Fulk le Strange Baron of Blackmere

  General Notes:

~Ancestral Roots of Sixy Colonists Who Came to New England between 1623 and 1650, 8th Edition, p. 37, 29A:30, Eleanor Gifford married Fulk le Strange, 1st Baron Strange of Blackmere, son of Robert le Strange of Wrockwarden, crusader, who was the fourth son of John III le Strange of Knokyn and Lucy de Tregoz. Robert le Strange's wife was Eleanor de Whitechurch. ¹⁶⁰

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information. ¹⁴¹
Fulk le Strange of Blackmere in Whitechurch, Salop, England, second son of Robert le Strange of Whitchurch, by Eleanor, one of the four sisters and coheirs of William de Blanchminster, otherwise Whitchurch, was born about 1267 when he succeeded his eldest brother, John le Strange in 1289 or 17 Edward I, at the age of twenty-two. he took part in the wars with Scotland and France. His name as "Fulco Le Strange, D'n's de Cersham" appears among the Barons in the letter to the Pope. Baron from 13 Jan 1308/09, 2 Edward II until 13 Sep 1324, 16 Edward II, by write directed "Fulconi Le Strange," of Lancaster. In 1332, he was Seneschal of Aquitaine. He married Eleanor, daughter and coheir of John Giffard of Brinsfield, with whom he obtained a third of the manor of Thornhagh, Notthingham, England. He died 1324.
~Cokayne's Complete Peerage of England, Vol. XII, pg. 271

• Background Information. ⁷⁶⁰
At the time of Edward I and Edward II, Fulk le Strange was engaged in the wars of Scotland and France. He was summoned to parliament as Baron Strange from 13 Jan 1308 to 13 Sep 1324. In 12 Edward II, his lordship obtained pardon for adhering to Thomad, Earl of Lancaster, and in four more years, he was constituted senseschal of the Duchy of Acquitaine. He married Alianore, daughter and co-her to John de Giffard of Brunsfield and by right of Alianore, Fulk received one third part of the manor of Thornhagh in Nottinghamshire. He died in 1324 and was succeeded by his son, John le Strange.

~Burke's General and Heraldic Dictionary, pg. 500

• Children. ⁷²¹
Children of Fulk le Strange and Alianore Giffard:
• Elizabeth le Strange, m. by Mar 1323, Sir Robert Corbet of Moreton Corbet
• John le Strange, 2nd Baron Blackmere, d. 21 Jul 1349, m. Aukaret Boteler, who d. 8 Oct 1361
• Maud le Stange, m. Bryan de Corwall of Kynlet
• Fulk le Strange, received Longnor from his father in 1322, left infant daughters Joan (m. John Careless), Alinore (m. Edward de Acton Margaret, who became a nun of Lingbrooke
• Hamon le Strange, had Cheswardine in 1315 from John, and Betton from his brother Fulk.
~Medieval Ancestors of Robert Abell, pg. 231-232

Fulk married Alianore Giffard, daughter of Sir John Giffard Lord Giffard of Brimsfield and Maude de Clifford, by Mar 1323 in probably England ¹⁶⁰.^,721 (Alianore Giffard was born in 1275 in Brimsfield, Gloucestershire, England and died in 1324-1325 in Blakemere, Herefordshire, England ¹⁶⁰.)