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| Name | Alexander St. John [3, 4, 5, 6] | |
| Suffix | Knight Templar, of Instow, Devon, England, UK, Lord of Instow & East Luccombe | |
| Birth | abt. 1286 | Instow, Devon, England, UK  |
| Gender | Male | |
| Fact | 1302 | East Luccombe, Devon, England [7] |
| Fact | 18 Sep 1316 [8] | |
| Fact | 17 Jun 1318 [8] | |
| Fact | 1323 | East Luccombe, Devon, England |
| Fact | 22 May 1325 | East Luccombe, Somerset, England, UK |
| Fact | 1333 | Tawstock, Devon, England |
| Address: http://www.callawayfamily.org/kellchat2006.htm | ||
| Fact | 1333 | Barnstaple, Devon, England,UK |
| Fact | 1337 | Instow, Devon, England, UK |
| Fact | 21 Sep 1337 | Instow, Devon, England, UK [9] |
| Fact | 1335-1339 | East Luccombe, Somerset, England, UK |
| Fact | 1330-1339 | Barnstaple, Devon, England,UK |
| Fact | 17 Jun 1339 | Instow, Devon, England, UK |
| Fact | 2 Nov 1339 | East Luccombe, Devon, England [10] |
| Fact | 1340 | East Luccombe, Somerset, England, UK |
| Death | 1341-1345 | East Luccombe, Somerset, England, UK |
| Fact | 24 Sep 1345 | East Luccombe, Somerset, England, UK |
| Fact | 3 Sep 1346 | |
| Fact | 1381 | East Luccombe, Somerset, England, UK |
| Fact | 1384 | East Luccombe, Somerset, England, UK |
| Fact | 1385 | East Luccombe, Somerset, England, UK |
| Generation | 09 | |
| Record Status | 30 Aug 2014 | |
| Record Complete | ||
| Person ID | SSH0009 | St. John Origin and Ancestry DNA Database |
| Last Modified | 23 Apr 2025 | |
| Father | John III St. John, of Instow m. Isabella de Courtney, b. abt. 1263, Instow, Devon, England, UK d. Living in 1316, Instow, Devon, England, UK (Age 53 years) | |
| Mother | Isabella Courtney, St. John, b. abt. 1263 d. aft. 1325 (Age 63 years) | |
| Marriage fact | ERROR | Boxgrove Priory, Boxgrove, Chichester, UK [11] |
| A manuscript recording the founding of Boxgrove Priory, Sussex names "Isabellam filiam nobilis viri Hugonis de Cortenay" as the wife of “Johannes secundus [de sancto Johanne]” ERROR CORRECTION: The wife of John de Port-St. John of Halnaker married a different Isabella aged at least 18 in 1275 | ||
| Marriage fact | 3 Mar 1291 | Devon, England, UK [12] |
| The Fundationis et Fundatorum Historia of Forde Abbey names “Isabellam domini Johannis de St John uxorem, Avelinam domini Johannis Gifford militis uxorem, necnon Egelinam Roberti de Scales uxorem, et Margaretam Johannis de Mulis…uxorem” as the four daughters of “Hugonem de Courtnay primum” & his wife. | ||
| St. John Marriage Records |  | Media (Log in) |
| Family ID | F995712 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 | _____ Arundel, St. John, b. abt. 1305, Lanherne, England, UK d. bef. 1339, Instow, Devon, England, UK (Age 33 years) | |||||||||||
| Marriage | abt. 1319 | England, UK [13] |
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| Family ID | F4351 | Group Sheet | Family Chart | ||||||||||
| Last Modified | 19 Jul 2024 | |||||||||||
| Family 2 | Elizabeth Pyne, Luccombe, St. John, b. abt. 1300, England, UK d. 24 Aug 1345, East Luccombe, Somerset, England, UK (Age 45 years) | |
| Marriage | abt. 1339 | East Luccombe, Somerset, England, UK |
| Sources | | Media (Log in) |
| Family ID | F3432 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified | 11 Jan 2024 | |
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| The St. John Genealogy Newsletter | | Media (Log in) |
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| Notes |  Notes (Log in) |
| Reference | Suzanne St. John. "Alexander St. John, Knight Templar, of Instow, Devon, England, UK, Lord of Instow & East Luccombe". The St. John Genealogy Project. https://stjohngenealogy.com/getperson.php?personID=SSH0009&tree=OSA0001 (accessed April 24, 2025). |
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