Thomas Legh, Thomas Legh of Adlington, High Sheriff of Cheshire in 1662
Dates: died December 1687
Biography
Royalist Cheshire landholder who inherited Adlington during the Civil War, compounded with Parliament after sequestration, and retained the estate after the Restoration.
Notes / Sources
The source distinguishes temporary sequestration from the underlying family ownership.
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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