ST. JOHN, Sir Oliver (c.1559-1630), of Battersea, Surr. and Wharton House, Cannon Row, Westminster.

Family and Education

b. c. 1559, 2nd s. of Nicholas St. John† (d.1589) PROB 11/75, f. 21v. of Lydiard Tregoze, Wilts. and Elizabeth, da. of Sir Richard Blount† of Mapledurham, Oxon. Vis. Wilts. (Harl. Soc. cv and xvi), 168. educ. Trin., Oxf. 1577, aged 18; New Inn; L. Inn 1580. Al. Ox.; LI Admiss. m. c.1593, Joan (bur. 10 Mar. 1631), J.G. Taylor, Our Lady of Batersey, 69. da. and h. of Henry Roydon of Battersea, wid. of Thomas Holcroft† of Battersea, s.p. Ibid. 46, 159. Kntd. 28 Feb. 1600; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 98. cr. Visct. Grandison of Limerick [I] 3 Jan. 1621; Bar. Tregoze of Highworth 21 May 1626. CP, vi. 74-5. d. 30 Dec. 1630. C142/472/94; PROB 11/159, f. 1.

Offices Held

Cornet 1591–3; APC, 1591–2, p. 277; 1592, p. 66; 1593, p. 416. capt. of ft. [I] 1599 – d., col. 1599–1603. APC, 1599–1600, p. 6; F. Moryson, Itinerary, ii. 293, 336, iii. 42, 146, 249; CSP Ire. 1599–1600, pp. 479, 489; 1601–3, p. 487; 1625–32, p. 595.

J.p. Surr. 1593 – 1605, by 1621 – d., Mdx. by 1621–d.; Hatfield House ms 278; C193/13/1, ff. 62, 94; C231/4, f. 150; C66/2527. commr. maimed soldiers, Mdx. 1593, APC, 1593, p. 160. levies, Surr. 1597, APC, 1597–8, p. 254. oyer and terminer, the Marshalsea 1597, C231/1, f. 46. the Verge 1604–11; C181/1, ff. 93v, 117v; C181/2, ff. 13v, 108v. freeman, Portsmouth, Hants 1604, Portsmouth Recs. 347. Galway [I] 1611, HMC 10th Rep. V, 464. Roscommon [I] 1612, CSP Ire. 1611–14, p. 292. Bristol 1628; Bristol RO, 04264/3, f. 4. commr. plantation, Ulster 1608, co. Wexford 1614, co. Longford 1619, co. Londonderry 1624; CSP Carew, 1603–24, pp. 13, 301; CSP Ire. 1615–25, pp. 263, 515. v.-pres. Connaught [I] 1610–16; CSP Ire. 1608–10, p. 481; APC, 1615–16, p. 556. v.-adm. Connaught 1615–27; HCA 49/106, packet A, no. 73; CSP Ire. 1625–32, p. 207; Add. 37817 f. 16. commr. sewers, Surr. and Kent 1624–5, C181/3, ff. 114v, 161. Forced Loan, Mdx. 1626–7, CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 435; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 141. boundaries of Tower liberties 1626, APC, 1626, p. 355. oyer and terminer, London 1629, Home circ. 1629–d. C181/4, ff. 13, 15, 34v, 60.

Gent. pens. c.1595–1605; LC2/4/4, f. 60; E407/1/36, 37. master of the Ordnance [I] 1605 – 14; PC [I] 1605–d.; CSP Ire. 1603–6, p. 373; 1611–14, p. 491. lord dep. [I] 1616–22; CSP Ire. 1615–25, pp. 128, 350; Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, i. 620. PC 1622–d.; APC, 1621–3, p. 266. commr. exacted fees 1622, 1627, 1630, APC, 1621–3, p. 325; CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 168; 1629–31, p. 237. alum works 1624; CSP Dom. 1623–5, p. 204. member, Council of War 1624–d., CJ, i. 774b; Rymer, viii. pt. 1, p. 18; CSP Dom. 1623–5, p. 214; 1625–6, p. 328. High Commission, Canterbury prov. 1625–d.; R.G. Usher, Rise and Fall of High Commission, 351. lord treas. [I] 1625–d.; Rymer, viii. pt. 1, p. 128. commr. recognizances [I] 1625, CSP Ire. Addenda, 1625–60, p. 294. Persian trade 1625, CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 19. Irish affairs 1627, CSP Ire. 1625–32, p. 200. poor relief 1630. Rymer, viii. pt. 3, p. 148.

MP [I] 1613–15. CSP Ire. 1611–14, pp. 401–3; HMC De L’Isle and Dudley, ii. 128.

Parlimentarian

ST. JOHN, Sir Oliver (c.1559-1630), of Battersea, Surr. and Wharton House, Cannon Row, Westminster.

Main residences: Battersea, Surr.; Wharton House, Cannon Row, Westminster.

Author

V.C.D.M.

R.C.L.S.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

ST. JOHN, Sir Oliver (c.1559-1630)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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