Born about in Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England
Ancestors 
Daughter of John St John
and Margaret (Waldegrave) St John
Sister of
Anne (St John) Dennis, Jane (St John) Gascoigne [half], Margery St John, Oliver St John MP, Charles St John, Alice St John, John (Saint john) St John, Female (Saint John) St John [half], Mary (Saint John) Harvey [half] and Cresset (St John) Butler [half]
Wife of
William Gostwick
— married
1540 [location unknown]
Wife of
Francis Russell KG MP
— married
before 1556 in England
Descendants 
Mother of
Elizabeth (Russell) Bourchier, Ann (Russell) Dudley, Edward Russell, Francis Russell, John Russell, William Russell and Margaret (Russell) Clifford
Died
at about age 38
in Woburn, Bedfordshire, England
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Biography
Birth and Parentage
Margaret St. John was born in Bletsoe, Bedfordshire around 1524, the third daughter of Sir John St John (great-grandson of Margaret Beauchamp of Bletsoe) and Margaret Waldegrave, [1]
Marriage
Her first husband was William Gostwick son of Sir John Gostwick of Willington, Bedfordshire, and after his death in 1545 after a childless marriage, she married Francis Russell, Earl of Bedford, and they had four sons and three daughters [2][3]
Issue
- Anne Russell (1548–1603), married Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick[1]
- Edward Russell, Baron Russell (1551–1572), married Jane Sybilla Morrison of Cashiobury, without issue[1]
- John Russell, Baron Russell (c.1553–1584), married Elizabeth Cooke, daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke and Anne FitzWilliam. They had one son, Francis (died young), and two daughters, who included Hon. Anne, Countess of Worcester, wife of the 1st Marquess of Worcester.[1][1]
- Francis Russell, Baron Russell (c.1554 – 27 July 1585), MP for Northumberland 1572-84; mortally wounded in a fray on the Scottish border, dying hours before his father.[2] Married Juliana Foster and had issue, including Edward Russell, 3rd Earl of Bedford, and Mary Ann Russell, wife of John Roote, and had issue[1]
- William Russell, 1st Baron Russell of Thornhaugh (c.1557–1613)[1]
- Elizabeth Russell (d. 1605), married William Bourchier, 3rd Earl of Bath[1]
- Margaret Russell (1560–1616), married George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland.[1]
Death
- 27 August, 1562. [1] Woodbourne, (Woburn?) Bedfordshire, England
Burial
28 Aug 1562 at Woburn, Bedfordshire " The Lady Margaret Countes of Bedd"[4]
- 20 SEP 1562 Chenies, Buckinghamshire, England
Research Notes
The Gostwick pedigree in the same Visitation says that Margaret was the daughter of Oliver, Lord St John. Sir John St John is correct.
I can find no trace of a daughter Dorthy. She was falsely attributed to them.
Notes burial: 10 September 1562; Chenies, Buckinghamshire, England
There are 9 children showing rather than 7 in the bio.
Francis is duplicated in the children Janet appears in the children. She shouldn't be here. That reduces the children to 7.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Wikipedia Francis Russell. Accessed Dec 26, 2015.
- ↑ Visitations of Bedfordshire 1566, 1582 and 1634, page 53. The Harleian Society 1884. https://archive.org/details/visitationsofbed19blay/page/53
- ↑ Margaret SEYNT JOHN. Gostwycke v Seynt John. 1544-1551, The National Archives, Kew. discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk.
- ↑ Bedfordshire Parish Registers (County Record Office, Shire Hall, Bedford, 1931) Vol. 3, Page ix
See also:
- http://thepeerage.com/p1696.htm#i16958
- Marlyn Lewis: p1580.htm#i47488, Margaret St. John.
- Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records, 1538-1914; Reference Number: D\P\q.cha/2/1/1
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1544-1551, Gostwycke v Seynt John, Chancery Court of England<ref>"United Kingdom National Archives Online" [database on-line]. Discovery.Nationalarchives.gov.uk Entry for Gostwycke v Seynt John, Marriage Settlement, 1544-1551 (accessed [5-Oct-2021]); citing National Archives: Kew, NA Ref: C 1/1187/5-8</ref>
Payment adjudged in this court to complainant in this court in respect of a marriage between William, son of the said Sir John Gostwycke and Margaret, daughter of defendant, and afterwards wife of Francis Russell, knight. Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire""
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