Family and Education
b. by 1495, 1st s. of Sir John St. John of Bletsoe by Sybil, da. of Rhys ap Morgan. m. (1) by 1521, Margaret, da. of Sir William Waldegrave of Smallbridge, Suff., 5s. inc. John and Oliver 4da.; (2) Anne, da. of Thomas Neville of Cotterstock, Northants., 1s. 4da. illegit. bef. m. suc. fa. 30 Mar. 1525. Kntd. 1970.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., C142/44/160, 161. Vis. Beds. (Harl. Soc. xix), 53; PCC 45 Welles; LP Hen. VIII, iv; CPR, 1550-3, p. 410. This biography owes much to information from F. T. Smallwood transmitted personally and in Rep. Friends of Lydiard Tregoz, vii. 1-86 passim; x. 24-31. A biography of St. John in Sel. Cases St. Ch. (Selden Soc. xxv), 25-27 confuses his father and grandfather and supposes him to have died in the reign of Edw. VI.
Offices Held
Commr. subsidy, Beds. 1523, 1546, musters 1539, 1546, benevolence 1544/45, chantries, Beds. and Bucks. 1546, 1548, relief, Beds. and Hunts. 1550, goods of churches and fraternities, Beds. 1553; other commissions 1530 – 54; j.p. Beds. 1528 – d., Hunts. 1528 – 47; sheriff, Beds. and Bucks. 1529 – 30, 1534 – 35, 1549 – 50, knight of the body by 1533; ‘custos’ to Princess Mary in 1536; yeoman forester, Farming Woods, Northants. 1539 – 44; chamberlain, household of Princess Elizabeth date unknown.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Bletsoe, Beds.
Volume
Commons 1509-1558
Web Title
ST. JOHN, Sir John (by 1495-1558)
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Oxford 1644
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