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From: Mike Gallafent < >
Subject: Re: Who was Oliver St John
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 14:04:30 +0000


In article <681275c448% >, Tim Powys-Lybbe
< > writes
> Who was Oliver StJohn?
> ----------------------
<snip>
>
>If this is true, then who was the Alexander who had the sons Oliver and
>Henry? Was this Alexander in any way connected with the St Johns of
>Bletso or those of Lydiard Tregoze, both descended from Elizabeth
>Beauchamp and yet another Oliver St John.
>
>Can anyone cast some light on this?
>

In 'Testamenta Vetusta' Nicolas, London 1826, there is the following
transcription of the will of Sir John St.John:

'John St.John, of the parish of Bletnesho, Knight, 22nd March 1524. My
body to be buried in the Chapel of St. Edmund, in the north side of the
church of our Lady St.Mary of Bletnesho aforesaid. To Oliver, my son,
all my lands in Sharnebrok, Milton, and Risley, in Bedfordshire; to
Alexander, my son, my lands about Bedford. And I constitute John
St.John, Sir William Gasken, Knt. and Oliver and Alexander St.John, my
sons, my executors; and my Lord Morley, my supervisor.'

There is a footnote that identifies the testator as 'Grandfather of
Oliver first Baron St.John of Bletsho. He was Knight of the Bath 17
Henry VII.'

Another footnote identifies Lord Morley as 'His son-in-law, having
married his eldest daughter Alice.'

I also have a copy of the will of Oliver St.John (1496), second son of
Sir Oliver St.John, of Lydiard Tregoze, by Margaret, daughter of Sir
John de Beauchamp, and sister and sole heir of John Lord Beauchamp of
Bletsho. - anybody interested?:))

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