Scope and Content
1) Sir St Andrew St John, baronet (son and heir of Sir Oliver St John late of Woodford, baronet)
Dame Jane St John his wife, daughter of Dame Jane Blois late of New Culpho, Suffolk, widow deceased
2) Oliver Earl of Bolingbrooke
Pawlett St John of Warden Streete, Bedfordshire, esquire, brother of the Earl
Henry St John, Inner Temple, London, esquire
Sir Thomas Barnardiston, Ketton alias Kedington, Suffolk, baronet
Sir Samuel Barnardiston, Brightwell, Suffolk, baronet
Sir Phillip Skippon, Wrentham, Suffolk, knight
Arthur Barnardiston, London, merchant
Settlement subsequent to the marriage of Sir St Andrew St John and Dame Jane and in performance of articles dated 5 March 33 Charles II 1681
Conveyance by Sir St Andrew St John to 2) of a moiety of :
... lands in Roleston alias Rolston, Leicestershire (3 yardlands) occupied by William Cureton
... a close divided into 3 in Tichmarsh and Green Pole close in Tichmarsh (together 120 acres) once occupied by Christopher Clarke, Sir Rowland St John, knight, Ralph Loftus, John Kirke, Francis Tuttle, William Negus and William Braynford, and now occupied by Robert Baker
... manor of Woodford "late Stevens and before Lentons", manor house in Woodford, 50 acres in the open fields "heretofore Everards and before Lentons", 2 yardlands late in occupation of Richard Moreton and Anne Shaw, a farm house in Woodford late in occupation of Thomas Harris, Groomes close (2 acres) in occupation of Thomas Harris, a yardland in the open fields late in occupation of Thomas Barhard or Joan Haninge, widow
... manors of Tilbrooke, Hardwicke and Portersfee, Bedfordshire, and all lands of Sir St Andrew St John in Tilbrooke, Hardwicke, Upper and Nether Deane, Little Stoughton and Partenhall, Bedfordshire, and all other lands there devised by Sir Oliver St John to trustees to pay debts and portions, which were not sold but lately conveyed by Miles Fleetwood of Aldwinckle, esquire and his wife Dame Barbara St John (who was widow and surviving trustee of Sir Oliver St John) to Sir St Andrew St John by indenture of 10 December last (1684)
to hold to various uses
There is a reference also to a settlement by indenture date 5 March 33 Charles II 1681 of lands in East Haddon and another of lands in Ramsholt, Suffolk
signature of Sir St Andrew St John only