Strange 1: Strange of Blackmere, Strange of Cheswardine, Le Strange L'Estrange of Hunstanton, Strange of Knokyn Knockin or Knockyn or Knokin, Lestrange of Wrockwardine
| Different sources give different stories about the origins of this family whilst, for the first few generations, there also appears to be some confusion between different members of the family with different names sometimes being used for the same person and generations being mixed up. As with various other families, we take TCP as the lead source but with input from BE1883 and then, provided it is consistent with what we already have including cross-references from other families, take further input from other sources. A common theme is that this family came to England from Brittany, possibly but by no means certainly being descended from a younger son of a Duke of Brittany. The first named by TCP was Roald but, given that a Guy is the first to be mentioned by BE1883, we start with Guy who according to RootsWeb may have been Raold's father. |
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| St32. Guy le Strange d 1105 may have been father of ... | ||||||||||||||||
| St31. | Roald le Strange b about 1096 d before 1158 | |||||||||||||||
| m Maud b about 1100 dau of Ralph de Hunstanton | ||||||||||||||||
| St30-1. | Guy le Strange, Sheriff of Salop Shropshire d by 1199 | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Ralph le Strange dsp | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Margaret le Strange d 02.1222 | |||||||||||||||
| m Thomas Noel of Ronton and Ellenhall, Sheriff of Staffordshire a 1189 | ||||||||||||||||
| iii. | Joane le Strange | |||||||||||||||
| m Richard de Wapenburi | ||||||||||||||||
| iv. | Matilda le Strange d 04.05.1242 | |||||||||||||||
| m c1196 Griffin ap Iorwerth, lord of Sutton d c01.1221 | ||||||||||||||||
| St30-2. | Hamon le Strange of Wrockwardine dsp | |||||||||||||||
| St30.=29=28=26 | John le Strange of Nesse and Cheswardine, Sheriff of Salop and Stafford b about 1142 d before 12.1178 | |||||||||||||||
| m Hawise | ||||||||||||||||
| St29=28=26 | John le Strange of Cheswardine and Knokyn b about 1168 d 1233 had dealings with his female cousins uncle Guy's daughters over land at Knockin, Salop, 1196/7; negotiator of King John with Llywelyn the Great Prince of North Wales 1204 and 1214; Sheriff of Salop and Staffs 1216; granted manor of Kidderminster 1216; married Amice and died by 20 Jan 1233/4. [Burke's Peerage]. Possessed the lordships of Nesse and Chesewurdine or Cheswardine, in the 11th of King John 1210, which he had by gift from Henry II, and also enjoyed the Manor of Wrockwurdine, which his brother Hamon formerly had. He was Governor of the Castle of Carracove in Wales and Sheriff of the County of Salop, and also the County of Stafford, and in the 3rd of Henry III 1216-1272 he obtained the King's precept for aid to rebuild part of his castle at Knockyn and to repair the rest of it. Having been a liberal benefactor. | |||||||||||||||
| m Amice or Amicia | ||||||||||||||||
| St28.=27=25 | John le Strange of Knokyn d before 26.03.1269 | |||||||||||||||
| BE1883 misses out this John and shows the John who married Amicia as having died in 1269. | ||||||||||||||||
| m Lucy de Tregoz dau of Robert de Tregoz | ||||||||||||||||
| St27-1 | John le Strange of Knokyn d before 03.1276 | |||||||||||||||
| m Joan de Somery dau of Roger de Somery, Lord of Dudley | ||||||||||||||||
| St26=22 | John le Strange, 1st Lord of Knokyn d by 08.08.1309/10 | |||||||||||||||
| m1 Alienore de Crawcumbe ? d 1282, dau of Joan who was widow of Stephen de Somery | ||||||||||||||||
| m2 Maud dau of Ebles de Montibus of Ketton | ||||||||||||||||
| Although the dates are such that son John might have been by either marriage, BE1883 and BP1934 report only John's marriage to Maud so is is assumed that she was the mother of John below. Some sources eg BP1934 report Maud as daughter and heiress of Roger Deyville of Walton Deyville but TCP suggests that it may have been Maud's mother who was the heiress of Deyville. | ||||||||||||||||
| St21 | John le Strange, 2nd Lord of Knokyn b c1282, d by 06.02.1310/1 | |||||||||||||||
| m Isolda a 18.05.1342, dau of John de Walton of Walton Deyville | ||||||||||||||||
| St20-1 | John le Strange, 3rd Lord of Knokyn dsp by 28.05.1323 son and heir, was aged 14 or more at his father's death. A summons to Parl. was issued in 1312/3, and another in 1313, presumably in error, and no other seems to have been issued during his lifetime. On 4 Aug 1320 he had proved his age and done homage, and was to have his father's lands. He married Maud. He died on or before 28 May 1323. | |||||||||||||||
| m Maud a 01.04.1324 living 1 Apr 1324. | ||||||||||||||||
| St20 | Roger le Strange, 4th Lord of Knokyn b 15.08.1301, d 29.07.1349 brother and heir. On 20 Jan 1326/7 he was made a Banneret. In 1335 he was found to be heir to his uncle, Eubolo Lestrange q.v., whose widow, Alice, Countess of Lincoln, granted him in 1336/7 a life-estate in the manor of Ellesmere; in Jun 1337 he was sum. to come to the King; in 1341/2 to a Council at Westminster; and on 20 Nov 1348 22 Edw. III to Parl. as Roger Lestrange. In 1340 and 1345 he was in commissions for Salop. In Aug 1347 he was staying at the war overseas. | |||||||||||||||
| m1 Maud | ||||||||||||||||
| St19 | Roger le Strange, 5th Lord of Knokyn b c1326, d 23.08.1382 | |||||||||||||||
| m by 1338 Aline or Alaive FitzAlan dau of Edmund FitzAlan, 8th Earl of Arundel | ||||||||||||||||
| St18-1 | John le Strange, 6th Lord of Knokyn d 28.07.1397 | |||||||||||||||
| m Maud de Mohun d 1400, dau of John de Mohun, 2nd Lord of Dunster | ||||||||||||||||
| i | Richard le Strange, 7th Lord of Knokyn b 01.08.1381, d 09.08.1449 On 27 Aug 1404 he had proved his age and done homage, and was to have his father's lands in Middlesex. He was sum. to Parl. from 25 Aug 1404 5 Hen. IV to 2 Jan 1448/9 27 Hen. VI as Richard Straunge. On 10 May 1417 the Constable of the Tower of London was directed to release him on bail. From 1416 to 1449 he was in commissions. By the death s.p. on 17 Jul 1431 of his mother's only surviving sister Philippe, Duchess of York, he became sole heir to his maternal grandfather and as such, according to modern doctrine, Lord Mohun. He married 2ndly, on or before 26 Aug 1439, Elizabeth. He died 9 Aug 1449. His widow married 2ndly Sir Roger Kynaston of Hordley, co. Salop. She died on or before 11 Feb 1453/4. | |||||||||||||||
| m1 after 09.10.1408 Constance dsp 1438, dau of Lord de Grey | ||||||||||||||||
| m2 by 26.08.1439 Elizabeth Cobham d by 17.03.1453-4, dau of Reginald de Cobham, 3rd Lord of Sterborough | ||||||||||||||||
| a | John le Strange, 8th Lord of Knokyn b about 20 May 1443d 16.10.1479 She died on or after 28 Mar 1438. | |||||||||||||||
| m1 by 27.03.1450 Jacquetta Wydeville dau of Sir Richard de Wydeville of Grafton, 1st Earl Rivers The History of Parliament also maintains that John Le Strange had married Jacquetta when he was 6 years of age. | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Joan le Strange, Baroness of Knockyn d 20.03.1513-4 | |||||||||||||||
| m c1481 George Stanley, Lord Strange dvp 05.12.1497 | ||||||||||||||||
| m2 Anne | ||||||||||||||||
| St18-2 | Isabel le Strange a 1366 | |||||||||||||||
| m 1351 James Audley, 2nd Lord b 08.01.1312/3, d 01.04.1386 | ||||||||||||||||
| St18 | Lucy le Strange | |||||||||||||||
| m William Willoughby, 5th Lord of Eresby d c1410 | ||||||||||||||||
| m2 before 25.03.1344 Joan Ingham d before 12.12.1365, dau of Oliver, Lord Ingham b dau. and coheir and eventually heir of Oliver de Ingham, Lord Ingham. He died 29 Jul 1349 in the Manor of Sedgebrook, Lincs. Joan, married 2ndly, Sir Miles de Stapleton, K.G. She died before 12 Dec 1365 and was Buried at Ingham. Miles died 4 Oct 1364 and was Buried at Ingham. | ||||||||||||||||
| BE1883 reports John's marriages the other way round but we follow TCP and BP1934 not least because they report his widow Joan as marrying again after his death. Possibly of this generation, but if so by which marriage is unknown, was ... | ||||||||||||||||
| St19-2 | Eleanor le Strange d 20.04.1396 possibly of this generation | |||||||||||||||
| m before 29.11.1360 Reginald Reynold de Grey, 2nd Lord of Ruthyn b c1319/22, d 07-8.1388 | ||||||||||||||||
| St21-2 | Ebulo le Strange, 'Earl of Lincoln' dsp | |||||||||||||||
| m Alice de Lacy, Countess of Lincoln and Salisbury dsp 1348, dau of Henry de Lacy, 3rd Earl of Lincoln, Earl of Salisbury | ||||||||||||||||
| St21-3 | Sir Hamon le Strange of Hunstanton d 1317 The Strange family of Hunstanton was a cadet branch of that of Strange of Knockin, seated in Shropshire. In the reign of Edward II, John, 2nd Lord Strange d. 1311 had vested the Hunstanton estate in his younger brother, Hamon, in return for the latter's promise never to lay claim to the principal family holdings. Hamon was succeeded by a son named after him, who, dying in 1361, left a son and heir under age. | |||||||||||||||
| m Margaret Vernon dau of Ralph Vernon | ||||||||||||||||
| a | Hamon le Strange of Hunstanton d c1362 | |||||||||||||||
| m Katharine de Camoys dau of Sir John de Camoys | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Sir John le Strange of Hunstanton b 1347 d 1417Knighted
before the summer of 1378, then being appointed to his first royal commission.
This was to secure the arrest of Sir Robert Howard, who had been charged
with the abduction of Margery Narford, grand daughter and heir to Alice,
Lady Neville. Strange hold property at Hunstanton as a feudal tenant of
Richard, earl of Arundel, to whom, moreover, he was distantly related.
It was to John of Gaunt, however, that he remained most closely attached:
he was described as his ‘bachelor’ in 1380 when ordered to bring before
the ducal council in London evidences concerning Gaunt's dispute with the
prior of Holy Trinity, Norwich; and on one occasion his lord granted him
the goods of an outlaw, said to be worth as much as 360 marks. He served
under Lancaster not only on the military expedition which Richard II led
into Scotland in 1385, but also on his campaigns to press his claim to
the throne of Castile in 1386-7.
At that time Richard II's opponents, the Lords Appellant, were in firm control of the government, having recently dominated the Merciless Parliament, which Strange had attended as knight of the shire for Norfolk. Judging from his ‘reward’, but possibly also because of his links with the earl of Arundel, and with John of Gaunt's son Henry, earl of Derby, who had earlier responded sympathetically to a petition of his, it would appear that Strange was an active supporter of the Appellants; and in this connexion it may be noted that after Richard II regained power in May 1389 he did not ever again serve on a royal commission throughout the rest of the reign. Again in Jul 1388, although no political motivation need be read into this, Strange acted as mainpernor at the Exchequer for Sir William Fulthorpe, who was then busy doing what he could to recover, if only by lease, the estates forfeited by his father, one of the judges impeached and condemned for treason in the same Parliament. In Jun 1408 he was granted a life annuity of £40, and two years later he and his wife were given the manor of Westley Suffolk valued at £4 18s.4d. p.a. to hold for life in survivorship. Subsequently, in 1412, at Sir John's request, half of his annuity was bestowed on one of his sons, Christopher, who had recently entered the royal household as an esquire. Strange's position at the court of Henry IV could be used to the advantage of other members of his family. Following the death of his kinsman John, 6th Lord Strange of Knockin, in 1397, and of the latter's widow in 1400, Sir John had taken an interest in the welfare of the young heir, Lord Richard. In Mar 1401 he stood surety for the boy's stepfather and guardian, the ‘King's knight’ Sir Nicholas Hauberk, in his dispute with John Kynaston, steward of the Strange estates; although four months later he and the heir's uncle, Sir Roger Strange, both appeared as mainpernors for Kynaston when he leased certain of the same properties at the Exchequer. Then, in Feb 1402 he, Hauberk and Sir William Hugford informed the council of the prince of Wales of the failure of the trustees appointed by Lord John to fulfil the obligations laid on them of paying his debts, supporting his sons and providing for the marriages of his daughters; accordingly, the prince granted them custody of some of the Strange estates for the duration of Lord Richard's minority, so that his father's will might be adequately performed. It was during the period of Strange's service in Henry IV's household that he was summoned personally to attend the great councils of 1401 and 1403, that he was twice appointed escheator of Norfolk and Suffolk on each occasion holding office for two consecutive terms, and that he sat as knight of the shire for Suffolk in three Parliaments running. There can be little doubt that his place close to the King's person was an important factor in securing his election to Parliament; and the local gentry must have been aware that his closest friends were of the circle of the influential Sir Thomas Erpingham, first chamberlain and then steward of the Household. Among those with whom he was connected were John Phelip, Erpingham's nephew, who was greatly favoured by Henry of Monmouth, and Sir Andrew Butler, the husband of Erpingham's niece. Furthermore, he had remained on good terms with Sir Thomas himself, whom he assisted in the purchase of ‘Berney's Inn’ in Norwich. Strange's employment in the King's household ceased abruptly at Henry IV's death, and he was never again appointed to royal commissions. He died shortly before May 1417, and would appear to have been buried at Hunstanton. Several years earlier he had given his manor in Tottington to one of Sir Thomas Felton's daughters, Mary, prioress of Campsey d. 1394, to form part of the priory's possessions, and this gift was now confirmed by his eldest son, John, the heir to the bulk of his estates. Strange left two other sons, Christopher and Leonard, and when his widow, Eleanor, made her will on 13 Sep 1418 she gave the latter a house in Bury St. Edmunds as well as property in Thorpe Morieux. Eleanor was buried in the great abbey church at Bury. On her mother's side, Eleanor Walkefore was the next heir to her uncle Sir Thomas Morieux, constable of the Tower of London and son-in-law to John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster. Following his death in 1388 on the duke's Castilian campaign, she inherited manors in Felsham and Thorpe Morieux in Suffolk, which were to have an estimated annual value of 40 marks at the time of the death of her son, John. |
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| m Eleanor Walkfare dau of Sir Richard Walkfare/Walkefore of Dersingham and Great Ryburgh and Mary Morieux | ||||||||||||||||
| A | John le Strange of Hunstanton d 1436 | |||||||||||||||
| m Alice Beaumont dau of Nicholas Beaumont | ||||||||||||||||
| i | Roger le Strange of Hunstanton | |||||||||||||||
| m Jane Bebe of Beke | ||||||||||||||||
| a | John le Strange of Hunstanton dsp 1467 | |||||||||||||||
| m Joan Bewse of Wenham | ||||||||||||||||
| b | Sir Henry le Strange of Hunstanton d 25.11.1485 | |||||||||||||||
| m Katherina Drury dau of Roger Drury of Hawstead | ||||||||||||||||
| B | Hamon le Strange | |||||||||||||||
| C | Leonard le Strange | |||||||||||||||
| St21-4 | Elizabeth le Strange | |||||||||||||||
| m Grufydd Fychan, Lord of Glyndwrdwy a 1300 | ||||||||||||||||
| St22-2 | Katherine le Strange possibly of this generation | |||||||||||||||
| m1 Sir Alan de Glaseley | ||||||||||||||||
| m2 Sir William de Wrottesley of Wrottesley a 1277, 1312 | ||||||||||||||||
| St22-3 | Hawise le Strange apparently of this generation | |||||||||||||||
| m Sir Robert de Felton
of Litcham, 1st Lord d Bannockburn 24.06.1314
other issue apparently of this generation Joane le Strange m Sir Freville |
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| St27-2 | Hamon le Strange of Wrockwardine, prominent in the King's
service until his death, probably in the Holy Land, early in 1274/5 Cal.
Patent Rolls, 1272-81, p. 81; Cal. Fine Rolls, vol. i, p. 21. In 1266/7
the King granted to him and his heirs the manor of Ellesmere, until he
should provide for them to the value of 100 l. a year in land Cal. Patent
Rolls, 1266-72, p. 39. BEF his death Hamon purported to enfeoff Roger in
Ellesmere and Coolmere Shropsh., vol. x, p. 197; Cal. Fine Rolls, vol.
i, p. 21, but the validity of the feoffment was questioned after Hamon's
death, and Roger obtained a fresh grant from the King for life Cal. Patent
Rolls, 1272-81, p. 125; 1307-13, pp. 156, 493. Hamon, who was Sheriff of
Hants, was granted Chawton in that county in fee before 30 Dec 1271 Cal.
Charter Rolls, vol. ii, p. 178, and this may have invalidated the conditional
grant of Ellesmere. Chawton passed to his brother Robert Cal. Patent Rolls,
1272-81, p. 442; Cal. Close Rolls, 1272-79,
p. 203." |
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| St27-3 | Robert Strange of Chauton, later of Wrockwardine, in 1270/1 he was about to go to the Holy Land. In 1272 he was pardoned for cutting and selling a part of a wood at Chawton, Hants, which had been given to him by his brother Hamon. In 1275 he did homage for the manor of Wrockwardine, which Hamon had given to him by charter. He died on or before 12 Oct 1276. | |||||||||||||||
| BE1883 which, as mentioned above, missed out a generation of Johns reports that Robert was 3rd son of Hamon son of John and Amicia. We follow TCP which reports that Robert obtained Wrockwardine from his brother Hamon. | ||||||||||||||||
| m Alianore de Blancminster Whitechurch daughter and coheir of William De Blancminster, who survived him. | ||||||||||||||||
| A | John le Strange of Blackmere d unm by 18.06.1289 | |||||||||||||||
| B | Fulk le Strange, 1st Lord of Blackmere b c1267, d by 23.01.1323/4 | |||||||||||||||
| m Eleanor Giffard dau of Sir John Giffard, 1st Lord of Brimsfield | ||||||||||||||||
| i | John le Strange, 2nd Lord of Blackmere b c1305, d 21.07.1349 | |||||||||||||||
| m Ankaret Boteler d 08.10.1361, dau of William Boteler of Weem | ||||||||||||||||
| a | Fulk le Strange, 3rd Lord of Blackmere b c1330, d 30.08.1349 On Fulke's death as above the Barony of Strange of Blackmere according to modern doctrine, fell into abeyance between his 2 infant daughters, 1 Joan, who married John Careless or Carless, 2 Eleanor, who married Edward De Acton; although a Hampshire jury found that Fulke died without heir of his body and that his brother John was his heir. Undoubtedly John did succeed to his barony in the territorial sense; but according to modern doctrine he did not succeed to the alleged Parliamentary Barony and the writ by which he was subsequently summoned created a new Barony. See Appendix H.]" | |||||||||||||||
| m mcrt 12.03.1346/7 Elizabeth de Stafford b after 1332, d 07.08.1375, dau of Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Joan le Strange | |||||||||||||||
| m John Careless or Carless of Albrighton | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Eleanor le Strange | |||||||||||||||
| m Edward de Acton | ||||||||||||||||
| b | John le Strange, 4th Lord of Blackmere b c04.1332, d 12.05.1361 | |||||||||||||||
| m Mary FitzAlan d 29.08.1396, dau of Richard FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | John le Strange, 5th Lord of Blackmere b c1353, d 03.08.1375 | |||||||||||||||
| m Isabel Beauchamp d 29.09.1416, dau of Thomas de Beauchamp, 3rd Earl of Warwick | ||||||||||||||||
| A | Elizabeth le Strange b 06.12.1373, dsp 23.08.1383 | |||||||||||||||
| m 15.03.1382-3 Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal d 22.09.1400 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Ankaret le Strange d 1413 | |||||||||||||||
| m1 Sir Richard Talbot, 4th Baron d 07.09.1396 | ||||||||||||||||
| m2 1400-1 Thomas Nevill, Lord Furnivall d 14.03.1406-7 | ||||||||||||||||
| c | Eleanor le Strange | |||||||||||||||
| An Eleanor of this generation is usually identified as wife of Reginald de Grey, 2nd Lord of Ruthyn, but TCP Grey of Ruthin suggests otherwise. | ||||||||||||||||
| d | Maud Strange b c1333 probably of this generation | |||||||||||||||
| m Brian de Cornwall of Outragorther, etc b c1326, d 1392 | ||||||||||||||||
| ii | Elizabeth le Strange shown by 'Mathematical' b about 1310 | |||||||||||||||
| m Sir Robert Corbet of Wattlesborough and Moreton Corbet b 1304, d 1375 | ||||||||||||||||
| St27=26=24 | Hawise le Strange |
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| m Griffith, Prince of Powys-Wenwynwyn a 1274 |
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| St27 | Elizabeth le Strange | |||||||||||||||
| m Robert Corbet | ||||||||||||||||
| St28-2. | Margery le Strange | |||||||||||||||
| m Ralph de Pichford | ||||||||||||||||
| St29=27=25 | Sir Guy le STRANGE b about 1169 in Ness, Shropshire d before 6 Apr 1199 | |||||||||||||||
| St24=26 | Sir Ralph le Strange b 1198 in Ness, Shropshire | |||||||||||||||
| St23=25 | Emma le Strange b 1220 in Ness, Shropshire | |||||||||||||||
| m | Phillip Warren of Burnham b 1219 in Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk | |||||||||||||||
| St22=24 | Cecilia Warren | |||||||||||||||
| m | Sir William de Calthorpe | |||||||||||||||
| St29-3. | Margaret le STRANGE b. 1154 - d. Feb 1222/3 | |||||||||||||||
| St29-4. | Ralph le STRANGE | |||||||||||||||
| St29-5. | William le STRANGE | |||||||||||||||
| St29-6 | Elizabeth le Strange possibly the same as m Run or Ruon or Rees in Denbighshire b about 1170 | |||||||||||||||
| St29-7. | Hamo le STRANGE | |||||||||||||||
Sources: TCP Strange or Lestrange, BE1883 Strange of Knockyn, BE1883
Strange of Blackmere, BLG1952 Le Strange of Hunstanton, BP1934 Strange
of Knokin, various web sites including RootsWeb
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