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Name | Margaret de Port-St. John [1] | |
Suffix | m. John Beauchamp | |
Birth | 1275-1308 | of, Basing, , Monmouthshire, Wales ![]() |
Gender | Female | |
Fact | 1361 | Chawton, Southampton, England, UK ![]() |
Held 1 Knights Fee in Chauton | ||
Name | Margaret St. John [1] | |
Death | 19 Nov 1361 | |
Age at Death | 53 years | |
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Person ID | I10664 | St. John Origin and Ancestry DNA Database | St. John Generation One - Raoul de Sancto Johanne |
Last Modified | 23 Jan 2024 |
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Relationship | Birth | |
Mother | Isabel _____, de Port-St. John, eldest daughter of King Edward I, b. 1256-1260, England, UK ![]() | |
Relationship | Birth | |
Marriage | abt. 1275 | England, UK ![]() |
Age at Marriage | He : ~ 15 years - She : ~ 15 years. | |
Marriage fact | July 21 1294 | |
"To the sheriff of Oxford. Order to deliver to Edward de Sancto Johanne, the king's kinsman, the king's houses at Oxford, as the king has lent them to him to dwell in with his household during the king's pleasure. To the keeper of the forest of Rutland. Order to cause Hugh Bardolf to have in that forest six bucks, of the king's gift." July 21 1294 Rowner Membrane 6 Calendar of the close rolls preserved in the Public Record Office : Edward I ; prepared under the superintendence of the Deputy Keeper of the Records by Great Britain. Public Record Office; Great Britain. Court of Chancery p. 358 https://archive.org/details/calendarofcloser03grea/page/358/mode/2up | ||
Marriage fact | 1275 | Halnaker, Boxgrove, Sussex, England ![]() |
John de Sancto Johanne to settle his manors of Basing, Sherborne, Chawton, Warnford, and Bromley on himself, Isabel his wife, and the heirs of their bodies, with remainder to his own right heirs. (Hants) | ||
Marriage fact | 1290 | |
Joh'es de Sancto Johanne of Basing or Halnak consents, in the full Parliament at Westminster, to the grant of the aid for marrying the King's eldest daughter. -- Morrow of the Holy Trinity, 29 May 18 Ed. I. [1290], p. 20 no. 2 | ||
Marriage fact | 1300 | |
Then in 1300, John de Port-St. John of Halnak is named in a letter to the Pope. "Joh'es de Sco Johanne D'N'S DE HAUNAK, joins in the letter addressed to the Pope, on the part, as well of the persons named therein, as of the "Communitas" of England. -- Dated at Lincoln, 12 Feb. 1300 (O.S.) 29 Ed. I." p. 102 no. 42, p. 103 no. 43 If he married the King's daughter, the Pope would have significant interest in their child since we are talking about a Church-State and said child could ascend to the throne. | ||
de Port-St. John Marriage | ![]() | Media (Log in) |
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Family ID | F4428 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family | John Beauchamp, m. Margaret St. John; Lord Beauchamp, b. Abt 1270, of, Moccas, Herefordshire, England ![]() | |||||||
Death of Spouse | IPM Margaret St. John Beauchamp Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 157 34. MARGARET LATE THE WIFE OF JOHN DE BELLO CAMPO, of Somerset. Writ, 30 November, 35 Edward III. BUCKINGHAM. Inq. taken at Wycombe, Thursday after St. Lucy the Virgin, 35 Edward III. Dourton. A messuage with a carucate of land, held of the earl of Stafford by knight’s service, the reversion thereof belonging after her death to the heirs of John de Bello Campo, whose ages the jurors know not. She died on Saturday after All Saints last. Writ, 30 November, 35 Edward III. DORSET. Inq. (indented) taken at Blaneford, 10 December, 35 Edward III. Stormenstere Mareschal. 40a. arable, 20a. several meadow, in common after mowing, and 4l. rent, held of the king in chief by knight’s service. Loseborgh. A fourth part and a half of the hundred, held of the king in chief. Hondredesbergh. An eighth part of the hundred. All the above she held for life in dower by assignment of John de Bello Campo, her late husband, of the inheritance of his heirs, to wit, Cecily, his daughter, and John, son of Eleanor his other daughter. She died on 21 November last. The above named Cecily, aged 30 years and more, and John, aged 15 years and more, are her heirs. Writ, 30 November, 35 Edward III. WILTS. Inq. made at Lutegarshale, 20 December, 35 Edward III. Westkyngton. The manor (extent given), held for life in dower by endowment of John de Bello Campo, her late husband, of the inheritance of Cecily daughter and one of the heirs of the said John, and of John Merizet, son of Eleanor daughter and other heir of the said John. The manor is held of the king in chief by knight’s service. She died on 19 November last. The aforesaid Cecily her daughter, aged 40 years and more, and John Merizet son of Eleanor her daughter, aged 15 years and more, are the heirs of the said John de Bello Campo and Margaret. SOMERSET. Inq. (indented) taken at Yevele, 7 December, 35 Edward III. Shepton Beauchamp. The manor (extent given, including pasture in the close called ‘Brademede,’ a fair (feria mercati) on St. Petroc’s day, and a weekly market (forum) on Tuesday), held for life in dower by assignment of John de Bello Campo, her late husband, of the inheritance of Cecily his daughter and of John son of Eleanor his other daughter. The manor is held of the king in chief by knight’s service. Dondene. The manor (extent given), held for life of the same inheritance of the abbot of Glastonbury by knight’s service. Muryfeld. The manor (extent given, including woods called ‘Palwode’ and ‘Westwode’), held for life of John de Mowhaut (?) and Robert de Brideport in chief by knight’s service of the same inheritance. The manor is charged yearly with 25s. to the abbot of Athelney, 3s. 4d. to the abbot of Muchelneye, 4d. to …… of Asshehull, and [1d.] to William de Brytheye, and 1lb. cummin to the lord of (?) Gatangr’ at the sheriff’s tourn for Gonnevyles Penne. Brodemersshton. The manor (extent given, partly illegible, but including a watermill, 150a. arable, and 40a. several meadow), held of the heirs of the earl of Hereford by knight’s service in manner aforesaid. She died on 21 November last. Cecily [her daughter] and John son of Eleanor long since deceased, her other daughter, are her heirs. Writ, 26 October, 35 Edward III. KENT. Inq. (indented) taken at Strete, 20 January, 35 Edward III. Sellyng by Monks’ Horton. A moiety of the manor (extent given), held for life of the inheritance of John de Bello Campo of Somerset, as the jury understand, of the king in chief by knight’s service, amount not known, and by service of suit to the king’s court called ‘Redeleuet’ in Kent every three weeks. She died on 20 October last, as the jury understand. John de Bello Campo of Somerset, lately deceased, was her heir, age not known. She held nothing else in the county. Writ de feodis etc., 30 November, 35 Edward III. SOMERSET. Extent of knights fees &c. (Heading and date illegible). She held no knights’ fees &c. in demesne as of fee, but only the following for her life by assignment of John de Bello Campo her late husband, of the inheritance of Cecily his daughter and John son of Eleanor his other daughter, his heirs. Mochelmershton. A moiety of a knight’s fee, held by Robert … by. Culve, Perers, Herscome, Estynton, Horecome, Styndereston, Hamme, Soundon and Lodewyk. 6 1/2 knights’ fees, held by Simon Forneaux. Enemere, Sutton and Ake. 5 knights’ fees, held by John Malet. Chauton. One knight’s fee, held by John de Chauton. Draycote. One knight’s fee of Mortain, held by John de Draycote. Lymington. A moiety of a knight’s fee, held by John Boys and John Daubron, and a fourth part of a fee held by Henry Pouwere. Compton. A twentieth part of a knight’s fee, held by Peter Vocle. Sutton and Botekeleye. One knight’s fee, held by Reynold Huse. Stoke under Hameldon. The advowson of the free chapel. Lymyngton. The advowson of the church. She held no other knights’ fees or advowsons in the county. C. Edw. III. File 157. (1.) E. Inq. P.M. File 16. (8.) (Wilts.) https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol11/pp20-40 | |||||||
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Family ID | F24496 | Group Sheet | Family Chart | ||||||
Last Modified | 30 Apr 2023 |
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Reference | Suzanne St. John. "Margaret de Port-St. John, m. John Beauchamp". The St. John Genealogy Project. https://www.stjohngenealogy.com/getperson.php?personID=I10664&tree=OSA0001 (accessed May 8, 2025). |
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