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Edith Saint John 1430–1486 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1430

Birth Location: Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England

Death Date: 1486

Death Location: Bisham, Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough, Berkshire, England

Father: Sir Glamorganshire

Mother: Margaret Kendal

Spouse(s): Sir Esquire

Children(s): Sir Welshman, Lady Pole,

In 1430, Edith Saint John entered the world in Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England, born to Sir Oliver Saint John Knight Lord Of Penmark Bletsoe Duke Of Somerset By Marriage Sheriff Of Glamorganshire And Margaret Beauchamp Baroness Of Bletso Duchess Of Somerset Countess Of Kendal. Edith Saint John married Sir Geoffrey De La Pole Knight Esquire, and had children including Lady Eleanor De La Pole, Sir Richard Pole K G Constable Of Harlech Montgomery Castles High Sheriff Merinethshire Gentleman Of Privy Chamber Of Arthur A Welshman. Edith Saint John passed away in 1486 in Bisham, Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough, Berkshire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1430, Edith Saint John entered the world in Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England, born to Sir Oliver Saint John Knight Lord Of Penmark Bletsoe Duke Of Somerset By Marriage Sheriff Of Glamorganshire And Margaret Beauchamp Baroness Of Bletso Duchess Of Somerset Countess Of Kendal.
  • Edith Saint John married Sir Geoffrey De La Pole Knight Esquire, and had children including Lady Eleanor De La Pole, Sir Richard Pole K G Constable Of Harlech Montgomery Castles High Sheriff Merinethshire Gentleman Of Privy Chamber Of Arthur A Welshman.
  • Edith Saint John passed away in 1486 in Bisham, Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough, Berkshire, England.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Edith John's Ancestors

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Edith John
1430–1486
Birth Place: Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England
Parents
Sir Oliver Saint John, knight, Lord of Penmark & Bletsoe & Duke of Somerset(by marriage), Sheriff of Glamorganshire
1400–1437
Penmark, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
Margaret (Beauchamp, Baroness of Bletso, Duchess of Somerset, Countess of) Kendal
1405–1482
Bletsoe Castle, Bedfordshire, England
Grandparents
John (Saint) John
1355–1424
Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
Elizabeth Paulett
1387–1400
Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England
Sir (John de Beauchamp, Knight, 3rd Baron of) Bletsoe
1380–1412
Bletsoe Castle, Bedfordshire, England
Edith (Elizabeth de) Stourton
1375–1441
Preston Plucknett, Somerset, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Rhode
1354–1391
Elisabeth Credy
1359–1415
Sir Knight
1362–1406
Mary
1360–
John Parliament
1364–1438
Jane Basset
1378–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Paulett
1325–1356
Elizabeth Reyney
1325–1353
Roger Bletso
1335–1379
John Stourton
1340–1364
Alice Stourton
–1407

Edith John's Descendants

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Edith (Saint) John (1430–1486) m. Sir (Geoffrey de La Pole, knight,) Esquire (1431–4 Jan 1474)
  1. 1. Sir (Richard Pole, K.G., Constable of Harlech & Montgomery castles, High Sheriff Merinethshire, Gentleman of Privy Chamber of Arthur, a) Welshman 1462–1505 m. Margaret (Plantagenet, Saint, 8th Countess of Salisbury, beheaded on charge of being) Catholic 1473–1541
    1. 1. Lady (Ursula Pole, Baroness) Stafford 1504–1570
    2. 2. Geoffrey (Pole, Archbishop of) Canterbury 1494–1558
    3. 3. Sir (Henry Pole, knight, 1st Lord Montagu, Steward of Manors, Justice of the Peace,) beheaded 1492–1539 m. Jane (de Neville, Lady Salisbury,) beheaded 1481–1541
      1. 1. Catherine (Pole, Countess of) Huntingdon 1511–1576 m. Francis (Hastings, KG, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon, Knight of Bath, Oxford University) alumna 1514–1561
        1. 1. Lady (Barbara Devereux) Hastings 1545–1606 m. 1548–1621
        2. 2. Elizabeth (Hastings (Somerset), Countess of) Worcester 1546–1621 m. Edward (Somerset, 4th Earl of) Worchester 1550–1628
        3. 3. Henry (Hastings, 3rd Earl of) Huntingdon 1536–1595 m. Catherine Dudley 1532–1620 m. Barbara Devereux 1541–1603
        4. 4. George (Hastings, 4th Earl of) Huntingdon 1540–1604 m. Countess (Dorothy) Porte 1536–1607
        5. 5. Edward Hastings 1542–1603
        6. 6. Catherine (Hastings) (Clinton) 1542–1576
        7. 7. Walter Hastings 1544–1616
        8. 8. Francis Hastings 1550–1610
        9. 9. Mary (Ann) Hastings 1552–1574
        10. 10. Sir (William) Hastings 1537–1637
      2. 2. Winifred Pole 1508–1542
      3. 3. Henry (Pole,) Montacute 1521–1542 m. Margaret (de) Neville 1522–1590
    4. 4. Cardinal (Reginald Pole,) Archbishop 1500–1558
    5. 5. George Pole 1490–1538
  2. 2. Lady (Eleanor De La) Pole, 1463–1526

Edith John's Timeline

2 Records

1430
1430
Birth of Edith Saint John in Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England
Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England
1486
1486
Age 56
Death of Edith Saint John in Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England
Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1430
    Event Place: Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1486
    Event Place: Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Bisham, Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough, Berkshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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