John STRANGE, VI^[1]

1306 - 1349  (43 years)

• Name	John STRANGE  [2, 3, 4]
  Suffix	VI
  Born	25 Jan 1305-1306	Blakemere, Weobley, Herefordshire, England   [4]
  Gender	Male
  MilitaryService	[5]
  	served in the Scotch and French wars
  Title (Nobility)	1324  [5]
  	2nd Baron Strange of Blackmere (succeeded his father Fulk upon his death)
  Title (Nobility)	1324  [5]
  	Lord Strange (succeeded his father Fulk upon his death)
  Occupation	1330  [5]
  	Governor of Conway
  MilitaryService	1346  [5]
  	Sir Knight Banneret at the battles of Crezy and Calais
  Name	John LE STRANGE  [5]
  _UID	F0566FF9ABDF428F8B3653AA0B78E2E9154C
  Died	21 Jul 1349	Whitchurch, Shropshire, England   [4]
  Person ID	I13027	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Fulk 1St Baron Le STRANGE, Of Blackmere, Sir,   b. Abt 1267, Wrockwardine, Wellington, Shropshire, England ,   d. 23 Jan 1323-1324, Blakemere, Weobley, Herefordshire, England  (Age ~ 57 years)
  Mother	Eleanor GIFFARD,   b. Abt 1271, Brimpsfield, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England ,   d. Bef 23 Jan 1323-1324, Blakemere, Weobley, Herefordshire, England  (Age ~ 53 years)
  Married	1296	Whitchurch, Shropshire, England   [6]
  Family ID	F6504	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ankaret Le BOTELER,   b. Abt 1306, Wem, Shropshire, England ,   d. 8 Oct 1361  (Age ~ 55 years)
  Married	1st Husband 1St Wife   [4]
  Children	1. John 4Th Baron Le STRANGE, Of Blackmere, Sir,   b. Abt Apr 1322, Whitchurch, Shropshire, England ,   d. 12 May 1361, Blakemere, Weobley, Herefordshire, England  (Age ~ 39 years)   2. Isabel LE STRANGE,   b. 1324, Knockin in Oswestry, Shropshire, England ,   d. 1366, Austria, Hungary  (Age 42 years)   3. Fulk Le STRANGE, Of Whitchurch,   b. 2 Feb 1330-1331, Whitchurch, Shropshire, England ,   d. 6 Sep 1349  (Age 18 years)   4. Matilda Le STRANGE,   b. Abt 1333, Blakemere, Weobley, Herefordshire, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Hamon LE STRANGE,   b. Abt 1335, Whitchurch, Shropshire, England ,   d. Aft 1381  (Age ~ 47 years)   6. Elizabeth LE STRANGE,   b. 1336, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Eleanor (Alianore) Le STRANGE,   b. 1338, Blakemere, Weobley, Herefordshire, England ,   d. 20 Apr 1396  (Age 58 years)
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2022
  Family ID	F6588	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  John Lestrange, 2nd Lord (Baron) Strange (of Blackmere), JP (Salop 1332); fought at Crecy 1346; married as her 1st husband Ankaret (married 2nd Sir Thomas de Ferrers and died 8 Oct 1361), daughter of William Boteler, of Wem, Salop, and died 21 July 1349. [Burke's Peerage] John Lestrange, 2nd Lord Strange (of Blackmere) was born circa 1306. He was the son of Fulk Lestrange, 1st Lord Strange (of Blackmere) and Eleanor Giffard. He married Ankaret Boteler, daughter of William Boteler. He succeeded as the 2nd Lord Strange, of Blackmere [E., 1309] on 23 January 1323/24. He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Shropshire in 1332. He fought in the Battle of Crécy in 1346. He died on 21 July 1349. Children of John Lestrange, 2nd Lord Strange (of Blackmere) and Ankaret Boteler 1. Fulk Lestrange, 3rd Lord Strange (of Blackmere) b. c 1330, d. 30 Aug 1349 2. John Lestrange, 1st Lord Strange (of Blackmere) b. c 1332, d. 12 May 1361 http://www.thepeerage.com/p23461.htm#i234606 .................................................................................... Documentary sources indicate that a manor house belonging to the Le Strange family existed here in the 12th century. It passed to the Talbots in the 14th century, and in 1383 was the birthplace of John Talbot, the first Earl of Shrewsbury. The Talbot family sold the manor in 1590 and by the end of the following century the house was in ruins. Source is: www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/English%20sites/3059.html Blackmere was a 12th Century Manor in Whitchurch, Shropshire the seat of Le Strange of Blackmere. Source is Le Strange Records, Pedigree No. VIII - Le Strange of Blackmere.

  
  

• Sources

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