NameSir John St John Lord Beauchamp of Bletso [60, St John article, Vol XI, pp. 333-4], [157, Sheet 1], [60, Bedford article, Vol II, p. 76], [56, Essex of 1558, pub Harleian in 1878, Waldegrave p. 120], [60, Warwick article, Vol XII/2, p. 403], [56, Huntingdon of 1613, pub Camden Soc 1849, St John, p. 2], [56, Beds of 1566, '82 & 1634, pub H'n 1884, St John, p. 53]
Birthca 1495
Death1558
GeneralDe jure 8th baron. MP.
Spouses
1Margaret Waldegrave [60, St John article, Vol XI, p. 334], [60, Bedford article, Vol II, p. 76], [56, Essex of 1558, pub Harleian in 1878, Waldegrave p. 120], [56, Huntingdon of 1613, pub Camden Soc 1849, St John, p. 2], [56, Beds of 1566, '82 & 1634, pub H'n 1884, St John, p. 53]
Notes for Sir John St John Lord Beauchamp of Bletso
CP says Oliver, 1st Baron St John, was the only son and heir of John St John and Margaret Waldegrave.
Ancestor of Lords St John of Bletsoe & Earls Bolingbroke.
Arms Generally notes for Sir John St John Lord Beauchamp of Bletso
Burke's Armory of 1842: Argent on a chief gules two mullets or.
In Aug-Sep 1980 the Middlesex Heraldry Society recorded the same arms in the Bedford Chapel, Chenies, Bucks on the memorial for Francis Russell, 2nd earl of Bedford (son-in-law).