Submitted by legacy on
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b. aft. 1360, Salisbury, Wilts. s. and h. of Sir John St. John (d. bef. Aug. 1373) of Fonmon and East Luccombe, Som. by Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Agnes de la Bere of Watertown and Coity, Glam. m. by Easter 1395, Isabel, wid. of Sir John Pavley (d. by Aug. 1394) of Paulerspury, at least 1s. 2da. Kntd. by 14 Feb. 1388.C139/14/12; CP25(1)178/89/34; Limbus Patrum Morganiae et Glam. ed. Clark, 429; CIPM, xv. no. 269; CCR, 1377-81, p. 433; 1413-19, pp. 138-9; CPR, 1391-6, p. 477; CFR, x. 207; xiii. 231, 244; xiv. 99-101. R.A. Griffiths, Principality of Wales, i. 130 wrongly describes St. John’s wife as Isabel, widow of Sir Luke Poynings and de jure suo jure baroness St. John of Basing. The latter died in 1393 and does not appear to have had any connexion with our Member.
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Commr. of inquiry, Yorks. Aug. 1387, Mar. 1388 (estates of Sir Thomas Place); to hold a special assize, Northants. Easter 1410 (dispute over the manor of Hinton by Brackley); of oyer and terminer May 1410 (cattle thefts near Daventry), the duchy of Lancaster lordships in South Wales June 1413 (treasons and insurrections); to take musters, Aquitaine Sept. 1413, June 1419.RP, iii. 634; Rot. Gasc. et Franc. ed. Carte, 203.

Sheriff, Glam. (for Thomas, Lord Despenser) by Feb. 1397.Cartae Glam. ed. Clark, 1409, 1416–17, 1426.

Steward of the lordship of Gower, Glam. for the Mowbrays, Earls Marshal, bef. 1 Mar. 1397–1421, of Chepstow for the same 1414–15.Ibid. 1427, 1428, 1481; R.E. Archer, ‘The Mowbrays’ (Oxf. Univ. D.Phil. thesis, 1984), p. 353. It is possible, as Griffiths suggests (i. 130), that St. John did not hold office continuously throughout this period.

Receiver of the dower properties in the lordship of Gower held by Elizabeth Mowbray, dowager duchess of Norfolk, by Mich. 1401-aft. Mich. 1402.Griffiths, i. 131.

Dep. chamberlain of South Wales by Mich. 1411-Mich. 1412.Ibid. 182.

Dep. justiciar of South Wales by Mich. 1411-Mich. 1413.Ibid. 130.

Mayor, Bordeaux 1 Apr. 1413–2 May 1423.J.H. Wylie, Hen. V, i. 124; Rot. Gasc. et Franc. 197, 203, 205.

Steward of the lordship of Usk, Mon. for Edmund, earl of March, by May 1415–d.T.B. Pugh, Marcher Lordships S. Wales, 13, 65; Griffiths, i. 131.

Ambassador to negotiate an extension of the truce with Castile Jan., Dec. 1416, Jan. 1417.Foedera ed. Rymer (Hague edn.), iv (2) 152, 187, 191.

Parlimentarian
ST. JOHN, Sir John (aft.1360-1424), of Paulerspury, Northants. and Fonmon, Glam.
Main residences: Paulerspury, Northants.; Fonmon, Glam.
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Commons 1386-1421
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ST. JOHN, Sir John (aft. 1360-1424)

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