Ursula (St Leger) Horsmanden (abt. 1609 - abt. 1672)

Born about 1609 in Ulcombe, Kent, England

Ancestors

Wife of Daniel Horsmanden — married 27 Aug 1627 in All Saints Church, Ulcombe, Kent, England

Descendants

Died about 1672 at about age 63 in Ulcombe, Kent, England

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Ursula Saint Leger is in trails badged by the Magna Carta Project to several surety barons (see text below).

Biography

Ursula was born in 1609 at Ulcombe, Kent, the daughter of Warham St Leger and Mary Hayward.^[1]

She and Daniel Horsmanden received on 9 August 1627 a licence to marry^[2] and were wed 27 August 1627 in All Saints Church at Ulcombe, Kent.^[3] She was 18 years of age, and Daniel was about 44 (his birth year was incorrectly listed in their marriage record as being 1587, but he was baptised in 1583).^[4] They had six children:

1. Warham Horsmanden, bp. 5 Sep 1628^[5]
2. Mary Horsmanden, bp. 20 Sep 1631^[6]
3. Richard Horsmanden, bp. 31 Oct 1632^[7]
4. Anthony Horsmanden, bp. 25 Apr 1635^[8]
5. David Horsmanden^[1]
6. Susanna Horsmanden Chapman^[1]

Ursula's husband was a well respected scholar and cleric, but he was also an outspoken royalist. In 1643 he was sequestered by parliament for affirming that "the late Deputy of Ireland was put to death wrongfully, and was sacrificed as our Saviour Christ was, to give people content."^[9] He was evicted from his position as Vicar of Ulcombe and fined heavily, as well as being accused publicly of other offences such as "malicious actions toward parliament" and "having an aversion to weekday sermons." ^[9] The impact of the sequestration was enormous on his family. They struggled financially for years afterward and never fully recovered.

Ursula Horsmanden outlived her husband by about sixteen years. There is some indication that, in the year following Daniel's death, she may have gone to Virginia to live with her oldest son Warham and his young family.^[10] If that was the case, she almost certainly returned to England with them sometime after 1660. She died in 1672 and was buried 18 October 1672 at All Saints Church in Ulcombe, Kent, where her family had worshiped for generations.^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), volume III, page 483, SAINT LEGER 16.i:Ursula Saint Leger.
2. ↑ Britain, Marriage Licences. Ursula Sentleger. Age: 18; Birth year: 1609; Licence date: 9 Aug 1627; Residence: Ulcombe; Marital status: Single; Spouse: Daniel Horsmanden; Spouse's age: 40; Spouse's birth year: 1587; Spouses's marital status: Bachelor; Spouse's residence: Goudhurst; Place: Ulcombe; County: Kent; Country: England; Volume title: Canterbury Marriage Licences Vol. Ii 1619-1660; Archive: College of Arms; Record set: Britain, Marriage Licences; Category: Birth, Marriage, Death and Parish records, Subcategory: Parish Marriages. https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FCOA%2FMARRLICENCE%2F00122227%2F2
3. ↑ Kent Marriages and Banns. Ursula St Leger. Birth year: 1609; Age: 18; Residence: Ulcombe; Marriage date: 27 Aug 1627; Marriage place: Ulcombe, All Saints; Spouse: Dan Horsmonden; Spouse's birth year: 1587; Spouse's age: 40; Spouse's occupation: clerk; Spouse's residence: Goudhurst; Notes: he abt 40, vicar shown as Horsmanden; she abt 18, d. of Sir Warham Knt; County: Kent; Country: England; Archive: Canterbury Cathedral Archives; Record set: Kent Marriages and Banns; Category: Birth, Marriage, Death and Parish records; Subcategory: Parish marriages. https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FEASTKENT%2FMAR%2F015048%2F2
4. ↑ Kent Baptisms. Daniel Horsmanden. Baptism date: 16 Mar 1583; Baptism place: Lenham, St Mary; Father: Richard; Parent's occupation: Minister; County: Kent; Country: England; Record source: Lenham Baptisms 1558-1911; Record set: Kent Baptisms; Category: Birth, Marriage, Death and Parish records; Subcategory: Parish baptisms. https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FB%2F82230534%2F1
5. ↑ Kent Baptisms. Warhamus Horsmanden. Baptism date: 5 Sep 1628; Baptism place: Ulcombe, All Saints; Father's first name: Danielis; County: Kent; Country: England; Archive: Kent History and Library Centre; Archive reference: P376/1/A/1; Register type: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials; Year range: 1560-1643; page: 16; Record set: Kent Baptisms; Category: Birth, Marriage, Death and Parish Records; Subcategory: Parish baptisms. https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=PRS%2FKENT%2FBAP%2F0869275
6. ↑ Kent Baptisms. Maria Horsmanden. Baptism date: 20 Sep 1631; Baptism place: Ulcombe, All Saints; Father: Danielis; County: Kent; Country: England; Archive: Kent History and Library Centre; Archive reference: P376/1/A/1; Register type: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials; Year range: 1560-1648; Page: 17; Record set: Kent baptisms; Category: Birth, Marriage, Death and Parish records; Subcategory: Parish baptisms. https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=PRS%2FKENT%2FBAP%2F0869317
7. ↑ Kent Baptisms. Richardus Horsmanden. Baptism date: 31 Oct 1632; Baptism place: Ulcombe, All Saints; Father: Danielis; County: Kent; Country: England; Archive: Kent History and LIbrary Centre; Archive reference: P376/1/A/1; Register type: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials; Year range: 1560-1643; Page: 17; Record set: Kent Baptisms; Category: Birth, Marriage, Death and Parish records; Subcategory: Parish baptisms. https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=PRS%2FKENT%2FBAP%2F0869332
8. ↑ Kent Baptisms. Antonius Horsmanden. Baptism date: 25 Apr 1635; Baptism place: Ulcombe, All Saints; Father: Danielis; Mother: Ursula; County: Kent; Country: England; Archive: Kent History and Library Centre; Archive reference: P376/1/A/1; Register type: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials; Year range: 1560-1643; Page: 17; Record set: Kent baptisms; Category: Birth, Marriage, Death and Parish records; Subcategory: Parish baptisms. https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=PRS%2FKENT%2FBAP%2F086937
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} White, John. The First Century of Scandalous and Malignant Priests. Blackfriars, London: George Miller Printers, 1643 (reprinted 1943), pp. 36-37, available online.
10. ↑ United States, Transatlantic Migration Indexes. Ursula Horsmanden. Migration year: 1657; Principal's name: Warham Horsmanden; Relationship: Mother; Spouse: Rev. Daniel Horsmanden; State: Virginia; Country: US; Title: Some Emigrants to Virginia, 2nd ed; Author: Stanard; Collection: United States, Transatlantic Migration; Record set: United States, Transatlantic Migration Indexes; Category: Trave and Migration; Subcategory: Migration. https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=US%2FGPC%2F00135314
11. ↑ Kent Burials. Ursula Horsmanen. Burial date: 18 Oct 1672; Burial place: Ulcombe, All Saints; Residence: Maidsrone [sic]; Country: England; Archive: Kent History and Library Centre; Archive reference: P376/1/A/2; Register type: Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths and Burials; Year range: 1643-1812; Record set: Kent burials; Category: Birth, Marriage, Death and Parish records; Subcategory: Parish burials. https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcr ipt?id=PRS%2FKENT%2FBUR%2F0590839

See also:

• All Saints Church, Ulcombe

• Browning, Charles Henry. Americans of Royal Descent. Genealogical Publishing Company, 1969, p. 54 available online.

• Faris, David. Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth Century Colonists. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1996, p. 245. Discovered in Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists - https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/19534895?h=e94432

• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), volume IV, p. 538, SAINT LEGER 21.i. Ursula Saint Leger.

• Wikivisually. The St Leger Family. available online.

• Word Heritage Encyclopedia, entry for St Leger Family available online.

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was reviewed/approved for the Magna Carta Project by Michael Cayley on 26 March 2020.

Ursula is the mother of Gateway Ancestor Warham Horsmanden. Ursula appears in Magna Carta Ancestry in a Richardson-documented, project-approved/badged trail (reviewed in 2020 by a Magna Carta Project member) from Warham to Magna Carta Surety Baron Robert de Vere (vol. III, pages 481-484 SAINT LEGER). This profile is also a part of trails reviewed/approved in 2015 by the Magna Carta project from her sister, Gateway Katherine St Leger, to several other surety barons, including: Saher de Quincy, Hugh le Bigod, Roger le Bigod, Gilbert de Clare, Richard de Clare, John Fitz Robert, and John de Lacy. All these trails can be viewed in the Magna Carta Trails section of her son's profile.

Richardson's Magna Carta Ancestry (volume I, page 171, footnote 107) notes that Gateway Ancestors St. Leger Codd, Edward Digges, Warham Horsmanden, and Katherine Saint Leger are descendants of Warham and Ursula (Neville) Saint Leger.

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".