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CHARACTERS FROM CHESTER - STARTING "L" BY PHILLIP E JONES [Leofine], [Leofwine], [Leonard Cheshire], [Llewellyn ap Gruffudd], [Llewellyn ap Iorwerth], [Lord Charles Murray], [Lord John Byron], [Lord Leicester], [Lucian], [Luke de Thaney] Leofine (Leofing) A Saxon Freeman who was recorded to have the title of Saughall (Salhare) prior to the Norman invasion of William the Conqueror. Leofwine Leofwine was reported to have been a Saxon Lord and landowner during the reign of Edward the Confessor. He was said to have held title to lands in the Handbridge area of the city. An ancient chapel, dedicated to St James was reported to have existed close to the site of the modern day St Mary’s church in the township. Handbridge was also thought to be the site of the Earl’s Palace in Chester which existed up until the 16th Century, but was subsequently abandoned and disappeared without trace. Leonard Cheshire Cheshire served as a Group Captain during the Second World War and commanded both 76 and 617 Squadrons during the conflict. He was awarded the Victoria Cross, as well as the DSO and DFC. He was born in Chester on the 7th September 1917 and following the war, went on to found the Cheshire Foundation Homes. He was a Welsh prince and brother of Owen who opposed Edward I in his campaigns against Wales. He had succeeded his uncle, David ap Iorwerth, as leader of the Welsh people. In order to consolidate his position as the ruler of Wales, he was reported to have defeated his brothers at the Battle of Bryn Derwin in 1255. Many of Prince Edward’s lands in North Wales were managed by agents who employed the English Shire and Hundred systems which brought great hardship and resentment to the tenant Welsh farmers. Appealing to Llewellyn directly, the Welsh prince seized Edward’s lands by force and was reported to have attacked right up to the very gates of Chester itself. He has also been credited with building Ewloe Castle, a stone keep and bailey defence, which was designed to protect North Wales from English incursions. Murray was the son of the Earl of Athol, who was captured at Preston following a rebellion and was held at Chester Castle in 1715. A large number of the rebels would eventually succumb to the rigours of the cold weather, which was especially severe or to Gaol Fever. Many that did manage to survive the prison conditions were sentenced to “transportation” to the Plantations of America, never to see their homes or family’s again. In the subsequent rebellion of 1745 Chester once again prepared itself for siege, with its ancient gates being barricaded and buildings close to the walls being taken down. The rebel forces avoided the city however, but over 16 cartfuls of them were reported to have been brought to Chester following their defeat and held at the city’s historic castle. Replaced his uncle, Sir Nicolas Byron, as Royalist military commander of Cheshire sometime after March 1644, when Sir Nicholas was captured by the Parliamentary forces of Sir William Brereton. Leicester was the Chamberlain of Chester during the reign of Elizabeth I who advocated the Protestant cause and campaigned against the Church of Rome. By around 1578 most of the Crosses in the city had been removed from the city, a task undertaken by a city Sheriff called Mutton. These religious symbols were known to have stood at the Bars, the city’s North Gate and at the Spital in Boughton. Around the same time a decree was issued by the Queen, calling on Chester’s authorities to fully investigate the comings and goings of Roman Catholics in the city. The local port was thought to have been used by Catholic priests and converts to come in and out of England. He was a 12th Century monk at Chester’s Norman Abbey and was thought to have been educated at the nearby Collegiate church of St John the Baptist in the city. Much of his work seems to have been undertaken during the tenure of Abbot Geoffrey who held office between 1194 and 1208. Simon de Montford’s Justice of Chester who was besieged at Chester Castle by the supporters of the Prince Edward, who had escaped from Baronial custody. As he appears to be the same man that later accompanied Edward in his military campaigns against the Welsh, it is to be assumed that De Thaney’s earlier loyalty to the De Montford family was forgiven by the king or that he never actually held Chester’s castle on their behalf in the first place. |
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