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Died: 16 Jan 1544/45, Hunstanton, Norfolk, England
Father: Robert Le STRANGE of Elsing (Sir Knight)
Mother: Margaret Le STRANGE
Married: Anne VAUX 21 May 1513
Children:
1. Son Le STRANGE
2. Nicholas Le STRANGE of Hunstanton (Sir)
3. Richard Le STRANGE of Moystown of Moystown b 1516 Norfolk d 1585
4. Anne Le STRANGE b 1517 m William Grey
5. Thomas Le STRANGE b 1518 m Ann x
6. Elizabeth Le STRANGE m Sir John Cressener
7. Anne Le STRANGE b 1520 m1 1547 in Hunstanton Anthony Southwell m2 Christopher Cocker
8. Catherine Le STRANGE m Sir Richard Clarcke
9. Alice Le STRANGE m Thomas Clathorp
10. William Le STRANGE The Elder
11. Hamon Le STRANGE
12. Henry Le STRANGE m Catherine Lawrence
13. Roger Le STRANGE b c 1526 d aft 1555 m Anne Heydon and had Catherine le Strange b c 1552 Hunstanton d aft 1595 m Edward Grey sheriff of Northumberland
14. Mary Le STRANGE m Thomas Prentiss
15. Robert Le STRANGE
16. Edmund
Le STRANGE b 1527 Norfolk d 1590 London had John le Strange b 1547 London d 19 Sep 1593 Bedford (had John b 1570 Devon or Bideford, Thomas b 1572 Devon d 1635 London and George b 1575 Devon d 1645) and George le Strange b 1550 d 1585
Sir Thomas Le Strange of Hunstanton 1536
by Hans Holbein the Younger
Oil and tempera on panel 16-1/8 x 11-1/4 in. (41.0 x 28.5 cm)
Kimbell Art Museum
Sir Thomas Le Strange of Hunstanton inherited the Norfolk estates of his nephew, John who died without issue aged 13 in 1514. His career was influenced by his father, Robert, of Elsing manor, who had died 3 years prior, and who had arranged for his children to marry well. And indeed Sir Thomas and his siblings did, and his early arranged marriage to Anne Vaux, in 1501, who was 5th in descent from John of Gaunt, enriched his life by bringing them 16 children.
First, in 1517 the age of reform began. Abroad in Germany Lutherism
had awoken Protestantism, when Martin Luther nailed his thesis to
the door of a church. Christians attacked his views on papacy, and
his followers were dubbed 'the Protestants'. Three years later,
the Pope excommunicated Luther. In the same year, 1520, Sir
Thomas assumed his role as the Esquire of the Body to Henry
VIII, and accompanied the King
to the most prestigious event in history, The Field
of the Cloth of Gold. Together with the rest of his entourage they
set off for France where they met Francois I at the field to negotiate
their existing conflicts. It was a lavish ceremony where the official banquet
was held under a woven gold tent. Jousting tournaments and other games
provided much entertainment for which Henry
VIII had ordered a fashionable suit of armour to wear. But
months later war ensued as they had failed to instill the peace between
the two countries.
Sir Thomas concentrated on his business in around
the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk where his tenants and farmlands were
based. In the 1520's his royal commissions were also local to the Thetford
assizes and other quarter sessions, which he attended as J.P. (Justice
of the Peace), and in 1529, by now a father, he was Knighted. The following
year he became Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk though being a loyal friend
of the King's
he was later granted a royal pardon from this undesirable job involving
the collection of taxes, and also from the juries in 1531.
In 1533 he attended the wedding of the year, of Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn, and would pay them social and business visits from time to time thereafter. Society was threatened by Henry VIII's dissolution of the monastries and an unheaval political and religious unrest ensued in 1534. Sir Thomas's role in this as local commissioner for the Valor Ecclesiasticus incorporated the survey and valuation of taxes, which were transferred to the Crown instead of the Pope. |
During this change, in Aug 1536, Robert Aske, a lawyer wrote to Henry VIII about the religious movements for The Pilgrimage of Grace;
Finally, Sir Thomas actively tried to suppress those who supported the movement locally, in Walsingham, and was appointed as guardian to Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, son of the Duke of Norfolk. While Norfolk and the Earl of Shrewsbury negotiated with Aske in their attempt to quash it they began to realize that until the ring-leader had been convicted of treason and executed, the rebellion would not be crushed, which the course of events led up to."In all parts of the realm men's hearts much grudged with the suppression of abbeys, and the first fruits, by reason the same would be the destruction of the whole religion in England. And their especial great grudge is against the lord Crumwell"
By Aug 1538 the King's new policies meant that the English translation of the Bible would replace the traditional Latin version much the disappointment and inconvenience to many illiterate people. It meant that Sir Thomas's recent acquisition of the 'byble xijs' (Latin Bible) would have to go. From about this period on, the Le Stranges converted their faith as Protestants adopting Luther's teachings, though perhaps this did not mark a prominent change in the personal life of Sir Thomas whom remained faithful to his upbringing, by commemorating Christs resurrection each year at Easter with Christs image lit by a candle known as the sepulcher light.
At home, he also enjoyed delicacies fished from the sea and on one occasion, a sent the King a porpoise that he had fished fresh the Wash. Another event that remains a mystery to the modern family involved a baby being left outside the gates of the estate, where until the property was sold in 1949, his portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger had hung since 1536. His wife was aged 33 yrs, when she was painted depicted with 6 fingers on her left hand, which Alice Stubbes, the wife of his grand-grand-grandson, Sir Hamon Le Strange (b. ABT 1584 - d. 1654), would later tease her husband about.
His professional recognition by the villagers was gained by bringing them prosperity in utilizing efficient up to date farming methods with the introduction of cattle, and weekly markets on his home farm. With this, any produce that went unsold he offered good prices for, adding to his good reputation.
His health begun deteriorating at Christmas time 1540, with kidney
stones and made him bedridden for weeks. His doctor who Anne paid
for "castyng of my husbonds water & for his counsell", treated
him again at Christmas 1543. Anne took some wine to her husband
"Whan yow War sykke on the collyke & ston" but a recurrence
two years later, in 1545 ended his life suddenly. Aged about 51, his will
was still incomplete and his natural heir, Sir Nicholas, succeeded
him and executed his grants to his brothers in 1547, one of whom was Richard
who founded the Irish Moystown Branch.
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