General Notes

Arrived in England c. 1100 from Dol, Brittany; m. dau. of Ralph Fitz-Herluin and Helewisa de Plaiz. [John L'Estrange<Johnl@minhousing.govt.nz]

WAITE, FOSTER LINE - 25th ggrandfather

m. Matilda Le Brun and was father of John Le Strange who m. Hawise. [Tom Stevenson <thomass@aol.com, 21 Oct 2002]

b.c. 1096, d. bef 1158; son of Guy le Strange; m. Matilda le Brun; father of:
1. John who m. Hawise de Strange
2. Hamo
3. Guy who m. Mary de Knockin
4. Ralph who m. Mary de Ercal
5. Margaret who m. Thomas Noel and Thomas de Blanchminster
[Kirk Larson <larsonk@earthlink.net, 23 Sep 2003]

Son of Guy le Strange; m. Maud de Hunstanton; father of John I le Strange who m. Hawise.
   Roald "Le Strange' or 'Extraneus' may have been a Breton and was of a family that seems to have migrated from Brittany to England (hence his second name, whether in its French or Latin form).
   He testified to a charter before 1122 and was a tenant of Alan fitz Fleald in Mileham, Norfolk; also held land in Hunstanton, Norfolk; m. Maud, dau of Ralph fitz Herlewin or Ralph de Hunstanton, and was in all probability dead by 1158, having had John with two other but not necessarily younger sons (Hamon who held lands in Cheswardine, Shropshire, d. by 1163/4, and Guy who granted land in Alveley, Shropshire and was Sheriff of Salop 1159-60; also had at least two daus.
  Roald Lestrange (Extraneus) with others of the tenants of Alan FitzFlaald in Mileham, Norfolk, witnessed, before 1122, a charter of his lord in favour of Castleacre Priory; he held in Hunstanton, where he made a grant of land which was later confirmed by John Lestrange IV; he further attested a grant by Robert son of Wimer to Castleacre Priory. He m. Maud, dau. of Ralph, son of Herlewin, or de Hunstanton, by Helewise, dau of Hugh de Plaiz, of Bernham, Suffolk. He d. bef. 1158. [Holly Forrest Tamer <bhtt141@netins.net, 13 Nov 2003]