Biography of Anne St John Countess Rochester 1614-1696
Paternal Family Tree: St John
Maternal Family Tree: Anne Leighton 1628
On 09 Jul 1604 [her father] John St John 1st Baronet (age 18) and [her mother] Anne Leighton were married.
On 22 May 1611 the first Baronets were created by James I (age 44)
Walter Aston 1st Baronet (age 27) was created 1st Baronet Aston of Tixall.
Nicolas Bacon (age 71) was created 1st Baronet Bacon of Redgrave in Suffolk. The Premier Baronet being the first creation.
Henry Belasyse 1st Baronet (age 55) was created 1st Baronet Belasyse of Newborough.
George Booth (age 54) was created 1st Baronet Booth of Dunham Massey. Katherine Anderson Lady Dunham Massey (age 43) by marriage Lady Booth of Dunham Massey.
Edward Carr (age 68) was created 1st Baronet Carr of Sleaford in Lincolnshire. Anne Dyer Lady Carr by marriage Lady Carr of Sleaford in Lincolnshire.
Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 23) was created 1st Baronet Clifton of Clifton in Nottinghamshire.
Moyle Finch 1st Baronet (age 61) was created 1st Baronet Finch of Eastwell in Kent. Elizabeth Heneage 1st Countess Winchelsea (age 54) by marriage Lady Finch of Eastwell in Kent.
Thomas Gerard 1st Baronet (age 51) was created 1st Baronet Gerard of Bryn in Lancashire.
Henry Hobart 1st Baronet (age 51) was created 1st Baronet Hobart of Intwood in Norfolk. Dorothy Bell Lady Hobart by marriage Lady Hobart of Intwood in Norfolk.
Richard Hoghton 1st Baronet (age 40) was created 1st Baronet Hoghton of Hoghton Tower in Lancashire.
Phillip Knyvet (age 41) was created 1st Baronet Knyvet of Buckenham in Norfolk.
Thomas Mansel 1st Baronet (age 55) was created 1st Baronet Mansel of Margam.
Thomas Pelham 1st Baronet (age 71) was created 1st Baronet Pelham of Laughton. Mary Walsingham Baroness Pelham Laughton (age 47) by marriage Lady Pelham of Laughton.
John Peyton 1st Baronet (age 50) was created 1st Baronet Peyton of Isleham.
George Savile 1st Baronet (age 61) was created 1st Baronet Savile of Thornhill.
John Shelley of Mitchelgrove 1st Baronet was created 1st Baronet Shelley of Mitchelgrove in Sussex.
George Shirley 1st Baronet (age 52) was created 1st Baronet Shirley of Staunton Harold in Leicestershire. Dorothy Wroughton Lady Shirley (age 41) by marriage Lady Shirley of Staunton Harold in Leicestershire.
[her father] John St John (age 25) was created 1st Baronet St John Lydiard Tregoze in Wiltshire.
John Stradling 1st Baronet (age 48) was created 1st Baronet Stradling of St Donats in Glamorganshire.
Thomas Temple 1st Baronet (age 44) was created 1st Baronet Temple of Stowe.
Lionel Tollemache 1st Baronet (age 48) was created 1st Baronet Talmash of Helmingham in Suffolk.
On 05 Nov 1614 Anne St John Countess Rochester was born to John St John 1st Baronet (age 29) and Anne Leighton.
On 19 Sep 1628 [her mother] Anne Leighton died in childbirth.
On 23 Oct 1630 [her father] John St John 1st Baronet (age 44) and [her step-mother] Margaret Whitmore (age 54) were married.
Before 1632 Henry Lee 1st Baronet (age 61) died. His son [her future husband] Francis Henry Lee 2nd Baronet (age 15) succeeded 2nd Baronet Lee of Quarrendon in Buckinghamshire.
In Oct 1632 Francis Henry Lee 2nd Baronet (age 16) and Anne St John Countess Rochester (age 17) were married. She by marriage Lady Lee of Quarrendon in Buckinghamshire.
In or before 1638 [her son] Henry Lee 3rd Baronet was born to [her husband] Francis Henry Lee 2nd Baronet (age 21) and Anne St John Countess Rochester (age 23).
In 1639 [her husband] Francis Henry Lee 2nd Baronet (age 23) died in Spelsbury, Oxfordshire. His son [her son] Henry Lee 3rd Baronet (age 1) succeeded 3rd Baronet Lee of Quarrendon in Buckinghamshire.
On 17 Jan 1639 [her son] Francis Lee 4th Baronet was born to [her former husband] Francis Henry Lee 2nd Baronet and Anne St John Countess Rochester (age 24).
In 1644 [her husband] Henry Wilmot 1st Earl Rochester (age 31) was created 1st Viscount Wilmot. Anne St John Countess Rochester (age 29) by marriage Viscountess Wilmot.
In 1644 Henry Wilmot 1st Earl Rochester (age 31) and Anne St John Countess Rochester (age 29) were married.
On 01 Apr 1647 [her son] John Wilmot 2nd Earl Rochester was born to [her husband] Henry Wilmot 1st Earl Rochester (age 34) and Anne St John Countess Rochester (age 32).
In 1648 [her father] John St John 1st Baronet (age 62) died. His grandson John St John 2nd Baronet (age 6) succeeded 2nd Baronet St John Lydiard Tregoze in Wiltshire.
On 01 Jan 1648 Maurice Berkeley 3rd Viscount Fitzhardinge (age 19) and [her former sister-in-law] Anne Lee Viscountess Fitzhardinge (age 25) were married.
In 1652 [her husband] Henry Wilmot 1st Earl Rochester (age 39) was created 1st Earl Rochester. Anne St John Countess Rochester (age 37) by marriage Countess Rochester.
Around 1658 Peter Lely (age 39). Portrait of Anne St John Countess Rochester (age 43).
On 19 Feb 1658 [her husband] Henry Wilmot 1st Earl Rochester (age 45) died at Sluys [Map]. He was buried in Bruges [Map]. After the Restoration his remains were reburied in All Saints Church, Spelsbury [Map]. His son [her son] John Wilmot 2nd Earl Rochester (age 10) succeeded 2nd Earl Rochester, 2nd Viscount Wilmot.
In 1659 [her son] Henry Lee 3rd Baronet (age 21) died of smallpox. His brother [her son] Francis Lee 4th Baronet (age 19) succeeded 4th Baronet Lee of Quarrendon in Buckinghamshire.
Evelyn's Diary. 20 Oct 1664. Hence, to see the famous wells, natural and artificial grots and fountains, called Bushell's Wells, at Enstone. This Bushell had been Secretary to my Lord Verulam. It is an extraordinary solitude. There he had two mummies; a grot where he lay in a hammock, like an Indian. Hence, we went to Dichley [Map], an ancient seat of the Lees, now [her son] Sir Henry Lee's (age 25); it is a low ancient timber-house, with a pretty bowling-green. My [her future daughter-in-law] Lady gave us an extraordinary dinner. This gentleman's mother (age 49) was Countess of Rochester, who was also there, and [her brother] Sir Walter St. John (age 42). There were some pictures of their ancestors, not ill painted; the great-grandfather had been Knight of the Garter [Note. Reference to Henry Lee of Ditchley who was not great-grandfather; he was second-cousin once-removed]; there was a picture of a Pope, and our Savior's head. So we returned to Cornbury.
On 29 Jan 1667 [her son] John Wilmot 2nd Earl Rochester (age 19) and [her daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Malet Countess Rochester (age 16) were married at Knightsbridge Chapel. She by marriage Countess Rochester. They having eloped and married against her families wishes. Two years previously he had abducted her for which he spent three weeks in prison. Her father being dead it isn't clear whose ward she was. He the son of Henry Wilmot 1st Earl Rochester and Anne St John Countess Rochester (age 52).
Before 04 Dec 1667 [her son] Francis Lee 4th Baronet (age 28) and [her daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Pope Countess Lindsey were married. She by marriage Lady Lee of Quarrendon in Buckinghamshire. She the daughter of Thomas Pope 2nd Earl Downe and Lucy Dutton Countess Downe. He the son of Francis Henry Lee 2nd Baronet and Anne St John Countess Rochester (age 53).
On 04 Dec 1667 [her son] Francis Lee 4th Baronet (age 28) died. His son Edward Lee 1st Earl Lichfield (age 4) succeeded 5th Baronet Lee of Quarrendon in Buckinghamshire.
On 18 Mar 1696 Anne St John Countess Rochester (age 81) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of William "Lion" I King Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of Philip "Bold" III King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Oliver St John 7 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John St John 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Scrope
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John St John 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Iwardby
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Iwardby
Great x 1 Grandfather: Nicholas St John 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Carew
3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Carew 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Hoo 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Carew 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Oxenbridge
Great x 3 Grandmother: Malyn Oxenbridge
GrandFather: John St John 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Blount
10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Blount of Iver in Buckinghamshire 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Blount of Mapledurham in Oxfordshire 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Blount 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Father: John St John 1st Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Hungerford
7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Hungerford 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Bulstrode
Great x 2 Grandfather: Walter Hungerford 1st Baron Hungerford Heytesbury 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Zouche 7th Baron Zouche Harringworth
10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Zouche 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Dynham Baroness Zouche Harringworth 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Walter Hungerford 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Danvers
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Danvers
Great x 2 Grandmother: Susan Danvers
GrandMother: Lucy Hungerford 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Dormer of Thame and West Wycombe
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Dormer of Wing
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Dormer
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Dormer
Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Sidney
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Sidney
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Brandon
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Sidney
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Pakenham
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Pakenham
Anne St John Countess Rochester 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: Thomas Leighton
Mother: Anne Leighton