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Sir George St Leger

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Sir George St Leger

Birth
Monkleigh, Torridge District, Devon, England
Death
1536 (aged 60–61)
Exeter, City of Exeter, Devon, England
Burial
Monkleigh, Torridge District, Devon, England Add to Map
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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.
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.


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