John le Strange I

John was born about 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 before 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.