war, wherein it was resolved to march the next day to relieve the besieged at Glasslough, which if they could effect, to proceed then through Dungannon to Antrim to join their friends there. But Lady Blayney and the besieged in Glaslough being relieved by MATTHEW ANKETEL, esq. a gentleman of undaunted courage at the expense of his life, his lordship continued at Armagh." This devoted adherent of King WILLIAM was succeeded by his son, OLIVER ANKETEL, esq. of Anketel Grove, M. P. for the borough of Monaghan, who espoused 28th February, 1716, the Hon. Sarah Caulfeild, second daughter of William, second Viscount Charlemont, (the gallant and well known participator in the triumphs of the Earl of Peterborough in Spain,) by Anne, his wife, only daughter of James Margetson, lord archbishop of Armagh. By this lady, who died in December, 1742, Mr. Anketel left, with other issue, a son and successor, MATTHEW ANKETEL, esq. of Anketel Grove, who m. 11th March, 1748, Anne, LEIGH, OF WEST HALL, IN HIGH LEIGH. LEIGH, EGERTON, esq. of the West Hall, in High Leigh, and of Twemlow, Cheshire, b. 23rd August, 1779; m. 26th December, 1809, at Charlbury, Wilhelmina, daughter of the late George Stratton, esq. of Tew Park, in the county of Oxford, and has issue, HAMON DE LEIGH, of High Leigh, was father of WILLIAM DE LEIGH, whose son, RICHARD DE LEIGH, living temp. HENRY III. had, with a daughter, Margery, m. to Aytrop, son of Aytrop, of Millington, a son and successor, Augusta. RICHARD DE LEIGH, whose only daughter and heir, AGNES DE LEIGH, married three husbands: her first was RICHARD DE LYMM, (son of Hugh de Lymm, lord of the moiety of Lymm in 1258), by whom she had one son, THOMAS, who assumed the name of By her second husband, William Venables, she had JOHN, who also assumed the surname of LEGH, and resided at Booths, in Cheshire. By his first wife he had a son, SIR JOHN DE LEGH, living temp. EDWARD III., ancestor of the LEGHS, of Booths (see vol. ii. p. 44); and by his second, Ellen, daughter of Thomas de Corona, of Adlington, he had, inter alios, another son, ROBERT, of Adlington, ancestor of the Leghs, of Adlington, Lyme, | Richard Leigh d. in 1486, and was s. by his THOMAS LEIGH, of the West Hall, who m. first, in 1461, Dowse, daughter of Sir William Booth, of Dunham, and had issue, 1. RICHARD, who m. Beatrix, daughter of Geffry Boydell, of Pulcroft, and died in his father's lifetime, leaving Agnes de Legh wedded, thirdly, William de Hawardyn, by whom she had a son, RALPH DE HAWARDYN. The eldest son, THOMAS DE LEIGH, of the West Hall, in High Leigh, was lord of a moiety of Lymme in 1305. He m. Cicely, and had a son, THOMAS; and two daughters, Margery, m. to William, son and heir of Robert Massy, of Tatton, and Agnes, m. to William Dauiell, of Lymme. Thomas de Leigh d. 10th EDWARD II. 1314, and was s. by his son, THOMAS LEIGH, who, by Alice his wife, had a son and successor, THOMAS LEIGH, living in the 11th of EDWARD II. since which time the Leighs of the West Hall have been patrons of the Half. He had, with a daughter, Agnes, who m. Robert Dumbill,* a son, RICHARD LEIGH, who m. in 1375, Maud, daughter of Geffry Massy, of Winsham, and had, with a daughter, Alice, wife of John Starky, of Stretton, a son and successor, JOHN LEIGH, who had two sons, RICHARD, his heir, and Roger, of Oldgrave, and a daughter, Margery, m. to John Leycester, of Nether Tabley, 20th HENRY VI. 1442. The elder son, RICHARD LEIGH, of West Hall, in High Legh, m. in 1442, Alice, daughter of John Leycester, of Tabley, in Cheshire, and had issue, 1. THOMAS, his heir. one son, RICHARD, who became heir. II. Thomas, s. to his grandfather. IV. James. v. John. 1. Alice, m. first, to Hamon Massy, of Hale; and, secondly, to George New ton. 11. Jane, m. Mathew Leigh, of Swyneyard. Thomas Leigh m. secondly, Joan, daughter of John Holcroft, of Holcroft, and had issue, John, Thomas, and Jane, wife of Thomas Sanky, of Little Sanky, in Lancashire. He was s. by his grandson, RICHARD LEIGH, of West Hall, in High Legh, who m. first, 20th HENRY VII., Rose, daughter of Raufe Davenport, of Davenport, by whom he had a son, THOMAS, Who m. Katherine, daughter of Raufe Leigh, of the East Hall, High Leigh, but died without issue in his father's lifetime. Richard Leigh m. secondly, Anne Hough, of Leighton, by whom he had issue, RICHARD, his heir; George; John, who m. Mary, daughter of Alexander Barlow; and Dorothy, m. to David Massy, esq. of Broxton. The eldest surviving son, RICHARD LEIGH, esq. of West Hall, in High Legh, m. first, Clemence, daughter of John Holcroft, of Holcroft, in Lancashire, and had issue, RICHARD; PETER; Francis, of London; George; Thomas; Elizabeth; and Jane, m. John Aston, of Aston. He m. 11. John, from whom the Leighs, of secondly, Margery, widow of George Tirrell, Outhrington, descend. III. Hamnet. IV. Peter. V. Richard. 1. Maud, m. to Nicholas Legh, of the 11. Douse, m. to John, son of William III. Isabella, m. to John, son of Peter IV. Ellen, m. to Richard Molesworth, Gilbert de Lymme releaseth to Agnes, the wife of Robert Dumbill, his estates in Lymme in 1342. + In Benham church, Berks, at the end of the south aisle, called Castillion, stands a fair raised monument, whereon lies the statue of a man in armour, having a helmet lying under his head, and of Thornton, in Bucks, and by her had issue, Thomas, John, George, William, and Agnes. He d. 1582, and was s. by his son, RICHARD LEIGH, esq. of West Hall, in High Legh, who m. Anne, daughter of Raufe Belfield, of Gledge, but was divorced, and died without issue in 1586, when he was succeeded by his brother, PETER LEIGH, esq. of West Hall, in High Legh, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of JohnBaptist Castillion,† lord of Benham Valend, in Berks, (son of Sir Peter Castillion, of his feet resting upon his crest. On the ledge of the tomb is this epitaph circumscribed : Hic jacet Jno Baptist Castillion armiger, quondam Dominus de Benham in comitatu Berks, qui obiit 12th Feb. Anno Domini 1597; also Dominæ Elizabethæ Castillion obiit 28th Dec. 1603, ætatis 27; also Franciscus Castillion Anno Dom. 1604. Mantua, in Italy), and had issue, Richard, who died young; PETER, his heir; Thomas; Anne, m. to Thomas Cooper, of Ewborne ; Mary; Elizabeth, m. the Rev. Nathaniel Lancaster, of Tarporley; Jane; Frances, m. to William Edwards, of Chester; Margaret; and Christian, m. Thomas Bate, M.D. Peter Leigh d. 14th March, 1613, and was s. by his son, PETER LEIGH, esq. of West Hall, in High Legh, who m. Mary, daughter of Robert Tipping, of Manchester, and had issue, Peter, who d. unmarried; Richard, d. 12th August, 1670, without issue; THOMAS; Samuel; Edmund; William; James; and Elizabeth. Peter Leigh d. 1657, aged sixtytwo. His third son and eventual heir, THOMAS LEIGH, esq. of West Hall, in High Legh, m. in 1660, Mary, daughter of William Austine, esq. of Westminster, and had issue, Austine, buried at Rosthern 30th July, 1724; PETER, in holy orders; and William, who m. twice, and d. in 1741. The second son, THE REV. PETER LEIGH, M.A. of the West Hall, rector of Whitchurch, in Salop, m. Elizabeth, daughter of the Hon. Thomas Egerton, of Tatton Park, in Cheshire, (third son of John, second Earl of Bridgewater, by Elizabeth his wife, dau. of William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle), and had issue, 1. EGERTON, his heir. 11. John, bapt. 12th September, 1703. III. Thomas, in holy orders, M.A. rector of Murston, in Kent, ancestor of the LEIGHS, of Leatherlake House. (See p. 533.) IV. Peter, bapt. at Whitchurch, 18th January, 1711, barrister-at-law and chief justice of South Carolina, m. 9th October, 1731, Elizabeth, daughter of William Latus, esq. of Manchester, and d. 22nd August, 1759, leaving a son, EGERTON, attorney-gen. in South Carolina, who was created a BARONET in 1773. He m. 15th January, 1756, Martha, daughter of Francis Bremar, esq. and had issue to survive him, 1. Hester, buried at Rosthorne in 1700. IV. Hester, bapt. 1710. v. Mary, bapt. 1713, wife of the Rev. Sir John Head, bart. archdeacon of Canterbury. The Rev. Peter Leigh d. in 1719, and was s. by his son, THE REV. EGERTON LEIGH, LL.D. of the West Hall, archdeacon of Salop, bapt. 30th March, 1702, who m. first, Anne, daughter of Hamlet Yates, esq. of Crowley, by whom he had I. PETER, in holy orders, rector of 11. Egerton, in holy orders, archdeacon of Salop and canon of Litchfield, who m. first, Letitia, daughter of George Legh, esq. of the East Hall, in High Legh, by whom he had no issue; and, secondly, Theodosia, daughter of Ralph Leycester, of Toft Hall, and d. 1798, aged sixty-eight, leaving two daughters, Susanna, m. 22nd December, 1797, to Ralph Leycester, M.P. and Theodosia. III. Thomas, d. s. p. IV. Hamlet, d. s. p. 1. Anne, m. first, to the Rev. Mr. Felton; and, secoudly, to the Rev. Mr. Cockayne. 11. Mary, d. unm. III. Elizabeth, d. unm. 1. EGERTON (Sir), second baronet, who m. Theodosia, relict of Capt. John Donellan, The Rev. Egerton Leigh m. secondly, Elionly daughter of Sir Ed-zabeth Drinkwater, and had by her John, ward Boughton, bart. and William, Austine, Samuel, George, died by her, who wedded thirdly unmarried 1816; Hester and Jane. He m. Barry O'Meara, esq. and d. thirdly, Cassandra Phelps, and by her, who in 1830, left an only dau. survived him, had Cassandra, Ariana, CaTHEODOSIA DE MALMS therine, and Henry, who all d. s. p. He d. BURGH, m. to John himself 1760, and was buried at Ledbury, Ward, esq. who as- near Hereford; his will was proved in Docsumed in consequence tors' Commons. His eldest son, the surnames and arms of BOUGHTON & LEIGH. 2. Samuel Egerton (Sir), kut. THE REV. PETER LEIGH, rector of Lymme, m. Mary, dau. and heir of Henry Doughty, esq. of Broadwell, in Gloucestershire, and EGERTON LEIGH, esq. of the West Hall, bapt. at Lymme; m. at Rosthern 21st September, 1778, Elizabeth, daughter and coheiress of Francis Joddrell, esq. of Yeardsley and Twemlow, in Cheshire, and by her, | who d. 12th March, 1807, and was buried at Rosthern, had issue, 1. EGERTON, his heir. 11. Peter, in holy orders, rector of III. Joddrell, of Broadwell, a captain 1. Mary-Anne, m. at Marylebone, 14th Ralph, minister at the court of Tuscany. 11. Charlotte, m. at St. George's, Ha- III. Emma, m. at Sanbach 1st May, IV. Augusta, m. in 1821, to Thomas v. Caroline. VI. Harriet, d. unm. in 1809. Mr. Leigh d. 22nd June, 1833, and was s. by his eldest son, the present EGERTON LEIGH, esq. of the West Hall, in High Legh. Arms-Or, a lion rampant, gu. Crest-A cubit arm vested, paly of five pieces, or and sa. cuffed arg. hand proper grasping the upper and lower fragments of a broken tilting spear, the point downwards. Another crest is also used by the family, viz. a demi lion rampant or, holding a pennon displayed az. charged with two bars or, inscribed Force avec vertue," and with a shield with the arms of Leigh, on which are three escutcheons of pretence, with the arms of the three husbands of Agnes de Leigh, of the West Hall, Lymme, Venables, and Haywarden. Motto-Force avec vertu. Seat-The West Hall, in High Leigh. LEIGH, OF LEATHERLAKE HOUSE. LEIGH, The Reverend JAMES-ALLETT, of Leatherlake House, Runnymead, Surrey, M.A. of University College, Oxford, b. 21st September, 1770; baptized at Murston; m. at Shenley, Herts, in December, 1796, Sarah, eldest daughter of Robert Smith, esq. of Butts Lodge, Bishop's Waltham, by Sarah his wife, daughter of Robert Friend, esq. of Wellow, and cousin of Dr. Newcome, archbishop of Armagh. By this lady, who died 29th September, 1824, and was buried in the family vault of the Alletts at Egham, he has had issue, JAMES-ALLETT, b. 27th February, 1799; bapt. at Shepperton, in Middlesex; m. in Frederick-Augustus, b. 3rd November, 1800; d. in 1806. Arabella-Diana, bapt. at Seddlescome, in Sussex. Georgiana-Caroline, d. 3rd January, 1811. Mr. Leigh came into possession of his estates in Surrey in 1795, upon the demise of Mary-Priscilla Allett, widow of the Rev. James Allett, vicar of Teynham, and sole heiress of the late John Allett, esq. of Leatherlake House, who served the office of sheriff of Surrey in 1750. To his property in Buckinghamshire he succeeded in 1817, at the decease of his uncle, Thomas Stone, esq. of Langley Place. Lineage. This is a branch of the LEIGHS, of West Hall, in High Legh. THE REV. THOMAS LEIGH, M.A. of University College, Oxon, b. 1708, rector and patron of Murston, in Kent, and rector of St. Margaret's, in Canterbury, third son of the Rev. Peter Leigh, the rector of Whitchurch, m. at Culham, in Oxfordshire, Jane, daughter of J. Barnes, esq. and widow of Thomas Allett, esq. (who died at University College 5th May, 1718), by whom he had EGERTON, in holy orders, his heir. Elizabeth. Charlotte, m. in 1762, to the Rev. John son Lawson, M.A. vicar of Throwley, in Kent, and dean of Battle. The Rev. Thomas Leigh d. 19th April, 1774, his wife, Jane, 2nd January, 1766, and both were buried at St. Margaret's, Canterbury, near the altar. He was succeeded by his son, THE REV. EGERTON LEIGH, LL.S. of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, rector and patron of Murston, in Kent, vicar of Tilmanstone and also vicar of St. Mary's, in Sandwich, bapt. at Murston 25th January, 1735; m. at Egham, in Surrey, 1768, Sarah,* youngest daughter of John Stone, esq. of Langley, in Bucks, and had issue, * Mrs. Sarah Leigh, the wife of the Rev. Egerton Leigh, L.L.S. died 10th May, 1810, and was buried at Langley, in Bucks, where her father, John Stone, esq. was interred; and also her mother Elizabeth, who was the widow of J. Deacon, esq. and daughter of Richard-Skermer Scudamore, esq. who died 1710, and was buried at Aldworth, in Berks, by Martha, daughter of William Whistler, esq. who died 21st May, 1670. 1. JAMES-ALLETT, his heir. 11. Egerton-Peers, of Langley Place, Bucks, b. 23rd April, 1774, formerly captain in the Surrey militia; died unm. 20th May, 1832, and was buried at Langley, where a handsome monument is erected to his memory. 1. Elizabeth-Jane, bapt. at Murston; m. 29th September, 1792, at Southampton, Anthony-Harvest Isaacson, esq. and has issue, 1. The Rev. Anthony-Allett Isaacson, M.A. vicar of Newport, in Wales, who m. Fanny, daughter of the Rev. Mathew Monkhouse, M.A. and has issue. 2. Egerton-Charles Isaacson, late a lieutenant in the 51st; served at the battle of Waterloo; now adjutant of the Brecon militia. 3. Thomas Isaacson. 1. Elizabeth Isaacson, m. 1832, at Monmouth, in Wales, the Rev. Walter Hill, M.A. of Southminster, in Essex. 2. Charlotte, m. at Monmouth, 15th October, 1835, to Henry Parry, esq. of Caerleon, in South Wales. chancel of Murston in 1788, aged fifty-two, The Rev. Egerton Leigh was buried in the ALLETT LEIGH, M.A. of Leatherlake House. and s. by his son, the present REV. JAMES Arms, &c.-See Leigh, of West Hall. PRIDEAUX, OF LUSON. PRIDEAUX, WALTER, esq. of Kingsbridge, in the county of Devon, the present representative of the Luson branch of this very ancient family b. 11th February, 1769, m. 19th October, 1791, Sarah, daughter of Robert Were, esq. of Runnington Manor, near Wellington, in the county of Somerset, and has issue, 1. WALTER, b. 5th October, 1792. 11. Robert, b. 1793, m. Ann, daughter of Robert Billing, esq. of Trevollard House, county of Cornwall, and d. p. in 1830. S. 1. George, b. 1794. IV. William, b. 1796, m. in 1823, Elizabeth, daughter of William Foster Reynolds, esq. of Carshalton House, county of Surrey, and d. February, 1825, leaving a posthumous son, William Reynolds, who was b. in July, 1825. v. Samuel, b. 1803. 1. Elizabeth. |