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 1400 - 1441 (~ 40 years)
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| Name |
John St. Leger |
| Title |
Sir |
| Birth |
~1400 |
Ulcombe, Kent, England  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Occupation |
Sheriff of Kent [2] |
| Death |
1441 [1] |
| Person ID |
I49946 |
The Hennessee Family |
| Last Modified |
13 Jan 2020 |
| Father |
Sir Arnold St. Leger, MP, b. 1378, Ulcombe, Kent, England d. 1431 (Age 53 years) |
| Mother |
Jeanne Luxembourg, b. 0___ 1382, Ulcombe, Kent, England d. ~ 1416 (Age ~ 34 years) |
| Marriage |
(Ulcombe, Kent, England) [2, 3] |
| Family ID |
F18478 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Margery Donnet |
| Marriage |
1429 |
Ulcombe, Kent, England [1, 3] |
| Residence (Family) |
Ulcombe, Kent, England [1, 2] |
| Children |
| | 1. Thomas St. Leger, b. ~ 1440 d. 8 Nov 1483, Exeter, Devonshire, England (Age ~ 43 years) |
| | 2. James St. Leger, b. ~1441, (Kent, England) d. <1509 (Age ~ 68 years) |
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| Family ID |
F18477 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
30 Apr 2023 |
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| Notes |
- John St Leger (died 1441) of Ulcombe, Kent, was Sheriff of Kent in 1430.[2] He was an early member of the prominent St Leger family.
He was a son of Arnold St Leger, of Ulcombe, MP for Kent.[3]
Arms of Donet: Argent, three pairs of barnacles gules tied sable. As seen on the Garter stall plate of his great-grandson Sir Anthony St Leger (died 1559), KG
He married Margery Donet, daughter and heiress of James Donet (died 1409) of Silham in the parish of Rainham, Kent, by whom he had children including:
Ralph St Leger (died 1470) (alias Randolf, etc.), eldest son and heir, of Ulcombe, Sheriff of Kent in 1467/8[4] and Constable of Leeds Castle[5] in Kent, grandfather of Sir Anthony St Leger (died 1559), KG, Lord Deputy of Ireland and ancestor of the St Ledger Viscounts Doneraile.[6]
Sir Thomas St Leger (c. 1440 – 1483) second husband of Anne of York (1439–1476), daughter of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York (by his wife Cecily Neville) and thus an elder sister of Kings Edward IV (1461–1483) and Richard III (1483–1485). He was grandfather to Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland.
Sir James St Leger (c. 1441 – 1509), of Annery in Devon, who married Anne Butler, a daughter of Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormond, great-aunt of Queen Anne Boleyn and heiress of Annery. His small inscribed monumental brass survives in the Annery Chapel of Monkleigh Church, inscribed as follows: Orate pro a(n)i(m)a Jacobie Seyntleg(er)b Armig(eri) qui obiit viii0 die me(n)sis Februarii Anno D(o)m(ino) MCCCCC0 IX0 cui(us) a(n)i(mae) p(rop)iciet(ur) De(us) Amen ("Pray ye for the soul of James St Ledger, Esquire, who died on the 8th day of the month of February in the year of Our Lord 1500th and 9th of whose soul may God look upon with favour Amen"). Below is a very worn brass of an escutcheon showing the arms of St Ledger. His grandson was Sir John St Leger (died 1596) of Annery, Sheriff of Devon in 1560, Member of Parliament.[7]
Bartholomew St. Leger, mentioned in his father's will,[8] "I will they enfeoff Bartholomew my son when 21 or at marriage of and in the manors of Eylnothynighton and Eylnothyng-tonesdowne with appurtenances and in one tenement called Pendecourte with appurtenances in Holingborne and in all other lands and tenements in Holyngbourne to him and his heirs males". He was one of the leading rebels included in Lord Scrope's indictment at Great Torrington, November 1483,[9] Scrope having been given a commission by King Richard III to hold a sessions in Devon to examine the loyalty of the gentlemen of Devon to the crown, as opposed to his rival the Earl of Richmond, the future King Henry VII. At this court many of the gentry of Devon were indicted of high treason, many fled to Brittany to join the Earl, but two were captured and beheaded in Exeter, namely Thomas St Leger and Sir John Kame.[10] He married (secondly?) Blanche Bourchier (died 1483),[11] of whom a stone effigy exists in Shirwell Church, Devon, widow of Philip Beaumont (1432–1473) of Shirwell in North Devon and of Gittisham in East Devon, a member of parliament for a constituency in Devon and Sheriff of Devon in 1469,[12] and a daughter of William Bourchier, 9th Baron FitzWarin (1407–1470) of Tawstock, feudal baron of Bampton and heir to a moiety of the feudal barony of Barnstaple, both in Devon.[13] One of the daughters and co-heiresses of Bartholomew St Leger was Margaret St Leger, first wife of John Copleston (1475–1550), "The Great Copleston",[14] of Copleston, Devon.
Margaret St Leger, wife of John de Clinton, 5th Baron Clinton of Maxstoke.
Death and burial
He died in 1441 and was buried in the chapel of St. Thomas the Martyr in the parish church of Ulcumbe, as he requested in his will. His Latin will dated 12 December 1441 survives in the records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.[8]
A fragment of his monumental brass survives in Ulcomb Church, now displayed as a mural in the north aisle. The inscription is lost, but is said to have been: Here lyeth John Seintleger Esquyer, and Margerie his wyfe, sole daughter and heir of James Donnett ... 1442.[15] A rubbing showing the date 1442 survives in the collection of the Society of Antiquaries.[16]
end of biography [2]
- Sir John St Leger
Born about 1400 in Ulcombe, Kent, Englandmap
ANCESTORS ancestors
Son of Arnold St Leger and Jeanne (Luxembourg) St Leger
Brother of Ralph St Leger, Florentina St Leger and Anne St Leger
Husband of Margery (Donnet) St Leger — married 1429 in Ulcombe,,Kent,Englandmap
Husband of Margaret (Cheney) St Leger — married 1437 [location unknown]
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father of Margaret (St.Leger) Heveningham, Anne (St Leger) Skinner, Thomas (St Leger) de St Leger, Ralph St Leger Esq., Ralph St Leger, Florence St Leger, Isabel St Leger, Philippa (St Leger) de Pympe, Alice St Leger and Bartholomew St Leger
Died 16 May 1442 in Ulcombe, Kent, Englandmap
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Biography
Sir John Saint Leger [1][2]was the second son of Sir Arnold St Leger and Jeanne of Luxembourg. He was born between 1400 and 1404 in Ulcombe, County of Kent, England. The St. Leger family traced its roots back to Robertus De Vilapari Sancto Leodegario (11th Century), apparently a relation of Robert, Duke of Normandy, the father of King William I, the Conqueror. Saint Leger is a town now in the French departement of Yvelines, west of Paris. Robert de St. Leger is said to have fought with William at the Battle of Hastings (1066) and to have already been possessor of several key manors and fiefs in Sussex and Kent before that event. Between the 11th and 15th Centuries, the family had gone through many marriages and inheritances as all major British noble families did. By the mid-1200s, the St. Legers were known as "Lords of Ulcombe," Kent, which became their primary manorial domain. They allied with the powerful de Clare and Marshal families during this period and became one of the leading aristocratic families on England's strategically-important south east coast.[3]
Little is known of Sir John's early life but no doubt he served as a knight in Guyenne and France as he grew up during the Hundred Years War. He was too young to have fought at the Battle of Agincourt (1415) and, as a second son, he depended more on a rich marriage or an inheritance from his mother, Jeanne de Luxembourg.
In 1429, John married Margery Donnett (b. 1408), heir of the late (d.1409) James Donnett of Sileham (aka Sylham Court), an old local gentry family. As her late father's sole heir, Margery's dowry was considerable and included the manors of Rainham (Kent), Syleham (Suffolk), Pen-Court (Kent), Wildemere and others in Kent and other parts of England. She was the perfect match for the 2nd son of a prominent aristocratic family. They had 10 children in just 13 years, 5 boys and 5 girls.[4]
Alice St. LEGER
Ralph St. LEGER (Sir)
Thomas St. LEGER (Sir Knight)
Bartholomew St. LEGER
Florence St. LEGER
Isabel St. LEGER
James St. LEGER of Shipton (Sir)
John St. LEGER
Philippa St. LEGER
Margaret St. LEGER (B. Clinton of Marstoke)
Sir John was knighted and became the Sheriff of Kent, a position many of his ancestors had also held. Sir John St. Leger died at Ulcombe, Kent, on May 16, 1442. [5] He is buried in All Saints Church, Ulcombe. [6]
Sources
Royal Ancestry D. Richardson 2013 Vol. V p. 455
? Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 162-163.
? Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 360-361.
? http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/STLEGER.htm#John St. LEGER of Ulcombe (Sir)
? http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/STLEGER.htm#John St. LEGER of Ulcombe (Sir)
? Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 458.
? Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 424.
Weever, John. Ancient Funerall Monuments within the United Monarchie of Great Britaine, Ireland, and the Islands Adjacent (Thomas Harper, London, 1631)
Page 284: "Here lyeth Iohn S. Leger Esquire, and Margerie his wife, sole daughter and heire of Iames Donnet .... 1442..."
Ancestry Family Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com) Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=16692088&pid=1141156670
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=225892&pid=4708
John St Leger - Smart Matching - Role: 4003015 - 6 OCT 2009 - Added by confirming a Smart Match
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ancestorsearch&id=I9413
http://treeshaker_davis.tripod.com/davis/fam00852.htm
This biographical profile researched and written by Chet Snow a direct descendant of John St. Leger, November 30, 2014.
Sheriff of Kent
end of biography [3]
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