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- Roger, fifth Lord Strange of Knockin, though only twenty-three when he succeeded his father, had already seen four years of foreign service in Flanders and at the siege of Calais. He married, about 1350, Aleyne, daughter of his feudal lord, Edmund fitz Alan, Earl of Arundel, and Alice, sister, and in her issue, sole heiress of John, Earl of Warenne and Surrey. Roger was placed on a commission with Sir John Charlton, on March 12, 1351, to make inquisition touching those who had made counterfeit money at Shrewsbury, and to bring them before the council with their dies and other instruments which had been found in the river Severn. On March 20, 1361, we find Roger in the Commission of the Peace for Salop, and, on February 10, 1367, he was placed on the Commission of Array for the same county: these appointments were repeated for many subsequent years. He was summoned to Parliament from September 20, 1355, to August 9, 1382, and the Rolls of Parliament contain proof of his sittings. The Lord of Knockin seems to have been kept pretty busy in providing for the preservation of the King's peace on the Welsh March. He was bidden on his allegiance, on February 10, 1367, to cause a set number of fencible men to be chosen, furnished according to their estate with competent arms, to march when danger threatens; and there are many similar orders to be found in the Rolls. Richard Earl of Arundel, by his will dated December 5, 1375, left 'to my nephews and nieces, sons and daughters of Sir Roger le Strange, and to my sister, Dame Alaine le Strange, wife to the said Roger, MD marks, over and above M marks more paid to them already.' This will shows that Roger and Aleyne had several younger children. (Le Strange Records, page 330-332)
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1326 - 1382 (56 years)