Robert de Legh, Robert de Legh of Adlington
Dates: born 25 March 1410 according to proof-of-age evidence cited by Croston; died October 1415
Biography
Cheshire landholder who succeeded to Adlington as a child and later served in the military expedition of Henry V. He died during the campaign in France in 1415.
Notes / Sources
The source's narrative places his succession in 1382 but separately records a proof-of-age date for a Robert born in 1410; the names and chronology are not entirely consistent in the antiquarian account.
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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