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Margaretha St. John 1490–1562 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1490

Birth Location: Bletsoe, Bedfordshire

Death Date: 27 August 1562

Death Location: Woburn, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Father: John Bedfordshire

Mother: Lady Morgan

Spouse(s): Thomas Gamage

Children(s): Mathilde Gamage, Lady Gamage, Robert Gamage

In 1490, Margaretha St. John entered the world in Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, born to John Saint John Ii Knight Bletsoe Bedfordshire And Lady Sybil Verch Morgan. Margaretha St. John married Thomas Gamage, and had children including Lady Mary Of Coety Gamage, Mathilde Gamage, Robert Gamage. Margaretha St. John passed away in 1562 in Woburn, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • In 1490, Margaretha St. John entered the world in Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, born to John Saint John Ii Knight Bletsoe Bedfordshire And Lady Sybil Verch Morgan.
  • Margaretha St. John married Thomas Gamage, and had children including Lady Mary Of Coety Gamage, Mathilde Gamage, Robert Gamage.
  • Margaretha St. John passed away in 1562 in Woburn, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Bedfordshire
1450–1525
Birth Location: Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
JB
Lady Morgan
1462–1542
Birth Location: Langstone, Wales, United Kingdom
LM

Spouses(s)

Thomas Gamage
1485–1520
Birth Location: Coity Castle, Glamorganshire, Wales
TG

Children(s)

Mathilde Gamage
1518–1581
Birth Location: Coety, Glamorgan, Wales, England, United Kingdom
MG
Lady Gamage
1527–1595
Birth Location: Coety, Coety, Glamorganshire, Wales, United Kingdom
LG
Robert Gamage
1510–1555
Birth Location: Coety, Coety, Glamorganshire, Wales, United Kingdom
RG

Margaretha John's Ancestors

Self
Margaretha John
1490–1562
Birth Place: Bletsoe, Bedfordshire
Parents
John Saint John II Knight Bletsoe, Bedfordshire
1450–1525
Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Sybil Verch) Morgan
1462–1542
Langstone, Wales, United Kingdom
Grandparents
John (St Saint John I) KB
1429–1489
Alice Bradshaigh
1426–1511
Haigh, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England
Morgan (ap Jenkyn (Jenkyn ap Philip), of) Langstone
1410–1472
Langstone, Glamorganshire, Wales
Margred (Jane (Johanne) verch Dafydd) Mathew
1440–1534
Llandaff Court, Cibwr, Glamorganshire, Wales
Great-Grandparents
Oliver John
1398–1437
Margaret Beauchamp
1410–1482
Jenkyn Philip
1383–1440
Cecily Welsh
1380–1416
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Edith Stourton
1394–1441
John Welsh
1330–
Catherine Llewelyn
1360–

Margaretha John's Descendants

1.
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Margaretha (St.) John (1490–27 August 1562) m. Thomas Gamage (1485–1520)
  1. 1. Mathilde Gamage 1518–1581 m. William Howard 1510–1573
    1. 1. Charles (1st Earl of Nottingham 2nd Baron Of Effingham) Howard 1536–1624 m. Catherine (Countess of Nottingham) Carey 1541–1602 m. Margaret (Monson) Stuart 1591–1639
      1. 1. Frances (Countess of Kildare) Howard 1572–1619 m. Henry (Thomas) Fitzgerald 1562–1597 m. Henry (11th Baron Cobham) Brooke 1564–1619
        1. 1. Elizabeth Fitzgerald 1591–1611 m. Luke (More 1st Earl Of Fingall Baron Killeen) Plunkett 1589–1637
        2. 2. Bridget Fitzgerald 1589–1682 m. Sir (Nicholas 1st Viscount Barnewall of Kingsland Baron of Turvey Barnewall) MP 1592–1663
      2. 2. William Howard 1577–1615
      3. 3. Elizabeth (Countess of Carrick) Howard 1564–1646
      4. 4. Charles Howard 1579–1642
      5. 5. Charles Howard 1616–1681
      6. 6. James Howard 1610–1610
      7. 7. William Howard 1615–1615
      8. 8. Thomas Howard –1617
      9. 9. Anne Howard 1612–
      10. 10. Margaret Howard 1572–
      11. 11. Mary Howard 1555–1615
    2. 2. Margaret (Douglas) Howard 1538–1608 m. John Sheffield 1540–1568 m. Sir (Robert Mayor Leicester Dudley) Newcastle 1532–1588 m. Sir (Edward) Stafford 1552–1605
      1. 1. Elizabeth Sheffield 1561–1601 m. Thomas Butler 1530–1614
        1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth) Butler 1593–1629 m. Theobald (1st Viscount Tilleophelim) Butler 1570–1613 m. Sir (Richard Baron Dingwall Preston created Earl of Desmond Nov 22,) 1622 1576–1628
      2. 2. Edmund Sheffield 1564–1646
    3. 3. Willem (Sir) Howard 1540–1600
    4. 4. Frances (Howard) Seymour 1554–1598
    5. 5. Mary Mompesson 1543–1600
    6. 6. Catherine Howard 1560–1645 m. Thomas (Henry) Rice 1555–1621
    7. 7. Douglas (Lady Elizabeth Douglas Countess of Leicester, Baroness of Sheffield) Howard 1542–1608 m. Sir (Robert Mayor Leicester Dudley) Newcastle 1532–1588
      1. 1. Sir (Robert (illegitimate Son of Robert Dudley 1st Earl of Leicester) Dudley II, Explorer, styled himself "Duke of Northumberland Earl of) Warwick" 1574–1649 m. Lady (Bridget Duchess Northumberland) Greene 1569–1674
        1. 1. Lord (Edward) Dudley 1605–1655 m. Lady (Elizabeth Hester) Prichard 1599–1691
  2. 2. Lady (Mary of Coety) Gamage 1527–1595
  3. 3. Robert Gamage 1510–1555 m. Johanne (Jane Champerowne) * 1514–1553
    1. 1. John Gamage 1538–1584 m. Gwenlian Powell 1535–1565
      1. 1. Barbara (Countess Of Leicester) Gamage 1565–1621 m. Robert (1st Earl of Leicester Viscount De L'Isle Baron of Penshurst Sidney Lord) Chamberlain 1563–1626
        1. 1. Dorothea Sydney 1617–1684 m. Henry (3rd Earl of Spencer Of Wormleighton) Spencer 1620–1643
        2. 2. William Sidney 1585–1612
        3. 3. Katharine Mansell 1597–1616
        4. 4. Bridget Sydney 1598–1599
        5. 5. Alice Sydney 1598–1599
        6. 6. Vere Sydney 1585–1606
        7. 7. Lady (Philippa) Sidney 1594–1620 m. John Hobart 1593–
        8. 8. Henry Sidney 1591–1591
        9. 9. Mary Sidney 1586–1621
        10. 10. Philip Sydney 1591–1612
        11. 11. Barbara Sidney 1599–1642
        12. 12. Elizabeth Sidney 1592–1605
        13. 13. Katharine Sydney 1589–1610

Margaretha John's Timeline

3 Records

1486
1486
Birth of Margaretha St. John in Bletsoe, Bedfordsire, England, United Kingdom
Bletsoe, Bedfordsire, England, United Kingdom
1490
1490
Birth of Margaretha St. John in Bletsoe, Bedfordshire
Bletsoe, Bedfordshire
1562
27 August 1562
Age 72
Death of Margaretha St. John in Woburn, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Woburn, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1486
    Event Place: Bletsoe, Bedfordsire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1490
    Event Place: Bletsoe, Bedfordshire
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 August 1562
    Event Place: Woburn, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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