 1652 - 1742 (~ 89 years)
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| Name |
St. John, Henry |
| Born |
17 Oct 1652 |
Of Battersea, Surrey, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Buried |
8 Apr 1742 |
Battersea, Surrey, England |
| Person ID |
I01997 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
16 Jun 2015 |
| Father |
St. John, Walter, b. May 1622, Of Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire, England , bur. 3 Jul 1708, Battersea, Surrey, England (Age ~ 86 years) |
| Mother |
St. John, Joanna, c. 27 Jan 1631, High Laver, Essex, England , d. 1705, England (Age ~ 73 years) |
| Married |
1649 |
England |
| Family ID |
F00788 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Rich, Mary, b. Ab 1650, of Lee, Essex, England , d. 2 Oct 1678, England |
| Married |
11 Dec 1673 |
Leigh's Chapel, Essex, England |
| Children |
| | 1. St. John, Henry, c. 10 Oct 1678, Battersea, Surrey, England , bur. 15 Dec 1751, Battersea, Surrey, England (Age ~ 73 years) |
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| Family ID |
F00791 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 2 |
Pelissary, Angelina Magdalene, b. Abt 1667, France , d. 1736, England (Age ~ 69 years) |
| Married |
01 Jan 1687 |
England |
| Children |
| | 1. St. John, John, b. Abt 1702, England , bur. 27 Feb 1748, Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire, England (Age ~ 46 years) |
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| Family ID |
F00792 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- London: - Marriage Licences, 1611-1828
Marriage Licences Granted by the Bishop of London.
County: London
Country: England
12 Nov 1673 Henry St John, of Battersea, Surrey, Esq., & Lady Mary Rich, of Lee, co. Essex, Spinster, 21, parents dead; at Lee aforesaid.
Henry Viscount St. John.
This was the father of Lord Bolingbroke. In 1684, being then Mr. Henry St. John, he was tried for the murder of Sir William Estcourt, Bart. and was convicted. Bishop Burnet speaking, no doubt, of this affair, tells the story thus: That a young gentleman of a noble family, in the year 1684, being at supper with a large party, a sudden quarrel arose between him and another gentleman, very warm words passed, and swords were drawn, three persons were engaged in the rencounter, one of whom was killed on the spot, the other two were indicted for murder; it appeared uncertain by which the fatal wound was given, nor did the proof against either amount to more than manslaughter: yet the gentleman abovementioned being one of the two, was advised to confess the indictment, and to let sentence pass for murder. He was threatened with the utmost rigour of the law if he neglected to follow this advice; if he complied, he was promised a pardon. He thought it prudent to comply, and was convicted accordingly: but to his cost found, that his pardon was to be purchased at the high rate of 16,000 l.; one half of which the king converted to his own use; and bestowed the remainder upon two ladies who were in great favor. This is bishop Burnet's account (fn. 36). It appears, however, that after the conviction, a doubt arose, whether the king could pardon him.?The matter was much debated, and bishop Barlow wrote one of his cases of conscience upon the subject (fn. 37): he determines the point in the affirmative. It is said, that to obviate all doubts, the king granted him only a reprieve; in confirmation of this, no pardon appears to have been enrolled (fn. 38): the reprieve was for a long term of years, which the extreme old age which he attained rendered it probable that he would survive. In 1716 he was created Baron St. John of Battersea, and Viscount St. John, and died in 1742, as mentioned above, on the verge of ninety.
From: 'Battersea', The Environs of London: volume 1: County of Surrey (1792), pp. 26-48. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=45371. Date accessed: 20 July 2007.
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