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Monument to Sir Thomas St.Leger & Anne of York

Sir Thomas St. Leger was executed at Exeter in 1483 and his body interred in St. George's Chapel, Windsor, alongside that of his wife, Anne Duchess of Exeter. No mention is made of his ignominious end on the copper plate fixed to the wall of their chantry, now called the Rutland Chapel. On a shield above his head are the St. Leger arms. The Plantagenet arms appear on the shield above his wife Anne's, head and the inscription reads : Wythin thys Chappell lyethe beryed Anne Duchess of Exetur suster unto the noble kyng Edward the forte. And also the body of syr Thomas Sellynger knyght her husband whych hathe funde wythin thys College a Chauntre wyth too prestys sy'gyng for eu'more. On whose soule god haue mercy. The wych Anne duchess dyed in the yere of oure lorde M Thowsande CCCC1xxv. The photo of the tomb is that of Sir Thomas's daughter Anne by his wife Anne Duchess of Exeter, and her husband George Manners, eleventh Lord Ros and their tomb is known as the Ros tomb. The tomb clearly displays the St. Leger arms. The St. Leger Chantry was restyled the Rutland Chapel after their descendants.

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