Sir Oliver St. John, Kt., of Bletsoe

Oliver St. JOHN (Sir Knight)

Born: ABT 1400/14, Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England

Died: 1437, Penmark, Gloucestershire, England

Father: John St. JOHN

Mother: Elizabeth PAULET

Married: Margaret BEAUCHAMP (D. Somerset) (b. 1410 - d. 8 Aug 1482) (dau. of Sir John Beauchamp and Elizabeth Stourton) (m.2 of John Beaufort, 1º D. Somerset - m.3 of Lionel Welles, B. Welles)

Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII, was the stepdaughter of Oliver St John of Lydiard Tregoze. His marriage to her mother, Margaret Beauchamp of Bletso produced six children to whom she remained close throughout her life, and this gave the St Johns considerable influence at Court in the early decades of the Tudor dynasty.

Children:

1. John St. JOHN (Sir Knight)

2. Oliver St. JOHN (Sir Knight)

3. Edith St. JOHN

4. Elizabeth St. JOHN (B. Scrope of Bolton)

5. Mary St. JOHN

6. Margaret St. JOHN (Abbes of Shaftesbury) (b. ABT 1436 - d. 1492)

7. Agnes St. JOHN

Born: ABT 1400/14, Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England

Died: 1437, Rouen, Normandy, France