Sir Thomas St. Leger married Anne Plantagenet, daughter of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York and Lady Cecily Neville, in 1472/73.1 He died circa 8 November 1483, beheaded.1

Child of Sir Thomas St. Leger and Anne Plantagenet

1.Anne St. Leger+1 b. c 1476, d. 21 May 1526

Citations

1.[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 134. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Family.

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Thomas St. LEGER (Sir Knight) Born: ABT 1419 / 1440, Ulcombe, Kent, England Died: 8 Nov 1483, Exeter, Devonshire, England
Buried: St. George Chapel, Windsor, Berkshire, England
Notes: Executed at Exeter Conduit.

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Father: John St. LEGER of Ulcombe (Sir)
Mother: Margery DONNET

Married

1: Anne PLANTAGENET (D. Exeter) ABT 1472

Children:

1. Anne St. LEGER (B. Ros) 2. Anthony St. LEGER

Married 2:

¿? AFT 1476

==Children:== 3. Anthony St. LEGER (Sir)

Executed at Exeter Conduit. Ambassador to France
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Thomas St. Leger

Sir Thomas St Leger KB (c. 1440 – executed 8 November 1483) was the second son of Sir John St Leger (d.1441) of Ulcombe, Kent, and his wife, Margery Donnet. He was also the second husband of Anne of York (10 August 1439 – 14 January 1476), daughter of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York (by his wife Cecily Neville) and thus she was an elder sister of Kings Edward IV (1461-1483) and Richard III (1483-1485). His younger brother, Sir James St Leger of Annery in Devon, married Anne Butler, daughter of Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormond, and was therefore an uncle to Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire.

St. Leger faithfully served Edward IV in both a military and administrative capacity for years. For his loyal service, Edward IV rewarded St. Leger with a substantial grant of eight manors in the early 1460s. He had a lucky escape from justice in 1465 when he was arrested for brawling in the Palace of Westminster and sentenced to have his hand cut off. Edward IV, however, granted him a pardon. Thomas fought for Edward at the Battles of Barnet and Tewkesbury. St Leger played a key role in ending the Hundred Years' War when he signed the Treaty of Picquigny with Louis XI on 29 August 1475. He was granted by Louis XI a pension of 12,000 crowns annually which was to be distributed between himself, Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset, Sir John Howard (later Duke of Norfolk), Sir Thomas Montgomery, and some other of the profligate courtiers.[2] Thomas was also knighted as a member of the Order of the Bath.

Thomas was most likely the lover of Anne of York, before their marriage in c. 1474. She had been married at the age of eight to Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter, in 1447. Anne and Exeter had had one daughter, named Anne, who had been born in c. 1455. The marriage was unhappy and Exeter and his wife mostly lived apart. Exeter was also a loyal Lancastrian while his wife was a Yorkist, and Exeter fought against Richard, 3rd Duke of York, at the Battle of Wakefield where Anne's father and her brother, Edmund, Earl of Rutland, died in battle. Anne and Exeter eventually separated. Thomas fought against Exeter at the Battle of Barnet, where Exeter was badly wounded and left for dead, but survived. Exeter was later imprisoned, and Anne divorced him in 1472. Exeter was also on Edward's expedition with Thomas St Leger to France in 1475. On the return voyage he fell overboard and drowned. Some say he was in fact thrown overboard at the King's command. St Leger's stepdaughter, Anne Holland, died some time around 1474, leaving her inherited Exeter estates behind.

Anne of York died giving birth in 1476 to her and Thomas's only child, another girl named Anne. Following his wife’s death, St. Leger remained on good terms with his brother-in-law, Edward IV, and served as the King's Controller of the Mint. In 1481, he was granted a license to found a perpetual chantry of two chaplains at the Chapel of St. George in memory of his wife. He never remarried. In 1483, by Act of Parliament, Anne St. Leger was declared heiress to the entire Exeter estate, except for a portion which was given to the queen's son Richard Grey. This act, by which the lands of the Exeter dukedom fell into the hands of the last duke's stepdaughter and his daughter's brother-in-law, along with a number of similar acts, is thought to be a cause of difficulty in maintaining noble support for the reign of Edward IV.[3]

Thomas's brother-in-law, Edward IV, whom he had served faithfully, died suddenly on 9 April 1483, leaving behind a twelve-year-old son, Edward V, who was by marriage Thomas's nephew. However, Richard III ascended the throne in July 1483. Thomas St. Leger attended the new king’s coronation and was given cloth of silver and velvet for the occasion, but he was soon deprived of his positions of Master of Harthounds and Controller of the Mint. His daughter Anne was ordered to be handed over to Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham. It has been suggested that Buckingham had the heiress in mind as a bride for his own eldest son Edward. This never came to pass, for both St. Leger and Buckingham ended up in rebellion against the new king. St Leger had been unshakably faithful to Edward IV and, like many of the other rebels of the rebellion of 1483, was undoubtedly distressed at Edward V having disappeared from sight after having been deprived of his crown.

When the rebellion floundered, St. Leger continued the fight in Exeter, but was captured. He was executed on 13 November 1483, at Exeter Castle, despite the offer of large sums of money on his behalf. He had been executed with Sir John Rame. St. Leger, described by the Crowland Chronicler as a “most noble knight,” received a private burial. They are not buried in Rutland Chapel as most believe.[citation needed]

His daughter Anne St Leger (14 January 1476 – 21 April 1526) eventually married George Manners, 11th Baron de Ros. Their son was Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland, and their daughter, Lady Eleanor Manners (1505 – 16 September 1548) married John Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Bath, and had descendants. Lady Anne St. Leger and her husband George are both buried in the private Rutland Chapel in Windsor Castle.

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• Sir Thomas St. Leger, Sheriff of Surrey & Sussex1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
• M, #33616, b. circa 1435, d. 12 November 1483
• Father John St. Leger, Esq., Sheriff of Kent2,6,7,9,11,12 d. 16 May 1442
• Mother Margerie Donnett2,6,7,9,11,12 b. c 1405
• Sir Thomas St. Leger, Sheriff of Surrey & Sussex was born circa 1435 at Ulcombe, Kent, England. He married Anne Plantagenet, daughter of Sir Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, 6th Earl of March, 8th Earl of Ulster, Protector of England and Cecily Neville, after 12 November 1472; They had 1 son (Anthony) and 1 daughter (Anne, wife of Sir George Manners, 11th Lord Roos of Helmsley).13,2,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12 Sir Thomas St. Leger, Sheriff of Surrey & Sussex died on 12 November 1483 at Exeter, Devonshire, England; Beheaded. He was buried in the Chantry in St. George's Chapel, Windsor, Berkshire.2,4,7,9,12
• Family Anne Plantagenet b. 10 Aug 1439, d. 12 Jan 1476
• Child
  • Anne St. Leger+14,2,3,5,7,8,10,12 b. c 1476, d. 21 Apr 1526
• Citations
• [S10447] Unknown author, Plantagenet Ancestry of 17th Century Colonists, by David Faris, p. 257.
• [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 795-796.
• [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 529.
• [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 136-137.
• [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 125.
• [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 424.
• [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 406.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 286.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 540.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 24.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 458.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 454.
• [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 300-301.
• [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 489.
• From: [http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1119.htm#...] ___________
• Sir Thomas St. Leger1
• M, #101665, d. circa 8 November 1483
• Last Edited=25 Dec 2002
• Sir Thomas St. Leger married Anne Plantagenet, daughter of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York and Lady Cecily Neville, in 1472/73.1 He died circa 8 November 1483, beheaded.1
• Child of Sir Thomas St. Leger and Anne Plantagenet
  • Anne St. Leger+1 b. 1466, d. 21 Apr 1526
• Citations
• [S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 134. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Families.
• From: [http://www.thepeerage.com/p10167.htm#i101665] _________________
• Sir Thomas Saint Leger
• Birth: Mar. 22, 1442 Ulcombe, Kent, England
• Death: Nov. 13, 1483 Exeter, Devon, England
• Son of Sir John St Leger (1404-1445) and Margery Donnet (1408-1437). Sir Thomas St Leger (executed 8 Nov 1483) was the second husband of Anne of York (1439–1476), daughter of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York and Cecily Neville. St. Leger faithfully served Edward IV in both a military and administrative capacity for years. Consequently, Edward IV rewarded St. Leger with a substantial grant of eight manors in the early 1460s. He was very likely was the lover of Anne of York, Duchess of Exeter before their marriage c.1474. Following his wife's death, St. Leger remained on good terms with his brother-in-law, Edward IV, and served as the king's Controller of the Mint. Not long after Edward IV's brother Richard III ascended the throne in July 1483, St Leger rebelled when the new king stripped St Leger of his offices. St Leger was ultimately captured by Richard III's forces, and executed on 13 Nov 1483 at Exeter Castle and his body interred in St. George's Chapel, Windsor, alongside that of his wife, Anne Duchess of Exeter. No mention is made of his ignominious end on the copper plate fixed to the wall of their chantry, now called the Rutland Chapel. On a shield above his head are the St. Leger arms. The Plantagenet arms appear on the shield above his wife Anne's, head and the inscription reads : Wythin thys Chappell lyethe beryed Anne Duchess of Exetur suster unto the noble kyng Edward the forte. And also the body of syr Thomas Sellynger knyght her husband whych hathe funde wythin thys College a Chauntre wyth too prestys sy'gyng for eu'more. On whose soule god haue mercy. The wych Anne duchess dyed in the yere of oure lorde M Thowsande CCCC1xxv. The photo of the tomb is that of Sir Thomas's daughter Anne by his wife Anne Duchess of Exeter, and her husband George Manners, eleventh Lord Ros and their tomb is known as the Ros tomb. The tomb clearly displays the St. Leger arms. The St. Leger Chantry was restyled the Rutland Chapel after their descendants. St Leger, described by the Crowland chronicler as a "most noble knight," was buried with his wife Anne at Windsor Castle.
• Family links:
• Parents:
• John Saint Leger (1404 - 1442)
• Margery Donnett Saint Leger (1408 - 1437)
• Spouse:
• Anne Plantagenet Saint Leger (1439 - 1475)
• Children:
  • Anne Saint Leger Manners (1475 - 1526)*
• Sibling:
• Ralph Lord of Ulcombe St Leger (1430 - 1470)*
• Thomas Saint Leger (1442 - 1483)
• Burial: St George's Chapel, Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough, Berkshire, England
• Find A Grave Memorial# 108701933
• From: [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=108701933] _______________