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George St. Leger

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Probably Annery, Devon, England
Death: 1536 (51-52)
Slindon, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Immediate Family:

Son of Sir James St. Leger, Kt. and Anne Griseacre
Husband of Anne St. Leger
Father of Katherine Courtenay; Sir John St Leger, Kt., MP; George Saint Leger and Charles St Leger
Brother of Robert St. Leger; Anthony St. Leger; Catherine St. Leger; James St. Leger; Thomas St. Leger and 1 other

Occupation: Sir, Knight
Managed by: Nadia Giordana Wilkins
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About George St. Leger

Inherited Lundy Eggesford, Annery, Monkleigh in Devon and other properties in Kent and Sussex from his maternal grandfather the Earl of Ormond. A chief courtier to King Henry VIII, his wife was Lady in waiting to Catalina of Aragon and they both attended the "Field of the Cloth of Gold" in France. They also attended the coronation of Anne Boleyn, his cousin on 29 May 1533 in Westminster Abbey. His son was awarded many lands in Devon in Exchange for Kent property owned by his grandmother. "Served" at Exeter Cathedral.

  • John St. Leger (died 1596) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia He was the son of Sir George St. Leger (c.1475-1536), of Annery, by his wife, Anne Knyvett, daughter of Edmund Knyvett. His paternal grandparents were Sir James St. Leger, of Shipton, and Lady Anne Butler, heiress of Annery, daughter of Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormonde[citation needed] and great-aunt of Queen Anne Boleyn. One of his great-uncles was Sir Thomas St Leger (c.1440-1483), the husband of Anne of York, Duchess of Exeter (1439-1476), sister of Kings Edward IV and Richard III. His great-grandfather was Sir John St Leger (c.1404-1442) lord of the manor of Ulcombe in Kent, whose three sons Randolf (or Ralph), Thomas and James, all made advantageous marriages. The manor of Ulcombe had been held by the family from the See of Canterbury from shortly after the Norman Conquest of 1066, during which a St Leger knight is supposed by tradition to have supported William the Conqueror with his hand on disembarking from his ship at Pevensey.[3] The name was Latinised to de Sancto Leodegario.
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George St. Leger's Timeline

1484
January 10, 1484
Probably Annery, Devon, England
1514
1514
Probably Annery, Devon, England
1515
1515
Probably Annery, Devon, England
1530
1530
of Annery, Devonshire, England
1536
1536
Age 52
Slindon, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom
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