ST. JOHN, Henry (c.1568-1621), of Farleigh Chamberlayne, Hants.

St. John’s father’s estates were near Stockbridge and both father and son sat for the borough. St. John was involved in a celebrated dispute over his return to the Commons in 1614, in defiance of the chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster. He died 7 Apr. 1621.Vis. Hants (Harl. Soc. lxiv), 127, 193, 210; W. Berry, Co. Genealogies, Hants, 148; VCH Hants, iii. 458; iv. 444-5; PCC 53 Dale; C142/321/87, 389/104; Chamberlain Letters ed. McClure, i. 130 n, 528; CJ, i. 477.