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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