Mary (FitzAlan) le Strange (abt. 1325 - 1396)

Born about 1325 in England

Ancestors

Wife of John (Strange) le Strange — married about 1353 in England

Descendants

Died 29 Aug 1396 at about age 71 in Shropshire, England [uncertain]

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Biography

Mary was a daughter of Edmund FitzAlan aka Arundel, 9th or 2nd Earl of Arundel, and Alice Warenne.^[1][2][3][4]

The evidence is as follows:

• Papal Petition of 1364: Mary la Straunge, lady of Corfham, widow, and sister of the earl of Arundell. For plenary remission at the hour of death.^[5] [Mary FitzAlan married John le Strange, 4th Lord Strange. The earl of Arundel at this time was Richard FitzAlan, son of Edmund and Alice]
• An "ordinance and device" registered with the will of Richard, Earl of Arundel, referred to his sister Mary Lestrange.^[6]
• Deed C. 3059. Agreement between the attorneys of Richard, earl of Arundel and Surrey, appointed to deliver dower to Isabel, late the wife of John Lestrange of Blakemere, the earl's nephew (c 1376).^[1][7] [John le Strange, the son of John le Strange, 4th Lord Strange, and Mary FitzAlan, had married Isabel de Beauchamp]^[8]

Her year of birth and place of birth are unknown. Given that (a) her father Edmund died in 1326^[9]; and (b) her son John le Strange was born c 1353^[10] and her daughter Ankaret le Strange was born c 1361^[11], then her birth may have been at the latter end of her father's life, perhaps c 1320-1327.

Marriage

Mary FitzAlan married Sir John le Strange, 4th Lord Strange of Blackmere/Blakemere, Shropshire, son of Sir John le Strange, 2nd Lord Strange of Blackmere, and Ankaret le Boteler, before 1354 (eldest son was born c 1353).^{[1][2][3][4][12]}

Sir John le Strange died on 12 May 1361.^[10]

In 37 Edward III (1363-1364) Mary late the wife of John lestraunge of Whitchurch was granted view of frankpledge of various manors in Shropshire.^[13]

In 1367 William de Crophull, Rector of Dodleston, Cheshire, had license to be absent for two years to serve Lady Mary le Strange of Blakemer [Blackmere, Shropshire].^[2][14]

Children

• John le Strange, 5th Lord Strange of Blackmere^{[1][2][4][15]}, born c 1353 (aged about 7 in 1360)^[10], married Isabel de Beauchamp^[16]
• Ankaret le Strange^{[1][2][4][17][18]} born c 1361^[11][19], married (1) Sir Richard Talbot, 4th Lord Talbot, (2) Sir Thomas Neville, Lord Furnival^[12][20][21]

Death

Mary, widow of John le Strange of Blakemere, died on 29 August 1396.^[17]

Inquisition Post Mortem of Mary le Strange 1396

Inquisition Post Mortem of Mary, wife of John le Strange of Blakemere:^[17][22]

Writ, 1 September, 20 Richard II [1396]

WILTS. Inq. taken at High Swyndon, Saturday after St Matthew, 20 Richard II. She held the under-mentioned moieties in dower after the death of her husband, the reversion belonging to the right heirs of the said John le Strange.

Ashton. A moiety of the manor, with a moiety of the advowson of the church of Codeford, held of lord Mautravers by service of a moiety of a knight’s fee.

She died on Tuesday, the Decollation of St John the Baptist last. Ankaretta late the wife of Richard Talbot, knight, aged 34 years and more, is daughter and heir of the said John and Mary.

Writ, 1 September, 20 Richard II [1396]

SALOP. Inq. taken at Wenlok, Tuesday after the Nativity of St Mary, 20 Richard II. She held the under-mentioned manors and hay for life, jointly with her late husband, to them and the heirs male of the body of the said John, with remainder to his right heirs, by the gift of William de Bikerton, parson of the church of Culmynton, and Richard, vicar of the church of Dudleburi. She held the under-mentioned chase in dower, the reversion belonging to the right heirs of the said John, late her husband.

Corfham. The manor (extent given).

Sutton Madok. The manor, held of the king by the service of 4s. yearly at the Exchequer. Ernestre. The hay. Clive. The chase. The manor of Corfham and the hay and chase are held of the king in chief by service of a knight’s fee.

Date of death and heir, aged 30 years and more, as above. John Lestrange died without heir male of his body.

[NB the feast day of the Decollation of St John the Baptist, 29 August].

Research Notes

Complete Peerage^[12][23] had placed Mary as the daughter of Richard, Earl of Arundel, rather than as his sister. This appears to be an error.

Medieval Lands also shows her as the daughter of Richard, 3rd Earl of Arundel, and Isabel Despencer, Mary being supposedly bastardized in 1344 when their marriage was annulled. The entry is based on Complete Peerage.

See also G2G posts, 2015.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), Vol I, pp 375-376 BLACKMERE #12 John le Strange, Knt.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd edition, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011), Vol. I, pp 209-211 Blackmere.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd edition, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011), Vol. I, p 185 Arundel.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Blore, T. The History and Antiquities of the County of Rutland. Vol. I, Part II, 1811, p 228 Family Search.
5. ↑ Calendar of Entries in the Papal Registers relating to Great Britain and Ireland. Petitions to the Pope. Vol. I. A.D. 1342-1419. HMSO, 1896, p 484 Internet Archive.
6. ↑ Some Notes on Medieval Genealogy medgen Citing: Aston, M. Thomas Arundel: A study of church life in the reign of Richard II. 1967, p 436, who cited Reg. Sudbury, Lambeth, f.95v.
7. ↑ 'Deeds: C.3001 - C.3100', in A Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Deeds: Volume 3, ed. H C Maxwell Lyte (London, 1900), pp. 318-329. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/ancient-deeds/vol3/pp318-329 [accessed 15 September 2021]. Deed C. 3059.
8. ↑ Calendar of the Close Rolls. Edward III. Vol. XIV. AD 1374-1377. HMSO, 1913, p 176 HathiTrust.
9. ↑ The Complete Peerage. Vol. I, Ab-Adam to Basing, 1910, pp 240-241 Internet Archive.
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2} M. C. B. Dawes, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 165', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 11, Edward III (London, 1935), pp. 177-194. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol11/pp177-194 [accessed 14 May 2020] Inquisition Post Mortem of John, son of John le Straunge of Whitchirche. Item 202.
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} M. C. B. Dawes, A. C. Wood and D. H. Gifford. "Inquisitions Post Mortem, Richard II, File 32," in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Volume 15, Richard II, (London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1970), 386-402. Inquisition Post Mortem Elizabeth, late the wife of Thomas, earl of Nottingham, daughter and heir of John Lestraunge of Blakemere, knight. Items 1022-1027 BHO.
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1 12.2} The Complete Peerage, or a History of the House of Lords and all its members from the earliest times. Vol. XII, part 1: Skelmersdale to Towton. London: The St. Catherine Press. Strange pp 343-344 Family Search.
13. ↑ List of Inquisitions ad Quod Damnum. Part II, 1906 (Reprinted 1963), p 531 Internet Archive.
14. ↑ Collections for a History of Staffordshire. New Series Vol. 8. Register of Bishop Roger de Stretton 1360-85. 1905, p 35 Internet Archive.
15. ↑ Wrottesley, G . Pedigrees from the Plea Rolls Collected from the Pleadings in the Various Courts of Law, A.D. 1200 to 1500, from the Original Rolls in the Public Record Office. 1905, pp 250-251 Internet Archive.
16. ↑ J. L. Kirby, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry V, Entries 551-607', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 20, Henry V (London, 1995), pp. 171-189. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol20/pp171-189. Inquisition Post Mortem of Isabel Ufford. Items 591-593.
17. ↑ ^{17.0 17.1 17.2} M. C. B. Dawes, H. C. Johnson, M. M. Condon, C. A. Cook and H. E. Jones, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Richard II, File 95', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Volume 17, Richard II (London, 1988), pp. 324-344. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol17/pp324-344. Inquisition Post Mortem of Mary, wife of John le Strange of Blakemere. Items 903 and 904.
18. ↑ Wrottesley, G. Pedigrees from the Plea Rolls Collected from the Pleadings in the Various Courts of Law, A.D. 1200 to 1500, from the Original Rolls in the Public Record Office. 1905, p 223 Internet Archive.
19. ↑ Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society. Series 3 Vol. 8, 1908, pp 368-370 Internet Archive.
20. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), Vol. V, p 119.
21. ↑ Ankaret wife of Thomas Nevyll (Neville), knight, and widow of Richard Talbot, knight: Wiltshire (assignment of dower). 3 Hen IV (1401-1402). C 137/33/61. The National Archives, Kew.
22. ↑ Calendar of the Fine Rolls. Vol. XI. Richard II. 1391-1399. HMSO, 1929, p 215 Internet Archive.
23. ↑ The Complete Peerage. Vol XIV Addenda & Corrigenda. 1998, p 596 Family Search.

• Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011. See also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.
• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013. See also WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry.

See also:

• Burke, Sir Bernard. A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. London, 1866, p 516 Strange HathiTrust.
• Mary FitzAlan, "Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors and Cousins" (website, compiled by Mr. Marlyn Lewis, Portland, OR; accessed October 2, 2015).
• Medieval Lands:
  • Richard FitzAlan (Edmund's father), Alice de Warenne (Edmund's wife). Mary is not listed as a daughter.
  • Mary m John le Strange: John le Strange, Richard FitzAlan (her father), Isabel Despencer (Richard's first wife and Mary's mother)