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John le Strange

Male Abt 1194 - Bef 1269  (~ 75 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  John le Strange was born about 1194 in of Knockin, Shropshire, England; died before 26 Mar 1269.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate birth: Abt 1190

    Notes:

    Constable of Montgomery Castle 1236; Sheriff of Shropshire and Staffordshire 1236; Justiciar of Chester 1240.

    "John Lestrange III, son and heir. In 1213 he attended upon the King to pay a debt on behalf of his father, and in 1214 he was serving in Poitou. In 1219 he was conducting an enquiry into forest matters at Shrewsbury. In 1225 he was directed to assist in conducting to Gloucester the fifteenth collected in Staffs and Salop. On 25 May 1231 the King granted to him and his heirs the manor of Wrockwardine. In 1232, and frequently thereafter, he was appointed to see that the truce with Llewelin was observed on both sides. In 1235 he was Constable of Montgomery. On 24 October 1236 he was appointed Sheriff of Salop and Staffs. Late in 1240 or early in 1241 he was appointed Justice of Chester. In 1248 he was about to go on pilgrimage to Pontigny. In 1249 he had a grant to himself and his heirs of a market and fair at Knockin. In March 1257/8 and again in August 1260 he was summoned to Chester, in October 1261 to London, and in January 1262/3 to Hereford and in May to Worcester, in connection with the disturbances in Wales. He is said to have married Lucy, daughter of Robert Tregoz. He died before 26 March 1269." [Complete Peerage XII-1:350-1]

    Family/Spouse: Lucy de Tregoz. Lucy (daughter of Robert de Tregoz and Sibyl de Ewyas) died after 1294. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Robert le Strange  Descendancy chart to this point was born in of Blackmere, Whitchurch, Shropshire, England; died about Aug 1276.
    2. 3. Hawise le Strange  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1310.
    3. 4. Roger le Strange  Descendancy chart to this point was born in of Ellesmere, Shropshire, England; died on 31 Jul 1311.
    4. 5. John le Strange  Descendancy chart to this point was born in of Knockin, Shropshire, England; died before 26 Feb 1276.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Robert le Strange Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) was born in of Blackmere, Whitchurch, Shropshire, England; died about Aug 1276.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: Bef 13 Oct 1276

    Notes:

    "Robert Lestrange; acquired Chawton after death of his brother Hamon, and Wrockwardine in the latter's lifetime; married Eleanor, daughter and coheir of William de Blancminster (modern Whitechurch, Salop) and predeceased her 12 Oct 1276." [Burke's Peerage]

    Crusader about 1270, according to AR.

    Robert married Eleanor Blancminster about 1250. Eleanor (daughter of William Blancminster and Eve Fitzwarine) was born in of Whitchurch, Shropshire, England; died after 1276. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 6. Fulke le Strange  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1267 in of Blackmere, Whitchurch, Shropshire, England; died before 23 Jan 1324.

  2. 3.  Hawise le Strange Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) died in 1310.

    Hawise married Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn before 1242. Gruffydd (son of Gwenwynwyn and Margaret Corbet) died after 17 Feb 1286. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. Margaret de la Pole  Descendancy chart to this point died on 11 May 1336.
    2. 8. Owen de la Pole  Descendancy chart to this point died before 15 Oct 1293.
    3. 9. Llywelyn ap Gruffudd ap Gwenwynwyn  Descendancy chart to this point died before 29 Jun 1295.

  3. 4.  Roger le Strange Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) was born in of Ellesmere, Shropshire, England; died on 31 Jul 1311.

    Notes:

    Steward of the King's Household; Sheriff of Yorkshire 1270, 1272; Justice of the Forest south of Trent 1283-97; Bailiff of the Honour of Peak, Derbyshire; Constable of Chartley, Owestry, and Welshpool Castles.

    Summoned to Parliament by writ 24 Jun 1295; 1 Nov 1295; 26 Jan 1297.

    Roger married Maud de Beauchamp before 15 Jul 1270. Maud (daughter of William de Beauchamp and Idonea de Longespée) was born in of Bedford, Bedfordshire, England; died before 4 Apr 1273; was buried in Church of the Friars Preachers, Pontefract, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 5.  John le Strange Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) was born in of Knockin, Shropshire, England; died before 26 Feb 1276.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: 1275
    • Alternate death: Bef 20 Nov 1275

    Notes:

    Drowned in the Severn, on horseback.

    John married Joan de Somery about 1253. Joan (daughter of Roger de Somery and Nichole d'Aubigny) died in 1282 in Knockin, Shropshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 10. Maud le Strange  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 11. Hawise le Strange  Descendancy chart to this point died after 16 May 1303.
    3. 12. John le Strange  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1254 in of Knockin, Shropshire, England; died before 8 Aug 1309.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Fulke le Strange Descendancy chart to this point (2.Robert2, 1.John1) was born about 1267 in of Blackmere, Whitchurch, Shropshire, England; died before 23 Jan 1324.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: Bef 24 Jan 1324
    • Alternate death: 1 Feb 1324
    • Alternate death: 23 Jan 1325

    Notes:

    Seneschal of Aquitaine, 26 May 1322. Field commander for Edwards I and II in Scotland and France. Summoned to Parliament by writ 4 Mar 1309.

    "Fulk Lestrange, 1st Lord (Baron) Strange (of Blackmere), so created by writ of summons to Parliament 4 March 1308/9; served in Edward I's and Edward II's Scottish campaigns 1298-1323; Seneschal of Aquitaine 1322; married Eleanor (predeceased her husband), daughter of John Giffard, of Brimsfield, Glos. 1st Lord (Baron) Giffard, and died by 23 Jan 1323/4." [Burke's Peerage]

    Fulke married Eleanor Giffard before 1301. Eleanor (daughter of John Giffard and Maud de Clifford) was born in 1275 in of Brimpsfield, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England; died before 23 Jan 1324. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 13. Elizabeth le Strange  Descendancy chart to this point was born in of Blackmere, Whitchurch, Shropshire, England; died after 1375.
    2. 14. Maud le Strange  Descendancy chart to this point was born in of Blackmere, Whitchurch, Shropshire, England.
    3. 15. John le Strange  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1306 in Blackmere, Whitchurch, Shropshire, England; died on 21 Jul 1349.

  2. 7.  Margaret de la Pole Descendancy chart to this point (3.Hawise2, 1.John1) died on 11 May 1336.

    Notes:

    Also called Mabli, Margred, Margaret verch Gruffud.

    Margaret married Fulk V Fitzwarine before 25 Feb 1277. Fulk (son of Fulk IV Fitzwarine and Constance de Toeni) was born on 14 Sep 1251 in Whittington, Oswestry, Shropshire, England; died on 24 Nov 1315. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 16. Hawise Fitzwarine  Descendancy chart to this point died after 1302; was buried in Grey Friars, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England.

  3. 8.  Owen de la Pole Descendancy chart to this point (3.Hawise2, 1.John1) died before 15 Oct 1293.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: Between 20 Nov 1293 and 19 Nov 1294

    Notes:

    Also called Audowen, Owain ap Gruffudd ap Gwenwynwyn. Pedigrees from the Plea Rolls (citation details below), page 47, says "died, 22 Ed. 2", a regnal date that does not exist since Edward II died in the twentieth year of his reign. We assume this to have been a typographical error for "Ed. 1".

    Family/Spouse: Joanna Corbet. Joanna (daughter of Robert Corbet and Maud) died before 29 Sep 1348. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 17. Hawise de la Pole  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Jul 1290; died after Aug 1345; was buried in Church of the Greyfriars, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.

  4. 9.  Llywelyn ap Gruffudd ap Gwenwynwyn Descendancy chart to this point (3.Hawise2, 1.John1) died before 29 Jun 1295.

    Family/Spouse: Margred ferch Mardedudd Goch ap Maredudd ab Iorwerth Fychan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 18. Efa ferch Llywelyn ap Gruffudd  Descendancy chart to this point

  5. 10.  Maud le Strange Descendancy chart to this point (5.John2, 1.John1)

    Family/Spouse: Robert de Felton. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 19. William de Felton  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1260; died on 5 Apr 1327.

  6. 11.  Hawise le Strange Descendancy chart to this point (5.John2, 1.John1) died after 16 May 1303.

    Hawise married Robert de Felton before 1280. Robert was born in of Litcham, Norfolk, England; died on 24 Jun 1314 in Bannockburn, Stirlingshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 20. John de Felton  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1280; died after 1333.

  7. 12.  John le Strange Descendancy chart to this point (5.John2, 1.John1) was born about 1254 in of Knockin, Shropshire, England; died before 8 Aug 1309.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate birth: 1253

    Notes:

    He was summoned to Parliament from 26 Sep 1299 to 12 Dec 1309, by writs variously addressed Johanni Lestraunge de Knokyn and Johanni Extranea.

    John married Eleanor de Mont between 13 Oct 1275 and 1 Jun 1276. Eleanor (daughter of Ebal de Mont and Joan de Bohun) died before 14 Aug 1282. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 21. John le Strange  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1282 in of Knockin, Shropshire, England; died before 6 Feb 1311.


Generation: 4

  1. 13.  Elizabeth le Strange Descendancy chart to this point (6.Fulke3, 2.Robert2, 1.John1) was born in of Blackmere, Whitchurch, Shropshire, England; died after 1375.

    Elizabeth married Robert Corbet before Mar 1323. Robert (son of Thomas Corbet and Amice) was born on 25 Dec 1304 in of Moreton Toret, Shropshire, England; died on 3 Dec 1375. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 22. Roger Corbet  Descendancy chart to this point was born in of Morton Corbet, Shropshire, England; died about 1394.
    2. 23. Thomas Corbet  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 14.  Maud le Strange Descendancy chart to this point (6.Fulke3, 2.Robert2, 1.John1) was born in of Blackmere, Whitchurch, Shropshire, England.

    Notes:

    Medieval English Ancestors of Robert Abell has the daughter of Fulke le Strange and Eleanor Giffard marrying "Bryan de Cornwall of Kynlet," with no mention of Griffin Warren. Elsewhere (p. 267), he has Gruffith Warren marrying "Matilda le Strange, daughter of a Lord Strange of Blackmere."

    Family/Spouse: Griffin Warren. Griffin (son of John Warren and Helen Chorleton) was born in of Ightfield, Whitchurch, Shropshire, England; died in 1356. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 24. Griffin Warren  Descendancy chart to this point was born in of Ightfield, Whitchurch, Shropshire, England.
    2. 25. Margaret Warren  Descendancy chart to this point was born in of Ightfield, Whitchurch, Shropshire, England.

  3. 15.  John le Strange Descendancy chart to this point (6.Fulke3, 2.Robert2, 1.John1) was born about 1306 in Blackmere, Whitchurch, Shropshire, England; died on 21 Jul 1349.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate birth: 25 Jan 1306, of Blackmere, Whitchurch, Shropshire, England

    Notes:

    Also spelled Lestraunge. Summoned to Parliament by writ 23 Oct 1330 to 20 Apr 1344.

    "John Lestrange, 2nd Lord (Baron) Strange (of Blackmere), JP (Salop 1332); fought at Crécy 1346; married as her 1st husband Ankaret (married 2nd Sir Thomas de Ferrers and died 8 Oct 1361), daughter of William Boteler, of Wem, Salop, and died 21 July 1349." [Burke's Peerage]

    John married Ankaret le Boteler before 20 May 1327. Ankaret (daughter of William le Boteler and Ela de Herdeburgh) died on 8 Oct 1361. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 26. Eleanor le Strange  Descendancy chart to this point died on 20 Apr 1396.
    2. 27. John le Strange  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 19 Apr 1332 in Whitchurch, Shropshire, England; died on 12 May 1361.

  4. 16.  Hawise Fitzwarine Descendancy chart to this point (7.Margaret3, 3.Hawise2, 1.John1) died after 1302; was buried in Grey Friars, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: 2 Sep 1344

    Family/Spouse: Robert de Hoo. Robert (son of Robert de Hoo and Beatrice) was born in of Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire, England; died on 1 Nov 1311; was buried in Goxhill, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 28. Thomas de Hoo  Descendancy chart to this point was born in of Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire, England; died on 28 Sep 1380.

    Hawise married Ralph de Goushill before 1294. Ralph (son of Peter de Goushill and Ela de Camoys) was born about 1274 in of Goxhill, Glanford Brigg, Lincolnshire, England; died before 30 Aug 1294. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 29. Margaret de Goushill  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 May 1294 in Whittington, Oswestry, Shropshire, England; was christened in Whittington, Oswestry, Shropshire, England; died on 29 Jul 1349.

  5. 17.  Hawise de la Pole Descendancy chart to this point (8.Owen3, 3.Hawise2, 1.John1) was born on 25 Jul 1290; died after Aug 1345; was buried in Church of the Greyfriars, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: Bef 1353

    Notes:

    Also called Hawise Gadarn ("the Hardy") ferch Owain ap Gwenwynwyn. "De la Pole" means "of Pool in Wales", i.e., Welshpool.

    Hawise married John de Cherleton before 26 Oct 1309. John (son of Robert de Cherleton) was born in 1268 in Apley near Wellington, Shropshire, England; died in 1353; was buried in Church of the Greyfriars, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 30. Isabel de Cherleton  Descendancy chart to this point died on 10 Apr 1397.
    2. 31. John de Cherlton  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1316 in of Pole, Montgomeryshire, Wales; died before 30 Aug 1360.

  6. 18.  Efa ferch Llywelyn ap Gruffudd Descendancy chart to this point (9.Llywelyn3, 3.Hawise2, 1.John1)

    Family/Spouse: Madog ab Iorwerth ap Madog ap Gruffudd. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 32. Gwerfyl ferch Madog  Descendancy chart to this point was born in of Hendwr in Edeirnion, Merionethshire, Wales; died after 1293.

  7. 19.  William de Felton Descendancy chart to this point (10.Maud3, 5.John2, 1.John1) was born about 1260; died on 5 Apr 1327.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: Bef 11 May 1328

    Notes:

    Constable of Beaumaris, Roxburgh, and Linlithgow. Sheriff of Northumberland 1312; constable of Bamburgh 1316. Fought at the battle of Falkirk, 22 June 1298.

    He was married twice, first to Constance de Pontop and second to another woman named Constance whose origins are unknown. John Watson (citation details below) has shown that his daughter Margaret who married Robert Bertram was a daughter of the second Constance.

    William married Constance de Pontop before 27 Jul 1284. Constance (daughter of Thomas de Pontop) was born in 1263; died about 1291. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    William married Constance after 1300. Constance died before 5 Apr 1327. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 33. Margaret de Felton  Descendancy chart to this point died after May 1341.

  8. 20.  John de Felton Descendancy chart to this point (11.Hawise3, 5.John2, 1.John1) was born about 1280; died after 1333.

    Family/Spouse: Sibyl. Sibyl died after 1345. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 34. Thomas de Felton  Descendancy chart to this point was born in of Litcham, Norfolk, England; died on 2 Apr 1381; was buried in Walsingham Abbey, Norfolk, England.

  9. 21.  John le Strange Descendancy chart to this point (12.John3, 5.John2, 1.John1) was born about 1282 in of Knockin, Shropshire, England; died before 6 Feb 1311.

    Family/Spouse: Iseult. Iseult died after 18 May 1324. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 35. Roger le Strange  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Aug 1301 in of Knockin, Shropshire, England; died on 29 Jul 1349 in Sedgebrook, Lincolnshire, England.