John was born on 25 JAN 1306 in Blakemere, Whitchurch, Shropshire, England, the son of Fulk le Stange and Eleanor Giffard.
He died on 21 JUL 1349 in Shropshire, England.
His wife was Ankaret le Boteler. They were married, but the date and place have not been found. Their only known child was Maude “Mathilda” (c1325-?).
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Note 1
!Source: John le Strange
Born 25 Jan 1306 in Blakemere, Whitchurch, Shropshire, England [uncertain]
Died 21 Jul 1349 at age 43 in Shropshire, England [uncertain]
John "2nd Lord Strange of Blackmere" le Strange formerly Strange aka le Straunge edit
Son of Fulk le Strange and Eleanor le Strange edit
Brother of Unknown le Strange, Hamon le Strange, Elizabeth Corbet, Fulk le Strange and Maude Cornwall add sibling
Husband of Ankaret de Ferrers — married before 20 May 1327 in England map icon add/edit spouses
Father of Elizabeth de Pembrugge, Maude Warenne, Eleanor de Grey, Fulk le Strange, John le Strange, Alice de Haudlo and Hamon le Strange add/edit children
Biography
Sir John le Strange, 2nd Lord Strange of Blackmere[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
1306 Birth and Parents
"Son and heir, aged 18 at his father's death.[12]
Sir John le Strange, 2nd Lord Strange of Blackmere, was born on 25 January 1306. He was of Blackmere, Corfham, Wrockwardine, Sutton Maddock, & Cheswardine, Shropshire, England.[3][4][8][13]
He was the son of Fulk le Strange, 1st Lord Strange of Blackmere, Seneschal of Aquitaine [3][4][8] b. c 1267, d. bt 1 Feb 1323 - 1324
His mother was Eleanor Giffard.[3][4][8] b. 1275, d. b 23 Jan 1325
1325 Wardship of Father's Lands
On 1 Aug 1325 the wardship of his father's lands was committed to him upon payment of £400 yearly. [12]
1326 Proved Age
On 26 February 1326/7 he had proved his age and done homage, and was to have seisin. [12]
1327 Marriage to Ankaret
A settlement for the marriage of Sir John le Strange, 2nd Lord Strange of Blackmere and Ankaret le Boteler was made before 1327.[13]
He married Ankaret, daughter of William Butler of Wem, Salop., and sister and coheir of Edward Butler.[1][12][14]
Sir John le Strange, 2nd Lord Strange of Blackmere and Ankaret le Boteler obtained a marriage licence on 20 May 1327.[4][8]
1330 Summoned to Parliament
He was sum. to Parliament from 23 October 1330 to 20 April 1344 by writs directed Johanni Lestraunge and on 1 Jan and 10 Mar 1348/9 by writs directed Johanni Lestraunge of Blackmere. [12]
1332 Commissions for Salop
In 1332 and thereafter he was in commissions for Salop. [12]
1337 Executor of Cousin's Will
In 1337, described as of Blanmouster he was an executor of the will of his cousin Eubolo Lestrange. [12]
1346 With King to Normandy
In 1346 he accompanied the King to Normandy and was at Crecy and Calais. [12] Sir John Lestraunge of Whitchurch fought at the battle of Crécy, Ponthieu, on 26 August, 1346. He was a Banneret in the second division which was under the command of the earls of Northampton and Arundel.[15]
1349 Death
Sir John le Strange, 2nd Lord Strange of Blackmere died on 21 July 1349 at of Badgeworth, Gloucestershire, England, at age 43.[12][13][3][4][8]
Remarriage of Widow
Ankaret survived him and apparently married 2ndly, Sir Thomas De Ferrers. She died 8 Oct. 1361." [12]
Elizabeth de L'Isle. Wikitree: No date, Blackmere, Herefordshire Maude Warenne born 1324, Blackmere, Herefordshire Eleanor de Grey, born 1328 Knockin, Salopshire John le Strange born 1331, Whitechurch, Shropshire Fulk le Strange , born 1332, Longnor, Shropshire
Issue
They had 3 sons, Fulk, John and Hamon, and 3 daughters, Elizabeth, Eleanor and Alice. [8]
Fulk le Strange, 3rd Lord Strange of Blackmere, b. 2 Feb 1330/1331, d. 30 Aug 1349 [1][8][4][16][17]
Sir John le Strange, 4th Lord Strange of Blackmere, b. c 19 Apr 1332, d. 12 May 1361ref name="CPXII"/>[18][8][4][19]
Eleanor, wife of Sir Reynold, 2nd Lord Grey of Ruthin; [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] Alianore le Strange [20] [21]born Knockyn, Shropshire [22] d. 20 Apr 1396
Hamon le Strange[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][23]
Elizabeth le Strange, wife of Edmund, 3rd Lord St. John, of Sir Gerard, 1st Lord Lisle, & of Sir Richard Pembridge; [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] born Cleckmore, Herefordshire, no date [22][24]
Alice, wife of Sir Edmund de Handlo).[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
Inquisition Post Mortem of John Le Straunge 1349
Inquisition Post Mortem of John Le Straunge of Whytchurche following a Writ, of 27 July, 23 Edward III [1349].[25]
He held lands in Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, the County of Southampton, and Salop. The Manor of Whitchurch and other lands in Shropshire were held jointly with his wife Ankareta.
He was recorded variously as having died on Tuesday the morrow of St. Margaret last; on 20 July last; and on Monday after the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr last.
Fulk Lestraunge his son was his heir. He was recorded as aged 18 years at the feast of the Purification last, and also as aged 19 years.
Research Notes
Disputed Child
Mathilda le Strange born 1324, Blackmere is sometimes shown as the daughter of Sir John le Strange. [22]
Lewis reports that Mathilda Strange married Griffin Warren, son of John Warren and Ellena Charleton. Mathilda Strange was born at of Blackmere, Shropshire, England [26]
Lewis also reports that "This daughter is not known to Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 109. [27]
Sources
↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Complete Peerage, or a History of the House of Lords and all its members from the earliest times. Vol. XII Part 1: Skelmersdale to Towton. 1953, Strange pp 343-344 Family Search.
↑ Unknown author, The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, by Ronny O. Bodine, p. 121. Cited by Marlyn Lewis. Sir John le Strange Our Royal Titled Noble and Commoner Ancestors Last edited 1 Feb, 2014. Accessed November 18, 2017.
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 109. Cited by Marlyn Lewis. Sir John le Strange Our Royal Titled Noble and Commoner Ancestors Last edited 1 Feb, 2014. Accessed November 18, 2017.
↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 208. Cited by Marlyn Lewis. Sir John le Strange Our Royal Titled Noble and Commoner Ancestors Last edited 1 Feb, 2014. Accessed November 18, 2017.
↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 180-181. Cited by Marlyn Lewis. Sir John le Strange Our Royal Titled Noble and Commoner Ancestors Last edited 1 Feb, 2014. Accessed November 18, 2017.
↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 272-273. Cited by Marlyn Lewis. Sir John le Strange Our Royal Titled Noble and Commoner Ancestors Last edited 1 Feb, 2014. Accessed November 18, 2017.
↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 304-305. Cited by Marlyn Lewis. Sir John le Strange Our Royal Titled Noble and Commoner Ancestors Last edited 1 Feb, 2014. Accessed November 18, 2017.
↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 8.12 Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 373. Cited by Marlyn Lewis. Sir John le Strange Our Royal Titled Noble and Commoner Ancestors Last edited 1 Feb, 2014. Accessed November 18, 2017.
↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 125. Cited by Marlyn Lewis. Sir John le Strange Our Royal Titled Noble and Commoner Ancestors Last edited 1 Feb, 2014. Accessed November 18, 2017.
↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 440-441. Cited by Marlyn Lewis. Sir John le Strange Our Royal Titled Noble and Commoner Ancestors Last edited 1 Feb, 2014. Accessed November 18, 2017.
↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 320-321. Cited by Marlyn Lewis. Sir John le Strange Our Royal Titled Noble and Commoner Ancestors Last edited 1 Feb, 2014. Accessed November 18, 2017.
↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.7 12.8 12.9 Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, 2011
↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Marlyn Lewis. Sir John le Strange Our Royal Titled Noble and Commoner Ancestors Last edited 1 Feb, 2014. Accessed November 18, 2017.
↑ William le Butiller of Wem to settle his manor of Dodington on himself for life, with remainder to John Lestraunge of Whitchurch and Ankareta his wife and the heirs of their bodies, remainder to the right heirs of the said William, retaining two-thirds of the manors of Wem and Hinstock. Salop. 1 Edward III . C 143/192/20. The National Archives, Kew.
↑ Major-General The Hon. George Wrottesley, "Crecy and Calais", Collections for a History of Staffordshire Volume XVIII, The William Salt Archaeological Society, , 31. e-Book Internet Archive .
↑ Wrottesley G Pedigrees from the Plea Rolls Collected from the Pleadings in the Various Courts of Law, A.D. 1200 to 1500, from the Original Rolls in the Public Record Office. p.125-126 [1].
↑ Collections for a History of Staffordshire. Vol. XIII, 1892, p123 [2].
↑ Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 109-110.Cited by Marlyn Lewis. Sir John le Strange Our Royal Titled Noble and Commoner Ancestors Last edited 1 Feb, 2014. Accessed November 18, 2017.
↑ A. E. Stamp, E. Salisbury, E. G. Atkinson and J. J. O'Reilly, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 129', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 10, Edward III , pp. 171-194. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol10/pp171-194 [accessed 19 May 2020]. Proof of age. Item 203.
↑ Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 620.Cited by Marlyn Lewis. Sir John le Strange Our Royal Titled Noble and Commoner Ancestors Last edited 1 Feb, 2014. Accessed November 18, 2017.
↑ Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 101.Cited by Marlyn Lewis. Sir John le Strange Our Royal Titled Noble and Commoner Ancestors Last edited 1 Feb, 2014. Accessed November 18, 2017.
↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 Wiki Data Field, subject to review and revision
↑ Calendar of the Patent Rolls. Richard II. 1381-1385. HMSO 1897, p33 [3].
↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 209. Cited by Marlyn Lewis. Sir John le Strange Our Royal Titled Noble and Commoner Ancestors Last edited 1 Feb, 2014. Accessed November 18, 2017.
↑ J. E. E. S. Sharp, E. G. Atkinson, J. J. O'Reilly and G. J. Morris, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 98', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 9, Edward III , pp. 211-233. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol9/pp211-233 [accessed 15 May 2020]. Inquisition Post Mortem of John Le Straunge. Item 223.
↑ Marlyn Lewis. Sir John le Strange Our Royal Titled Noble and Commoner Ancestors Last edited 1 Feb, 2014. Accessed November 18, 2017.
↑ Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 101.Cited by Marlyn Lewis. Sir John le Strange Our Royal Titled Noble and Commoner Ancestors Last edited 1 Feb, 2014. Accessed November 18, 2017.
See also:
Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999. Page: 8-32 TMPLT FIELD Name: Page VALUE 8-32
Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999. Page: 2506 TMPLT FIELD Name: Page VALUE 2506