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ST. JOHN, Oliver I (c.1583-1646), of Bletsoe, Beds. of Abbot’s Ripton, Hunts. and St. Bartholomew-the-Great, London

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b. c. 1583, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Oliver, 3rd Bar. St. John† of Bletsoe and Dorothy, da. and h. of John Rede† of Boddington, Glos.;Vis. Beds. (Harl. Soc. xix), 194. bro. of Sir Alexander*, Sir Anthony*, Sir Beauchamp*, Sir Henry* and Sir Rowland*. educ. Peterhouse, Camb. c.1595; G. Inn 1597. Al. Cant.; GI Admiss. m. settlement 21 Apr. 1602, Elizabeth (bur. 26 Oct. 1655), da. and h. of William Poulett of Yelden, Beds. and M. Temple, 4s. 3da. Beds. RO, SJ.1; Bletsoe ed. F.G. Emmison (Beds. par. reg. xxiv), 25; C142/207/111; Vis. Hunts. ed. H. Ellis (Cam. Soc. xliii), 2. cr. KB 2 June 1610; Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 158. suc. fa. as 4th Bar. St. John 1618; cr. earl of Bolingbroke 28 Dec. 1624. C142/376/126; CP. d. bet. 5 June-3 July 1646. A. and O. i. 853; PROB 6/21, f. 72. sig. O[liver] St. John.
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Commr. depopulation, Hunts. 1607, C205/5/1. sewers, Gt. Fens 1609 – 31, 1646; C181/2, ff. 83, 282, 320v, 330; 181/3, f. 35v; 181/4, ff. 19v, 29; 181/5, f. 268v. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. 1617–36;C181/2, f. 265; C231/5, p. 214. recorder and j.p., Bedford 1618 – 36, j.p., Beds. and Hunts. 1618 – 26, 1628–d.; C231/4, ff. 73–4, 228, 261; 231/5, p. 223. ld. lt. (jt.) Hunts. 1619 – 27, 1629–36, Sainty, Lords Lieutenants, 24. Beds. (parl.) 1642–d.; Add. ch. 33168A-B; A. and O. i. 1. commr. subsidy, Beds. 1621 – 22, 1624, Forced Loan 1626, C212/22/20–3; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 144. charitable uses 1635,C93/15/21. cts. martial, London and Westminster 1644. A. and O. i. 487.

Adventurer, Bedford Level 1631–d.; Hunts. RO, D/DM19/3/1. member, Bedford Level corp. 1635. W. Dugdale, Hist. Imbanking and Draining of Divers Fens and Marshes (1772), p. 410.

Commr. gt. seal 1643, assessment arrears 1645, excise fraud 1645, relief of Ire. 1645, heraldry abuses 1646. A. and O. i. 342, 658, 691, 723, 839.

Commr. scandalous offences 1646. Ibid. i. 853.

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ST. JOHN, Oliver I (c.1583-1646), of Bletsoe, Beds. of Abbot’s Ripton, Hunts. and St. Bartholomew-the-Great, London
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ST. JOHN, Sir Henry (1590-c.1642), of Bletsoe, Beds. and St. Bartholomew-the-Great, London

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bap. 26 Apr. 1590,Southill (Beds. par. reg. xii), 8. 6th but 5th surv. s. of Oliver, 3rd Bar. St. John† of Bletsoe (d.1618) and Dorothy, da. of John Rede† of Boddington, Glos.; Vis. Beds. (Harl. Soc. xix), 194. bro. of Sir Alexander*, Sir Anthony*, Sir Beauchamp*, Oliver I* and Sir Rowland*. educ. Queen’s, Camb. 1604; L. Inn 1627. ?; ?unm. Kntd. 1970. Al. Cant.; LI Admiss.; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 173. admon. 11 May 1642. PROB 6/18, f. 126v. sig. Henry St. John.
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Capt., militia horse, Hunts. 1621. SP14/121/93.

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PUREFOY, William (c.1584-1659), of Caldecote, Warws.

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b. c. 1584, C142/680/9. 1st s. of Francis Purefoy of Caldecote and Eleanor, da. of John Baskerville of Curdworth, Warws. Vis. Warws. (Harl. Soc. xii), 255. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 1598; G. Inn 1599; travelled abroad c.1611 (Geneva). Al. Cant.; GI Admiss.; F.L. Colvile, Worthies of Warws. 601. m. 1 Jan. 1609, Borthwick, St. Michael le Belfrey, York par. reg. (with £1,000), Joan, da. and h. of Allan Pinckston of York, Yorks. and wid. of George Abbot (d. 7 Nov. 1607) of York, s.p. Vis. Warws. 255; C142/373/45; 142/680/9; Borthwick, will of George Abbotte, 8 Oct. 1607. suc. fa. 1613, grandfa. 1615. C142/680/9. d. 8 Sept. 1659. Al. Cant.
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?Muster-master, Coventry, Warws. 1617-at least 1622; Coventry Archives, BA/H/C/20/2, pp. 157, 183. commr. mines dispute, Bedworth, Warws. 1624; APC, 1623–5, pp. 210–11. sheriff, Warws. 1630–1, List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 147. j.p. 1632–d.; C231/5, p. 86. commr. swans, Staffs. and Warws. 1635–8, C181/4, f. 199v; 181/5, f. 91. assessment, Warws. 1642 – 44, 1647–9, SR, v. 156; A. and O. i. 94, 543, 976, 1094; ii. 45, 311. Warws. and Coventry 1643, 1645, 1650, 1652, 1657, A. and O. i. 151, 235, 641; ii. 480, 677, 1083. dep. lt. 1642; CJ, ii. 635a. commr. assoc. of Staffs. and Warws. from 1642, sequestration, Warws. 1643, New Model ordinance, Warws. and Coventry 1645, A. and O. i. 54, 116, 620. gaol delivery, Warwick, Warws. and Coventry 1645, C181/5, f. 251. militia, Warws. and Coventry, 1648, July 1659 – d., Leics. July 1659–d., SP28/248; A. and O. ii. 1327, 1334. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. 1654–d., C181/6, pp.15, 370. scandalous ministers, Warws. 1654. A. and O. ii. 975.

Member, cttee. of safety, 1642, LJ, viii. 150b. trade 1643; CJ, ii. 928b. commr. court martial 1644; A. and O. i. 487. member, cttee. plundered ministers 1644, examinations 1644, CJ, iii. 585a, 666b. excise 1645, A. and O. i. 691. reside with Scots army 1646; CJ, iv. 204a. commr. plantations in W. Indies 1646, exclusion from sacrament 1646, 1648; A. and O. i. 840, 854, 1209. member, cttee. estimating cost of Scots army 1646, indemnity of London army officers 1646, indemnity 1647; CJ, iv. 650b, 694b; A. and O. i. 937. commr. sale of bps.’ lands 1648; A. and O. i. 1227. member, cttee. compounding 1649, advance of money 1649; CJ, vi. 107b, 110a. commr. High Ct. of Justice 1649; A. and O. i. 1254. member, Derby House cttee. 1649, CJ, vi. 113b. cttee. Army 1649, 1652, CJ, vi. 113b; A. and O. ii. 64, 562, 689. sale of dean and chapter lands 1649, RN 1649; CJ, vi. 116a, 137b. cllr. of state 1649 – 53, pres. Aug.-Sept. 1652; A. and O. ii. 2, 335, 500; CSP Dom. 1651–2, p. 360; 1652–3, p. 175. member, cttee. for public faith 1649, Irish affairs 1649; CJ, vi. 250a, 266b. commr. security of protector, Eng. and Wales 1656. A. and O. ii. 1040.

Col. horse (parl.) 1643–5, CSP Dom. 1641–3, p. 449; HMC 6th Rep. 59. horse and ft., Warws. 1650. CSP Dom. 1650, p. 507.

Recorder, Coventry 1651–d. Coventry Archives, BA/E/6/37/2, pp. 195, 217.

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PUREFOY, William (c.1584-1659), of Caldecote, Warws.
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ST. JOHN, Sir Beauchamp (1594-1667), of Tilbrook, Beds.

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b. 17 Mar. 1594,Southill (Beds. Par. Reg. xii), 9. 7th but 6th surv. s. of Oliver, 3rd Bar. St. John† of Bletsoe (d.1618) and Dorothy, da. of John Rede† of Boddington, Glos.; Vis. Beds. (Harl. Soc. xix), 194. bro. of Sir Alexander*, Sir Anthony*, Sir Henry*, Sir Oliver I* and Sir Rowland*. educ. Queen’s, Camb. 1610, MA 1613; L. Inn 1613. Al. Cant.; LI Admiss. m. 13 Oct. 1613, Rebecca (bur. 26 Mar. 1631), da. and h. of William Hawkins of Tilbrook, Beds. s.p. C142/429/132/2; Genealogia Bedfordiensis ed. F.A. Blaydes, 291. Kntd. 1970. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 173. d. 8 July – 23 Aug. 1667. sig. Beu[champ] St. John.
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J.p. Beds. 1619 – 26, 1628 – 52, 1660 – d., Hunts. 1624 – 26, 1628-c.59; C231/4, ff. 84, 172, 196, 228, 261; 231/5, p. 215; C193/12/3, 193/13/3–6; C220/9/4. dep. lt. Hunts. at least 1624–5; C231/4, f. 173; Add. ch. 33168B. commr. Forced Loan, Beds. 1626; CSP Dom. 1626–7, p. 44. freeman, Bedford ?1626; Min. Bk. Bedford Corp. ed. G. Parsloe (Beds. Hist. Rec. Soc. xxvi), 1. commr. sewers, Gt. Fens 1631 – at least36, Beds. 1636, oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. 1642; C181/4, f. 93v; 181/5, ff. 37v, 218; Beds. RO, J.1053. commissary musters, Beds. 1642; CJ, ii. 833a. commr. E. Midlands Assoc. (Beds.) 1642, sequestration, Beds. 1643, levying of money 1643, assessment 1644 – 49, 1661 – d., New Model Army 1645, A. and O. i. 50, 110, 169, 543, 619, 635, 960, 1077; ii. 30; SR, v. 327, 527. charitable uses 1646, C93/19/19. militia 1648, 1660, Poll Tax 1660. A. and O. i. 1234; ii. 1426; SR, v. 209.

Cttee. Irish affairs 1641, examination of prisoners 1642. CJ, ii. 302a, 825b.

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