John St John 2nd Baron St John 1535-1596

Around 1535 John St John 2nd Baron St John was born to Oliver St John 1st Baron St John [aged 13] and Agnes Fisher Baroness St John Bletso [aged 9].

Before 8th February 1542 [his father] Oliver St John 1st Baron St John [aged 20] and [his mother] Agnes Fisher Baroness St John Bletso [aged 16] were married.

Before 28th August 1572 [his father] Oliver St John 1st Baron St John [aged 50] and [his step-mother] Elizabeth Chamber Baroness St John Bletso were married. She by marriage Baroness St John of Bletso.

On 28th August 1572 [his mother] Agnes Fisher Baroness St John Bletso [aged 46] died.

Around 1575 [his daughter] Anne St John Lady Effingham was born to John St John 2nd Baron St John [aged 40] and [his wife] Katherine Dormer Baroness St John Bletso. She married 7th February 1597 her third cousin William Howard 3rd Baron Howard of Effingham, son of Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham and Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham, and had issue.

In 1575 John St John 2nd Baron St John [aged 40] and Katherine Dormer Baroness St John Bletso were married.

In or before 1580 [his brother] Oliver St John 3rd Baron St John [aged 39] and [his sister-in-law] Dorothy Reid Baroness St John Bletso were married. She by marriage Baroness St John of Bletso.

On 21st April 1582 [his father] Oliver St John 1st Baron St John [aged 60] died. His son John [aged 47] succeeded 2nd Baron St John of Bletso. [his wife] Katherine Dormer Baroness St John Bletso by marriage Baroness St John of Bletso.

In January 1585 John St John 2nd Baron St John [aged 50] made keeper of Mary Queen of Scots [aged 42] at Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire [Map].

On 23rd October 1596 John St John 2nd Baron St John [aged 61] died. His brother Oliver [aged 56] succeeded 3rd Baron St John of Bletso.