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Biography of Walter St John 3rd Baronet 1622-1708

Paternal Family Tree: St John

Maternal Family Tree: Anne Leighton 1628

On 9th July 1604 [his father] John St John 1st Baronet (age 18) and [his mother] Anne Leighton were married.

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

On 19th September 1628 [his mother] Anne Leighton died in childbirth.

On 23rd October 1630 [his father] John St John 1st Baronet (age 44) and [his step-mother] Margaret Whitmore (age 54) were married.

In 1648 [his father] John St John 1st Baronet (age 62) died. His grandson John (age 6) succeeded 2nd Baronet St John Lydiard Tregoze in Wiltshire.

In 1651 Walter St John 3rd Baronet (age 28) and Johanna St John Baroness St John Lydiard Tregoze (age 19) were married. They were sixth cousins.

Before 17th October 1652 [his son] Henry St John 1st Viscount St John was born to Walter St John 3rd Baronet (age 30) and [his wife] Johanna St John Baroness St John Lydiard Tregoze (age 21).

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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

In 1656 Walter St John 3rd Baronet (age 33) was elected MP Wiltshire.

In 1659 Walter St John 3rd Baronet (age 36) was elected MP Wiltshire.

In 1661 Walter St John 3rd Baronet (age 38) was elected MP Wootton Bassett.

John Evelyn's Diary. 20th October 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 Sir Henry Lee's (age 25); it is a low ancient timber-house, with a pretty bowling-green. My Lady gave us an extraordinary dinner. This gentleman's [his sister] mother (age 49) was Countess of Rochester, who was also there, and 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 11th January 1673 [his son] Henry St John 1st Viscount St John (age 20) and [his daughter-in-law] Mary Rich (age 35) were married. She the daughter of Robert Rich 3rd Earl Warwick and Anne Cheeke Countess Warwick.

In October 1679 Walter St John 3rd Baronet (age 57) was elected MP Wiltshire.

In 1681 Walter St John 3rd Baronet (age 58) was elected MP Wiltshire.

John Evelyn's Diary. 20th December 1684. A villainous murder was perpetrated by [his son] Mr. St. John (age 32), eldest son to S' Walter St. John (age 62), a worthy gentleman, on a knight of quality [Sir William Estcourt], in a tavern. The offender was sentenc'd and repriev'd. So many horrid murders and duels were committed about this time as were never before heard of in England, which gave much cause of complaint and murmurings.

Note. Following the aquittal of Edward Nosworthy the jury repaired to the Globe tavern in Fleet Street. An altercation broke out between St John and Francis Stonehouse. St. John and Edmund Webb both ran Estcourt through with their swords. Both were found guilty of murder, and condemned to death. St. John's mother [[his wife] Johanna St John Baroness St John Lydiard Tregoze (age 53)] obtained a pardon for him at the reported price of £16,000. St. John was expected to go abroad for some time, but publicly entered the next parliamentary election at Wootton Bassett a few weeks after the close of his case, and was duly elected to James II's first Parliament.

On 1st January 1687 [his son] Henry St John 1st Viscount St John (age 34) and [his daughter-in-law] Angelica Magdalena Pellissary Viscountess St John (age 21) were married.

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

In 1690 Walter St John 3rd Baronet (age 67) was elected MP Wiltshire.

In 1705 [his wife] Johanna St John Baroness St John Lydiard Tregoze (age 73) died.

Before 1708 Godfrey Kneller (age 61). Portrait of Walter St John 3rd Baronet (age 85).

Before 3rd July 1708. Michael Dahl (age 49). Portrait of Walter St John 3rd Baronet (age 86). Lydiard House.

On 3rd July 1708 Walter St John 3rd Baronet (age 86) died. His son [his son] Henry (age 55) succeeded 4th Baronet St John Lydiard Tregoze in Wiltshire. [his daughter-in-law] Angelica Magdalena Pellissary Viscountess St John (age 42) by marriage Lady St John Lydiard Tregoze in Wiltshire.

[his daughter] Daughters x 4 St John was born to Walter St John 3rd Baronet and Johanna St John Baroness St John Lydiard Tregoze.

[his daughter] Anne St John was born to Walter St John 3rd Baronet and Johanna St John Baroness St John Lydiard Tregoze.

[his son] Sons x 7 St John was born to Walter St John 3rd Baronet and Johanna St John Baroness St John Lydiard Tregoze.

Royal Ancestors of Walter St John 3rd Baronet 1622-1708

Kings Wessex: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 15 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 21 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 16 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 15 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 22 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Walter St John 3rd Baronet 1622-1708

Great x 4 Grandfather: Oliver St John 7 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John St John 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Scrope 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John St John 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward 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 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 9 x Great Grand Son of King John 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 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

Walter St John 3rd Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

GrandFather: Thomas Leighton

Mother: Anne Leighton