John St John (Bedfordshire MP) explained

John St John
Office1:High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire
Term1:1529-1530
1534-1535
1549-1550
Office2:Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire
Term2:c. 1529?
1539
1542
Birth Date:By 1495
Spouse:
Anne Neville
Children:14, including Oliver
Relatives:John St John (grandson)
Oliver St John (grandson)

Sir John St John (by 1495 – 19 December 1558), of Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, was an English politician.

Biography

He was the son of Sir John St John of Bletsoe and his wife Sybil, daughter of Rhys ap Morgan. He succeeded his father in 1525 and was knighted the following year.

He was High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire for 1529–30, 1534–35, and 1549–50. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Bedfordshire in 1529?, 1539 and 1542.[1]

He first married, in 1521, Margaret, the daughter of Sir William Waldegrave of Smallbridge, Suffolk, with whom he had 5 sons (including John and Oliver) and 4 daughters and secondly Anne, the daughter of Thomas Neville of Cotterstock, Northamptonshire, with whom he had a further son and four daughters.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ST. JOHN, Sir John (by 1495-1558), of Bletsoe, Beds. - History of Parliament Online. Historyofparliamentonline.org. 10 March 2019.