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My best guess would be that saintclair's prononciation was influenced by french, as in french the "t" is pronounced while st john might be more "english", leading to the "t" being silent
Congratulations for being the only commenter who has actually tried to answer the question. That answer of course sounds perfectly reasonable. Please accept this gold star with thanks: β
In french the βtβ isnβt pronounced.
Not in modern french but it was in old french :)
Misunderstood your reply at first sorry :/
Nope you were right, i forgot to add the old french part, thanks for the catch :)