Saint John
1. Agnes Saint John: Born about 1279, of Basing, Hampshire, England; Died 11 June 1345, Exeter, Devonshire, England; Married 1292; Hugh De Courtenay: Born 14 September 1273, Okehampton, Devonshire, England; Died 23 December 1340, Exeter, Devonshire, England.
2. John Saint John: Born 1225, of Basing, Hampshire, England; Died 29 September 1302; Married June 1256; Alice Fitz Piers: Born about 1234, of Basing, Hampshire, England.
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3. Robert Saint John: Born about 1199, Basing, Hampshire, England; Died March 1266/1267; Married Agnes De Cantelupe: Born about 1228, of Hambleden, Berkshire, England.
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4. William, 2nd Baron De Cantelupe: Born about 1185, of Bowden, England; Died 22 February 1251; Married about 1215; Milicent Gournai: Born about 1189, of Ashby, Buckinghamshire, England; Died 1260. William is mentioned by Wendover, with his father as one of King John's evil counsellors. He was also with him at the relief of Lincoln, and took the same lin in his siding with Ranulf Blundevil and his subsequent submission. In 1238, after the dismissal of Ralph Neville, he was entrusted with the Great Seal of England. Though this was only a temporary apointment, he evidently continued high in the King's favor. This is evidednt because after his father's death he was appointed guardian of the kingdom during the King's absence in 1242. In 1244 he was one of the messengers chosen by John to induce the prelates to submit o his demands for a subsidy. In 1245 he was sent to Lyons to complain of the Roman exactions, and in company with his colleagues refused the papal demands of the best prebend from every cathedral church, and a church worth forty marks from every abbey and priory. Like his father he held the office of seneschal, and Mathew of Paris speaks especially of the King's affection for him.
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5. William, 1st Baron De Cantelupe: Born about 1159, Reading, Buckinghamshire, England; Died 7 April 1239, Reading, Buckinghamshire, England; Buried Studley; Married about 1184, of Ell, Buckinghamshire, England; Mecelin Braci: Born about 1163, of Shropshire, England. William held he office of seneschal or steward of the household of King John.He executed the office of Sheriff for the Counties of Warwick, Leicester, Worcester, and Hereford during part of John's reign. He is especially mentioned by Wendover as one of King John's evil counsellors, and was not one of the confederate Barons in 1215. In the earlier portion of John's reignhe was one of the justiciars before whom fines were acknowledged; his name is among those who witnessed John's charter of freedom of election to sees and abbeys. He was in continual attendance on John, taking his side through the interdict and the civil war. After the entrance of the Barons into London and their threats against those who had not joined them, both Mathew of Paris and Wendover indicate that he seems to have wavered. On John's death however, he took the side of the young King Henry III, was at the seige of Mountsorrel Castle, of the custody of which he had a grant, and at the relief of Lincoln. He was again made sheriff for the Counties of Warwick and Leicester, and was justice itinerant in Bedfordshire in 1218. He had custody of Kenilworth castle, where he usually resided. In 1224 he joined Ranulf Blundevil, the erl of chester, in his rising against Hubert de Burgh; but he submitted at Northampton ans surrendered his castles with the other Barons in opposition. He was with the King at the siege of Bedford Castle in 1224, and was one of those who signed the confirmation of the Magna Carta in 1236. He died at Reading in April 1239, and was buried at Studley, where he had built a hospital.
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6. Walter De Cantelupe: Born about 1128, of Longueville, Gersey, Wales; Married about 1158; Mrs. Walter De Cantelupe: Christened 1072.
7. Walter De Cantelupe: Born about 1102.