Thomas St. Leger

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There are two lines of lineage shown for John St. Leger.

The lineage of the St. Leger family can not be substantiated far beyond John St. Leger and his wife Margery Donnett. There are at least two different versions. From the Visitations for 1619 their lineal line of descent can be substantiated from John downwards.

Squire and heir firstly of his uncle John St. Leger and of his father Arnold St. Leger he was heir to a considerable fortune and one of the richest people in the South of England. Sheriff of Kent in 1431 and Commissioner of the Nobles of Kent in 1434. Elector for Kent 1432/33/35/37. In 1453 40 shillings was paid to his widow for wages due from Parliament at Liecester. The brass of himself and his wife Margery was on their tomb at Ulcombe. Hers has disappeared. They are in the St. Leger Chapel.

John married Margery Donnet in 1429 in Ulcombe, Kent, England. Margery (daughter of James Donnett) was born in 1408 in Rainham, Kent, England; died in 1421 in Ulcombe, Kent, England; was buried in Ulcombe, Maidstone Borough, Kent, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Margery Donnett
• Birth: Abt 1406, Syleham, Suffolk, England
• Birth: 1408, Syleham, Suffolk, England

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Daughter of James Donet last representative of an ancient family. She bought to the marraige the manors of Rainham, Syleham (Suffolk), Pen-Court (Kent), Wildemerch(/) and others in Kent and other parts of England. Rainham after the death of John was given as a dowry to his widow Margery for her lifetime passing thereafter to his eldest son James and his male heirs, by default to his brother Bartholomew or other legitimate heirs of Margery.

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Summoned to Parliament of 1376

Arnald married Joan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]