John le Strange I 
John was born in 1132 in Cheswardine, Market Drayton, Shropshire, England.1 John's father was Duke of Bretaigne Roald le Strange (Extraneus) and his mother was Maud de Hunstanton. His paternal grandparents were Guy le Strange and <Unknown>; his maternal grandparents were Ralph FitzHerlouin de Hunstanton and Helewise de Plaiz. He had three brothers and a sister, named Guy, Hamo, Ralph and Margaret. He was the oldest of the five children. He died at the age of 46 on September 29th, 1178 in Ness, Ellesmere, Shropshire, England.1 General Notes
JOHN LESTRANGE I, son and heir. In 1158 he had a grant from the King of land to the value of 7 l. 10s. yearly in Ness, Salop; in 1163-64 his brother Hamon's land in Cheswardine had passed to him. In 1166 he was returned in William FitzAlan's carta under Shropshire as holding 1 knight's fee of his Norfolk fee, and in his own carta as holding in chief in Shropshire Ness and Cheswardine by service of 1½ knights. In 1168-69 he had a grant from the King of pasture in Staffs. Before 1176 he gave the churches of Hunstanton and Cheswardine to Haughmond Abbey, having previously given to the Abbey a ½ virgate in Webscott. In 1171 he had a grant to pay the men serving in the March of Wales. He married Hawise. He was dead before Michaelmas, 1178.
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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.0957 in Cornouaille, Bretagne, France d.1026
- b.0975 in Cornouaille, Bretagne, France d.1058 in France
- b.0956 in Cornouaille, Bretagne, France d. in France
- b.1022 in Bretagne, France d.13 Apr 1084 in Brittany, France
- b.0970 d.1037
- b.1004 d.1053
- b.0970
- 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
<Unknown>
- 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
<Unknown>
- b.1100 in Hunstanton, Norfolk, England
- b.1010 in Barnham, Westhampnett, Sussex, England
- b.1040 in Barnham, Westhampnett, Sussex, England d.1091 in Iford, Newhaven, Sussex, England
<Unknown>
- b.1070 in Barnham, Westhampnett, Sussex, England
<Unknown>
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Details of John's family with Hawise
1 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=tamer&id=I8359&style=TABLE
Further sources/citations:
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=tamer&id=I8359&style=TABLE, Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=emsuggs&id=I18110
Further sources/citations:
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=tamer&id=I8359&style=TABLE, Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=emsuggs&id=I18110
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