John le Strange III 
John was born in 1193 in Ness & Cheswardine, Shropshire, England.1 John's father was John le Strange II and his mother was Amice. His paternal grandparents were John le Strange I and Hawise. He had two sisters named Alice and Margery. He was the second oldest of the three children. He died at the age of 75 on March 24th, 1268 in Knockin, Oswestry, Shropshire, England.1 Death Notes
D: Bef. 24 MAR 1268/1269
General Notes
John le Strange, who was a person of great note in his time. In 16th of King John, his father being then living, he was in the Wars of Poitou in France. In 15th of Henry III, 1231, he obtained a grant of the inheritance of Wockwardine for the yearly rent of œ8, to be paid to the King and his heirs and successors. In 21st of Henry III, 1237, he was appointed Sheriff of Salop and Stafford and constituted Governor of the Castles of Salop and Brugges. He was afterwards one of the Baron's Marchers and had command to reside in the Marshes in order to resist incursions by the Welsh. In the contest between Henry III and the Barons he adhered with great fidelity to the King and obtained for his loyalty a grant of the lands
of Walter de Muscegros, which had been forfeited in that rebellion.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.1022 in Bretagne, France d.13 Apr 1084 in Brittany, France
- b.1048 in Bretagne, France d.1105 in London, Middlesex, England
- b.1026 in Bretagne, France
- b.1096 in Mileham, Norfolk, England d.1158 in Hunstanton, Norfolk, England
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- b.1132 in Cheswardine, Market Drayton, Shropshire, England d.29 Sep 1178 in Ness, Ellesmere, Shropshire, England
- b.1040 in Hunstanton, Norfolk, England
- b.1065 in Hunstanton, Norfolk, England
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- b.1100 in Hunstanton, Norfolk, England
- b.1040 in Barnham, Westhampnett, Sussex, England d.1091 in Iford, Newhaven, Sussex, England
- b.1070 in Barnham, Westhampnett, Sussex, England
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- b.1168 in Cheswardine, Market Drayton, Shropshire, England d.20 Jan 1233 in Knockin, Oswestry, Shropshire, England
- b.1135 in England
- b.1193 in Ness & Cheswardine, Shropshire, England d.24 Mar 1268 in Knockin, Oswestry, Shropshire, England
- b.1170 in England
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Details of John's family with Lucy de Tregoz
1 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=tamer&id=I8359&style=TABLE
Further sources/citations:
Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition
Further sources/citations:
Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition
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