St18. Sir Oliver St. John of Penmark, b c 1400/14 later of Bletsho d 1437 Penmark, Gloucestershire, m Margaret de Beauchamp b 1410, d 08.08.1482, dau of John de Beauchamp, 3rd Lord of Bletsho

+1 Sir John Beauchamp 3rd Lord of Bletsho m Elizabeth Stourton

St17

Sir John St. John of Blethso or Bletso b c 1450 Alice Bradshaigh/Bradshaw dau of Sir Thomas Bradshaigh of Haigh

St16

Sir John St. John of Bletso b 30 Mar 1450 Bletso Bedford d 30 Mar 1525 Langstone Glamorganshire m Sibyl verch Morgan b c 1462 Langstone d c 1502 Coity Bridgend Glamorganshire dau of Morgan ap Jenkins ap Philip

St15-1

Sir John St. John of Bletso m Margaret Waldegrave dau of Sir William Waldegrave of Smallbridge

a.

Oliver St. John, 1st Lord of Bletso d before 23.05.1582 m1 before 01.1548-9 Agnes Fisher dau/heir of Sir John Fisher, son of Sir Michael of Clifton

1

John St. John, 2nd Lord of Bletso d 23.10.1596 m Catherine Dormer d 23.03.1614-5, sister of Robert Dormer, 1st Lord

A

Anne St. John m William Howard, 'Lord Effingham' dvp 28.11.1615

2

Oliver St. John, 3rd Lord of Bletso bur 28.06.1618 m Dorothy Rede d 1605, dau of Sir John Rede of Boddington Bodington

A

Oliver St. John, 4th Lord, 1st Earl of Bolingbroke d 06.1646 m 04.1602 Elizabeth Paulet bur 26.10.1655, dau of William Paulet

i

Oliver St. John, Lord dvp Edgehill 23/4.10.1642 m Arabella Egerton dau of John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgewater

a

Frances St. John

m Sir William Beecher of Howberry

b

Elizabeth St. John m George Bennett of Cotsback Cotesbach

The following connection was kindly brought to our attention by a site visitor DS, 14.04.07.

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St. John Bennett of Welby m Mary Middleton dau of Sir Thomas Middleton, 1st Bart of Chirk Castle, by Mary Cholmondeley

A

Anne Bennett m Thomas Hartopp of Quorndon

c

Arabella St. John m 1651 Sir Edward Wyse of Sydenham

d

Dorothy St. John m Francis Charlton of Apley a 1626

ii

Sir Paulet St. John dvp m Elizabeth Vaughan dau of Sir Rowland Vaughan of the Spital

a

Oliver St. John, 2nd Earl of Bolingbroke, 5th Lord dsp 18.03.1687-8

m 24.11.1654 Frances Cavendish dau of William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle

b

Paulet St. John, 3rd Earl of Bolingbroke, 6th Lord d unm 05/17.10.1711

iii

Francis St. John d unm

iv

Anthony St. John

m dau of Kensham of Tameford

v

Dorothy St. John

m sp John Carey, 2nd Earl of Dover b c1608, d 1677

B

Sir Anthony St. John 'of Fonmon Castle, Glamorganshire' dsp sb dspm!

m Aubrey widow of Sir William Herbert

i

Dorothy St. John d 1655, heir apparently of this generation

m Sir John Booth b 1610, d 09.05.1678, Colonel

C

Sir Alexander St. John

m Margaret Tyre dsp 27.08.1666, dau of John Tyre

D

Sir Rowland St. John d 08.1645

m Sybilla Vaughan dau of John Vaughan of Hargast

Ancestors of 7th and later Lords St. John of Bletso.

E

Sir Beauchamp St. John d 1631

m Rebecca Hawkins dau of _ Hawkins of Tilbrook

F

Dorothy St. John apparently of this generation

m Edward Bourchier, 4th Earl of Bath d 1636

G

Anne Agnes St. John 4th dau apparently of this generation

m Sir Robert Chernocke of Hulcote d 26.07.1670

H

Martha St. John probably of this generation

m Periam Dockwra of Putteridge a 1634

3

Thomas St. John m Jane Neale

A

Oliver St. John of Cayshoe b 14 Jan 1575 Keysoe Bedford d there 23 Mar 1626 m Sarah Buckley/Bulkeley b c 1574 ?Odell Bedford d 1611 Keysoe Bedford dau of

+1 Rev Edward Buckley of Odell b 1540 Woore Market Drayton Shropshie d 5 Jan 1620 Odell Bedford m Olive Irby b c 1547 Gosberton Lincoln d by 10 Mar 1615 Odell Bedford

+2 +2 John Irby d 1553 MP m Rose Overton b 1522 Clerkenwell MDX d by 16 May 1579

i

Sir Oliver St. John of Longthorpe 'lord chief justice of the Common Pleas'

m1 Joane Altham dau/heir of Sir James not John Altham of Latton & Mark Hall, Essex

a

Francis St. John of Cambridge then Lincoln's Inn MP

m1 Mary Wakeridge dau of Dionysius Wakeridge of Kelvedon

1

Oliver St. John d unm

m2 Mary Foorth dau of Dannett Foorth, alderman of London

2

Sir Francis St. John, Sheriff of Northamptonshire, Bart of Longthorpe d 09.1756

m Mary Gould dau of Sir Nathaniel Gould

A

Frances St. John

B

Mary St. John d 21.09.1793

m 01.1736/7 Sir John Bernard, Bart of Brampton d 15.12.1766

3

Mary St. John

m Samuel Browne of Arlesey

4+

other issue - William d young, Oliver d unm, Walter in London, Johanna d young, Elizabeth

b

William St. John d unm

c

Johanna St. John

m c1651 Sir Walter St. John of Battersea, 3rd Bart of Lydiard Tregoze d 03.07.1708

d

Catherine St. John

m Henry St. John of Tandragee brother of Sir Walter

m2 Elizabeth Cromwell dau of Henry Cromwell of Upwood

e

Oliver St. John

m Elizabeth Hammond of Kent

f

Elizabeth St. John

m Sir John Bernard, Bart of Brampton d 06.1679

ii+

other issue - John d unm, Elizabeth

4

Judith St. John

m John Pelham of Laughton, Sussex d 13.10.1580

5

Martha St. John

m1 Richard Cheney of Sussex

m2 John Colbrand of Boreham, Sussex

m3. George Wingate

6

Anne St. John

m1 Robert not Andrew Corbet of Salop d 1583

m2 Sir Rowland Lytton of Knebworth

7

Margart St. John

m Nicholas Luke of Woodend, Bedfordshire

8

Elizabeth St. John probably of this generation

m 1614 Sir William Becher of Howberry d before 02.04.1641

9+

other issue - Francis, Margery, Agnes

m2 Elizabeth

b.

Alice St. John

m Edmund Elmes of Lilford Lylford

c.

Anne St. John

m Richard Dennys of Dereham

d.

Margaret St. John d 27.08.1562

m1 Sir John Gostwick of Willington

m2 Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford b 1527, d 28.07.1585

e.

Margery St. John

m1 Henry Grey, younger of Kent b 1520, dvp 1545

m2 Francis Pigott of Whaddon

p. Anne Nevell dau of Thomas Nevell of Cotterstock, son of William of Holte

f.

Cressyd Cressett St. John

m John Boteler of Sharnbrooke

g.

Jane St. John

m John Gascoigne of Carington

h.

Mary St. John

m John Hervey or Harvey of Thurley

i.+

other issue - Charles, daughter

St15-2

Sir Oliver St. John of Sharnebrook, Bedfordshire The following comes from Visitation Bedfordshire, 1566, St. John of Sharnebrook. m Mary FitzGeffrey dau of William FitzGeffrey of Thurly Thurleigh

St15-2-1

Margaret St. John m Thomas Cobbe of Sharnebrook

St15-2-2

Alice St. John m Anthony Pollard uncle of Sir John Pollard

St15-2-3

Elizabeth St. John m William Goodfellow of Pavenham

St15-2-4+

other issue - John dsp, George, Henry, Thomas, Francis, Margery

eSt15

Alexander St. John of Thorley/Thurleigh in Bedfordshire not Hertfordshire b c 1497 Keysoe Bedfordshire d 1551 Thurley Bedfordshire 1 BE1883 reports that Alexander had a great-grandson Oliver who was 'lord chief justice of the Common Pleas'. Assuming that there were not two such Olivers, we follow BP1934 St. John which shows him as a descendant of the 1st Lord. The following comes from Visitation Bedfordshire, 1566, St. John of Thurleigh. m Jane Dalyson b c 1510 Keysoe Bedfords d 1551 Bedfords dau of wid of Thomas Leventhorpe

+1 George Dalyson of Cranesley, of Shinglehall b 1490 Cranesley Northamptons m Jane Lenthroppe b 1503 Shinglehall Hertfords d 1548 Bedfords

+2 Lord Johnathon Ii de Dalyson of Cranesley b 1472 Cranesley Kettering d there 1527 +2 Sir Johnathon Lenthroppe Lady Mary Anne de Poyser

St14-1

Oliver St. John b 1565 d 1626 m Margaret Eston dau of Thomas Eston of Holme, widow of John Gooderick of Doddington

St14-2

Alice St. John dsp m John Clopton of Bedfordshire

St14

Sir Henry Alexanderson St John St. John b 11 Oct 1545 Keysoe Bedford d there 28 Jun 1598 m Jane Neale b 1 Feb 1549 London d 7 Sep 1618 Keysoe Bedfords

+1 Thomas Neale, Jr b c 1495 Aylesbury Bucks d 1551 Yelden Bedford son of m Goditha Throckmorton b 1520 Yelden Bedford d 1569 Bedford

+2 Thomas Neale b c 1480 Ellesbrough/Aylesbury, Bucks d there 1532 m Emalynn de Chesire +2 Sir Richard Throckmort0n of Higham Ferrers m Johanna/Joan Beaufo

St13

Hon Sir Oliver St. John of Cayshoe b 14 Jan 1565 Keysoe Bedfgords d there 23 Mar 1626 m Sarah Bulkeley c 1574 ?Odell Bedfords d 1611 Keysoe Bedfords dau of

+1 Rev Edward Bulkely b 1532 Woore Mucclestone Shrops d 5 Jan 1621 Bedfords and Olive Irby b 1547 d 1614

St12-1

Kathryn St. John

St12-2

Sir Oliver St John, Chief Justice

St12-3

Dorothy St John b 1602 Keysoe m Richard Westland

St12

Elizabeth St John b c 1580 m Rev Samuel Whiting Wh12 b 20 Nov 1597 Boston Lincoln m dau of

St12-5

Judith St John b c 1605 Keysoe d 1674 m John Percival

St12-6

Edward St John b 20 Jul 1606 Keysoe

St15-4

Elizabeth St. John m1/2. Sir Thomas Rotheram of Someries

This may have been the Elizabeth who also, allegedly married ...

m2/1. Sir John Zouche of Codnor

St15-5

Alice St. John bur 23.11.1553 m before 1505 Henry Parker, 1st Lord Morley b by 1486, d 27.11.1556

St15-6

Margaret St. John m Sir Thomas Gamage of Coity

St15-7

Sibilla St. John m Sir Robert Kirkham of Warmington

St15-8.

Catherine St. John m1 Griffin Rhese

-1

m2 Sir Peter Edgecombe of Mount Edgecombe

B.

Anne St. John

m 1493 Henry de Clifford, 10th Lord b 1454, d 23.04.1523

C.

Eleanor St. John probably of this generation

m Sir John Zouche of Codnor Castle

D.

daughter

2.

Oliver St. John of Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire d before 10.04.1497

m Elizabeth Scroope d 12.06.1503, dau of Henry Scoope, 4th Lord of Bolton

A.

Sir John St. John of Lydiard Tregoze b 1473, d 1512

m Joan Iwarby dau of Sir John Iwarby of Quainton and Farley-Chamberlayne

i.

John St. John of Lydiard Tregoze and Farley-Chamberlayne b 1504-5, d 05.04.1576

m1 Margaret Carew dau of Sir Richard Carew of Beddington

a.

Nicholas St. John of Lydiard Tregoze d 1589

m Elizabeth Blount dau of Sir Richard Blount of Maple Durham

1

Sir John St. John of Lydiard Tregoze

m Lucy Hungerford dau of Sir Walter Hungerford of Farley

A

Sir John St. John, 1st Bart of Lydiard Tregoze and Battersea, Sheriff of Wiltshire d 1648

m1 Anne Leighton d 1628, dau of Sir Thomas Leighton of Feckenham

m2 Margaret widow of Sir Richard Grubham

B

Barbara St. John bur 16.09.1672

m Sir Edward Villiers d 07.09.1626

C

Jane St. John apparently of this generation

m1 Robert Attye

m2 Sir Charles Pleydell of Midgehill a 1618

D

Lucy St. John apparently of this generation

m 23.10.1615 Sir Allen Apsley b 1582, d 24.06.1630

2

Oliver St. John, 1st Viscount Grandison dsp 30.12.1630

The Viscounty passed to his grand-nephew, William Villiers.

3

Richard St. John

4

Eleanor St. John probably of this generation

m Sir Thomas Cave of Stanford

5

Elizabeth St. John probably of this generation

m 1575 Sir Richard St. George of Hatley St. George d 17.05.1635, Clarenceaux King of Arms

6

Jane St. John probably of this generation b c 1550 m Robert Nicholas of Manningford Bruce

-1 Oliver Nicholas, heir and Cupbearer to James I in 1623, m. Maria, dau of Sir Edward Wardoar CIK of Pells and had Edward Nicholas of Maningford Bruce, who m. May dau. of Thomas Lane and had Edward Nicholas of the Inner Temple. -2 Lucia Nicholas, m. John Doily/d'Oilye -3 Elizabeth Nicholas, m John Henbery of East Orchard, Dorset -4 Katherine Nicholas bur 04.12.1678 m Sir Thomas Brodrick of Wandsworth b c1596, bur 04.02.1642 -5 Edward Nicholas alive in 1623, m Dorothy, dau. of Roger Waldron (Wallrond)(?and Elizabeth Blicke) of Alborne (Awborne), Wilts. about 1622 -6 Robert Nicholas -7 John Nicholas -8 Jasper Nicholas

-1-1 Edward Nicholas of Maningford Bruce m May dau. of Thomas Lane -5 Oliver Nicholas, son and heir at 18 months, m ?Frances Reeve, 25 May 1648 -8-1+ 2 sons that died without issue

-1-1-1 Edward Nicholas of Maningford Bruce, admitted to the Inner Temple.

m2 Elizabeth Whettle dau of Sir Richard Whettle or Whetehill of Calais

b.

William St. John of Farley-Chamberlayne b 01.08.1538, d 18.04.1609

m Barbara Gore bur 03.01.1613-4, dau of Thomas Gore of Nether Wallop

1

Henry St. John of Farley-Chamberlayne and Norton St. Valery b 1568-9, d 1621

m Ursula Stukeley dau of Hugh Stukeley of Marsh

A

John St. John of Farley-Chamberlayne and Norton St. Valery d 07.09.1627

m Susannah Gifforde d 05.05.1628, dau of Sir Richard Gifforde of King's Somborne

i

John St. John d infant 26.02.1628

B

Oliver St. John of Farley-Chamberlayne b 27.09.1608, d 31.07.1665

m Constance Dawley d 14.09.1666, dau of Walter Dawley of Ibsley

2

Barbara St. John

m 1585 Thomas Worsley of Appuldercombe b 1563, d 1604

B.

Elizabeth St. John d 28.06.1516

m1 Gerald 'More' FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare, Lord Deputy of Ireland d 03.09.1513

m2 Sir John Wallop dsp 07.1551

C.

Eleanor St. John

m sp Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquess of Dorset

D.

Margaret St. John, lay abbess of Shaftesbury

3.

Edith St. John

m Sir Geoffrey Pole

4.

Elizabeth St. John b c1448 Bledsoe Bedfords d c 4 Jul 1493 m1 William Zouche, Lord of Haringworth

-1 Elizabeth la Zouche, Countess of Kildare b c 1479 Kildare Co Kildare d 6 Oct 1517 m Gerald FitzGerald 9th Earl of Kildare -2 John Zouche b c1453 m Margaret Willoughby

-1-1 Mary FitzGerald b 1515 d 1596 m Brian O'Connor -1-2 Ellis FitzGerald m James Fleming, 9th Lord Slane -1-3 "Silken Thomas" Fitzgerald, 10th Earl of Kildare b c 1513 d 3 Feb 1537 Tower of London m Frances Fortescue b Stonor Oxon dau of Sir Adrian Fortescue and Anne -1-4 Lady Cecilia FitzGerald -1-5 Catherine FitzGerald b c 1510 Co Kildare d aft 7 Apr 1547 m1 Richard St. Lawrence, 7th or 6th Baron Howth m2 Sir Jenico Preston, 3rd Viscount Gormanston -2-1 George Zouche, Esq of Codnor -2-2 Elizabeth/Mary Zouche m1 Sir John Gifford m2 Sir Anthony Neville MP

-1-1-1 Gerald O'Connor -1-5-1 Catherine Preston m Thomas Fleming 15th of Slane, 10th Lord b 1530 Stephenstown Co Meath d 09.11.1597 -1-5-2 Sir Christopher Preston, 4th Viscount Gormanston -1-5-3 Martin Preston -1-5-4 Elizabeth Preston m Nugent -1-5-5 Eleanor Preston m Bathe -1-5-6 Lady of Navan Elizabeth Preston m Nangle -1-5-7 Lady Slane Catherine Fleming -1-5-8 Lady Dunamon Mary Preston m Fitzwilliam -1-5-9 Lady of Drumcondra Ellen Preston m Bathe -1-5-10 Lady Genet Fitzgerald -1-5-11 Hugh Preston -2-2-1 John Giffard -2-2-2 Ann Giffard -2-2-3 George Neville -2-2-4 Alexander Neville

-1-1 -1-5-1-1 Catherine Fleming b 1556 Co Meath IRE d 8 Dec 1597 m Pierce Butler b 1552 Slane Co Meath d 1601 Dedham Essex

-1-1 -1-5-1-1-1 Helena Butler b 1575 Ardee Co Louth d there 1616 dau of Pierce Butler and Catherine Fleming b 1566 Slane Co Meath Leinster d 9 Dec 1597 m Sir Owen O'Sullivan, Beara b 1569 Dunboy Castle Co Cork d there 31 Aug 1616 -1-5-1-1-2 Edmund Butler of Duiske -1-5-1-1-3 Elizabeth Butler m Gerald Blanchville

m2 Sir John le Scrope, 5th Lord of Bolton b 22.07.1435, d 17.08.1498

5.

Mary St. John m Sir Richard Tregonwell/ Frognall

Alice Frognall, b Abt. 1471 m 1492 Sir William VIII Gascoigne b about 1470

-1 William Gascoigne of Gawthorpe b about 1490 m Margaret FitzWilliam dau of Sir Thomas not William FitzWilliam of Aldwarke -2 Sir Henry Gascoigne of Sedbury m Elizabeth or Isabel Boynton b by 1479, d 1544/5, dau of Sir Henry Boynton of Sedbury -3 Marmaduke Gascoigne of Kaley 4th son m Jone Redman dau of Richard Redman of Harwood -4 Margaret Gascoigne m Thomas Mydelton of Stockhyll -5 Elsabeth Gascoigne m1 Robert Ryther m2 Richard Redman of Harwood Castle -6 George Gascoigne dsp, -7 Anne Gascoigne -8 Sir John Gascoigne m Barbara -9 William Gascoigne -10 Brydget Gascoigne

6.

Margaret St. John d 1492, lay abbess

7.

Agnes St. John

m David Malpas of Cheshire

Ssources: BP1934 St. John, BE1883 St. John of Bolingbroke, BP1934 Bolingbroke, BEB1841 St. John of Longthorpe, Visitation Huntingdonshire, 1613, St. John, Visitation Bedfordshire, 1566, St. John of Blethsoe + BP1934 Mildmay
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