LEGGE, William I (c.1608-70), of The Minories, London.

Cornet (Dutch army) 1627; capt. of ft. (Swedish army) by 1632; lt.-gen. of artillery 1639 – 40; maj. of cuirassiers (royalist) 1642 – 44; col. of ft. 1644 – 46; gov. Chester 1644, Oxford 1644 – 45; capt. of ft. June 1660 – d.; lt.-gov. Portsmouth 1662–d.Misc. Gen. et Her. (ser. 5), ix. 118; Collins, iv. 110–11, 113; E. Peacock, Army Lists, 15.

Master of the armouries 1636 – 46, June 1660 – d.; groom of the bedchamber 1645 – 47, June 1660 – d.; lt. of the Ordnance June 1660–d.Foedera, ix. pt. 2, p. 86; CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 75; 1671–2, p. 59.

Commr. for excise, Oxon. 1645; asst. R. Adventurers into Africa Dec. 1660 – d.; commr. for assessment, Westminster 1661 – 64, Hants and Oxon. 1664 – 69; keeper, Alice Holt and Woolmer forests, Hants 1661 – d.; freeman, Portsmouth 1662, commr. for corporations, Hants 1662 – 63, loyal and indigent officers, Westminster 1662, woodward, Chute forest, Wilts. 1663 – d.; j.p. Mdx. 1666–d.W. H. Black, Docquets of Letters Patent, 263; CSP Dom. 1661–2, p. 409; R. East, Portsmouth Recs. 357, 365; HMC 11th Rep. III, 55; Collins, iv. 114.