Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, Home Counties, England, British Isles

Bletsoe, Bedfordshire is in Bedfordshire.

Around 1289 Agnes Grandison Baroness Bardolf was born to William Grandison 1st Baron Grandison [aged 27] and Sibylla Tregoz Baroness Grandison at Bletsoe, Bedfordshire. She married 1. Walter Cokesey 2. 1306 John Northwoode and had issue 3. 1331 Thomas Bardolf 2nd Baron Bardolf, son of Hugh Bardolf 1st Baron Bardolf, and had issue.

In 1387 Elizabeth Paulet was born to John Paulett [aged 33] in Bletsoe, Bedfordshire. She married John St John and had issue.

On 8th July 1400 Oliver St John was born to John St John [aged 16] and Elizabeth Paulet [aged 13] at Bletsoe, Bedfordshire. He married before 1426 Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset, daughter of John Beauchamp 3rd Baron Beauchamp Bletsoe and Edith Stourton Baroness Beauchamp Bletsoe, and had issue.

On 31st August 1426 John St John was born to Oliver St John [aged 26] and Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 16] at Bletsoe, Bedfordshire. He married Alice Bradshaigh and had issue.

Around 1430 Edith St John was born to Oliver St John [aged 29] and Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 20] at Bletsoe, Bedfordshire. She married Geoffrey Pole and had issue.

On 30th March 1450 John St John was born to John St John [aged 23] and Alice Bradshaigh at Bletsoe, Bedfordshire. He married Sybil of Lansgtone Manor and had issue.

After 1488 John St John [deceased] died at Bletsoe, Bedfordshire.

Around 1494 John St John was born to John St John [aged 43] and Sybil of Lansgtone Manor [aged 32] at Bletsoe, Bedfordshire. He married 1. Ann Nevill and had issue 2. Margaret Waldegrave and had issue.

On 27th August 1562 John St John [aged 68] died at Bletsoe, Bedfordshire.

On 17th January 1732 St Andrew St John was born to John St John 11th Baron St John [aged 44] and Elizabeth Crowley Baroness St John at Bletsoe, Bedfordshire.

Bletsoe Castle, Bedfordshire, Home Counties, England, British Isles [Map]

In August 1362 Roger Beauchamp 2nd Baron Beauchamp Bletsoe was born to Roger Beauchamp [aged 24] and Joan Clopton Baroness Beauchamp [aged 41] at Bletsoe Castle [Map]. He married before 3rd May 1406 Margaret Holland Baroness Beauchamp Bletsoe.

On 3rd January 1380 Roger Beauchamp 1st Baron Beauchamp Bletsoe [aged 75] died at Bletsoe Castle [Map]. His grandson Roger [aged 17] succeeded 2nd Baron Beauchamp Bletsoe in Bedfordshire.

Around 1413 Roger Beauchamp 2nd Baron Beauchamp Bletsoe [aged 50] died at Bletsoe Castle [Map]. His son John [aged 35] succeeded 3rd Baron Beauchamp Bletsoe in Bedfordshire although there is some uncertainty as to whether he was ever recognised as Baron.

On 31st May 1443 Margaret Beaufort Countess Richmond was born to John Beaufort 1st Duke of Somerset [aged 40] and Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 33] at Bletsoe Castle [Map]. Some sources suggest her birth 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. She married 1. January 1450 her half third cousin John de la Pole 2nd Duke of Suffolk, son of William "Jackanapes" de la Pole 1st Duke of Suffolk and Alice Chaucer Duchess Suffolk 2. 1st November 1455 her half fourth cousin once removed Edmund Tudor 1st Earl Richmond, son of Owen Tudor and Catherine of Valois Queen Consort England, and had issue 3. 3rd January 1458 her second cousin Henry Stafford, son of Humphrey Stafford 1st Duke of Buckingham and Anne Neville Duchess Buckingham 4. 12th June 1472 her third cousin Thomas Stanley 1st Earl of Derby, son of Thomas Stanley 1st Baron Stanley and Jane Goushill Baroness Stanley.

On 1st November 1455 Edmund Tudor 1st Earl Richmond [aged 25] and Margaret Beaufort Countess Richmond [aged 12] were married at Bletsoe Castle [Map]. She by marriage Countess Richmond. She the daughter of John Beaufort 1st Duke of Somerset and Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 45]. He the son of Owen Tudor [aged 55] and Catherine of Valois Queen Consort England. They were half fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.