LEGER

SAINT LEGER. The St. Legers came from Caen in Normandy (Chron. of Battel Abbey, p. 59), and a family tradition asserts that the patriarch, Robert, was not only present at William's inva,sion in 1066, but actually supported him with his hand as he quitted the ship I There are six places bearing this name mentioned in the Itin. de la Normandie. Its latinization is De Sancto Leodegario — its corruption, Sellinger.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.