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ST. JOHN, Oliver IV (c.1584-1646), of Bletsoe, Beds.

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b. c. 1584, 1st s. of Oliver St. John II by his w. Dorothy, educ. Peterhouse, Camb. c.1595, G. Inn 1597. m. Apr. 1602, Elizabeth, da. and h. of William Paulet of Ewalden, Som., 4s. 3da. KB 1610; suc. fa. as 4th Baron St. John 1618; cr. Earl of Bolingbroke 1624.
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Jt. ld. lt. Hunts. 1619; ld. lt. (parlt.) Beds. 1643.

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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
Main residence: Bletsoe, Beds.
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ST. JOHN, Oliver IV (c.1584-1646)

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ST. JOHN, William (1538-1609), of Farley Chamberlayne, Hants.

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b. 1538, s. of John St. John (d.1576), of Lydiard Tregoze, Wilts. by his 2nd w. Elizabeth, da. of Sir Richard Whethill of London; half-bro. of Nicholas St. John. educ. ?Jesus, Camb. 1547. m. by 1568, Barbara Gooce or Goore, wid. of Thomas Twyne of Wonston, 2s. inc. Henry 4da.
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J.p. Hants from c. 1577, sheriff 1587–8.

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ST. JOHN, William (1538-1609), of Farley Chamberlayne, Hants.
Main residence: Farley Chamberlayne, Hants.
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ST. JOHN, William (1538-1609)

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ST. LEGER (SELLENGER), Sir Anthony (c.1496-1559), of Ulcombe and Leeds Castle, Kent.

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b. c. 1496, 1st s. of Ralph St. Leger of Ulcombe by Elizabeth, da. of Sir Richard Haut of Kent. educ. Camb.; travelled France and Italy; G. Inn. m. Agnes or Anne, da. of Hugh Warham of Croydon and niece and h. of William Warham, abp. of Canterbury, at least 5s. inc. Nicholas 2da. suc. fa. 1518. Kntd. 1539; KG 1544.DNB; Lloyd, State Worthies, i. 99; C. Wykeham Martin, Hist. Leeds Castle, table after p. 156; Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. lxxv), 69; LP Hen. VIII, xix(1), p. 252. Material on St. Leger’s Irish policy can be found in LP Hen. VIII, vols. xiii-xxi; State Pprs. Hen. VIII, vols, ii and iii; R. Bagwell, Ireland under the Tudors, vol. i; Cal. Carew Pprs. 1515-74; CSP Ire. 1509-73; R. D. Edwards, Church and State in Tudor Ireland, 92, 133-7, 161; W. A. Phillips, Hist. Church of Ire. ii. 248.
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J.p. Kent by 1526, sheriff 1539 – 40; commr. to survey Calais 1535, 1552, to defend Kent coast 1539, heresy 1552; gent. privy chamber by 1538 – c.53; ld. deputy, Ireland July 1540–48, Aug. 1550 – May 1551, Oct. 1553 – May 1556; PC 7 Aug. 1553-bef. 1558; envoy to France Aug. 1553.LP Hen. VIII, iv(1), p. 901; ix. pp. 59–60; xiii(2), p. 534; xiv. p. 151; APC, iv. 313; CSP For. 1553–8, pp. 4–6; CPR, 1550–3, p. 355; Strype, Cranmer, i. 435. The Imperial ambassador in London confused St. Leger with Sir Thomas Chalenor, MP, which has led several subsequent writers to the belief that St. Leger was in France most of the year.

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ST. LEGER (SELLENGER), Sir Anthony (c.1496-1559), of Ulcombe and Leeds Castle, Kent.
Main residences: Ulcombe; Leeds Castle, Kent.
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M.R.P.
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ST. LEGER (SELLENGER), Sir Anthony (c.1496-1559)

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ST. LEGER (SELLENGER), Nicholas (d.c.1589), of Ulcombe, Eastwell Place and Beamstone, Kent.

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3rd s. of Sir Anthony St. Leger by Agnes or Anne, da. of Hugh Warham of Croydon, Surr. and niece and h. of William Warham, abp. of Canterbury. educ. I. Temple 1552. m. Katherine (d.1587), da. of Sir Thomas Moyle of Eastwell, wid. of Sir Thomas Finch of the Moat, nr. Canterbury and of Eastwell, s.p.
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J.p. Kent from c. 1575; commr. eccles. causes Jan. 1583.C. W. Martin, Hist. Leeds Castle , gen. table facing p. 156; DNB (St. Leger, Sir Anthony); C142/222/18; HMC 13th Rep. IV, 83; SP12/104, 121, 145; E163/14/8; Lansd. 35, f. 134; 737, f. 143; Royal 18 D 111, f. 23.

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ST. LEGER (SELLENGER), Nicholas (d.c.1589), of Ulcombe, Eastwell Place and Beamstone, Kent.
Main residences: Ulcombe, Eastwell Place; Beamstone, Kent.
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ST. LEGER (SELLENGER), Nicholas (-d. c.1589)

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ST. LEGER (SELLENGER), Sir John (by 1516-93/96), of Annery in Monkleigh, Devon.

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b. by 1516, 1st s. of Sir George St. Leger of Annery by Anne, da. of Edmund Knyvet. m. by June 1535, Catherine, da. of George Neville, 5th Lord Bergavenny, at least 2s. 4da. suc. fa. bet. 1544 and 1547.
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Commr. relief, Devon 1550, musters 1569; j.p. from 1554, q. from c. 1559, sheriff 1560 – 61; dep. lt. Cornw. and Devon 1558, Devon 1569.LP Hen. VIII, v. p. 430; xii(1), p. 603; Trans. Dev. Assoc. xlix. 213; PCC 21 Thower; CPR, 1547–8, p. 52; CSP Span. 1554–8, p. 369; CSP Dom. Add. 1566–79, p. 130.

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ST. LEGER, Sir John (by 1516-93/96), of Annery in Monkleigh, Devon.
Main residence: Annery in Monkleigh, Devon.
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N.M.F.
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Commons 1558-1603
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ST. LEGER (SELLENGER), Sir John (by 1516-93/96)

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