Biography of John St John 1st Baronet 1585-1648

Paternal Family Tree: St John

Maternal Family Tree: Anne Pakenham 1485-1544

1611 May 1611 Creation of Baronets

1644 Second Battle of Newbury

On 05 Nov 1585 John St John 1st Baronet was born to John St John (age 33) and Lucy Hungerford.

Before 1593 [his father] John St John (age 41) and [his mother] Lucy Hungerford were married.

In 1594 [his father] John St John (age 42) died.

Before 1595 [his step-father] Anthony Hungerford of Black Bourton (age 27) and [his mother] Lucy Hungerford were married.

On 03 Apr 1601 John St John 1st Baronet (age 15) commenced his education at Trinity College, Oxford University.

In 1604 John St John 1st Baronet (age 18) admitted at Lincoln's Inn.

On 09 Jul 1604 John St John 1st Baronet (age 18) and Anne Leighton were married.

On 02 Feb 1608 John St John 1st Baronet (age 22) was knighted at Whitehall Palace [Map].

May 1611 Creation of Baronets

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.

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.

In 1612 Charles Montagu (age 48) and [his future sister-in-law] Mary Whitmore (age 37) were married.

In 1613 [his son] Oliver St John was born to John St John 1st Baronet (age 27) and [his wife] Anne Leighton.

On 05 Nov 1614 [his daughter] Anne St John Countess Rochester was born to John St John 1st Baronet (age 29) and [his wife] Anne Leighton.

On 24 Mar 1615 [his son] John St John was born to John St John 1st Baronet (age 29) and [his wife] Anne Leighton.

In 1616 [his son] William St John was born to John St John 1st Baronet (age 30) and [his wife] Anne Leighton.

On 26 Feb 1617 [his son] Edward St John was born to John St John 1st Baronet (age 31) and [his wife] Anne Leighton.

In 1618 [his daughter] Barbara St John was born to John St John 1st Baronet (age 32) and [his wife] Anne Leighton.

On 29 Mar 1620 [his son] Nicholas St John was born to John St John 1st Baronet (age 34) and [his wife] Anne Leighton.

In 1621 [his daughter] Lucy St John was born to John St John 1st Baronet (age 35) and [his wife] Anne Leighton.

In May 1622 [his son] Walter St John 3rd Baronet was born to John St John 1st Baronet (age 36) and [his wife] Anne Leighton.

In 1623 [his son] Francis St John was born to John St John 1st Baronet (age 37) and [his wife] Anne Leighton.

In 1624 [his son] Francis St John (age 1) died.

In 1624 John St John 1st Baronet (age 38) was elected MP Wiltshire.

In 1624 [his daughter] Elizabeth St John was born to John St John 1st Baronet (age 38) and [his wife] Anne Leighton.

In 1625 [his son] Thomas St John was born to John St John 1st Baronet (age 39) and [his wife] Anne Leighton.

Before 1626 Nathaniel Still (age 47) and [his future sister-in-law] Jane Whitmore (age 38) were married. He the son of Bishop John Still and Anne Alabaster.

On 19 Sep 1628 [his wife] Anne Leighton died in childbirth.

In 1629 [his daughter] Elizabeth St John (age 5) died.

In 1630 [his son] Thomas St John (age 5) died.

On 23 Oct 1630 John St John 1st Baronet (age 44) and Margaret Whitmore (age 54) were married.

In 1631 Cornelius Johnson (age 37). Portrait of John St John 1st Baronet (age 45). Lydiard House.

In 1632 John St John 1st Baronet (age 46) was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire.

In Oct 1632 [his son-in-law] Francis Henry Lee 2nd Baronet (age 16) and [his daughter] Anne St John Countess Rochester (age 17) were married. She by marriage Lady Lee of Quarrendon in Buckinghamshire.

Before 24 Nov 1637 [his wife] Margaret Whitmore (age 61) died.

In 1639 [his former sister-in-law] Jane Whitmore (age 52) died. She was buried at Bath Abbey [Map].

On 18 Apr 1639 [his son] Nicholas St John (age 19) died.

In Nov 1642 [his son] Oliver St John (age 29) died.

In 1644 [his son-in-law] Henry Wilmot 1st Earl Rochester (age 31) and [his daughter] Anne St John Countess Rochester (age 29) were married.

Second Battle of Newbury

On 27 Oct 1644 Maurice Palatinate Simmern (age 23) fought for the defeated Royalist army at the Second Battle of Newbury at Speen, Newbury [Map]. Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Cleveland (age 53) was captured. [his son] Edward St John (age 27) was killed.

James Harington 3rd Baronet (age 36), who had his horse shot from under him, commanded five regiments.

In 1648 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.

In 1648 [his son] Oliver St John and [his former daughter-in-law] Catherine Vere Baroness Poulett (age 35) were married.

[his son] Henry St John was born to John St John 1st Baronet and Anne Leighton.

[his son] Henry St John and Catherine St John were married.

Royal Ancestors of John St John 1st Baronet 1585-1648

Kings Wessex: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 14 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 20 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 15 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 12 Grand Son of William "Lion" I King Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 14 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 10 Grand Son of Philip "Bold" III King France

Royal Descendants of John St John 1st Baronet 1585-1648

Diana Spencer Princess Wales x 1

Ancestors of John St John 1st Baronet 1585-1648

Great x 4 Grandfather: Oliver St John

Great x 3 Grandfather: Oliver St John 7 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John St John 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Scrope 4th Baron Scrope of Bolton 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Scrope 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Scrope Baroness Scrope Bolton 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: John St John 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Iwardby

Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Iwardby

GrandFather: Nicholas St John 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Carew

Great x 3 Grandfather: James Carew 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Fiennes 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Carew 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Hoo 1st Baron Hoo and Hastings

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Hoo 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Welles Baroness Hoo and Hastings 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Carew 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Oxenbridge

Great x 2 Grandmother: Malyn Oxenbridge

Father: John St John 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Blount 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Blount 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Gresley

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Blount of Iver in Buckinghamshire 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Blount of Mapledurham in Oxfordshire 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

GrandMother: Elizabeth Blount 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

John St John 1st Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Hungerford 3rd Baron Hungerford 1st Baron Moleyns 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Walter Hungerford 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Moleyns Baroness Hungerford 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Hungerford 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Thomas Bulstrode

Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Bulstrode

Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Norreys

Great x 1 Grandfather: Walter Hungerford 1st Baron Hungerford Heytesbury 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Zouche 6th Baron Zouche Harringworth 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Zouche 7th Baron Zouche Harringworth 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Plumpton

Great x 2 Grandmother: Jane Zouche 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Dynham 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Dynham Baroness Zouche Harringworth 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Arches

GrandFather: Walter Hungerford 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Danvers

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Danvers

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Danvers

Great x 1 Grandmother: Susan Danvers

Mother: Lucy Hungerford 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Dormer of Thame

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Dormer of Thame and West Wycombe

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Dormer of Wing

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Dormer

GrandMother: Anne Dormer

Great x 4 Grandfather: William IV Sidney

Great x 3 Grandfather: Nicholas Sidney

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Sidney

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Brandon

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Brandon

Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Sidney

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Pakenham

Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh Pakenham

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Pakenham