Ursula (Neville) St Leger (abt. 1528 - 1575)

Born about 1528 in Wales [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Warham St Leger — married 1549 in St Martin Ludgate, London, England

Descendants

Died 1575 at about age 47 in England [uncertain]

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Biography

Ursula Neville was the youngest daughter of George Neville, K.G., K.B., by his third wife Mary Stafford.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} Her date of birth is unknown and is estimated. Her birthplace is also unknown. Her father was Lord Bergavenny (in Abergavenny, Wales) from 1512 until his death in 1536. He also held positions and lands in Kent and he was buried there. Ursula could have been born in either place or elsewhere.

Ursula married, as his first wife, Warham Saint Leger, Knt., second but eldest surviving son of Anthony Saint Leger, K.G. and Agnes Warham,^[1][5] about 1550^[6] or perhaps in 1549 at St. Martin, Ludgate, London.^[7] According to Richardson, they had five sons and four daughters, although only the names of one son and one daughter have been adequately proven:

• Anthony,^[6] Knt., died 1603; married Mary Scott and had issue^[1]
• Anne^[6] (or Agnes), married Thomas Digges, Esq.^[1]

Ursula died in 1575. The place of her death and burial are unknown. Warham married second to Emmeline Goldwell^[1][5] by 1577.^[6]

Research Notes

Disputed Daughter

Wife of William Kingsmill: Richardson states that Ursula and Warham St Leger had a daughter (name unknown) who married William Kingsmill.^[1] Some sources state that the wife of William Kingsmill was the daughter of another Warham St Leger (Ursula's husband's nephew of the same name), Warham St Leger (son of William).^[5][8] See the research notes on the profile of Ursula's husband, Warham St Leger

Other Children

The only children of Warham and Ursula known with certainty are Anthony (named in Warham's will) and Anne who married Thomas Digges. Thomas Digges' 1591 will leaves bequests of £50 to his "brothers" George St Leger and William St Leger "who are otherwise unidentified, but appear to have been sons of Sir Warham St Leger".^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Vol. IV. Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013, p. 537, SAINT LEGER 19, Warham Saint Leger
2. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I. pp. 323-325, BERGAVENNY 16, George Neville
3. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. 2nd edition, Vol. III. Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011, pp. 481-484, SAINT LEGER. Google Books.
4. ↑ The Visitations of Kent. Harleian Society Vol. 74, 1923, p.15. Google Books.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4} Last Will and Testament of Sir Warham St Leger, whose daughter Ann St Leger married Thomas Russell, the overseer of the will of William Shakespeare. The Oxford Authorship Site, citing National Archives TNA Prob #11/91/61 Oxford-Shakespeare.com
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3} David Edwards. "St Leger, Sir Warham (1525?–1597), colonist." in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 23 Sep 2004. ODNB($).
7. ↑ England, Boyd's Marriage Indexes 1538-1850. London, England. Warren Sentleger 1549 marriage to Ursula Nevyll. FindMyPast
8. ↑ "Royal Descent of Kingsmill" in The Genealogist, Vol 12. London: George Bell & Sons 1896. pp. 76-78. Archive.org.

• Stemmata St Leodegaria: Pedigree of the St. Leger family compiled by Rev. Edward St. Leger, of Kirton-in-Lindsay, 1862. Held by the Northamptonshire Archives Service. The National Archives

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was re-reviewed for the Magna Carta Project by Thiessen-117 on 30 January 2023.

Ursula (Neville) St Leger is a descendant of Magna Carta Surety Barons Hugh le Bigod, Roger le Bigod, Gilbert de Clare, Richard de Clare, John de Lacy, John FitzRobert and Saher de Quincy in trails badged by the Magna Carta Project to Gateway Ancestors Saint Leger Codd (badged 2019) and Warham Horsmanden (badged May 2020). See the trails HERE (Horsmanden) and HERE (Codd).

Ursula (Neville) St Leger also appears in badged trails from the surety barons named above to Gateway Ancestor Edward Digges. These trails are outlined in the Magna Carta Trails section of the Gateway's profile.

See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".