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Letters Patent creating Lord St.John of Bletsoe 1st Earl of Bolingbroke

Letters Patent by which King James 1st certified the granting of the Earldom of Bolingbroke to Oliver Lord St.John of Bletsoe. Oliver was head of the senior branch of the St.John family whose family seat was in Bletsoe in Bedfordshire.

The charter was made on 28th December 1624 and was gifted to the Borough of Thamesdown (Swindon) by The Friends of Lydiard Tregoz in c1984.

Year
1624
Type
Charter
Location
Lydiard House reserve collection
Owner
Swindon Borough Council
Copyright
Friends of Lydiard Park
Credit
Pete Melsom
Last updated on
Thursday 5th November 2026
LYD_1993_290..jpg
LYD_1993_290..jpg

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