robably related to the Vicomte de Chartres.
Fought at the Battle of Hastings. Robert St. Leger also owned
lands near to Avranches. He was already a large landowner in
Sussex - England BEFORE the Norman Conquest, and is also thought
to be of the family of Robert - Count of Eu in France - St. Leger
family derive their French tithes. Thought to be, with the de
Clare family, descended from Robert, 1st Duke of Normandy. Was
Master of the Chase. With William the Conqueror at Seige of
Exeter 1068, Brompton Regis. Lord of St. Leger en Yveslines/Saint
Leger des Aubees. [THELMA.GED]
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