Helming Leget

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Helming Leget (died 1412), of Tottenham, Middlesex and Black Notley, Essex, was an English politician.

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Life

Leget was the son and heir of Helming Leget of Hadleigh, Suffolk, and London, who died in 1391. His mother was Leget's second wife, Margery Malwayn, a daughter of John Malwayn of West Grafton, Wiltshire. Leget married Alice Mandeville before September 1400, also of Black Notley, Essex. Alice lived from c.1378 to 1 April 1420, outliving her husband. They had one son. [1]

Career

Leget was appointed High Sheriff of Essex and Hertfordshire for 1403 and 1408, and elected a Member of Parliament for Essex in 1406 and 1407. [2]

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References

  1. "LEGET, Helming (D.1412), of Tottenham, MDX. And Black Notley, Essex. | History of Parliament Online".
  2. "LEGET, Helming (D.1412), of Tottenham, MDX. And Black Notley, Essex. | History of Parliament Online".