Family and Education
b. c. 1505, 1st s. of John St. John of Lydiard Tregoz by Joan, da. and h. of Sir John Ewerby of Farley Chamberlayne. m. (1) by 1526, Margaret, da. of Sir Richard Carew of Beddington, Surr., 1s. Nicholas; (2) by Nov. 1535, Elizabeth, da. of Sir Richard Whethill of Calais, 2s. inc. William. suc. fa. 1 Sept. 1512.Date of birth estimated from age, variously given, at fa.’s i.p.m., C142/27/57, 28/35, 40, 86, 27/52. Wilts. Vis. Peds. (Harl. Soc. cv, cvi), 167-9; C142/175/99; PCC 5 Dyngeley; LP Hen. VIII, ix.
Offices Held
Esquire of the body extraordinary by 1533; j.p. Wilts. 1554 – d.; sheriff 1555 – 56, 1572 – 73; commr. sewers, Berks., Hants, Wilts. 1564, 1568, oyer and terminer, western circuit 1564.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Lydiard Tregoz, Wilts.; Farley Chamberlayne, Hants.; Ewell, Surr.
Volume
Commons 1509-1558
Web Title
ST. JOHN, John (c.1505-76)
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Estates
Oxford 1644
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