Sir George St. Leger [16272] 24,25
- Born: Abt 1475
- Marriage: Anne Knyvett [19118]
- Died: 1536 about age 61
 General Notes:
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http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/STLEGER.htm#George%20St.%20LEGER%20(Sir)1
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 <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/aboutHenryVIII.htm>, his wife was Lady in waiting to Catalina of Aragon <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/aboutCatalinadeAragon.htm> and they both attended the "Field of the Cloth of Gold <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Documents/field_of_the_cloth_of_gold.htm>" in France. They also attended the coronation <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Documents/coronation_of_anne_boleyn.htm> of Anne Boleyn <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/aboutAnneBoleyn.htm>, 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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George married Anne Knyvett [19118] [MRIN: 7755], daughter of Sir Edmund of Buckenham Knyvett Knight [19119] and Eleanor Tyrrell [19120]. (Anne Knyvett [19118] was born about 1475 and died in 1558.)
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