John St John (Bedfordshire MP)
Sir John St. John (by 1495 – 19 December 1558), of Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, was an English politician.
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 picked 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 firstly 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 4 daughters.
References
- ^ "ST. JOHN, Sir John (by 1495-1558), of Bletsoe, Beds. - History of Parliament Online". Historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
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