Lordship Title of La Leghe or Lye

County: Huntingdonshire
Parish: Colne
History from: 13th century
History to: 1732

Documented history: Yes

Domesday Book: No
Interesting Facts:

Become the 22nd Lord and Lady of La Leghe or Lye

1st Lord – Giles de Wachesham and his wife Margery.  Giles travels abroad on King Henry’s business.

8th Lord – William de Herleston was a clerk and keeper of King Edward’s writs.

13th Lord – Sir Robert Broughton is knighted again after he fights at the Battle of Stoke.  Sir Robert is elected a Knight of the Shire and Member of Parliament for Suffolk.  He is appointed Deputy Constable of Clare Castle.

15th Lord – Sir Thomas Cheney of the Isle of Sheppey is appointed a Justice of the Peace and Treasurer of King Henry VIII’s household.  Sir Thomas is elected a Knight of the Shire and Member of Parliament for Kent.  He serves as Constable of Saltwood Castle, Queensborough Castle, Rochester Castle and Dover Castle and Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and Lord Lieutenant of Kent.

16th Lord – Henry Cheney is elected a Knight of the Shire and Member of Parliament for Kent, then knighted.  Sir Henry is appointed High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire.  He is created Baron Cheney of Toddington.

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