Submitted by legacy on
Family and Education
s. and h. of Helming Leget (d.1391) of Hadleigh, Suff. and London by his 2nd w. Margery, da. of John Malwayn of West Grafton, Wilts. and wid. of Nicholas Mocking (d.1360) of Tottenham. m. bef. Sept. 1400, Alice (c.1378-1 Apr. 1420), da. of Sir Thomas Mandeville (d.1391) of Black Notley by Anne, da. and h. of Sir Thomas Drokensford, sis. and coh. of Thomas Mandeville (d.1400), 1s.
Offices Held

Escheator, Essex and Herts. 8 Nov. 1401 – 29 Nov. 1402, 22 Oct. 1404–9 Nov. 1406.

Commr. of inquiry, Essex, Herts. May 1402 (concealment of goods forfeited by the earls of Huntingdon, Kent and Salisbury), Essex Aug. 1404 (treasons and felonies), Feb. 1406 (poaching), Herts. Oct. 1408 (Bardolf estates)CIMisc. vii. 384.; array, Essex Sept. – Nov. 1403; arrest Jan., June 1404; to enlist men for service in the King’s ships June, July 1411.

Sheriff, Essex and Herts. 29 Dec. 1402 – 5 Nov. 1403, 30 Nov. 1407–15 Nov. 1408.

Constable of Clare castle, Suff. and steward of the lordship of Clare during minority of Edmund, earl of March, 30 July 1403 – d.

J.p. Essex 5 June 1404 – Feb. 1407.

Usher of the King’s chamber by Mar. 1405 – d.

Dep. to Thomas Chaucer, the chief butler, Ipswich and Colchester by 29 Jan. 1408–24 Apr. 1411.

Keeper of the King’s ships 22 June 1411 – d.

Parlimentarian
LEGET, Helming (d.1412), of Tottenham, Mdx. and Black Notley, Essex.
Main residences: Tottenham, Mdx.; Black Notley, Essex.
Author
L.S.W.
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
Web Title

LEGET, Helming (-d.1412)

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Oxford 1644
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