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Paternal Family Tree: St John
Maternal Family Tree: Margaret Hussey 1389-1418
Around 1522 Oliver St John 1st Baron St John was born to [his father] John St John (age 28) and [his mother] Margaret Waldegrave (age 36).
Before 1533 Walter Stonor (age 55) and [his future wife] Elizabeth Chamber Baroness St John Bletso were married.
Around 1535 [his son] John St John 2nd Baron St John was born to Oliver St John 1st Baron St John (age 13) and [his future wife] Agnes Fisher Baroness St John Bletso (age 9). He married 1575 Katherine Dormer Baroness St John Bletso and had issue.
Around 1540 [his son] Oliver St John 3rd Baron St John was born to Oliver St John 1st Baron St John (age 18) and [his future wife] Agnes Fisher Baroness St John Bletso (age 14). He married in or before 1580 Dorothy Reid Baroness St John Bletso and had issue.
Before 8th February 1542 Oliver St John 1st Baron St John (age 20) and Agnes Fisher Baroness St John Bletso (age 16) were married.
Before 1548 [his brother-in-law] Francis Russell 2nd Earl Bedford (age 20) and [his sister] Margaret St John Countess Bedford (age 14) were married. He the son of John Russell 1st Earl Bedford (age 62) and Anne Sapcote Countess Bedford (age 68).
Around 1550 [his daughter] Anne St John was born to Oliver St John 1st Baron St John (age 28) and [his wife] Agnes Fisher Baroness St John Bletso (age 24). She married before 1583 Robert "The Traveler" Corbet.
On 14th March 1555 John Russell 1st Earl Bedford (age 70) died. His son [his brother-in-law] Francis (age 28) succeeded 2nd Earl Bedford, 2nd Baron Russell of Cheneys. [his sister] Margaret St John Countess Bedford (age 22) by marriage Countess Bedford.
On 13th January 1559 two new peerages were created...
Henry Carey 1st Baron Hunsdon (age 32) was created 1st Baron Hunsdon. Anne Morgan Baroness Hunsdon (age 30) by marriage Baroness Hunsdon.
Oliver St John 1st Baron St John (age 37) was created 1st Baron St John of Bletso. [his wife] Agnes Fisher Baroness St John Bletso (age 33) by marriage Baroness St John of Bletso.
In or before 1560 Reginald Conyers and [his future wife] Elizabeth Chamber Baroness St John Bletso were married.
After 1560 Edward Griffin (age 60) and [his future wife] Elizabeth Chamber Baroness St John Bletso were married.
Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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On 27th August 1562 [his sister] Margaret St John Countess Bedford (age 29) died at Woburn, Bedfordshire. She was buried at St Michael's Church, Chenies [Map].
On 27th August 1562 [his father] John St John (age 68) died at Bletsoe, Bedfordshire.
In April 1564 [his mother] Margaret Waldegrave (age 78) died.
Before 28th August 1572 Oliver St John 1st Baron St John (age 50) and Elizabeth Chamber Baroness St John Bletso were married. She by marriage Baroness St John of Bletso.
On 28th August 1572 [his wife] Agnes Fisher Baroness St John Bletso (age 46) died.
In 1575 [his son] John St John 2nd Baron St John (age 40) and [his daughter-in-law] Katherine Dormer Baroness St John Bletso were married.
In 1576 Pieter Bronckhorst. Portrait of Oliver St John 1st Baron St John (age 54).
In or before 1580 [his son] Oliver St John 3rd Baron St John (age 39) and [his daughter-in-law] Dorothy Reid Baroness St John Bletso were married. She by marriage Baroness St John of Bletso.
On 21st April 1582 Oliver St John 1st Baron St John (age 60) died. His son John (age 47) succeeded 2nd Baron St John of Bletso. [his daughter-in-law] Katherine Dormer Baroness St John Bletso by marriage Baroness St John of Bletso.
After 8th December 1602 [his former wife] Elizabeth Chamber Baroness St John Bletso died.
Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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[his father] John St John and Ann Nevill were married.
[his father] John St John and [his mother] Margaret Waldegrave were married.
Kings Wessex: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 11 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 17 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 12 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 8 Grand Son of King John of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 20 Grand Son of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King of the Franks
Kings France: Great x 14 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 18 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Oliver St John 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John St John
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Barre
Great x 2 Grandfather: Oliver St John
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Paulett
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Paulet
Great x 1 Grandfather: John St John 7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Beauchamp 2nd Baron Beauchamp Bletsoe 
6 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Beauchamp 3rd Baron Beauchamp Bletsoe 7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset 6 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Stourton 
4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Edith Stourton Baroness Beauchamp Bletsoe 5 x Great Grand Daughter of
GrandFather: John St John 8 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Bradshaigh
Great x 1 Grandmother: Alice Bradshaigh
Father: John St John 9 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Morgan ap Llewelyn
Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip ap Morgan
Great x 2 Grandfather: Jenkyn ap Philip
Great x 1 Grandfather: Morgan ap Jenkin Lord of Langstone
GrandMother: Sybil of Lansgtone Manor
Oliver St John 1st Baron St John 8 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Waldegrave 
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Waldegrave
GrandFather: William Waldegrave
Mother: Margaret Waldegrave 7 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Wentworth 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Wentworth
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Tyas
Great x 2 Grandfather: Roger Wentworth
Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Dronsfield
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Wentworth 8 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip Despencer 1st Baron Despencer 
7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip Despencer 2nd Baron Despencer 8 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Unknown Baroness Despencer
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margery Despencer 3rd Baroness Despencer, Baroness Ros 7 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Tiptoft 3rd Baron Tibetot 
5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tiptoft Baroness Despencer 6 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Deincourt Baroness Tibetot 7 x Great Grand Daughter of
GrandMother: Margery Wentworth 6 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Howard 
2 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Howard 3 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Scales 7 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Howard 4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Tendring
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Tendring
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Howard 5 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Mark Hussey 3rd Baron Hussey 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Hussey 5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Verdun Baroness Hussey 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Hussey 6 x Great Grand Daughter of