ST JOHN, Francis (c.1634-1705), of Thorpe Hall, St John the Baptist, Peterborough, Northants.

Family and Education

b. c. 1634, 1st s. of Oliver St John* and 1st w. Johanna.Vis. Northants. (Harl. Soc. lxxxvii), 183. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 21 July 1648, MA 1650;Al. Cant. L. Inn 14 Nov. 1648;LI Admiss. called, 6 Feb. 1656.LI Black Bks. m. (1) by 1661, Mary, da. and h. of Dionysius Wakeringe* of Church Hall, Kelvedon, Essex, 1s. d.v.p.; (2) lic. 14 May 1674, Mary, da. of Dannet Forth, Brewer, of London, 3s. 2da.Vis. Northants. 183-4; PROB11/484, ff. 102, 103v. suc. fa. 31 Jan. 1673;Vis. Northants. 183. d. 29 July 1705.Add. 25277, f. 105.

Offices Held

Local: commr. charitable uses, Peterborough 26 Jan. 1656. J.p. liberty of Peterborough 31 Jan. 1657–10 Oct. 1660;C181/6, p. 203, 336. Essex Mar. – bef.Oct. 1660; Northants. Mar. – bef.Oct. 1660, c.June 1700–d.PC2/78, p. 65. Commr. oyer and terminer and gaol delivery, liberty of Peterborough 31 Jan. 1657-aft. July 1659;C181/6, pp. 203, 368. assessment, Northants. 9 June 1657, 1679, 1690–?d.;A. and O.; SR. militia, Essex 26 July 1659; Northants. 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. Conservator, Gt. Level 1666–7.S. Wells, Drainage of Bedford Level, i. 458.

Central: member, cttee. for trade, 6 Feb. 1656.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 162.

Civic: feoffee for town lands, Peterborough 1658–83.Peterborough Local Admin. (Northants. Rec. Soc. x.), 233, 236, 246.

Parlimentarian

ST. JOHN, Francis (c.1634-1705), of Thorpe Hall, nr. Peterborough, Northants.

: of Thorpe Hall, St John the Baptist, Northants., Peterborough.

Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, C. Jansen.Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

ST JOHN, Francis (c.1634-1705), of Thorpe Hall, St John the Baptist, Peterborough, Northants.

Will

16 May 1702, pr. 7 Sept. 1705.PROB11/484, f. 101v.

Estates

Thorpe Hall assessed at 35 hearths in 1670.E179/157/446. In 1682 estate valued at £1,200 p.a.SP29/421/216, f. 110v. In 1702, estate inc. properties in Essex, Cambs., Hunts., Northants., Staffs., Suff. and Isle of Ely.PROB11/484, f. 102.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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