Europe, British Isles, England, Home Counties, Bedfordshire, Bletsoe

Bletsoe is in Bedfordshire.

Around 1289 Agnes Grandison Baroness Bardolf was born to William Grandison 1st Baron Grandison (age 27) and Sibylla Tregoz Baroness Grandison at Bletsoe.

In 1387 Elizabeth Paulet was born to John Paulett (age 33) in Bletsoe.

On 08 Jul 1400 Oliver St John was born to John St John (age 16) and Elizabeth Paulet (age 13) at Bletsoe.

On 31 Aug 1426 John St John was born to Oliver St John (age 26) and Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset (age 16) at Bletsoe.

Around 1430 Edith St John was born to Oliver St John (age 29) and Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset (age 20) at Bletsoe.

On 30 Mar 1450 John St John was born to John St John (age 23) and Alice Bradshaigh at Bletsoe.

After 1488 John St John (age 61) died at Bletsoe.

Around 1494 John St John was born to John St John (age 43) and Sybil of Lansgtone Manor (age 32) at Bletsoe.

Around 1533 Margaret St John Countess Bedford was born to John St John (age 39) and Margaret Waldegrave (age 47) at Bletsoe.

On 27 Aug 1562 John St John (age 68) died at Bletsoe.

On 17 Jan 1732 St Andrew St John was born to John St John 11th Baron St John (age 44) and Elizabeth Crowley Baroness St John at Bletsoe.

Bletsoe Castle

In Aug 1362 Roger Beauchamp 2nd Baron Beauchamp Bletsoe was born to Roger Beauchamp (age 24) and Joan Clopton Baroness Beauchamp (age 41) at Bletsoe Castle [Map].

On 31 May 1443 Margaret Beaufort Countess Richmond was born to John Beaufort 1st Duke Somerset (age 40) and Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset (age 33) at Bletsoe Castle [Map]. Some sources suggest her death may have been two years earlier in 1441 by saying she was three years old when her father died on 30 May 1444 - see Excerpta Historica. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

On 01 Nov 1455 Edmund Tudor 1st Earl Richmond (age 25) and Margaret Beaufort Countess Richmond (age 12) were married at Bletsoe Castle [Map]. She by marriage Countess Richmond. She the daughter of John Beaufort 1st Duke Somerset and Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset (age 45). He the son of Owen Tudor (age 55) and Catherine of Valois Queen Consort England. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.