John le Strange

1138 - 1178  (~ 40 years)

• Name	John le Strange
  Born	cir 1138	Cheswardine, Shropshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Died	Dec 1178	Hunstanton, Norfolk, England
  Person ID	I149332	Little Chute Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Jul 2018

  
  

  Father	Roland le Strange,   b. cir 1096, Cheswardine, Shropshire, England
  Mother	Matilda le Brun,   b. cir 1100, Cheswardine, Shropshire, England
  Family ID	F59787	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hawise,   b. cir 1140
  Children	1. John le Strange,   b. cir 1159, Cheswardine, Shropshire, England ,   d. 20 Jan 1233, Knockin, Shropshire, England  (Age ~ 74 years)
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2022
  Family ID	F59786	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  William fitz Alan witnessed the grant of John le Strange (I) to Castleacre, and that John's father, Roland, witnessed Alan fitz Flaald's grant to the same priory, as well as his charter to St. Florent. Both families were connected with the counties of Norfolk and of Shropshire; John le Strange (I) held land in Hunstanton under fitz Alan, and that his brother Guy had a grant of lands in Warwickshire from William fitz Alan. For several successive generations it may almost be said that there is not a fitz Alan charter that is not witnessed by a le Strange, and vice versa. (Le Strange Records, page 9) John le Strange lived through the whole of the troublous reign of Stephen (1135-54), and during the first twenty-four years of the reign of Henry II. In Hunstanton he inherited two distinct manors, one from his father Roland, and another through his mother Matilda. Between the years 1155 and 1160 John's name occurs many times as a witness to charters, mostly those of fitz Alan. John and his brother Wido (Guy) attested a grant of fitz Alan's to the monks of Shrewsbury, which was included in Henry II's confirmation of 1155. (Le Strange Records, page 25)