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Has 194 ancestors and 25 descendants in this family tree.| Name | John I St. John | |
| Suffix | Knight, 1st Baron of Lageham | |
| Birth | abt. 1260 | Stanton-St. John, Oxford, England, UK  |
| Gender | Male | |
| Fact | 1260 | Oseney Abbey, Oxfordshire, England, UK |
| Janekyn de Sancto Johanne in the register of Oseney Abbey, Oxfordshire, in 1260. Janekyn is a Biblical form of Yochan that in English is John or Johannes. It means 'The child favored by God'. Read more: https://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Jenkerson#ixzz6AW6qXCGV | ||
| Fact | 1276 | Swallowfield, Berkshire, England |
| Inquisition lists tenants of John St. John of Langham: Osmund Algar, Henry de Mora, Crictiana de Mora, John Wickrig, richard le Somel, Nicholas Aleyn, Thomas Edred, Walter Pelliparius, Richard Vulrich, Alice Tedrick, John Gold | ||
| Fact | 1293 | Berkshire, England |
| Great Roll, 20 Edward I [1293], in Res' Berk', sic.: Johannes de Johannes de Sancto Johanne, quondam vicecomes, reddit compotum de 20 l. de Magistro miliae Templi de. / John de St. John, a former sheriff, renders account of 20 l. the Master of the Temple family | ||
| Military Service | 1296 | Scotland |
| Fought in Scotland, 1296 and 1298 (Cl.24 Edw.1. m 12d; 25 Edw.1. m 28 shed.), 1301, 1303, 1310, 1314 (Cl.29 Edw.1.m 16; 30 Edw.1. m 2d; Rot.Scoc.4 Edw.2. m 12; 8 Edw.2. m 9d). | ||
| Military Service | 1298 | Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland |
| Sir John de St. John, of Lageham, bore the arms at the battle of Falkirk in 1298 / (The Knights Templar master, Brian de Jay or LeJay also participated in this battle, and perished while pursuing the retreating Scots into the woods). | ||
| Civil | 1299 | Westminster, England |
| Summond to Parliament, 1st Baron de St. john de Lageham: Summoned to Parliament, 21 Sep 1299 till 6 Oct 1315 (after 6 Edw.2., with the addition "de Laageham"), by which he may be considered to have become LORD ST JOHN of LAGHAM. | ||
| Fact | 1300 | Glympton, Woodstock, England, UK [1] |
| John St. John, of Lageham was the heir of Joan Plugunet de Bohun the daughter of Alan Plugunet and Joan Wake. Alan was the son of _____ Plugenet and Alice Rochford who married 2) Andrew de la Bere, parents of Andew de la Bere and Richard de la Bere. | ||
| Military Service | 1300 | Caverlock, Scotland |
| Siege of Caverlock: "banneret, which means a fairly important knight who led a company of fighters under his own banner, and as a baron from 1299) | ||
| Name | 28 Jun 1300 | Scotland, UK |
| Richard de Lyford source: Calendar of documents relating to Scotland preserved in Her Majesty's Public Record Office, London. p. 321 https://www.electricscotland.com/history/records/bain/020VolumeFiveSupplementaryRotuliScotiae.pdf | ||
| Fact | 1301 | |
| 84 On 25 Apr. 1301 Langton ordered the archdeacon of Chester to deliver custody of his sequestration on Bangor church to Walter Reginaldi, priest, to whom he had granted it during pleasure. The bishop wished Walter to support the under-age presentee, William son of Sir John de Sancto Johanne, in study from the revenues of the church. Walter was instructed to ensure the church was adequately served. No subsequent institutions to the church have been recorded. Bangor church too was assessed at £10 a year: Hughes, , ‘Episcopate’, no. 441Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Hughes,+,+%E2%80%98Episcopate%E2%80%99,+no.+441 ; Taxatio, 248b.Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Taxatio,+248b. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/royal-historical-society-camden-fifth-series/article/abs/1301-sequestratorgenerals-account-roll-for-the-diocese-of-coventry-and-lichfield/6E642DDE8C8D4BA961ACE88969E60D9E | ||
| Name | 26 Jan 1301 | Scotland, UK |
| John Luneday Source: p. 325 https://www.electricscotland.com/history/records/bain/020VolumeFiveSupplementaryRotuliScotiae.pdf | ||
| Name | 19 Feb 1301 | Scotland, UK |
| Adam de Kerseye source: p. 332 https://www.electricscotland.com/history/records/bain/020VolumeFiveSupplementaryRotuliScotiae.pdf | ||
| Name | 19 Feb 1301 | Scotland, UK |
| John Loveday source: p. 332 https://www.electricscotland.com/history/records/bain/020VolumeFiveSupplementaryRotuliScotiae.pdf | ||
| Name | 6 May 1301 | Scotland, UK |
| John de Peucot source: p. 326 https://www.electricscotland.com/history/records/bain/020VolumeFiveSupplementaryRotuliScotiae.pdf | ||
| Name | 6 May 1301 | Scotland, UK |
| William Mattel source: p. 326 https://www.electricscotland.com/history/records/bain/020VolumeFiveSupplementaryRotuliScotiae.pdf | ||
| Fact | Aug 1302 | Lageham, Surrey, England, UK |
| John de St. John to Ralph de Manton, cofferer of the Wardrobe: illness prevents him... Reference: SC 1/50/32 Description: John de St. John to Ralph de Manton, cofferer of the Wardrobe: illness prevents him being at Roxburgh when summoned, but he is sending a representative. Dated at Lochmaben, Tuesday before the beheading of St. John Baptist. Date: [? 1302 Aug] Held by: The National Archives, Kew Legal status: Public Record(s) Language: French Closure status: Open Document, Open Description Access conditions: Open Immediately https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C12228973 | ||
| Fact | Aug 1302 | Lageham, Surrey, England, UK |
| John de St. John to Ralph de Manton, cofferer of the Wardrobe: illness prevents him... Reference: SC 1/50/32 Description: John de St. John to Ralph de Manton, cofferer of the Wardrobe: illness prevents him being at Roxburgh when summoned, but he is sending a representative. Dated at Lochmaben, Tuesday before the beheading of St. John Baptist. Date: [? 1302 Aug] Held by: The National Archives, Kew Legal status: Public Record(s) Language: French Closure status: Open Document, Open Description Access conditions: Open Immediately https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C12228973 | ||
| Fact | aft. Oct 1302 | Scotland |
| Reference: C 47/22/9/62 Description: Petition to the King and council by John de Saint John that no grant may be made of his lands in Glasserton, Preston or elsewhere in Scotland Note: ^ see Bain, ii, 1338 Date: [after 1302 Oct] Held by: The National Archives, Kew Former reference in its original department Tower Misc Rolls no 459/60 Legal status: Public Record(s) Closure status: Open Document, Open Description http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7729400 | ||
| Name | 28 Apr 1303 | Scotland, UK |
| John Prest source: p. 336 https://www.electricscotland.com/history/records/bain/020VolumeFiveSupplementaryRotuliScotiae.pdf | ||
| Name | 28 Apr 1303 | Scotland, UK |
| William de Basyng William de Basing source: p. 336 https://www.electricscotland.com/history/records/bain/020VolumeFiveSupplementaryRotuliScotiae.pdf | ||
| Fact | 2 Feb 1308 | |
| Evidence of son, John: Debtor: John de St John, the son of Sir John de St John of Lagham {Lageham}, knight, of Surrey. | ||
| Fact | 11 Aug 1310 | |
| Evidence of son, Thomas: Debtor: William Bonefaunt of Reading {Rading}, of Berks. Creditor: Thomas, the son of Sir John de St. John of Lageham [unidentified] Amount: 66s. 8d. Before whom: Philip de Worminghall, Mayor of Oxford; Thomas de la Haye Clerk. When taken: 08/11/1310 | ||
| Death | 1315 | Lageham, Surrey, England, UK [2] |
| Alt. Death | 8 Jun 1316 | Westminster, England, UK |
| Alias: William de Basyng "Order to the same to take into the king's hand the lands late of William de Basyng, deceased, tenant in chief." earlier entry begins, "Order to the escheator on this side Trent to take into the king's hand the lands..." The John St. John that died before July 1316 was John St. John, 1st Baron St. John of Lageham. source: p. 282 https://archive.org/details/calendaroffinero02greauoft/page/282/mode/2up?q=%22william+de+basyng%22 | ||
| Death | 8 Jul 1316 | Oxfordshire, England |
| John de Sancto Johanne (St John) of Lageham (Lagham), the elder: Berkshire, Surrey, Oxfordshire. (C 134/52/10 Chancery: Inquisitions Post Mortem, Series I, Edward) | ||
| Fact | 1322 | Steeple Barton, Oxfordshire, England |
| Manor of Steeple Barton, Oxford: Hery Stertup and Emma his wife to retain a messuage and land in Sandford aqu. to themselves and their so fthem from John de Sancto Johanne of Lageham, who retains it. | ||
| Publication or Record Date | Harl. MS. 6589 Arg. on a chief gules two mullets or a bordure engraves sa. Sr. John St. John, Lageham, L; or Lagneham, co. Wilts, temp. Edward I, V. The mullets pierced vert, L. | |
| Generation | 08 | |
| Record Status | 30 Aug 2014 | |
| Record Complete | ||
| Age at Death | 55 years | |
| Person ID | SSH0010 | St. John Origin and Ancestry DNA Database |
| Last Modified | 26 Nov 2024 | |
| Father |  John son of Roger St. John, of Lageham, b. 1235-1255, Stanton-St. John, Oxford, England, UK d. aft. 1309, Lageham, Surrey, England, UK (Age 55 years) | |
| Relationship | Birth | |
| Mother | Margaret _____, m. John St. John, son of Roger d. 1265, of Lageham d.s.p., b. 1235-1255 d. aft. 1282, Lageham, Surrey, England, UK (Age 28 years) | |
| Relationship | Birth | |
| Family ID | F995693 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Marriage | 1275-1276 | Lageham, Surrey, England, UK |
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| Family ID | F4352 | Group Sheet | Family Chart | ||||||||
| Last Modified | 31 Aug 2024 | |||||||||
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| Reference | Suzanne St. John. "John I St. John, Knight, 1st Baron of Lageham". The St. John Genealogy Project. https://www.stjohngenealogy.com/getperson.php?personID=SSH0010&tree=OSA0001 (accessed April 30, 2025). |
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