IS SAINT JOHN. SAINT JOHN OF BLETSO. Barony 2. OLIVER St. John, ol Iiletsoe, Beds, on]}' s. ami h. of I 1558 '9 Sir John St. John^») of the same, by Margaret, da. of Sir William Wai.dkchavk, K.B., of Smalbridge, Suffolk [being [according to the modern interpretation of the law of dignities] heir to the Barony. ('■) of Beauehamp [of Bletaoe] er. by writ 1863) was, on 13 Jan. 1558/9, er. BAK.ON SAINT JOHN UF BI.KTSI ). en." Bedford. He was one of the Peers who in 15 Eli/.. (1563) gat on the trial of the Duke of Norfolk. He m, firstly, before Jan. 1548/8 Apnea (then aged 22), da. of John [or Michael] FlSHBR, granddaughter and h. of Sir Michael Fisher of Biggleswade, &c, Beds. He w, secondly Elizabeth. He tl. 1582, and was bur. at Iiletsoe. Will dat. 20 April and pr, 23 May 1582. His second wife survived him. II. 1582. 2. John (St. John) Baron Saint John of Bletso, l>r. s. and h. by 1st wife; sue, to the pttragf, 15S2. He was, in Oct. 1586, one of the Peers whosat on the trial of Mary, (,)neen of Scotland. ( v 'l He m. Catharine, sister of Robert, 1st IIahon Doumkii OK Wvnu, da. of Sir William Doumkii, of Elthorpe, Bucks, by his 2d wife Dorothy, da. of Anthony CatkSHV, of Winston, CO, Northampton. He tl. s.p.tn s . 23 <'et. 1590, ami was iur. at Iiletsoe. Will dat. " 38 Eli/.." [1595-96] pr. 18 (Jet. 15'Jii. His widow d. 23 and was bur. 25 March 1615 in Westm Abbey. M.I. Her will dat. 26 Aug HiOI», pr. 22 May lol. r .. by her only child Lady Ann Howard.;' 1 ) Ill 159G. J. Outer (St. John), Baron Saint John- of Bletso, br. and h. male, :ue. to the prerntje 23 Oct. 1596. He hi. Dorothy, da. and h. of Sir John Ukdk of Islington, co. Qlnno. She (i. 1605. He (/. ltiis. Will dat. 31 May and 27 June 1U0H pr. 17 Nov. ltilS. IV. 161S. Oliver (St. John), ISarox St. John okHletso, l ip s. and h., b. about 1584 ; w. in the peerage in lu'18. He was cr. 28 Dec. 1624 EARL OF BOUKOBRORE. He ,1. June 1646. V. 163?. B f Oliver (St. John), Haron Saint John of Bi.ktso, so sum. by writ., v. p., 3 Nov. 1639, taking his seat 11 May 1641. He tl. v.p. ami s.p.iu., being slain at Kiucton, 23 Oct. 1642. VI. 1G-16. 0. Oliver (St. John), Karl of Bolingbuoke and Baron Saint John - ok Bl.RTso, grandson and h. of the last Earl. He was J. about 1034, ami d. s.p. IS March 1687/8. VII. IG88. <?. Paulet (St.Joiin), Earl of Bolingbroke and Baron Saint John ok Bi.ktso, br. and h. He d. num. 5 Oct. 1711, when the. Earldom of Bolingbroke became extinct, but the Barony of Saint John of Bletso devolved as under. VIII. 1711. S. Paulet St. Andrew (St. John), Baron Saint John of Bi.ktso, cousin and h. male, being posthumous s. and h. of Sir St Andrew St. John, 4th Bart, (by Anne da. of Sir William Jambs, of Kirlings, Suffolk) which St. Andrew (who d. 1711) was 2d s. of Sir St. Andrew St. John, the — ■- J £J (") J. H. Round, in his " English Lihro d'Oro" ["Nineteenth Century" May 1S94] states that St. John is the only peerage family descended in the mule line from au ancestor living in the time of Domesday. (b) See vol. i, p. 277, " Beauehamp." (") See vol. iii, p. 72, note " a," sub " Derby " for the names of the 21 noblemen who were on that trial. ( d ) Ann, ti. William Howard, s. and h. ap. of Charles, Earl of Nottingham, sum. ».p, as Lord Howard de Ktlhighain, and d. v.p. and s.p.m., leaving Elizabeth his only da. and h., who m. John (Mordaunt), Earl of Peterborough. See vol. i, p. 277, note " g," tub " Beauehamp."
