Robert de Legh, Robert de Legh of Adlington, justice in eyre and bailiff of the manor and forest of Macclesfield in the cited account
Dates: died 9 November 1382
Biography
Cheshire landholder and royal military retainer who held Adlington and other Cheshire lands. He served in the retinue of Edward the Black Prince and held local administrative offices.
Notes / Sources
The source gives conflicting approximate dates for his inheritance, but directly links him to the manor.
Research sources:
- James Croston, Nooks and Corners of Lancashire and Cheshire, section on Adlington and the Legh family. — https://www.gutenberg.org/files/51191/51191-h/51191-h.htm
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