William de Port-St. John, of Easton Neston (near Paulsbury)Hameldon, Rutland, Northamptonshire, England

1312 - 1331  (19 years)  Submit Photo / Document    Has 416 ancestors and 3 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	William de Port-St. John
  Suffix	of Easton Neston (near Paulsbury)Hameldon, Rutland, Northamptonshire, England
  Birth	abt. 1312	Hambleton, Rutland, England, UK
  Gender	Male
  Fact	9 Mar 1321  [1]
  	1321/22 On March 9, William de St. John, "going to the March of Scotland on the king's service," was granted protection "with clause volumus until Midsummer."
  Fact	9 Aug 1321	Westminster, England, UK   [2]
  	1321 Aug. 9. "Westminster. Thomas son of Thomas de Bray, the elder, acknowledges that he owes to William de Sancto Johanne and John de Toucestre 40l.; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in co. Northampton."
  Fact	8 Aug 1322  [3]
  	1322 On August 8, William de St. John, going with Richard Damory, steward of the Household, going with the king, was granted protection "with clause volumus until All Saints." (Note: Sir Roger Damory who married Elizabeth de Clare, granddaughter of Edward I)
  Fact	1322-1323  [4]
  	1322-1323 William de St. John applied for a licence to grant land in Easton Neston in exchange for land in Canons Ashby and for a chantry at Plumpton. [4] Description: William de Sancto Johanne to grant his manor of Easton Neston to the prioress and nuns of Shordley in exchange for a messuage and lands in Canons Ashby and for a chantry and other alms to be performed at Plumpton, retaining the manor of Plumpton, messuages and land in Middleton near Banbury, and land at Turnesmere (Oxford). N'hamp. Oxford. Date: 16 Edward II [8 July 1322-7 July 1323.
  Fact	26 Oct 1324  [5]
  	1324 William de St. John received a licence to convey land in Ashby Canons, Northamptonshire, in exchange for land in Plumpton. [5] Oct. 26. Tower of London. Licence for the alienation in mortmain by William de Sancto Johanne to the prior and convent of Essheby Canonicorum of 6 messuages and 4 virgates of land in Essheby Canonicorum, in exchange for 10 messuages, 7 virgates of land, 6 acres of meadow and 2 acres of pasture in Plumpton by Wedon Pynkeny. By fine of 40s.
  Fact	26 Oct 1324  [6]
  	Oct. 26. Tower of London. Licence for the alienation in mortmain by William de Sancto Johanne to the prior and convent of Essheby Canonicorum of 6 messuages and 4 virgates of land in Essheby Canonicorum, in exchange for 10 messuages, 7 virgates of land, 6 acres of meadow and 2 acres of pasture in Plumpton by Wedon Pynkeny. By fine of 40s. 1327 William de St. John was appointed to a commission.
  Fact	30 Jun 1327  [7]
  	June 30. York. Commission to William Trussel, Robert de Daventre and William de Sancto Johanne to enquire by juries of the counties of Northampton and Leicester into whose hands have come the goods granted by the king to Alice de Insula, which belonged to Warin de Insula, her husband, and to Henry Tyeis, her brother, and which the king is informed are in the possession of divers men of those counties, who have delayed restoring them to the said Alice; with power to compel restitution thereof or their value to the said Alice. 1327/8 William de St. John was granted protection.
  Fact	1328
  	B. 2750. Grant by William de Sancto Johanne of Plumpton, to the prioress and nuns of Sewardesleye, of four messuages and land in Estneston [East Neston], held by three bondmen and one nief with their bodies, chattels, services and offspring (sequelis), and also a messuage there, and land in Pauelistocking [Paveley Stockings Field], also a rent issuing out of other lands there, with the reversion of the said last-mentioned land, in exchange for messuages and lands in Essheby Canons [Ashby Canons]. Thirteenth century.
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  Fact	25 Jan 1328	York, England, UK
  	York. Protection, with clause nolumus, for one year, for William de Sancto Johanne.
  Fact	8 Feb 1328	York, England, UK
  	York. William de Sancto Johanne, going on pilgrimage beyond seas, has letters nominating William de Turvile, parson of the church of Plumpton, and Thomas de Boltesham his attorneys for one year.
  Fact	12 May 1328	Northampton, England, UK
  	Northampton. Licence for the alienation in mortmain by William de Sancto Johanne, to the prioress and convent of Sewardesleye of the manor of Estneston, co. Northampton, in exchange for six messuages and land in Canons Esseby, in the same county. By fine of 40s.
  Fact	3 Oct 1328	Northampton, England, UK
  	[N 'hamp.] B. 2749. Acknowledgment by John de Pateshulle and Joan his wife, that they have received from William de Sancto Johanne and Richard Tybbay, by the hands of the prioress and the convent of Sewardesleye, 100s., for the rent of the manor of Esteston next Touecester. Craule, Monday after Michaelmas, 2 Edward III.
  Fact	8 Dec 1329	Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England, UK
  	Kenilworth. Licence for William de Pynkeney of Guldenmorton to enfeoff William de Sancto Johanne of his manor of Guldenmorton, held in chief, and for the feoffee to grant the same to the said William de Pynkeney and Juliana his wife, in tail male. By fine of 100s.
  Possessions	bef. 1331	Boughton, Spelhoe, Northampton, England, UK
  Death	4 Jul 1331	Hambleton, Rutland, England, UK
  Fact	1 Oct 1331	Bedford, England, UK
  	Bedford. Inq. 1 October, 5 Edward III. Tingrith. Two crofts, a windmill and 5 marks yearly rent from free tenants, held with Andrew de Sancto Lucio and John de Oxon' as of the right of their wives; which tenements the said William, Andrew and John recovered before the justices in eyre at Bedford, and which have not yet been separated or divided among them; they are held of Roger Dakeneye by service of paying 2 marks for the guard (custodiam) of the castle of Wyndesore by the hands of the said Roger. Heir as above. C. Edw. in. File 26. (25.)
  Fact	17 Oct 1331	Northampton, England, UK
  	343. William de Sancto Johanne. Writ, 30 July, 5 Edward III. Northampton. Inq. 17 October, 5 Edward III. He held no lands &c. in chief of the king in the said county, because long before his death he demised all his lands &c. in the county, excepting 100s. rent in Estheston which are held of the earl of Cornwall, service unknown, to Henry de Coumbemartyn, Adam de Cortenhale, William Turviil, rector of the church of Plumton, and Roger le Heyr. Robert de Pynkenye granted to Alice his daughter 7s. rent in Morton by Assheby Canons, to hold for her life, who enfeoffed William de Sancto Johanne of the same rent for the same term; and William de Pynkenye, son and heir of the said Robert now holds the said rent as parcel of the manor of Morton, which manor he holds of the king in chief by knight's service. Giles his son, aged a year and a half and more, is his next heir.
  Age at Death	19 years
  Person ID	I10665	St. John Origin and Ancestry DNA Database
  Last Modified	3 May 2024

  
  

  Father	William de Port-St. John, of Hameldon, Rutland, Northamptonshire, England,   b. abt. 1296, Hambleton, Rutland, England, UK d. abt. 1327, Hambleton, Rutland, England, UK (Age 31 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Ismania Bagot, of Bromley,   b. abt. 1274
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	bef. 1288  [8, 9, 10]
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  Age at Marriage	He : ~ -8 years - She : ~ 14 years.
  Marriage fact	Sir Giles St. John, Kt., son and heir of William St. John and of Isabel his wife, da. and coheir of Sir William Combmartyn of co. North'ton, Kt., which William St. John was son and heir to .... St. John and of .... his wife, da. and heir to Sir William Baggott, Kt.,   [11]
  Marriage fact	1317
  	Reference: E 326/330 Description: Grant by Richard the Clerk (clericus) of Attenestone to Wililam de St. John, of Plumpton, and Ysmania his wife, of land in the fields of Attenestone: (N'hamp) Date: Sunday before All Saints Day, 10 Edward II Held by: The National Archives, Kew Legal status: Public Record(s) Closure status: Open Document, Open Description http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4526195
  Family ID	F399014	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Isabella Cobmartin, St. John; de Rothing,   b. 1300-1310   d. 30 Apr 1401 (Age 91 years)
  Marriage fact	"Sir Giles St. John, Kt., son and heir of William St. John and of Isabel his wife, da. and coheir of Sir William Combmartyn of co. North'ton, Kt., which William St. John was son and heir to .... St. John and of .... his wife, da. and heir to Sir William Baggott, Kt.,"  [11]
  Children	1. Margerie de Port-St. John, probably married John de Lyon,   b. abt. 1330  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] + 2. Giles de Port-St. John, Lord of Plumpton; m. Margery de Lyon,   b. abt. Apr 1330, Hambleton, Rutland, England, UK d. aft. 1391, Hambleton, Rutland, England, UK (Age 61 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
  Family ID	F3456	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Dec 2023

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1William de Port-St. John, of Easton Neston (near Paulsbury)Hameldon, Rutland, Northamptonshire, England(1312 – 1331) 2William de Port-St. John, of Hameldon, Rutland, Northamptonshire, England(1296 – 1327) 4Sir John de Port-St. John, of Hameldon, Rutland, Northamptonshire, England(1280 – 1288) 8William de Port-St. John, of Hameldon(1242 – 1285) 9Sara Wahull de Plumpton, St. John, of Plumpton(1226-1240 – ) 5Maud FitzNigel, of Northampton(1242-1256 – ) 10Robert FitzNigel, of Northampton(1240 – ) 11 3Ismania Bagot, of Bromley(1274 – ) 6Sir William Bagot, Lord of Bromley(1251-1263 – 1296) 12Sir Richard Bagot 13Christiana Mauveslin 7Hawisia de Stafford, Bagot(1251-1263 – 1293) 14Matthew II de Louvain, of Little Easton 15Helisant De Bohun, m. Matthew II de Louvain

  
  

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  Suzanne St. John. "William de Port-St. John, of Easton Neston (near Paulsbury)Hameldon, Rutland, Northamptonshire, England". The St. John Genealogy Project. https://www.stjohngenealogy.com/getperson.php?personID=I10665&tree=OSA0001 (accessed April 30, 2025).

  
  

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