Paternal Family Tree: St John
Maternal Family Tree: Anne Pakenham 1485-1544
On 5th November 1585 John St John 1st Baronet was born to John St John [aged 33] and Lucy Hungerford.
Before 1593 [his father] John St John [aged 40] and [his mother] Lucy Hungerford were married.
In 1594 [his father] John St John [aged 42] died.
Before 1595 [his step-father] Anthony Hungerford of Black Bourton [aged 27] and [his mother] Lucy Hungerford were married. They were fifth cousin once removed.
On 3rd April 1601 John St John 1st Baronet [aged 15] commenced his education at Trinity College, Oxford University.
In 1604 John St John 1st Baronet [aged 18] admitted at Lincoln's Inn.
On 2nd February 1608 John St John 1st Baronet [aged 22] was knighted at Whitehall Palace [Map].
On 22nd May 1611 the first Baronets were created by James I [aged 44]
Walter Aston 1st Baronet [aged 27] was created 1st Baronet Aston of Tixall.
Nicolas Bacon [aged 71] was created 1st Baronet Bacon of Redgrave in Suffolk. The Premier Baronet being the first creation.
Henry Belasyse 1st Baronet [aged 55] was created 1st Baronet Belasyse of Newborough.
George Booth [aged 54] was created 1st Baronet Booth of Dunham Massey. Katherine Anderson Lady Dunham Massey [aged 43] by marriage Lady Booth of Dunham Massey.
Edward Carr [aged 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 [aged 23] was created 1st Baronet Clifton of Clifton in Nottinghamshire.
Moyle Finch 1st Baronet [aged 61] was created 1st Baronet Finch of Eastwell in Kent. Elizabeth Heneage 1st Countess Winchelsea [aged 54] by marriage Lady Finch of Eastwell in Kent.
Thomas Gerard 1st Baronet [aged 51] was created 1st Baronet Gerard of Bryn in Lancashire.
Henry Hobart 1st Baronet [aged 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 [aged 40] was created 1st Baronet Hoghton of Hoghton Tower in Lancashire.
Phillip Knyvet [aged 41] was created 1st Baronet Knyvet of Buckenham in Norfolk.
Thomas Mansel 1st Baronet [aged 55] was created 1st Baronet Mansel of Margam.
Thomas Pelham 1st Baronet [aged 71] was created 1st Baronet Pelham of Laughton. Mary Walsingham Baroness Pelham Laughton [aged 47] by marriage Lady Pelham of Laughton.
John Peyton 1st Baronet [aged 50] was created 1st Baronet Peyton of Isleham.
George Savile 1st Baronet [aged 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 [aged 52] was created 1st Baronet Shirley of Staunton Harold in Leicestershire. Dorothy Wroughton Lady Shirley [aged 41] by marriage Lady Shirley of Staunton Harold in Leicestershire.
John St John [aged 25] was created 1st Baronet St John Lydiard Tregoze in Wiltshire.
John Stradling 1st Baronet [aged 48] was created 1st Baronet Stradling of St Donats in Glamorganshire.
Thomas Temple 1st Baronet [aged 44] was created 1st Baronet Temple of Stowe.
Lionel Tollemache 1st Baronet [aged 48] was created 1st Baronet Talmash of Helmingham in Suffolk.
In 1613 [his son] Oliver St John was born to John St John 1st Baronet [aged 27] and [his wife] Anne Leighton. He married 1648 Catherine Vere Baroness Poulett, daughter of Horace de Vere 1st Baron Vere and Mary Tracy Baroness Spencer Tilbury, and had issue.
Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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On 5th November 1614 [his daughter] Anne St John Countess Rochester was born to John St John 1st Baronet [aged 29] and [his wife] Anne Leighton. She married (1) October 1632 Francis Henry Lee 2nd Baronet, son of Henry Lee 1st Baronet, and had issue (2) 1644 Henry Wilmot 1st Earl Rochester, son of Charles Wilmot 1st Viscount Wilmot and Sarah Anderson, and had issue.
On 24th March 1615 [his son] John St John was born to John St John 1st Baronet [aged 29] and [his wife] Anne Leighton. He married Dorothy Ayloffe.
In 1616 [his son] William St John was born to John St John 1st Baronet [aged 30] and [his wife] Anne Leighton.
On 26th February 1617 [his son] Edward St John was born to John St John 1st Baronet [aged 31] and [his wife] Anne Leighton.
In 1618 [his daughter] Barbara St John was born to John St John 1st Baronet [aged 32] and [his wife] Anne Leighton.
On 29th March 1620 [his son] Nicholas St John was born to John St John 1st Baronet [aged 34] and [his wife] Anne Leighton.
In 1621 [his daughter] Lucy St John was born to John St John 1st Baronet [aged 35] and [his wife] Anne Leighton.
In May 1622 [his son] Walter St John 3rd Baronet was born to John St John 1st Baronet [aged 36] and [his wife] Anne Leighton. He married 1651 his sixth cousin Johanna St John Baroness St John Lydiard Tregoze and had issue.
In 1623 [his son] Francis St John was born to John St John 1st Baronet [aged 37] and [his wife] Anne Leighton. He died aged one in 1624.
In 1624 [his daughter] Elizabeth St John was born to John St John 1st Baronet [aged 38] and [his wife] Anne Leighton. She died aged five in 1629.
Westminster Chronicle of King Richard II, 1381-1394
The Westminster Chronicle is one of the most vivid and important narrative sources for the reign of Richard II. Written by an anonymous chronicler closely connected with Westminster Abbey, it covers the years 1381 to 1394, from the Peasants’ Revolt to the political tensions, court ceremonies, diplomatic negotiations, royal progresses, and public crises of Richard’s later reign. Rich in detail the chronicle records major events such as the conflicts between the King and Lords Appellant, King and the City of London, negotiations with France and Scotland, the death and funeral of Queen Anne of Bohemia, the illness of Charles VI of France, and the changing fortunes of leading nobles including John of Gaunt, Thomas of Gloucester, Robert de Vere, and the Earl of Arundel. The Chronicle offers readers a remarkable window into late fourteenth-century England, combining political observation, courtly spectacle, urban drama, ecclesiastical affairs, and moral judgement. It is an essential source for anyone interested in medieval monarchy, London, Westminster, and the troubled reign of Richard II.
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In 1624 John St John 1st Baronet [aged 38] was elected MP Wiltshire.
In 1624 [his son] Francis St John [aged 1] died.
In 1625 [his son] Thomas St John was born to John St John 1st Baronet [aged 39] and [his wife] Anne Leighton. He died aged five in 1630.
On 19th September 1628 [his wife] Anne Leighton died in childbirth.
In 1629 [his daughter] Elizabeth St John [aged 5] died.
In 1630 [his son] Thomas St John [aged 5] died.
On 23rd October 1630 John St John 1st Baronet [aged 44] and Margaret Whitmore [aged 54] were married.
In 1631 Cornelius Janssens aka Johnson [aged 37]. Portrait of John St John 1st Baronet [aged 45]. Lydiard House.
In 1632 John St John 1st Baronet [aged 46] was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire.
In October 1632 [his son-in-law] Francis Henry Lee 2nd Baronet [aged 16] and [his daughter] Anne St John Countess Rochester [aged 17] were married. She by marriage Lady Lee of Quarrendon in Buckinghamshire.
Before 24th November 1637 [his wife] Margaret Whitmore [aged 61] died.
On 18th April 1639 [his son] Nicholas St John [aged 19] died.
In November 1642 [his son] Oliver St John [aged 29] died.
In 1644 [his son-in-law] Henry Wilmot 1st Earl Rochester [aged 31] and [his daughter] Anne St John Countess Rochester [aged 29] were married.
On 27th October 1644 Maurice Palatinate Simmern [aged 23] fought for the defeated Royalist army at the Second Battle of Newbury at Speen, Newbury [Map]. Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Cleveland [aged 53] was captured. [his son] Edward St John [aged 27] was killed.
James Harington 3rd Baronet [aged 36], who had his horse shot from under him, commanded five regiments.
Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport [aged 47] fought for the Royalist Army.
Anthony Mansel of Ischoed was killed fighting for the Royalists.
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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In 1648 John St John 1st Baronet [aged 62] died. His grandson John [aged 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 [aged 35] were married.
[his son] Henry St John was born to John St John 1st Baronet and Anne Leighton. He married his sixth cousin Catherine St John.
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 Godwinson: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 12 Grand Son of King William I of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Philip III of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 21 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 13 Grand Son of Alfonso II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Oliver St John
17 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 3 Grandfather: Oliver St John
7 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset
6 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John St John
7 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Scrope 4th Baron Scrope of Bolton
5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Scrope
6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Scrope Baroness Scrope Bolton
6 x Great Granddaughter of King William I of Scotland
Great x 1 Grandfather: John St John
8 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Iwardby
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Iwardby
Grandfather: Nicholas St John
6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Carew
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Carew
3 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Fiennes
2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Carew
4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Hoo 1st Baron Hoo and Hastings 9 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Hoo 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Welles Baroness Hoo and Hastings
5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Carew
5 x Great Granddaughter 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 Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Blount
9 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Blount
10 x Great Grandson 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 Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Blount of Mapledurham in Oxfordshire
12 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Grandmother: Elizabeth Blount
13 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
John St John 1st Baronet
8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Hungerford 3rd Baron Hungerford 1st Baron Moleyns
6 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Walter Hungerford
7 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Moleyns Baroness Hungerford 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Hungerford
8 x Great Grandson 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 Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Zouche 6th Baron Zouche Harringworth
8 x Great Grandson of King William I of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Zouche 7th Baron Zouche Harringworth
9 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Lenthall 8 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Jane Zouche
9 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Dynham 7 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Dynham Baroness Zouche Harringworth 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Arches
Grandfather: Walter Hungerford
10 x Great Grandson 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 Granddaughter 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