Biography of Johanna St John Baroness St John Lydiard Tregoze 1631-1705

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Before 27th January 1631 Johanna St John Baroness St John Lydiard Tregoze was born to [her father] Oliver St John (age 32).

On 27th January 1631 Johanna St John Baroness St John Lydiard Tregoze was christened.

In 1638 [her father] Oliver St John (age 39) and Elizabeth Cromwell (age 21) were married.

In 1651 Walter St John 3rd Baronet (age 28) and Johanna St John Baroness St John Lydiard Tregoze (age 19) were married. They were sixth cousins.

In 1652 Henry Wilmot 1st Earl Rochester (age 39) was created 1st Earl Rochester. [her sister-in-law] Anne St John Countess Rochester (age 37) by marriage Countess Rochester.

Before 17th October 1652 [her son] Henry St John 1st Viscount St John was born to [her husband] Walter St John 3rd Baronet (age 30) and Johanna St John Baroness St John Lydiard Tregoze (age 21). He married (1) 11th January 1673 Mary Rich, daughter of Robert Rich 3rd Earl Warwick and Anne Cheeke Countess Warwick, and had issue (2) 1st January 1687 Angelica Magdalena Pellissary Viscountess St John and had issue.

In 1657 John St John 2nd Baronet (age 15) died. His uncle [her husband] Walter (age 34) succeeded 3rd Baronet St John Lydiard Tregoze in Wiltshire. Johanna St John Baroness St John Lydiard Tregoze (age 25) by marriage Lady St John Lydiard Tregoze in Wiltshire.

Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough

A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'

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Around 1665 John Michael Wright (age 47). Portrait of Johanna St John Baroness St John Lydiard Tregoze (age 33).

On 11th January 1673 [her son] Henry St John 1st Viscount St John (age 20) and [her daughter-in-law] Mary Rich (age 35) were married. She the daughter of Robert Rich 3rd Earl Warwick and Anne Cheeke Countess Warwick.

On 31st December 1673 [her father] Oliver St John (age 75) died.

John Evelyn's Diary. 20th December 1684. A villainous murder was perpetrated by [her son] Mr. St. John (age 32), eldest son to [her husband] S' Walter St. John (age 62), a worthy gentleman, on a knight of quality [Sir William Estcourt], in a tavern. The offender was sentenc'd and repriev'd. So many horrid murders and duels were committed about this time as were never before heard of in England, which gave much cause of complaint and murmurings.

Note. Following the aquittal of Edward Nosworthy the jury repaired to the Globe tavern in Fleet Street. An altercation broke out between St John and Francis Stonehouse. St. John and Edmund Webb both ran Estcourt through with their swords. Both were found guilty of murder, and condemned to death. St. John's mother [Johanna St John Baroness St John Lydiard Tregoze (age 53)] obtained a pardon for him at the reported price of £16,000. St. John was expected to go abroad for some time, but publicly entered the next parliamentary election at Wootton Bassett a few weeks after the close of his case, and was duly elected to James II's first Parliament.

On 1st January 1687 [her son] Henry St John 1st Viscount St John (age 34) and [her daughter-in-law] Angelica Magdalena Pellissary Viscountess St John (age 21) were married.

On 18th March 1696 [her sister-in-law] Anne St John Countess Rochester (age 81) died.

In 1705 Johanna St John Baroness St John Lydiard Tregoze (age 73) died.

On 3rd July 1708 [her former husband] Walter St John 3rd Baronet (age 86) died. His son [her son] Henry (age 55) succeeded 4th Baronet St John Lydiard Tregoze in Wiltshire. [her daughter-in-law] Angelica Magdalena Pellissary Viscountess St John (age 42) by marriage Lady St John Lydiard Tregoze in Wiltshire.

William of Worcester's Chronicle of England

William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.

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[her daughter] Daughters x 4 St John was born to Walter St John 3rd Baronet and Johanna St John Baroness St John Lydiard Tregoze.

[her son] Sons x 7 St John was born to Walter St John 3rd Baronet and Johanna St John Baroness St John Lydiard Tregoze.

[her father] Oliver St John and Elizabeth Oxenbridge were married.

[her father] Oliver St John and Johanna Altham were married.

[her daughter] Anne St John was born to Walter St John 3rd Baronet and Johanna St John Baroness St John Lydiard Tregoze.

Biography of Johanna St John Baroness St John Lydiard Tregoze 1631-1705

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