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 204 BOLINGBROKE father in the peerage, Sep. 1618. Joint Lord Lieut, of Hunts, 1619. On 28 Dec. 1624, he was cr. EARL OF BOLINGBROKE. Joining the Parliamentary party, he was by it appointed Lord Lieut.of Beds, Feb. 1642/3, and a Commissioner of the Admiralty, Member of the Assembly of Divines, and Joint Commissioner of the Great Seal, 1643 till his death. Hew., in Easter week, Apr. 1602, Elizabeth, da. and h. of William Paulet,(^) of Ewalden, Somerset, by Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Henry Codingham, Auditor of the Mint. He d. June 1 646. Admon. 3 July 1 646 and 1 3 Nov. 1655. His widow d. at Melchbourne, Beds, and was bur. 26 Oct. 1655, at Bletso. Admon. 13 Nov. 1655. [Oliver St. John, s. and h. ap.; K.B.Feb. 1625/6, at the coronation of Charles I. M.P. for co. Bedford 1625-26, and 1628-29. He was sum. to Pari., v.p., in his father's Barony, by writ directed Olivero St. John Chivaler, and took his seat 14 May i64i.('') He was however on the rebel side, and was slain fighting against his King at the battle of Edgehill.('=) He m., before Mar. 1628, Arabella, da. of John (Egerton), ist Earl of Bridgwater, by Frances, da. and coh. of Ferdinando (Stanley), Earl of Derby. He d. as afsd., v.p. and s.p.m.^ 23 Oct. 1642. His widow d. at Welby, CO. Lincoln, and was bur. 1669, at Melton Mowbray. "Will dat. 2 Jan. 1668/9, P'"- 5 ^"ly 1669.] n. 1646. 2. Oliver (St. John), Earl of Bolingbroke, ^0., grandson and h., being s. and h. of Sir Paulet St. John, K.B., by Elizabeth,('^) da. and h. of Sir Rowland Vaughan, of the Spital, Shoreditch, Midx., which Paulet {bap. 24 July 1608, at Thurleigh, Beds) was 2nd s. of the last Earl, but d. v.p. and v.f., in i638.() He was b. 1634. Custos Rot. of Beds 1667 till his death. He m., 24 Nov. 1654, at Pitstone, Bucks, Frances, da. of William (Cavendish), Duke of Newcastle, by his 1st wife, Elizabeth, da. and h. of William Basset, of Blore, co. Stafford. She ^. 15 Aug. 1678, and was ^«r. at Bletso. M.L Hed.s.p., 18, and WHS bur. 28 Mar. 1687/8, at Bletso.(') (^) He was s. and h. of William Paulet, s. and h. of Sir George Paulet, yr. br. of William, Ist Marquess of Winchester. () In the Journals of the House of Lords the date of the writ is not mentioned. For a list of sons and heirs ap. of peers who were sum. to Pari, v.p., in one of their fathers' baronies, see vol. i, Appendix G- V.G- {^) According to Lord Clarendon, " his parts of understanding were very ordinary, and his course of life licentious and much depraved." He is stated to have contracted debts amounting to some ;^5o,ooo or ^^60,000. As a commander of a troop of horse against the King, " he behaved himself so ill, that he received some wounds in running away, and being taken prisoner, died before the next morning." {'^) They had lie. to marry at St. Botolph's, Bishopsgate, from the Fac. Off., dat. 10 Dec. 1632, he aged 24 and she 17, Bachelor and Spinster. (=) His will is dat. 3 May, and pr. 27 June 1638. (') It is stated in error in Doy/e that he died in 1689. For the account of his pulh'ng Sir Andrew Henly's nose in Westminster Hall, and getting into trouble therefor with the Judges, see Pepys, 29 Nov. 1666. V.G.