John le Strange (I)

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 1177 or 1178.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Le Strange (p. 35), citing Eyton.

Relationships

Father: Roland (Rivallon) le Strange.

This relationship is given by Lieberman (p. 96) and by le Strange (p. 5), who notes that Roland is the first le Strange about whom there is good evidence, and that the ancestry of Roland sometimes given -- making him the descendant of a fictional duke of Brittany -- is mythical. Keats-Rohan (p. 842) calls him "Rivallon Lestrange".

Mother: Matilda le Brun.

This relationship is given by Lieberman (p. 96) and by Keats-Rohan (p. 842). Le Strange (p. 5) cites a charter in which John (I) names his mother Matilda. He gives evidence for her family (pp. 11-12).

Spouse: Hawise.

This relationship is given by Lieberman (p. 96) and by le Strange (p. 35).

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from le Strange.)

John le Strange (II) (about 1153 - about 1234) married Amicia.

Hamon le Strange.

Ralph le Strange.

William le Strange, dean of St Mary’s, Shrewsbury; prebendary of Alveley until 1223.

Evidence

Le Strange (pp. 23 - 58) discusses surviving records.

References

Keats-Rohan, Katharine S. B. Domesday Descendants: A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents 1106 - 1166. (Woodbridge: 2002).

Le Strange, Hamon. Le Strange Records: A Chronicle of the Early Le Stranges (London:1916).

Lieberman, Max. The Medieval March of Wales (Cambridge University Press, 2010).