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Strange of Knokyn, Baron (E, 1299 - abeyant 1594 - restored 1921)

Creation: writ sum. 26 Sep 1299

Abeyant: 16 Apr 1594

Restored: 23 Feb 1921

Family name: le Strange later Stanley later Philipps

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Arms:

Gules two Lions passant Argent

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Roald Lestrange, a tenant of Alan FitzFlaald in Mileham, co. Norfolk, witnessed a charter to Castleacre Priory before 1122, held land in Hunstanton, co. Norfolk (d. before 1158), mar. Maud de Hunstanton, dau. of Ralph de Hunstanton, by his wife Helewise de Plaiz, dau. of Hugh de Plaiz, of Bernham, co. Suffolk, and had issue:

1. John le Strange I, had a grant from the Crown of land in Ness, co. Shropshire 1158, the land held by his brother Hamon Lestrange in Cheswardine, co. Shropshire, had passed to him by 1164, granted the churches of Hunstanton and Cheswardine to Haughmond Abbey before 1176, had a grant to pay his men serving in the March of Wales 1171 (d. before Michaelmas 1178), mar. Hawise ....., and had issue:

1a. John le Strange II, acquired rights in land at Knockin, co. Shropshire, from his cousins, the daughters of his uncle Guy 1196/7, sent his knights overseas 1206, Constable of Carreghova Castle 1213, Sheriff of Shropshire and Staffordshire 1216, given aid to strengthen his castle at Knockin 1217/8, present at the dedication of Worcester Cathedral 1218, granted a market at his manor of Hunstanton 1223/4 (d. before 20 Jan 1233/4), mar. Amice ....., and had issue:

1b. John le Strange III, serving in Poitou 1214, granted the manor of Wrockwardine, co. Shrewsbury, 1231, Constable of Montgomery Castle 1235, Sheriff of Shropshire and Staffordshire 1236, Justice of Chester c. 1241, granted a market and fair at Knockin 1241, summoned to Chester 1257/8 and 1260, to London 1261, to Hereford 1262/3 and to Worcester 1263 in connection with the disturbances in Wales (d. before 26 Mar 1269), mar. Lucy Tregoz, dau. of Robert Tregoz, and had issue:

1c. John le Strange IV, Constable of Montgomery Castle 1260 and 1265, summoned to be at Hereford with horses and arms 1262 (d. on or before 26 Feb 1275/6), mar. Joan de Somery, dau. of Roger de Somery, by his wife Lady Nichole de Albini, dau. of William [de Albini], 3rd Earl of Arundel, by his wife Lady Mabel de Meschines, sister and hrss. of Ranulph "de Blundeville" [de Meschines], 4th Earl of Chester, and 2nd dau. of Hugh "Kevelioc" [de Meschines], 3rd Earl of Chester, and had issue:

1d. John le Strange V, later 1st Baron Strange of Knokyn

2c. Hamon le Strange, in the King's service, granted the Manor of Ellesmere 1266/7, Sheriff of Hampshire, granted Chawton, co. Hampshire, 1271 (d. probably in the Holy Land c. 1274/5), mar. 1272 Isabella d'Ibelin, widow of Hugh II, King of Cyprus

2c. Roger le Strange, later 1st Baron Strange of Ellesmere

3c. Robert le Strange, pardoned 1272 for cutting and selling a part of a wood in Chawton, co. Hampshire, which had been given to him by his brother Hamon, granted the manor of Wrockwardine, co. Shropshire, by his brother Hamon 1275 (d. on or before 12 Oct 1276), mar. Eleanor de Blancminster (d. after 1276), dau. and cohrss. of William de Blancminster, and had issue:

1d. John le Strange, given seisin of his father's lands 1287 (d. on or before 18 Jun 1289)

2d. Fulk le Strange, later 1st Baron Strange of Blackmere

1c. Hawise le Strange (d. 1310), mar. bef. 1241 Grufydd ap Gwenwynwyn, Feudal Lord of Arwystli, Caereinion, Cyfeiliog, Mawddwy, Upper Mochnant and Y Tair Swydd (d. after 21 Feb 1286), son and heir of Gwenwynwyn, King of South Powys, and had issue

2. Hamon le Strange, held land in Cheswardine, co. Shropshire (dsp. before 1164)

3. Guy le Strange, held land in Alveley, co. Shropshire, Sheriff of Shropshire 1159-60, mar., and had issue

John [le Strange], 1st Baron Strange of Knokyn

born

c. 1253

mar. (1)

Alienore de Crawcumbe, dau. of Godfrey de Crawcumbe, by his wife Joan de Somery, widow of Stephen de Somery

mar. (2)

Maud de Montibus (d. after 30 Oct 1309), dau. and hrss. of Ebles de Montibus, of Ketton, co. Rutland, by his wife Maud de Deyville, dau. and hrss. of Roger de Deyville, of Walton Deyville, co. Warwick

children by second wife

1. John le Strange, later 2nd Baron Strange of Knokyn

2. Sir Ebles le Strange, later 1st Baron Strange (dsp. 8 Sep 1335; bur. in Barlings Abbey), mar. bef. 10 Nov 1324 Lady Alice de Lacy, suo jure Countess of Lincoln and Countess of Salisbury (b. 25 Dec 1281; widow of Thomas [Plantagenet], 2nd Earl of Lancaster and Leicester; mar. (3) bef. 23 Mar 1335/6 Hugh [de Frene], 1st Baron Frene; dsp. 2 Oct 1348; bur. with her second husband in Barlings Abbey), only surv. child of Henry [de Lacy], 3rd Earl of Lincoln, by his first wife Margaret Longespee, de jure Countess of Salisbury, dau. and hrss. of Sir William Longespee, of Amesbury, Aldbourne and Trowbridge, co. Wiltshire, Canford, co. Dorecester, Bicester, co. Oxford, Brattleby, co. Lincoln, etc., Hereditary Constable of Lincoln Castle, by his wife Maud de Clifford, dau. and hrss. of Walter de Clifford, of Clifford Castle, co. Hereford, by his wife Margaret de Brewes, widow of John de Brewes, of Bramber and Gower, and dau. of Llewellyn, Prince of Wales

3. Sir Hamon le Strange, of Hunstanton, co. Norfolk (d. 1317), mar. Margaret Vernon, dau. of Ralph Vernon, and had issue

1. Katherine le Strange, mar. (1) Sir Alan de Gloseley, and (2) as his second wife Sir William de Wrottesley

died

on or before 8 Aug 1309

created

by writ 26 Sep 1299 Baron Strange of Knokyn

suc. by

son by second wife

note

summoned frequently to do service against the Welsh between 1276 and 1287, to do service in France in 1294, and to do service against the Scots between 1298 and 1308; appended his seal to the Barons' Letter to the Pope 1300/1; obtained a licence to crenellate his house at Middleton, co. Cambridge, 1308

John [le Strange], 2nd Baron Strange of Knokyn

born

c. 1282

mar.

Iseult .... (d. after 18 May 1324)

children

1. John le Strange, later 3rd Baron Strange of Knokyn

2. Roger le Strange, later 4th Baron Strange of Knokyn

died

on or before 6 Feb 1310/1

suc. by

son

note

John [le Strange], 3rd Baron Strange of Knokyn

born

c. 1296

mar.

Maud .... (d. after 1 Apr 1324)

died

s.p. on or before 28 May 1323

suc. by

brother

note

Roger [le Strange], 4th Baron Strange of Knokyn

born

15 Aug 1301

mar. (1)

Maud ....

only child by first wife

1. Roger le Strange, later 5th Baron Strange of Knokyn

mar. (2)

before 25 Mar 1344 Joan de Ingham, suo jure Baroness Ingham (mar. (2)  betw. 30 Nov 1350 and 3 Jul 1351 as his second wife Sir Miles de Stapleton KG, of Bedale, co. York; d. before 12 Dec 1365; bur. at Ingham, co. Norfolk), 2nd dau. and sole surv. hrss. of Oliver [de Ingham], 1st Baron Ingham, by his wife Elizabeth ....

died

12 May 1361

suc. by

son by first wife

note

made a Banneret 1326/7; found heir to his uncle, Sir Eubles le Strange, 1335, whose widow, Alice, Countess of Lincoln, granted him a life-interest in the Manor of Ellesmere 1336/7

Roger [le Strange], 5th Baron Strange of Knokyn

born

c. 1329

mar.

in or before 1338 Lady Aline FitzAlan (d. 20 Jan 1385/6), 3rd dau. of Edmund [FitzAlan], 9th or 2nd Earl of Arundel, by his wife Alice de Warenne, sister and in her issue hrss. of John [de Warenne], 7th Earl of Surrey, and only dau. of William de Warenne (by his wife Lady Joan de Vere, 1st dau. of Robert [de Vere], 5th Earl of Oxford), only son of John [de Warenne], 6th Earl of Surrey

children

1. John le Strange, later 6th Baron Strange of Knokyn

1. Isabel le Strange (d. after 1366), mar. bef. Dec 1351 as his second wife James [de Audley], 2nd Baron Audley of Heleigh, and had issue

2. Lucy le Strange (dsp. after 28 Apr 1398), mar. bef. 23 Apr 1383 as his first wife William [de Willoughby], 5th Baron Willoughby de Eresby

died

23 Aug 1382

suc. by

son

note

he served in France in his father's place until 1351

John [le Strange], 6th Baron Strange of Knokyn

born

c. 1352

mar.

Maud de Mohun (mar. (2) Sir Nicholas Hauberk; d. 20 Sep 1400), 3rd dau. and cohrss. of John [de Mohun], 2nd Baron Mohun of Dunster, by his wife John de Burghersh, 1st dau. of Bartholomew [de Burghersh], 1st Baron Burghersh

only child

1. Richard le Strange, later 7th Baron Strange of Knokyn and 3rd Baron Mohun of Dunster

died

28 Jul 1397

suc. by

son

Richard [le Strange], 7th Baron Strange of Knokyn and 3rd Baron Mohun of Dunster

born

1 Aug 1381

mar. (1)

after 9 Oct 1408 Joan/Constance de Grey (dsp. on or after 28 Mar 1438)

mar. (2)

Elizabeth de Cobham (d. on or before 17 Mar 1453/4), 1st dau. of Sir Reynold de Cobham, de jure 3rd Baron Cobham of Sterborough, of Sterborough Castle, in Lingfield, co. Surrey (by his first wife Eleanor Colepeper, dau. of Sir Thomas Colepeper, of Ryal, co. Kent), 1st surv. son and heir of Reynold [de Cobham], 2nd Baron Cobham of Sterborough, by his second wife Eleanor FitzAlan or Arundel, suo jure Baroness Maltravers, widow of John [Fitzalan or Arundel], 1st Baron Arundel, and 2nd dau. and eventual sole hrss. of Sir John Maltravers (by his wife Gwenthlian .....), 1st son and heir ap. by his first wife of John [Maltravers], 1st Baron Maltravers

only child by second wife

1. John le Strange, later 8th Baron Strange of Knokyn and 4th Baron Mohun of Dunster

died

9 Aug 1449

suc. by

son by second wife

note

by the death s.p. on 17 Jul 1431 of his mother's only surv. sister, Philippe, Duchess of York, he became sole heir to his maternal grandfather and as such, according to modern doctrine, 3rd Baron Mohun of Dunster

John [le Strange], 8th Baron Strange of Knokyn and 4th Baron Mohun of Dunster

born

c. 1444

mar. (1)

on or before 27 Mar 1450 Lady Jacquetta Wydville, 5th dau. of Richard [Wydville], 1st Earl Rivers, by his wife Jacquetta of Luxembourg, widow of John [Plantagenet], 1st Duke of Bedford, and dau. of Peter of Luxembourg, Count of St Pol, by his wife Margaret des Baux, dau. of Francis des Baux, Duke of Andria

only child by first wife

1. Joan le Strange, suo jure Baroness Strange of Knokyn and Baroness Mohun of Dunster

mar. (2)

Anne .... (d. after 26 Feb 1480/1)

died

s.p.m. 16 Oct 1479

suc. by

daughter by first wife

Joan le Strange, suo jure Baroness Strange of Knokyn and Baroness Mohun of Dunster

born

c. 1463

mar.

bef. 26 Feb 1480/1 Sir George Stanley, jure uxoris Baron Strange of Knokyn (sum. to Parliament v.p. 15 Nov 1482 in his wife's Barony of Strange of Knokyn), Knight of the Bath 1475, Constable of Pontefract Castle and of Knaresborough Castle 1485 and of Wicklow Castle 1485/6, Chief Steward of the Duchy of Lancaster North of Trent 1486-97, Privy Councillor (b. c. 1460; dvp. 5 Dec 1497), 1st son and heir ap. of Thomas [Stanley], 1st Earl of Derby, by his first wife Lady Eleanor Nevill, 4th dau. of Richard [Nevill], jure uxoris Earl of Salisbury, by his wife Lady Alice Montacute, suo jure Countess of Salisbury, only dau. and hrss. by his first wife of Thomas [Montacute], 4th Earl of Salisbury

children

1. Hon Thomas Stanley, later 10th Baron Strange of Knokyn, 6th Baron Mohun of Dunster and 2nd Earl of Derby

2. Hon John Stanley (d. young)

3. Hon Sir James Stanley, of Crosshall, co. Lancaster, Marshal of Ireland, mar. Anne Talbot (widow of Edmund Talbot, of Bashall, co. York), dau. of John Hart by his wife Elizabeth Peache, sister and hrss. of Sir John Peache, of Lullingstone Castle, co. Kent, and had issue:

1. Hon Jane Stanley, mar. as his first wife Sir Robert Sheffield (d. 15 Nov 1531), son of Sir Robert Sheffield, Recorder of London 1495-1508 and Speaker of the House of Commons 1510 and 1512, and had issue

died

20 Mar 1513/4

suc. by

son

Thomas [Stanley], 10th Baron Strange of Knokyn, 6th Baron Mohun of Dunster and 2nd Earl of Derby

born

bef. 1485

mar.

bef. 1503 his second cousin Hon Anne Hastings (bur. 17 Nov 1550), sister of George [Hastings], 1st Earl of Huntingdon, and only dau. of Edward [Hastings], 2nd Baron Hastings of Hastings, by his wife Mary Hungerford, suo jure de jure Baroness Hungerford, Botreaux and de Moleyns, only dau. and hrss. of Sir Thomas Hungerford, de jure 4th Baron Hungerford

children

1. Hon John Stanley (d. young)

2. Hon Edward Stanley, later 11th Baron Strange of Knokyn, 7th Baron Mohun of Dunster and 3rd Earl of Derby

1. Lady Margaret Stanley (dspm. aft. Jan 1533/4), mar. 11 May/1 Sep 1532 as his second wife Robert [Ratcliffe], 1st Earl of Sussex, and had issue

died

23 May 1521 (bur. at Syon Abbey, co. Middlesex)

suc. by

son

note

Knight of the Bath 1494; suc. his mother 20 Mar 1513/4 as 10th Baron Strange of Knokyn and 6th Baron Mohun of Dunster; Privy Councillor 1520

Edward [Stanley], 11th Baron Strange of Knokyn, 7th Baron Mohun of Dunster and 3rd Earl of Derby, KG

born

c.1508

mar. (1)

bef. 21 Feb 1529/30 Lady Dorothy Howard, 4th dau. of Thomas [Howard], 2nd Duke of Norfolk, by his second wife Agnes Tilney, dau. of Hugh Tilney, of Boston, co. Lincoln

children by first wife

1. Hon Henry Stanley, later 12th Baron Strange of Knokyn, 8th Baron Mohun of Dunster and 4th Earl of Derby

2. Hon Sir Thomas Stanley, of Winwick, co. Lancaster (d. 1576), mar. Margaret Vernon, 2nd dau. and cohrss. of Sir George Vernon, of Haddon Hall, co. Derby, by his wife Margaret Tailboys, sister of Gilbert [Tailboys], 1st Baron Tailboys, and 4th dau. by his second wife of Sir George Tailboys, of Kyme, co. Lincoln, de jure 9th Baron Kyme, and had issue

1. Lady Anne Stanley (c. 1531; d. 22 Sep 1602), mar. (1) 10 Feb 1548/9 Charles [Stourton], 8th Baron Stourton, and (2) c. 1560 Sir John Arundell, of Lanherne, co. Cornwall, and had issue by both husbands

2. Lady Jane Stanley (bur. 4 Sep 1569), mar. 1566/7 as his second wife Edward [Dudley], 4th Baron Dudley, and had issue

3. Lady Mary Stanley (d. 3 Sep 1609), mar. bef. 23 Nov 1566 Edward [Stafford], 3rd Baron Stafford, and had issue

4. Lady Elizabeth Stanley (d. aft. 1589), mar. Henry [Parker], 11th Baron Morley, and had issue

mar. (2)

Margaret Barlow (d. 19 Jan 1558/9), dau. of Ellis Barlow, of Barlow, co. Lancaster, by his wife Anne Reddish, dau. of Oates Reddish, of Reddish, co. Lancaster

mar. (3)

bef. 1 Jan 1561/2 Mary Cotton (mar. (2) Henry [Grey], 6th Earl of Kent;  dsp. 16 Nov 1580), dau. of Sir George Cotton, of Combermere, co. Chester, by his wife Martha Onley, dau. of John Onley, of Catesby, co. Northampton

died

24 Oct 1572

suc. by

son by first marriage

note

Knight of the Bath 1533; Knight of the Garter 1546/7; Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire 1552-72; Privy Councillor 1553 and 1558; Lord High Steward of England at the Coronation of Queen Mary 1553; a Commissioner for the trial of Lady Jane Grey 1553; Vice Admiral of Lancashire and Cheshire 1553-69; Chamberlain of Cheshire 1559-65 and Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire 1569-72

Henry [Stanley], 12th Baron Strange of Knokyn, 8th Baron Mohun of Dunster and 4th Earl of Derby, KG

born

Sep 1531

mar.

7 Feb 1555 Lady Margaret Clifford (d. 29 Sep 1596), 1st dau. of Henry [Clifford], 2nd Earl of Cumberland, by his first wife Lady Eleanor Brandon, 2nd dau. and cohrss. of Charles [Brandon], 1st Duke of Suffolk, by his third wife Princess Mary of England (widow of King Louis XII of France), 3rd dau. of King Henry VII

children

1. Hon Edward Stanley (d. young)

2. Hon Ferdinando Stanley, later 13th Baron Strange of Knokyn, 9th Baron Mohun of Dunster and 5th Earl of Derby

3. Hon William Stanley, later 6th Earl of Derby

4. Hon Francis Stanley (d. unm.)

died

25 Sep 1593

suc. by

son

note

Knight of the Bath 1546/7 at the Coronation of King Edward VI; a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber; sum . to Parliament v.p. 23 Jan 1558/9 in his father's Barony of Strange of Knokyn; Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire and Cheshire 1572-93; Vice-Admiral of Lancashire and Cheshire 1573-87; Knight of the Garter 1574; Steward of the Household 1588; a Commissioner for the trial of Mary, Queen of Scots 1586; Lord High Steward of England for the trial of the Earl of Arundel 1589; Chamberlain of Chester 1588-93

Ferdinando [Stanley], 13th Baron Strange of Knokyn, 9th Baron Mohun of Dunster and 5th Earl of Derby

born

c. 1559

mar.

bef. 1580 Alice Spencer (b. c. 1551; mar. (2) 20 Oct 1600 as his third wife Thomas [Egerton], 1st Viscount Brackley;  d. 23 Jan 1636/7; bur. at Harefield, co. Middlesex), 6th dau. of Sir John Spencer, of Wormleighton ,co. warwick, and Althorp, co. Northampton, by his wife Katherine Kitson, dau. of Sir Thomas Kitson, of Hengrave, co. Suffolk

children

1. Lady Anne Stanley (b. 1580; bur. 11 Oct 1647), mar. (1) 28 Feb 1607/8 Grey [Brydges], 5th Baron Chandos, and (2) 22 Jul 1624 as his second wife Mervyn [Tuchet], 2nd Earl of Castlehaven, and had issue by her first husband

2. Lady Frances Stanley (b. May 1583; d. 11 Mar 1635/6), mar. c. 1601 John [Egerton], 1st Earl of Bridgewater, and had issue

3. Lady Elizabeth Stanley (bapt. 6 Jan 1587/8; d. 20 Jan 1623), mar. 15 Jan 1601 Henry [Hastings], 5th Earl of Huntingdon, and had issue

died

s.p.m. 16 Apr 1594

suc. by

brother in the Earldom of Derby only

note

sum. to Parliament v.p. 28 Jan 1588/9 in his father's Barony of Strange of Knokyn; Lord Lieutenantand Vice-Admiral of Lancashire and Cheshire 1593-94

On the death of the 5th Earl of Derby the three Baronies of Stanley, Strange of Knokyn and Mohun of Dunster fell into abeyance between his three daughters. The abeyance in the Barony of Strange of Knokyn was terminated by Letters Patent, 23 Feb 1921, in favour of Elizabeth Frances, Viscountess St Davids, a descendant of the third daughter, Lady Elizabeth Hastings.

Lady Elizabeth Frances Rawdon-Hastings, suo jure Baroness Strange of Knokyn

2nd dau. and cohrss. of Maj Hon Paulyn Francis Cuthbert Abney-Hastings later Rawdon-Hastings (by his wife Lady Maud Grimston, 3rd dau. of James Walter [Grimston], 2nd Earl of Verulam), 2nd son of Charles Frederick [Clifton later Abney-Hastings], 1st Baron Donington, by his wife Lady Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings, suo jure Countess of Loudoun, Baroness Hungerford, etc., sister and cohrss. of Henry Weysford Charles Plantagent [Rawdon-Hastings], 4th Marquess of Hastings, and 1st dau. of George Augustus Francis [Rawdon-Hastings], 2nd Marquess of Hastings

born

19 Jun 1884

mar.

27 Apr 1916 as his second wife John Wynford [Philipps], 1st Viscount St Davids

children

1. Hon Jestyn Reginald Austen Plantagenet Philipps, later 15th Baron Strange of Knokyn and 2nd Viscount St Davids

1. Hon Lelgarde De Clare Philipps (b. 23 Sep 1918; d. 1984), mar. 19 Jun 1950 (div. 1967) Colin Charles Evans, son of Maj William Sandford Evans, of Rosehill Cottage, Cosheston, Pembroke Dock, and had issue

died

12 Dec 1974

suc. by

son

note

granted by Royal Warrant 9 Oct 1920 the precedence of the daughter of an Earl; declared by resolution of the House of Lords 17 Dec 1920 to be coheiress to the Baronies of Botreaux, Hastings of Hastings, Hungerford, Stanley and Strange of Knockyn; suc. her uncle the 11th Earl of Loudoun on termination of the abeyancy in her favour 23 Feb 1921 as Baroness Hungerford and Baroness Moleyns and her remore ancestor the 5th Earl of Derby as Baroness Strange of Knokyn

Created 15 Jun 2016

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