Reportedly he is listed as the son of John St Leger and Margery Donnett in a Visitation of Kent (ex inform Brad Verity). True. in the 1574 visit'n.

In the 1564 Vis’n of Devon he is listed as of |nnery, Devon with a son George who m. Anne, dau. of Edmund Knevett of Buckham, Norfolk and these last two had a son John who m. Katherine, 2nd dau. of Geo Neville, lord Bergavenny, and a dau. Katherine who m. George Cortney of Pouderam, Devon.
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