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| Name | Katherine St. John | |
| Birth | bef. 1482 | |
| Gender | Female | |
| Generation | 17 | |
| Occupation | 1540 | |
| At the Court of Henry VIII , in 1540, Lady Catherine Edgecombe is recorded as one of the Ladies of the bedchamber to Anne of Cleaves . Catherine was the second wife and widow of Piers Edgcombe who had died a year before, in 1539. She was daughter of Sir John St. John, of Weobley Castle and his spouse Margaret Morgan. https://sites.google.com/site/pomeroytwig/spouses-other-people/edgecombe-1 Note: the facts outlined in this source are incorrect. The St. John of Weobley was merged with the de Port-St. John of Beltso. This source is only being used for the details pertaining to Anne of Cleaves. | ||
| Death | 12 Dec 1553 | |
| Person ID | I11771 | St. John Origin and Ancestry DNA Database |
| Last Modified | 17 Apr 2016 | |
| Father | Sir John (V) St. John, Knight of Weobley Castle, Llanrhidian, Glamorgan, b. abt. 1465, Weobley Castle, Glamorgan, Wales  d. bef. 1546, Weobley Castle, Glamorgan, Wales (Age 80 years) | |
| Relationship | Birth | |
| Mother | Margaret ferch Morgan, m. John St. John of Weobley | |
| Relationship | Birth | |
| Family ID | F4852 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 | Gruffydd ap Rhys ap Thomas, Knight d. 1529 | |||||||||
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| Family ID | F3500 | Group Sheet | Family Chart | ||||||||
| Last Modified | 30 Mar 2016 | |||||||||
| Family 2 | Pierce Edgecombe, b. 1477 d. 14 Aug 1539 (Age 62 years) | |
| Family ID | F3501 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified | 29 Mar 2016 | |
| Reference | Suzanne St. John. "Katherine St. John". The St. John Genealogy Project. https://stjohngenealogy.com/getperson.php?personID=I11771&tree=OSA0001 (accessed April 24, 2025). |
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