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

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.

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

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

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
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