth (de) Middleton (1449 – ) m. Elizabeth
      3. 3. Laurence Ashton (1402 – )
      4. 4. Agnes Ashton (1403 – 10 Aug 1466)
      5. 5. Lucy Ashton (1404 – 12 Feb 1481) m. Richard Byron (1404 – 1449)
      6. 6. Anne Ashton (Abt 1405 – Deceased)
      7. 7. Margaret Ashton (1407 – ) m. Thomas Langley (1395 – 22 Apr 1488)
      8. 8. John Beauford (1413 – 1508) m. Dulcia Trafford (1417 – 4 Apr 1474)
      9. 9. Ralph Ashton (1452 – 1507) m. Isabel Brereton (8 Jan 1418 – 1463) m. Margaret (C) Smith m. Margaret (De) Barton (1421 – 1480) m. Alice Lea (1400 – ) m. Catherine Hitherson (Abt 1418 – Dead)
    2. 2. Galfridus Ashton (Abt 1369 – Deceased)
    3. 3. Cecilia (De) Ashton (1370 – 27 Mar 1429) m. Richard Radcliffe (1376 – 4 Sep 1431) m. Richard (de) Radclyffe (1379 – 1442)
      1. 1. Nicholas Radcliffe (1396 – 1452) m. Margaret Derwentwater (1390 – 1459)
      2. 2. Thomas Radcliffe (1400 – )
      3. 3. Sir (Richard) Radcliffe (1401 – 1485) m. Agnes LeScrope (Abt 1401 – ) m. Agnes Scrope
        1. 1. Joan Radcliffe (1419 – Aug 1478) m. Henry Grubb (1476 – 1556)
        2. 2. Sarah (Agnes) Radcliffe (1434 – 1505) m. Richard (III Kimbre) Kymbeare (Abt 1430 – Abt 1500) m. Esq. (Alan William) Singleton (1436 – 1510) m. Rafe (Ralph) Leycester (Abt 1440 – 1485)
      4. 4. Maude Radcliffe (1402 – 1470) m. John Langley (1398 – 20 Jan 1470)
      5. 5. James Radcliffe (1408 – 4 Mar 1446) m. Agnes Euby (1409 – 1465) m. Cecilly (Radcliffe (de) Leicester) (1420 – )
      6. 6. Margaret Radcliffe (1408 – )
      7. 7. Richard Radcliffe (1413 – 1473)
    4. 4. Katherine (de) Aston (1372 – 1466) m. Thomas Booth (Abt 1382 – 1450)
    5. 5. Nicholas (de) Ashton (Abt 1372 – Deceased) m. Nicholas (de) Ashton (Abt 1374 – Deceased)
    6. 6. Joan (de) Ashton (Abt 1373 – Apr 1443) m. Robert (de) Davenport (1371 – Nov 1436)
    7. 7. Christopher (de) Standish (1375 – 1437) m. Margaret (De) Fleming (1376 – 1440)
    8. 8. Clementina Standish (1376 – 26 Jul 1442) m. John Radcliffe (1378 – 26 Jul 1442) m. Richard (Radcliffe of) Wymersley (Abt 1380 – 26 Jul 1442) m. John Radcliffe
      1. 1. Alexander Radcliffe (Apr 1412 – 20 Jul 1475) m. Agnes Harrington (1420 – Apr 1490)
        1. 1. Robert Radcliffe (1430 – 1468)
        2. 2. William Radcliffe (Abt 1430 – 15 May 1498) m. Jane Trafford (1425 – 17 Apr 1490) m. Margaret Chatterton
        3. 3. Robert Radcliffe (Abt 1431 – 1497) m. Elizabeth Radcliffe (Abt 1442 – )
        4. 4. Catharine Radcliffe (1436 – 1496)
        5. 5. Katharine Radcliffe (1436 – 1498) m. Roger Wombwell (Abt 1460 – 1521)
        6. 6. Agnes Radclyff (Abt 1436 – Abt 1505) m. Richard (III Kimbre) Kymbeare (Abt 1430 – Abt 1500) m. Rafe (Ralph) Leycester (Abt 1440 – 1485)
        7. 7. Anne Radcliffe (1438 – )
        8. 8. Alexander Radcliffe (1441 – )
        9. 9. John Radcliffe (1446 – )
        10. 10. Thomas Radcliffe (1448 – Abt 1515)
        11. 11. Marie Radclyffe
    9. 9. Margaret (de) Ashton (1381 – Abt 1406)
    10. 10. William (de) Standish (Abt 1381 – )
    11. 11. Hugh DeStandish (1384 – Deceased)
    12. 12. Alexander (de) Standish (1386 – Deceased)

Margaret Leigh's Timeline

2 Records

1325
1325
Birth of Margaret De Leigh in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England
Macclesfield, Cheshire, England
1366
1366
Age 41
Death of Margaret De Leigh in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England
Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1325
    Event Place: Macclesfield, Cheshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1366
    Event Place: Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England
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