St John Thompson, Esq.

Notes

St John Thompson [St John is pronounced "Sinjeon" ]

From 'Parishes: Husborne Crawley', in A History of the County of Bedford: Volume 3, ed. William Page (London, 1912), pp. 394-399. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/beds/vol3/pp394-399 [accessed 18 August 2019].

In 1535 the priory manor of Husborne Crawley was held with the rectory on a forty-one years' lease by William Markham, and was valued at £22 a year. (fn. 28) The manor was rated at £196 15s. 5d. for Christopher Smith, a possible purchaser in 1550, but the sale was not effected. (fn. 29) Before 1597 it was acquired with the advowson by John Thompson, (fn. 30) on whose death it passed to his son Robert. (fn. 31) He had been a lunatic for five years, and later in the year another inquisition was made to discover the full extent of his property and his heir. (fn. 32) Robert died in 1633, leaving the manor of Husborne Crawley to his son Sir John Thompson, kt., (fn. 33) who had married in 1607 Judith daughter of Oliver St. John. Their son St. John Thompson (fn. 34) obtained licence 'to go beyond seas for three years to study languages' in 1638, (fn. 35) and succeeded his father in the property before 1660, when he made a settlement of the Husborne Crawley estates. (fn. 36) They descended before 1684 to his son St. John Thompson, (fn. 37) by whom the manor was conveyed in 1691 to John Lowe. (fn. 38)

References

• The visitations of Bedfordshire, annis domini 1566, 1582, and 1634, made by William Harvey, Robert Cooke, and George Owen as deputy for Richard St. George : together with additional pedigrees, chiefly from Harleian ms. 1531 by Blaydes, Frederic Augustus, pg. 147 Archive.Org