John II Le Strange 
John II was born about 1157 in Ness, Shropshire, England. John II's father was John Le Strange and his mother was UNKNOWN Hawise. His paternal grandparents were Roland Le Strange and Maud De Hunstanton. He was an only child.General Notes
Name Suffix:<NSFX> Sheriff Of Shropshire
: John le Strange, in the 11th King John [c. 1210], possessed the lordships of Ness and Cheswardine, co. Salop, which he held by grant of Henry II. In the 18th John [c. 1217] he was sheriff of the cos. Salop and Stafford, and in the 3rd Henry III [c. 1219], he obtained the king's precept to the sheriff of Shropshire, for aid to rebuild part of hi castle at Knokyn, and to repair the rest of it. And, having been a liberal benefactor to the canons of Wombrugge, departed this life shortly after, when he was s. by his son, John le Strange. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 515, Strange, Barons Strange of Knokyn]
He had a biological son named John III.
Family Notes
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Children
John III Le Strange
John III was born about 1180 in Knokyn, Shropshire, England. He died before March 26th, 1269 in Knokyn, Shropshire, England.
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