Baron St John of Basing

Baron St John de/of Basing is a former title in the Peerage of England.

On 29 December 1299 John St John was summoned to Parliament. Following his decease, his son was never summoned, nor was his grandson, on whose death while still a child in 1347 the right to the barony would have fallen into abeyance between his two sisters Margaret and Isabel. Only fourteen years later, the death without issue of Margaret's sole son and heir John St. Philibert alias St. John in 1361 resulted in the termination of the abeyance in favour of the remaining sister, Isabel Poynings, née St John, whose husband Lucas de Poynings was summoned in 1367/8, presumably in her right. At the death of the fifth baron, Thomas Poynings in 1428/9, the barony fell into abeyance again among his granddaughters and their heirs. A descendant of one of these heirs, William Paulet, was summoned as Baron St. John (not 'of Basing') in 1538/9, this representing a new creation and not the termination of the abeyance. He was later created Earl of Wiltshire and Marquess of Winchester, with which titles the new barony has remained united.

Barons St John de Basing (1299)

By Writ of Summons dated 29 December 1299, 28 Edward I:[1]

  • John St John, 1st Baron St John (d. 1329) - His arms and name were recorded as Argent, on a chief gules, two mullets or...Sire Johan de Sein Johan.[2]
  • Hugh St John, 2nd Baron St John (d. 1337), never summoned
    • Edmund St John, 3rd Baron St John (d. 1347), never summoned (abeyant 1347)
    • Margaret St. John, m. John St. Philibert
      • John St. Philibert alias St. John, d. 1361, when his aunt became sole heiress
    • Isabel St John, 4th Baroness St John (m. 1350, d. 1393), married Lucas de Poynings (d. c.1385) (summoned to Parliament, probably in her right, 24 February 1367/8 - 20 January 1375/6)
  • Thomas Poynings, 5th Baron St John (d. 1428/1429) (abeyant 1428/1429), married Philippa Mortimer, daughter of Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March
    • Hugh Poynings, died 1426, leaving daughters among whose heirs the title fell into abeyance following his father's death

Barons St John (1539)

On 9 March 1539 a Barony of Saint John was created for:

References

  1. ↑ A general and heraldic dictionary of the peerages of England, Ireland, and Scotland, extinct, dormant, and in abeyance. England. By John Burke, pub. London, 1831; page 440.
  2. ↑ "A Roll of Arms of the Reign of Edward the Second". by Joseph Gwilt, pub. by W. Pickering, 1829 - Great Britain - 166 pages; page 142.
  • Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1896). Complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct or dormant (S to T). 7 (1st ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. pp. 14-16.
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