Paternal Family Tree: Oliver St John 1st Earl Bolingbroke
Maternal Family Tree: Oliver St John 1st Earl Bolingbroke
In or before 1580 [his father] Oliver St John 3rd Baron St John [aged 39] and [his mother] Dorothy Reid Baroness St John Bletso were married. She by marriage Baroness St John of Bletso.
Around 1580 Oliver St John 1st Earl Bolingbroke was born to Oliver St John 3rd Baron St John [aged 40] and Dorothy Reid Baroness St John Bletso.
In 1595 Oliver St John 1st Earl Bolingbroke [aged 15] was educated at Peterhouse College, Cambridge University [Map].
On 23rd October 1596 [his uncle] John St John 2nd Baron St John [aged 61] died. His succeeded brother [his father] Oliver St John 3rd Baron St John [aged 56] succeeded 3rd Baron St John of Bletso.
On 20th April 1597 Oliver St John 1st Earl Bolingbroke [aged 17] admitted at Gray's Inn.
In 1601 Oliver St John 1st Earl Bolingbroke [aged 21] was elected MP Bedfordshire.
In April 1602 Oliver St John 1st Earl Bolingbroke [aged 22] and Elizabeth Paulet Countess Bolingbroke were married.
In 1603 [his son] Oliver St John 5th Baron St John was born to Oliver St John 1st Earl Bolingbroke [aged 23] and [his wife] Elizabeth Paulet Countess Bolingbroke. He married 1623 his fifth cousin once removed Arabella Egerton Baroness St John Bletso, daughter of John Egerton 1st Earl Bridgewater and Frances Stanley Countess Bridgewater, and had issue.
In 1603 Oliver St John 1st Earl Bolingbroke [aged 23] was elected MP Bedfordshire.
On 3rd June 1610 Oliver St John 1st Earl Bolingbroke [aged 30] was created Knight of the Bath.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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In 1618 [his father] Oliver St John 3rd Baron St John [aged 78] died. His succeeded son Oliver [aged 38] succeeded 4th Baron St John of Bletso. [his wife] Elizabeth Paulet Countess Bolingbroke by marriage Baroness St John of Bletso.
In 1618 [his son] Anthony St John was born to Oliver St John 1st Earl Bolingbroke [aged 38] and [his wife] Elizabeth Paulet Countess Bolingbroke. He married Ann Keynshan.
In 1619 Oliver St John 1st Earl Bolingbroke [aged 39] entertained King James I of Scotland at his house.
In 1623 Oliver St John 5th Baron St John [aged 20] and Arabella Egerton Baroness St John Bletso were married. She the daughter of John Egerton 1st Earl Bridgewater [aged 44] and Frances Stanley Countess Bridgewater [aged 40]. He the son of Oliver St John 1st Earl Bolingbroke [aged 43] and Elizabeth Paulet Countess Bolingbroke. They were fifth cousin once removed. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 14th July 1623, two days after the death of his father, and his succeeding as Earl of Bath, [his brother-in-law] Edward Bourchier 4th Earl Bath [aged 33] and [his sister] Dorothy St John Countess Bath were married. Dorothy St John Countess Bath by marriage Countess Bath. He the son of William Bourchier 3rd Earl Bath [deceased] and Elizabeth Russell Countess Bath. They were second cousins.
On 28th December 1624 Oliver St John 1st Earl Bolingbroke [aged 44] was created 1st Earl Bolingbroke by King James I of Scotland. [his wife] Elizabeth Paulet Countess Bolingbroke by marriage Countess Bolingbroke.
On 9th May 1628 [his son-in-law] John Carey 2nd Earl Dover [aged 20] and Dorothy St John were married. She died eight weeks later. She the daughter of Oliver St John 1st Earl Bolingbroke [aged 48] and Elizabeth Paulet Countess Bolingbroke. He the son of Henry Carey 1st Earl Dover [aged 48] and Judith Pelham Countess Dover [aged 37].
On 28th June 1628 [his daughter] Dorothy St John died.
On 20th August 1632 [his sister] Dorothy St John Countess Bath died. She was buried on 21st August 1632 at St Peter's Church, Tawstock [Map]. There are letters from her husband [his brother-in-law] Edward Bourchier 4th Earl Bath [aged 42] and from the Earl of Bedford, both dat. 26 May 1633, referring to "the fresh sense he hath of the loss of so noble a wife," and to his unwillingness on that account to marry "Mistress Dorothy Seymour," as suggested by the King.
In 1638 [his son] Paulet St John died.
On 24th October 1642 [his son] Oliver St John 5th Baron St John [aged 39] died from wounds received at the Battle of Edge Hill the day before. His succeeded nephew [his grandson] Oliver St John 2nd Earl Bolingbroke [aged 9] succeeded 6th Baron St John of Bletso. [his granddaughter-in-law] Frances Cavendish Countess Bolingbroke by marriage Baroness St John of Bletso.
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Around July 1646 Oliver St John 1st Earl Bolingbroke [aged 66] died. His succeeded grandson Oliver St John 2nd Earl Bolingbroke [aged 13] succeeded 2nd Earl Bolingbroke. Frances Cavendish Countess Bolingbroke by marriage Countess Bolingbroke.
[his daughter] Barbara St John was born to Oliver St John 1st Earl Bolingbroke and Elizabeth Paulet Countess Bolingbroke.
[his daughter] Dorothy St John was born to Oliver St John 1st Earl Bolingbroke and Elizabeth Paulet Countess Bolingbroke. She married 9th May 1628 John Carey 2nd Earl Dover, son of Henry Carey 1st Earl Dover and Judith Pelham Countess Dover.
[his daughter] Elizabeth St John was born to Oliver St John 1st Earl Bolingbroke and Elizabeth Paulet Countess Bolingbroke.
[his son] Paulet St John was born to Oliver St John 1st Earl Bolingbroke and Elizabeth Paulet Countess Bolingbroke. He married Elizabeth Vaughan and had issue.
[his son] Francis St John was born to Oliver St John 1st Earl Bolingbroke and Elizabeth Paulet Countess Bolingbroke.
Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 13 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 19 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 14 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 10 Grand Son of King John of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 13 Grand Son of King William I of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 17 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 20 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 14 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Oliver St John 
17 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 3 Grandfather: John St John 7 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John St John 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Bradshaigh
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Bradshaigh
Great x 1 Grandfather: John St John 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Jenkyn ap Philip
Great x 3 Grandfather: Morgan ap Jenkin Lord of Langstone
Great x 2 Grandmother: Sybil of Lansgtone Manor
GrandFather: Oliver St John 1st Baron St John 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Waldegrave 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Waldegrave
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Waldegrave
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Waldegrave 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Wentworth 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Wentworth 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margery Despencer 3rd Baroness Despencer, Baroness Ros 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margery Wentworth 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Howard 
4 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Howard 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Hussey 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Father: Oliver St John 3rd Baron St John 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Fisher
Great x 2 Grandfather: Michael Fisher
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Fisher
GrandMother: Agnes Fisher Baroness St John Bletso
Oliver St John 1st Earl Bolingbroke 10 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
GrandFather: John Reid
Mother: Dorothy Reid Baroness St John Bletso