Sir Warham St Leger (Wenham) 
Warham was born in 1525. Warham's father was Anthony St Leger and his mother was Agnes Warham. His paternal grandparents were Ralph St Leger III and Ann Prophet; his maternal grandparents were Hugh Warham and Maryon Colles. He had two brothers named William and Anthony. He died at the age of 74 in 1599 in Cork, Ireland.General Notes
In 1547 Warham St. Leger may have served with Somerset's invasion of Scotland; he was a prisoner there until January 1549-50 when he was ransomed for £100.
In 1553 he fought against Wyatt's supporters in Kent and might have served under his father during Mary's reign.
In 1558 he inherited Leeds Caste and the manor of Ulcombe from his father. He also owned St. Leger House in Southwark.
He was appointed Commissioner to transfer to England Bale's manuscripts and books in 1559.
In 1560 he was elected Sheriff of Kent
He was a member of the Irish Privy Council
Warham was knighted in July, 1565. After he was Knighted, he took a prominent part in Irish affairs. He was recalled from Ireland in November 1568.
In 1569 St. Leger returned to England, staying either at his house in Southwark of Leeds Castle, Kent, where from 1570 to 1572 he had custody of Desmond and his family. He left his wife at Carrigaline, County Cork, a manor he held of Desmond; during his absence it was ravaged by the rebels. He sold his Leeds Priory and other Kentish properties in 1573. He remained in England until 1579, when his repeated petitions for employment and reward were answered by his appointment as provost-marshal of Munster, a new office, the functions of which seem to have been purely military. In this capacity St. Leger was actively engaged against the irish rebels for ten years.
On April 7, 1583 he was appointed an assistant to to the court of high commission in Ireland, and in the following year he visited England. While there he accused Thomas Butler, tenth Earl of Ormonde, of treason, and laid before the Queen proposals for the better government of Ireland. In November 1589 he was succeeded, probably on account of his old age, as provost-marshal by George Thornton, but in 1590 he was governing Munster in the absence of the vice-president.
His will is located in the Herald's College, London, England.
He was a barrister, and studied at Gray's Inn.
Children
1. Anne ST. LEGER b: 1555 in Kent,England
2. Anthony ST. LEDGER b: Abt 1557
3. Nicholas ST. LEDGER b: Abt 1559
4. Jane ST. LEGER b: 1562 in England
5. Henry ST. LEDGER b: Abt 1564
6. William ST. LEGER b: Abt 1564 in England
7. George ST. LEGER b: Abt 1566 in Kent,England
8. Mary ST. LEGER b: Abt 1568
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1400 in Ulcombe, Kent, England d.16 May 1442 in Ulcombe, Kent, England
- b.~ 1430 in Ulcombe, Kent, England d.1470 in Ulcombe, Kent, England
- b.~ 1405 in Rainham, Kent, England d.> 1442 in Ulcombe, Kent, England
- b.~ 1458 in Filleigh, South Moultry, Devons, England
- b.~ 1375 in Heron, East Horndon, Essex, England d.02 Apr 1437 in Heron, East Horndon, Essex, England
- b.~ 1432 in Sussex, England
- b.~ 1380 in Coggeshall, Essex, England d.> 1422 in Heron, East Horndon, Essex, England
- b.~ 1478 in Ulcombe, Kent, England d.<26 Oct 1519
- b. in Bishopsbourne, Kent, England d. in Waddenhall, Waltham, Kent, England
- b. in Waltham, Kent, England d.08 Apr 1487
- b.1404 in Grafton, Northamptonshire, England
- b.~ 1458 in Heron, East Horndon, Essex, England
- b.< 1397 in Heron, East Horndon, Essex, England d.28 Mar 1476
- b.< 1414 d.>15 May 1475
- b.~ 1496 d.16 Mar 1559
- b.1525 d.1599 in Cork, Ireland
- b.~ 1430 in Malshanger, Church Oakley, Hampshire, England
- b.1456 in Malshanger, Church Oakley, Hampshire, England
- b.~ 1434 in Denton, Sussex, England
- b.1504 in Croydon, Surrey, England d.08 Mar 1558 in Ulcombe, Kent, England
- b.~ 1434
- b.~ 1460 in Ulcombe, Kent, England
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