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ST. LEGER, Sir John (by 1516-93/96), of Annery in Monkleigh, Devon.
Family and Education
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. 1533/37. Kntd. 1544/1 Oct. 1547.Date of birth estimated from livery of inheritance in 1537. Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. lxxv), 69; Vis. Devon, ed. Colby, 10, 22, 91; Trans. Dev. Assoc. xlix. 213; PCC 35 Hogen; CPR, 1547-8, p. 52.
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Commr. relief, Devon 1550, musters 1569; j.p. 1554, q. 1558/59; dep. lt. Devon and Cornw. 1558, Devon 1569; sheriff, Devon 1560–1.
Main residence: Annery in Monkleigh, Devon.
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ST. LEGER, Sir John (by 1516-93/96)
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ST. LOE, Sir John (1500/1-59), of Sutton Court, Bishops Sutton, Som. and Tormarton, Glos.
Family and Education
b. 1500 /1, 1st s. of Nicholas St. Loe of Sutton Court by Eleanor, da. of Sir Thomas Arundell of Lanherne, Cornw. m. by 1518, Margaret, da. of Sir William Kingston of the Blackfriars, London, and Elmore and Painswick, Glos., 2s. Edward and Sir William 1da. suc. fa. 1 Sept. 1508. Kntd. by Nov. 1528.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., CIPM Hen. VII, i. 355. LP Hen. VIII, iv, xii, xiii.
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Jt. (with Sir William Kingston) constable, Thornbury castle, Glos. 1528 – 40, sole 1540 – d., j.p. Som. 1532 – d., Glos. 1547; chief steward, Portbury, Som. 1533; marshal of the army [I] 1535 – 36; sheriff, Glos. 1536 – 37, Som. and Dorset 1551 – 52; commr. benevolence Som. 1544/45, musters 1546, chantries, Dorset, Som. 1548, relief, Glos., Som. 1550.
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Main residences: Sutton Court, Bishops Sutton, Som.; Tormarton, Glos.
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ST. LOE, Sir John (1500/1-59)
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ST. JOHN, Sir John (by 1495-1558), of Bletsoe, Beds.
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.
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Main residence: Bletsoe, Beds.
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ST. JOHN, Sir John (by 1495-1558)
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ST. JOHN, Nicholas (by 1526-89), of Lydiard Tregoz, Wilts.
Family and Education
b. by 1526, 1st s. of John St. John by 1st w., and half-bro. of William St. John. m. c.1548, Elizabeth, da. of Sir Richard Blount of Mapledurham, Oxon., 3s. inc. Oliver 2da. suc. fa. 5 Apr. 1576.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., C142/175/99. Wilts. Vis. Peds. (Harl. Soc. cv, cvi), 168; CPR, 1547-8, p. 377.
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Gent. pens. by 1552–60 or later; porter, Wallingford castle, Berks. 1552; steward, lands formerly of Wallingford priory 1552; j.p. Wilts. 1573/74; sheriff 1579–80.
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Main residence: Lydiard Tregoz, Wilts.
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ST. JOHN, Nicholas (by 1526-89)
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ST. JOHN, Oliver (by 1522-82), of Bletsoe, Beds.
Family and Education
b. by 1522, 1st s. of Sir John St. John of Bletsoe by 1st w., and bro. of John. m. (1) by Feb. 1543, Agnes, da. of Sir John Fisher, gd.-da. and h. of Sir Michael Fisher (d. Feb. 1549) of Clifton, Beds., 4s. inc. John II and Oliver II 6da.; (2) by 28 Aug. 1572, Elizabeth, da.of Geoffrey Chamber of Stanmore,Mdx., wid. of Sir Walter Stonor (d.1551) of Stonor, Oxon., of Reginald Conyers (d.1560) of Wakerley, Northants., and of Edward Griffin (d.1569) of Dingley, Northants. suc. fa. 19 Dec. 1558. cr. Baron St. John of Bletso 13 Jan. 1559.Date of birth estimated from marriage. Vis. Beds. (Harl. Soc. xix), 53-55; CP; VCH Beds. ii. 277, 323; CSP Dom. 1595-7, p. 359; PCC 19 Mellershe, 22 Tirwhite; R. J. Stonor, Stonor, 216; C142/120/12.
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Gent. waiter extraordinary, household of Prince Edward by 1547, royal household 1547; commr. relief, Beds. 1550, musters 1560, eccles. causes, dioceses of Lincoln and Peterborough 1571, 1575; sheriff, Beds. and Bucks. 1551 – 52; j.p. Beds. 1554 – 58, q. 1558/59, Cambs., Hunts. 1562 – d.; custos rot. Beds. 1558/59; ld. lt. 1569.
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Main residence: Bletsoe, Beds.
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ST. JOHN, Oliver (by 1522-82)
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