heriff of Devon in 1560. M.P. for Arundel, Sussex, where he also owned important lands in 1563. Went to Ireland in 1567 & 1569 in the reign of Elisabeth 1st, his cousin, at the time of the revolt of O’Neill. An enigmatic and obscure document states that the Queen "gave" to her Lieutenant John St. Leger "certain lands" joining the castles where her garrisons were occupied by the Butlers. He was to supply eight hundred men to lay siege to the castles. Had the Queen given her cousin a free hand to try and regain his Irish lands? [THELMA.GED]

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