Lettice (Calveley) Legh (bef. 1616)

Born before 1616 in Cheshire, England

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Descendants

Biography

Letitia Calveley was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Letice Calveley was the daughter of Sir George Calveley of Lea, Cheshire,^{[1] [2]} and his wife, Mary Cholmondeley.

She was a co-heir of her brother Sir Hugh.^[1]

On 13 June, 1629, the Archdeaconry of Chester issued Thomas Leghe and Letitia Calveley a licence to marry without proclamation of banns, addressed to Reverends Jeynson, Vicar of Prestbury, Cheshire, and Richardson, Clerks; Bondsman: Francis Leghe, Gent.^[3] Thomas, a Doctor of Divinity, was rector of Walton on the Hill, Lancashire, from 1631 until 1639.^[1]

Letitia and Thomas were the parents of:

2. Richard Legh of Lyme, Cheshire, MP, (07 May 1634 – 31 Aug 1687).^[1][4] married (lic. 31 Dec 1660) Elizabeth (d. 1728), dau. of Sir Thomas Chicheley of Wimpole, Cambs.^[1]
3. Thomas Legh of Blackley, Lancashire & Lyme, Cheshire (b. 06 Oct 1636 - d. 22 Sep 1697; bur. Macclesfield).^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Henning, B.D. (1983). "Legh, Richard (1634-87), of Lyme, Cheshire," in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660-1690. HOP. Web.
2. ↑ Legh of Lyme & Haydock, (Baines, 1836). WikiTree. Pedigree.
3. ↑ Wm Fergusson Irvine, MA, ed., Marriage Licences Granted Within the Archdeaconry of Chester in the Diocese of Chester. Vol III. 1624-1632. (The Record Society for the Publication of Original Documents Relating to Lancashire and Cheshire (LVII),1909), III:157, e-book Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/recordsociety57recouoft/page/157/mode/1up : accessed 12 January, 2023).
4. ↑ Wikipedia: Richard Legh
5. ↑ Henning, B.D. (1983). "Legh, Thomas (1636-97), of Blackley, Lancs. and Lyme, Cheshire," in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660-1690. HOP. Web.

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