Hugh (Massey) of Tatton (abt. 1320 - abt. 1371)

Born about 1320 in Tatton, Bucklow, Cheshire, England

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Died about 1371 at about age 51 in Tatton, Bucklow, Cheshire, England

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Biography

Hugh Massy was born after 1307 [Est: Hugh's parents married circa 1307^[1]].

Hugh Massy was the son and heir of sir William Massy of Tatton, knight, and his wife, Margery, the daughter of Thomas Legh of High Legh de West Hall.^[1]

Hugh was the brother of:

1. Oliver de Mascy^{[2] [3]}/Massy of Denfeld in Rosthorn, from whom the Massies of Denfield descend;^[1]
2. Richard Massy de Mascy^{[2] [4]} of Dich-house in Rosthorn;^[1] and
3. Ellen, who was married to Gilbert Hassall of Hassall co Lanc, and 2) sir William Brereton of Brereton in Cheshire.^[1]

Hugh married Alice.^[1]

Hugh and Alice had children:

1. Richard, died on 3 September, 1370, predeceasing his father, married in 1342, to Alice, the daughter of Gilbert de Haydok in co Lanc;^[1]
2. Sir John Massy of Tatton, knight, second son, heir to his father, died on 22 July 1403 [the day following the Battle of Shrewsbury], married about 1372, Alice, the sister and heir of sir Geffrey Worseley of Worseley in Lanc,^[1]

On 1 May 1337, Mabilla, the widow of Hugh's grandfather, Robert, and his father's mother or step-mother, gave William's son [and Hugh's brother], Richard, a messuage and land in Rostherne, and a piece of land called le Park, and this deed was witnessed by John del Legh kt, Thomas Daniers, Thomas de Legh, Adam de Tabbelegh, and Hugh de Kerdyf.^[4] The same people witnessed another deed that same day, when Mabillia gave le Denfield in Rostherne, and other land lying between le Denfield and le Linestrete, to William's son [and Hugh's brother], Oliver.^[3]

Hugh's father, Sir William, died on 2 Mary 1338,^[1] and Hugh succeeded to the family's estates.

At Knottesford on Friday after the feast of St Cedde in 33 Edward III [March, 1359], Robert de Mascy of Knottesford, Hugh de Mascy of Tatton, Richard his brother and Oliver de Mascy entered into a bond of 19 marcs silver to Richard del Halle de Legh and William his son.^[2]

Hugh Massy died circa 45 Edward III [1371], and before 1375.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9} George Ormerod, Esq, LLD, FRS & FSA, "Containing the Hundreds of Edisbury, Wirral, and Broxton", The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester; Compiled from Original Evidences in Public Offices, the Harleian and Cottonian MSS, Parochial Registers, Private Muniments, Unpublished Ms Collections of Successive Cheshire Antiquaries, and a Personal Survey of Every Township in the County; incorporated with a republication of King's Vale royal, and Leycester's Cheshire antiquities, 2nd Edition, Ed. Thomas Helsby, Esq, Vol. II, (London: George Routledge and Sons, 1882), accessed 18 October 2014, pp.441.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} The National Archives Website: Discovery: DLL 3/35, SCHEDULE OF LEIGH FAMILY DEEDS: LEIGH OF WEST HALL, HIGH LEGH, http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/ce1f88d9-e910-4b71-aab9-ab82f438dd9f, 5 October 2014.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} The National Archives Website: Discovery: MS 341, BEAMONT MSS: Deeds, http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/6459353a-65ef-4a81-87d1-dfa48809580a, 4 October 2014.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} The National Archives Website: Discovery: MS 340, BEAMONT MSS: Deeds, http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/2fde83bd-c897-4f7a-ace6-7990af4e81bc, 4 October 2014.