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Sir John St. Leger 1517 – 1596 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1517

Birth Location: Amery, Devon, England

Death Date: 8 OCT 1596

Death Location: Annerley, Devon

Father: George Leger

Mother: Anne Knyvett

Spouse(s): Lady Neville

Children(s): Charles Leger, Ursula Leger, Ursula StLeger, Mary Leger, Margaret Leger, Dudley Leger, Eulalia Leger, Lady Leger, John Leger, Daniel Leger, Elizabeth Leger, Jane Leger, Catherine Leger, Annerley Leger, GEORGE Leger, HENRY Leger, Thomas Leger

The story of Sir John St. Leger began in 1517 in Amery, Devon, England. Sir John St. Leger married Lady Catherine De Neville, and had children including Charles St. Leger, Ursula St Leger, Ursula Elizabeth Lady StLeger, Mary St. Leger, Margaret St Leger, Dudley St Leger, Eulalia St Leger, Lady Frances St Leger, John St Leger, Daniel St. Leger, Elizabeth St. Leger, Jane St. Leger, Catherine St. Leger, Annerley St Leger, GEORGE St Leger, HENRY St Leger, Thomas St Leger. Sir John St. Leger passed away in 1596 in Annerley, Devon.

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Biography

  • The story of Sir John St. Leger began in 1517 in Amery, Devon, England.
  • Sir John St. Leger married Lady Catherine De Neville, and had children including Charles St. Leger, Ursula St Leger, Ursula Elizabeth Lady StLeger, Mary St. Leger, Margaret St Leger, Dudley St Leger, Eulalia St Leger, Lady Frances St Leger, John St Leger, Daniel St. Leger, Elizabeth St. Leger, Jane St. Leger, Catherine St. Leger, Annerley St Leger, GEORGE St Leger, HENRY St Leger, Thomas St Leger.
  • Sir John St. Leger passed away in 1596 in Annerley, Devon.

Immediate Family

Parents

George Leger
1484 – 1536
Birth Location: Annery House, Devonshire, England
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Anne Knyvett
1495 – 1558
Birth Location: Buckenham Castle, Buckenham, Norfolk, England
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Spouses(s)

Lady Neville
1520 – 1565
Birth Location: Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales
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Children(s)

Charles Leger
1530 –
Birth Location: Bideford, England
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Ursula Leger
1540 – 1587
Birth Location: Annery, Bideford, Devon, England
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Ursula StLeger
1540 – 1587
Birth Location: Devon, Devon, England
US
Mary Leger
1542 – 1623
Birth Location: Annerley, Devon, England
ML
Margaret Leger
1545 –
Birth Location: Bideford, Devon, England
ML
Dudley Leger
1548 – 1627
Birth Location: –
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Eulalia Leger
1550 – 1583
Birth Location: Annery House Mansion, Honkleigh, Devon, England
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Lady Leger
1552 – 1597
Birth Location: Annery House Mansion, Honkleigh
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John Leger
1560 – 1599
Birth Location: Bideford, Devon, England
JL
Daniel Leger
1560 –
Birth Location: Bideford, England
DL
Elizabeth Leger
1564 –
Birth Location: <Bideford, England>
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Jane Leger
1568 –
Birth Location: Bideford, England
JL
Catherine Leger
1572 – 1620
Birth Location: Bideford, England
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Annerley Leger
1623 –
Birth Location: Bideford, Devon, England
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GEORGE Leger
Birth Location: –
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HENRY Leger
Birth Location: –
HL
Thomas Leger
Birth Location: –
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Sir Leger's Ancestors

Self
Sir Leger
1517 – 1596
Birth Place: Amery, Devon, England
Parents
George St. Leger
1484 – 1536
Annery House, Devonshire, England
Anne Knyvett
1495 – 1558
Buckenham Castle, Buckenham, Norfolk, England
Grandparents
Sir (James St Leger) Knt.
1441 – 1501
Ulcombe, Kent, England
Lady (Anne St) Leger
1445 – 1520
London, England
Sir (Edmund Knyvett of) Buckenham
1462 – 1528
Buckenham Castle, Norfolk, England
Eleanor (Knyvett of) Buckenham
1464 – 1516
Gipping, Suffolk, England
Great-Grandparents
John Leger
1417 – 1442
Margery Leger
1408 – 1455
Thomas Butler
1425 – 1515
Anne Butler
1431 – 1485
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Arnold Leger
1378 – 1431
Jeanne Luxembourg
1382 – 1406
James Butler
1392 – 1452
Joan Butler
1395 – 1430
Sir Hankford
1397 – 1431
Anne Montagu
1395 – 1457

Sir Leger's Descendants

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Sir (John St.) Leger (1517 – 8 OCT 1596) m. Lady (Catherine De) Neville (1520 – 18 DEC 1565)
  1. 1. Charles (St.) Leger (1530 – )
  2. 2. Ursula (St) Leger (1540 – 1587)
  3. 3. Ursula (Elizabeth Lady) StLeger (1540 – 1587)
  4. 4. Mary (St.) Leger (1542 – 5 NOV 1623) m. Sir (Richard) Grenville (6 JUN 1542 – 10 SEP 1591) m. John Gifford ( – 1585)
    1. 1. Alice Granville (ABT 1440 – )
    2. 2. Mary Grenville (1565 – 25 MAR 1608)
    3. 3. Sir (Bernard) Grenville (ABT 1567 – 16 JUN 1636)
    4. 4. Catherine Grenville (1570 – 1623)
    5. 5. John Grenville (1571 – 1595)
    6. 6. Bridget Grenville (1573 – 9 JUN 1589)
    7. 7. Rebecca Grenville (1577 – 8 MAY 1589)
    8. 8. Richard Grenville (BET 11 JAN 1579 AND 10 JAN 1582 – BET 18 FEB 1637 AND 22 MAR 1637)
    9. 9. Granville (St) Leger (ABT 1580 – )
    10. 10. Ursula Grenville (1581 – 10 MAR 1643)
    11. 11. Elizabeth Grenville (ABT 1582 – )
    12. 12. Grenville (ABT 1582 – )
    13. 13. Martha Grenville (ABT 1584 – )
    14. 14. Sir (Roger) Grenville ( – 19 JUL 1545)
  5. 5. Margaret (St) Leger (1545 – ) m. Richard Bellew
  6. 6. Dudley (St) Leger (1548 – 1627)
  7. 7. Eulalia (St) Leger (1550 – 7 OCT 1583) m. Edmund Tremayne (1525 – 20 SEP 1582)
    1. 1. Elizabeth Tremayne (1577 – )
    2. 2. Francis Tremayne (1580 – 1580)
    3. 3. Philippa (Phillipa Phillippa) Tremayne (1582 – 1600)
  8. 8. Lady (Frances St) Leger (1552 – 1597) m. John Stukeley (1551 – 15 JAN 1611)
    1. 1. Mary Stukeley (1552 – 26 OCT 1632) m. Simon Weeks (1552 – 14 FEB 1626)
      1. 1. Francis ((Fraunces)) Weekes (1570 – 28 MAR 1637) m. Wilmot Coffin (1595 – 1623) m. Francis Weekes (1590 – )
        1. 1. Thomas Weeks (1612 – 1671)
        2. 2. Francis Weekes (1616 – 22 JUN 1689) m. Elizabeth Luther (1626 – 25 JUN 1687)
        3. 3. Simon (Weeks () Weekes (20 SEP 1618 – 22 JUN 1689)
        4. 4. Mary ((Marye) Weeks () Weekes (20 SEP 1619 – )
        5. 5. Abraham Weeks (1620 – 1689)
        6. 6. John (Weeks () Weekes (26 DEC 1620 – 1623)
        7. 7. Richard (Weeks () Weekes (1625 – FEB 1670)
        8. 8. William Weekes (1627 – )
        9. 9. Ferdinand (Weeks () Weekes (1629 – )
        10. 10. William Weekes (1647 – 11 MAY 1683)
        11. 11. Thomas Weeks (1651 – 1716)
      2. 2. Arminell Weeks (1594 – )
      3. 3. Catherine ((Katherine) Stukeley) (Stukley) (1596 – 15 OCT 1608)
      4. 4. Arabella Weekes (1598 – )
      5. 5. Dudley (Weeks () Weekes (11 JUL 1602 – 1620)
      6. 6. Mary (Weeks () Weekes (24 FEB 1603 – 13 NOV 1604)
      7. 7. Bridget (Weeks () Weekes (24 FEB 1603 – 13 NOV 1604)
      8. 8. Granville (Weekes) (Weeks (1608 – 1661)
      9. 9. Simon (Weekes) (Weeks (1610 – 1661)
      10. 10. George Weeks (23 FEB 1610 – 27 OCT 1659) m. Weeks
        1. 1. Ammiel Weeks (1633 – 20 APR 1679)
    2. 2. Anne Stukeley (1570 – 26 OCT 1632)
    3. 3. Katherine Stukeley (1572 – 26 OCT 1632)
    4. 4. Lewis Stuckley (1574 – 1620) m. Frances Monke (22 June 1571 – 1620)
      1. 1. Gertrude Stuckley (1574 – )
      2. 2. John Stuckley (1596 – 1637) m. m.
        1. 1. Mary Stucley (1632 – ) m. John (Jr) Courtenay (1628 – 24 APR 1684)
        2. 2. Thomas Stukeley (24 AUG 1620 – 20 SEP 1663)
        3. 3. Lewis Stukeley (ABT 1624 – 21 JUL 1687)
      3. 3. Hugh Stuckley (1598 – 1621)
        1. 1. John Stuckley (1626 – 1676)
      4. 4. Lewis Stukeley (ABT 1600 – ) m. Margery Ceed
      5. 5. Scipio Stuckley (1602 – FROM 1611)
      6. 6. Frances Stukeley (ABT 1603 – )
      7. 7. Anthony Stukeley (1604 – )
    5. 5. Thomas Stukeley (1576 – 1620)
    6. 6. Katherine Stukeley (1577 – ) m. Thomas Dowrish (1570 – 8 JAN 1627)
      1. 1. John Dowrish (1593 – )
      2. 2. Francis Dowrich (ABT 1595 – )
      3. 3. Mary Dowrish (ABT 1597 – )
      4. 4. Thomas Dowrish (ABT 1599 – FROM 1652)
      5. 5. Lewis DOWRISH (1602 – 7 MAY 1667)
      6. 6. Anne Dowrish (ABT 1604 – 1619)
      7. 7. George Dowrish (ABT 1606 – )
      8. 8. Joice Dowrish (ABT 1607 – )
      9. 9. Elizabeth Dowrish (1608 – 15 JAN 1690)
      10. 10. Grace Dowrish (ABT 1612 – )
      11. 11. Margaret Dowrish (ABT 1615 – )
    7. 7. Gertrude Stukeley (1590 – 26 OCT 1632) m. Adam WILLIAMS m. Humphry BURY
    8. 8. Thomas Stukeley (1592 – )
    9. 9. Anne Stukeley (1594 – ) m. John ROWE m. John LANGFORD m. William COODE
  9. 9. John (St) Leger (1560 – 1599)
  10. 10. Daniel (St.) Leger (1560 – )
  11. 11. Elizabeth (St.) Leger (1564 – ) m. Jonas Barraclough (ABT 1688 – )
    1. 1. Rachel Barraclough
  12. 12. Jane (St.) Leger (1568 – )
  13. 13. Catherine (St.) Leger (1572 – 1620)
  14. 14. Annerley (St) Leger (1623 – )
  15. 15. GEORGE (St) Leger
  16. 16. HENRY (St) Leger
  17. 17. Thomas (St) Leger

Sir Leger's Timeline

2 Records

1517
1517
Birth of Sir John St. Leger in Amery, Devon, England
Amery, Devon, England
1596
8 OCT 1596
Age 79
Death of Sir John St. Leger in Annerley, Devon
Annerley, Devon

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1517
    Event Place: Amery, Devon, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Occupation

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 OCT 1596
    Event Place: Annerley, Devon
    Record Source:
    [1] Age:
    78-79
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Braunton, North Devon District, Devon, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
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