[Illustration] Descended from Richard de Lymme, younger son of Hugh
de Lymme, which Richard in the latter part of the thirteenth century
married Agnes, daughter and sole heir of Richard de Legh,
great-grandson of Hamon de Legh, the first mentioned in the
pedigree. Richard de Lymme had issue Thomas de Legh, of West Hall,
living in 1305.
Younger branches: Leigh (called Trafford), of Oughtrington, in this
county, descended from John second son of Richard Leigh, of West
Hall, who died in 1486; for whom see Ormerod, i. 439.
Leigh of Leatherlake House in Surrey, descended from Thomas second
son of the Rev. Peter Leigh of West Hall, who died in 1719; and
Leigh of South Carolina, Baronet 1773, descended from Peter third
son of the same Rev. Peter Leigh. See Ormerod, i. 350.
ARMS.--_Allowed 1563. Or, a lion rampant gules, armed and langued
azure_. For four descents after the match with Agnes de Legh, her
descendants used the coat of Lymme, _Gules, a pale fusillé argent_,
conclusive evidence of the descent of this family from Richard de
Lymme, and not from William de Venables, another husband of Agnes de
Legh. Indeed, in the Visitation of 1566, this coat of Lymme was
allowed to Leigh of West Hall; but in 1584 both the East and West
Hall families claimed the lion rampant gules. In 1663 the arms were
settled as at present.
Present Representative, Egerton Leigh, Esq.