Hawise (Strange) le Strange
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Hawise (Strange) le Strange (abt. 1230 - 1310)

Hawise le Strange formerly Strange aka de la Pole
Born about in Cheswardine, Shropshire, Englandmap
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Wife of — married 24 Feb 1242 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 80 in Montgomeryshire, Walesmap
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Biography

Birth and Parents

Hawise was the daughter of John [III] le Strange of Knockin, Shropshire and his wife Lucy Tregoz. [1]

The father of Hawise Le Strange was the Marcher lord John Le Strange of Great Ness, Cheswardine and Knockin in Shorpshire. He died in 1269. [2]

Wikipedia observes that "The date of Hawise's birth is unknown, but she was probably still a teenager when she was married to Gruffudd around 1242." [2] Wikitree notes later that she was much younger than her husband.

1242 Marriage

Hawise was married at a young age to Gruffudd ap Gwenwynwyn, who was the ruler of southern Powys. [2]

Before 24 February 1242 Hawise married Gruffydd (who died 1286-87), son of Gwenwynwyn. [1]

In 1242 she married Gruffyd ap Gwenwynwyn (b.c.1234). Issue: 3[3]

"Griffin son of Wenunewin" was granted "the manor of Eshford, co Derby" to give as dower to "Hawyse daughter of John Lestrange his wife", dated 24 Feb 1242 [1]

In 1242 Gruffudd gained the king's permission to dower Hawise with land in the royal manor of Ashford in Derbyshire.[2] Hawise and Gruffudd are unlikely to have been complete strangers at marriage, for Gruffudd - part-English by birth - had spent most of his life to that point in exile in England and the Marches. His mother Margaret was a member of the prominent Corbet family from the nearby Marcher lordship of Caus, and appears to have considerable contact with her son and daughter-in-law until her death around 1250. [4]

Hawise married Gruffudd ap Gwenwynwyn. "Griffin son of Wenunewin" was granted "the manor of Eshford, co Derby" to give as dower to "Hawyse daughter of John Lestrange his wife", dated 24 Feb 1242. [5]

Hawise married (before 24 Feb 1242) Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn, son of Gwenwynwyn, Prince of Southern Powys and his wife Mary Corbet (-1286). [5]

Career

Hawise became a key figure in border affairs as well as management of her family and estates. [2]

Powis Castle

In their early years together Gruffudd and Hawise resided mainly at Powis Castle (Castle of Pool, to the west of today's Welshpool). [2]

1263 Shifting Loyalties

Initially Gruffudd was loyal to Henry III and received rewards.

In 1257, Gruffudd's lands in Southern Powys were invaded by Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, prince of Gwynedd and aspirant ruler of Wales; Hawise and Gruffudd were driven out. [2] No royal support was forthcoming and in 1263 Gruffudd's loyalty was transferred to Llywelyn. While this shift of loyalty ostensibly included Hawise, the Lestrange family were allies of the crown and Hawise appears to have remained hostile to Llywelyn. [2]

1270 Kept Manor of Stretton for Brother-in-Law

"Hawise" kept the manor of Stretton for her brother in law Hamo LeStrange-- "frater suus dominus Hamo Extraneus" -- when he left for Palestine, with the consent of "mariti sui…domini Griffini", by charter dated to [1270], witnessed by "Dominis Rogero Extraneo, Roberto fratre suo"[880]. [5] [1]

Around 1270 she took personal control of her brother Hamon's manor of Church Stretton, Shropshire, while he went on crusade, and ultimately assumed full responsibility for the manor in her own right when Hamon died on crusade.

1274 Plot against Llywelyn

In 1274 Gruffudd was back in royal favor and Hawise was implicated in a plot to overthrow the prince of Wales -- Llywelyn ap Gruffudd; she and her husband sided with the conquest of Wales by English King Edward I. [2]

1285 Family Ruler

After Gruffudd's death in 1286, Hawise ruled her family and much of their territory with something of an iron fist, becoming involved in (among other things) the determined harassment of her daughter-in-law Joan, the widow of her eldest son Owain. By 1302, however, Hawise was finding estate administration a burden, and between that year and 1306 she was granted permission by the crown to present her debts at the Exchequer of Chester, rather than at Westminster, 'for her easement'.[9]

In 1308 she relinquished the custody of the barony of Pool to her only surviving son, Gruffudd Fychan. [2]

1310 Death

Hawise died before 1310. [1]

Hawise died in 1310. [5]

Hawise Lestrange died in November 1310, probably aged in her mid-late eighties. There is evidence to suggest that she was buried at the Cistercian Abbey of Strata Marcella Abbey, the foundation of her husband's ancestor Owain Cyfeiliog.[2]

Issue

Cawley reports that Gruffydd & his wife Hawise had seven children including 5 sons [1]

  1. Margaret was Hawise's first child with Gruffudd. She was possibly named after her mother-in-law Margaret Corbet. Margaret married Fulk, son of Fulk FitzWarin of Whittington [2] Margaret m. 1277 Fulke FitzWarrin. The Complete Peerage indicates inquisitions dated 25 Feb 1276 (O.S.) which records Fulk FitzWarin [IV] holding land at Bauseley [in Alberbury, county Montgomery] until “Gruffydd ap Wennonwen” occupied the premises following a dispute with Thomas Corbet, until transferring it to Fulk FitzWarin [V] who married his daughter, noting that FulkFitzWarin [V] was later dispossessed following other disputes. [1]
  2. Owen ap Griffith, Prince of Powys m. Joan Corbet. Owen de la Pole died in 1293 and married as her first husband Johanna Corbet, daughter of Sir Robert Corbet and his wife. They had two children, Hawise (b. 1290) and Gruffydd (1291-1309) Owain 'de la Pole', married Joan Corbet [2]
  3. Llewlyn ap Griffith married Margaret verch Maredudd Goch. Llywelyn, married Sybil Turberville, and widow of Grimbald Pauncefoot, a knight of Edward I [2]
  4. Gruffudd Fychan, married a kinswoman of Roger Springhose of Shropshire [2]
  5. Gwilym, married Gwladus, whose background is unknown. [2]
  6. Dafydd, a cleric [2]
  7. Ieuan, a cleric [2]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Charles Cawley. Medieval Lands: A Prosopography of Medieval European Noble and Royal Families, Online at Foundation for Medieval Genealogy Website Wales. Gruffydd Accessed 16 Jan 2020 jhd
  2. 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 Wikipedia: Hawise_Lestrange Accessed 16 January 2020 jhd
  3. first name: gruffyd (Cawley, 2006); Hawise m. Owain ap Gruffudd ap Gwenwynwyn - alias: Owen de la Pole (Hirschman & Yates, 2014)
  4. Emma Cavell, 'Welsh princes, English wives: the politics of Powys Wenwynwyn revisited', The Welsh History Review, 27/2 (2014). Cited by Wikipedia: Hawise_Lestrange Accessed 16 January 2020 jhd
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Charles Cawley. Medieval Lands: A Prosopography of Medieval European Noble and Royal Families, Online at Foundation for Medieval Genealogy Website English Lords.Hawise le Strange Accessed 18 Jan 2020 jhd

See also:

  • Hirschman, E.C. & Yates, D.N. (2014). The Early Jews and Muslims of England and Wales: A Genetic and Genealogical History, (pp.139). Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., Inc. Google Books.




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