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Edith Saint John 1430 – 1466 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1430

Birth Location: Bletso Castle, Bedfordshire, England

Death Date: 1466

Death Location: Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England

Father: Sir Penmark

Mother: Margaret Beauchamp

Spouse(s): Sir Pole

Children(s): Sir Garter

The story of Edith Saint John (Half-sister of Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII) began in 1430 in Bletso Castle, Bedfordshire, England. Edith Saint John (Half-sister of Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII) married Sir Geoffrey Montegu of Worrell, Cheshire Buckingham Pole, and had children including Sir Richard De La Pole, Knight of the Garter. Edith Saint John (Half-sister of Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII) passed away in 1466 in Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Edith Saint John (Half-sister of Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII) began in 1430 in Bletso Castle, Bedfordshire, England.
  • Edith Saint John (Half-sister of Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII) married Sir Geoffrey Montegu of Worrell, Cheshire Buckingham Pole, and had children including Sir Richard De La Pole, Knight of the Garter.
  • Edith Saint John (Half-sister of Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII) passed away in 1466 in Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Edith John's Ancestors

Self
Edith John
1430 – 1466
Birth Place: Bletso Castle, Bedfordshire, England
Parents
Sir Knight Olivier St. John, Lord of Bletsoe in Penmark
1400 – 1437
Penmark, Paulespury, Gloucestershire(then Northamptonshire) or Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England
Margaret (Baroness Beauchamp of Bletso, Lady St John, Duchess of Somerset, Countess of Kendal, Lady Welles) Beauchamp
1410 – 1482
Bletsoe Castle, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
Grandparents
Thomas (Poynings Lord St. John van) Basing
1375 – 1429
Faumont, Glamorganshire, Wales
Philippa (De) Mortimer
1375 – 1401
Aroostook, Ludlow, Shropshire, ENGLAND
John Beauchamp
1380 – 1412
Bletneshoe Powyke, Bedfordshire, England
Elizabeth (Edith) Stourton
1375 – 1441
Stourton, Wiltshire
Great-Grandparents
Lucas Poynings
1325 – 1385
Isabelle Basing
1335 – 1393
Edmond March
1352 – 1381
Philippa Ulster
1355 – 1378
Rogier Bletsoe
1363 – 1406
Johanna Clopton
1365 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Edith John's Descendants

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Edith (Saint) John (1430 – 1466) m. Sir (Geoffrey Montegu of Worrell, Cheshire Buckingham) Pole (1431 – 4 January 1474)
  1. 1. Sir (Richard De La Pole, Knight of the) Garter (1462-Has Twin Brother Michael – 18 Dec 1505) m. Lady (Margaret Plantagenet, 8th Countess of Salisbury "Blessed Margaret" (Daughter of the Duke of Clarence,a brother of King Edward IV and King) Richard (14 Aug 1473 – 28 May 1541)
    1. 1. Lady (Ursula Pole Baroness of Stafford, Of the House) Plantagenet (16 Feb 1504 – 12 Aug 1570) m. Henry (I 1st Baron De Stafford (2nd Duke of Buckingham) Stafford) (18 Sep 1501 – 30 Apr 1563)
      1. 1. Richard (Stafford 5th) Baron (1539 – 1 Oct 1632) m. Mary Corbet (1540 – 18 Jun 1634)
        1. 1. Lord (Thomas, Earl of) Stafford (1559 – 1634) m. Lady (Elizabeth Nolan) Rushall (1550 – 1612)

Edith John's Timeline

2 Records

1430
1430
Birth of Edith Saint John (Half-sister of Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII) in Bletso Castle, Bedfordshire, England
Bletso Castle, Bedfordshire, England
1466
1466
Age 36
Death of Edith Saint John (Half-sister of Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII) in Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England
Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1430
    Event Place: Bletso Castle, Bedfordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1466
    Event Place: Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England

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