Sir John le Strange Knight

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• Background Information. ¹⁴¹
John le Strange V, son and heir, aged 22 and more at the date of his father's death; on 16 May 1276 he had done homage, and was to have his lands. In 1277 he was going to Wales on the King's service. On 10 January 1277/8, as "the king's yeoman", he had pardon for a debt due from his father. In 1292 he established his claim to free warren in Ness, Milton and Middle. On 12 Dec 1276, and frequently thereafter until 1287, he was summoned to serve against the Welsh; in 1294 he was summoned to Portsmouth to cross to France; and from 1298 to 1308 he was summoned to serve against the Scots. From 26 Sep 1299 to 10 Mar 1307/8 he was summoned to Parliament by writs directed Johanni Extraneo, whereby he is held to have become Lord Strange, and from 4 Mar 1308/9 to 12 Dec 1309 by writs directed Johanni Lestraunge de Knokyn. His seal was appended to the Barons' Letter to the Pope, where he is described as Johannes Lestraunge dominus de Knokyn or Johannes le Straungge. On 18 Jan 1307/8 he was summoned to attend the Coronation of Edward II. In 1308 he obtained a licence to crenellate his house of Middle.

John le Strange, 1^stly, between 13 Oct 1275 and 1 Jun 1276, Alianore daughter and heir of Eble de Montz, Constable of Windsor Castle, by Joan, widow of Godfrey de Craucombe and before this of Stephen de Somery, perhaps daughter of [---] de Beche. She died before 14 Aug 1282. John le Strange married 2^ndly Maud, widow of John de Stradling, or Struttelings [died shortly before February 1282/3], daughter and heir of John de Walton, of Little Wellesborne and Walton Deyville, co. Warwick [died before 28 Dec 1277], by his wife Isabel. He died on or before 8 Aug 1309. His widow married between 30 Oct 1309 and 28 Nov 1310, as his 1^st wife, Thomas de Hastang, of Chebsey, co. Stafford, who died in or before 1348. She died before July 1325.

~Cokayne's Complete Peerage, 2nd Edition, Vol. XIIA, pp. 352-353, Vol. XIV, p. 596

John married Alianore de Montz, daughter of Eble de Montz Constable of Windsor Castle and Joan.¹⁴¹ (Alianore de Montz was born about 1256 in Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England and died before 14 Aug 1282 in Knockin, Oswestry, Shropshire, England ¹⁴¹.)