James Strangeways, Speaker of the House of Commons

1415 - Bef 1480  (< 65 years)

• Name	James Strangeways  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Suffix	Speaker of the House of Commons
  Birth	1415	of West Harsley in Osmotherley, Yorkshire, England   [5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Bef 20 Aug 1480  [6]
  Person ID	I21368	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of JTS
  Last Modified	13 Sep 2018

  
  

  Father	James Strangeways,   b. of Whorlton, Yorkshire, England
  Mother	Joan Orrell
  Family ID	F13262	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Darcy,   b. Abt 1417   d. Bef Nov 1461 (Age ~ 44 years)
  Marriage	Bef 27 Sep 1431  [6]
  Children	+ 1. Eleanor Strangeways   d. Aft Jan 1494 + 2. Richard Strangeways,   b. of West Harsley in Osmotherley, Yorkshire, England d. 1488
  Family ID	F13177	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Dec 2017

  
  

• Notes

  Sheriff of Yorkshire 1445-46, 1452-53, 1468-69. Knight of the shire for Yorkshire, 1449, 1460-62. Speaker of the House of Commons, 1461-62. Chief Justice of Durham 1461-71. From Wikipedia: A Yorkist, he fought at the 1st battle of St Albans in 1455, Blore Heath in 1459, Wakefield in 1460 (when he was reported as killed), and Towton in 1461. He was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons in the first parliament of Edward IV, which met in November 1461. For the first time in English history the speaker addressed the king, immediately after his presentation and allowance, in a long speech reviewing the state of affairs and recapitulating the history of the civil war. The parliament transacted hardly any business other than numerous acts of attainder against Lancastrians. It was prorogued to 6 May 1462, and then dissolved. Strangeways then served on various commissions for the defence of the kingdom and suppression of rebellions, and sat regularly on the commissions of the peace for the North and West Ridings of Yorkshire.

  
  

• Sources

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