John LE STRANGE

Abt 1443 - 1477  (~ 34 years)

• Name	John LE STRANGE
  Born	Abt 20 May 1443	Knockyn, Shropshire, England
  Gender	Male
  _UID	DBAC9F4487B4456C95809A4D1F99A60BBB5B
  Died	15 Oct 1477	England
  Buried	St John the Baptist Churchyard Hillingdon London Borough of Hillingdon Greater London, England
  	Grave location, photo of church, and tombstone inscription in Latin. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=103742604
  Notes	8th Lord of Knockin Le Strange The Le Strange family was created as the Baron Strange de Knokyn or Baron Strange of Knokyn in 1299. Interestingly the baronies of Strange were created by writ, which means that they can pass through both male and female lines. He married into the Woodville family who had a time of influence when his wife Jacquetta's sister, Elizabeth married King Edward IV. They were married in secret which led to great national difficulties when Edward died at a young age, and his son Edward V was a child. The Woodvilles were greatly enriched by this alliance, but their advancement incurred the hostility of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, 'The Kingmaker', and his various alliances with the most senior figures in the increasingly divided royal family. This hostility turned into open discord between King Edward and Warwick, leading to the Wars of the Roses, between the Houses of Lancaster and York, leading to the rise of the Tudor dynasty. What had been an important alliance though marriage was now leading to a tricky political situation. His mother-in-law and sister-in law were accused of witchcraft, his wife's nephew, Edward V, along with his brother Richard, Duke of York were the Princes in the Tower who mysteriously disappeared [were presumed murdered], allowing Richard, the brother to Edward IV to take the crown, as Richard II. His brother-in-law Anthony was arrested and later executed, and his wife's family had few friends. This struggle between the House of York and the House of Lancaster became known as the War of the Roses. The House of York was in power, but Richard II was not a popular king. John allied himself with Lady Margaret Stanley, born Lady Beaufort, and espoused the cause of Margaret's son Henry Tudor, a great-great-great-grandson of King Edward III. Henry Tudor won the crown at the Battle of Bosworth Field, and become Henry VII of England and married Elizabeth of York, John's niece, the start of the Tudor Dynasty. John was the uncle by marriage to the Queen of England, and his daughter, who inherited the Le Strange title in the absence of a male heir, married into the Stanley family, an alliance made during the War of the Roses, who were stepbrothers to the future King of England, Henry VII. While much is not known directly about his life and participation in the War of the Roses, we can safely say he had friends in high places. Grave inscription: Sub hac tumba jacet nobilis Joannes Dominus Le Strange, Dominus de Knocking, Mohun, Wasset, Warnell et Lacy, et Dominus de Colham; una cum pictura Jagnettae quondam uxoris suae, quae quidem Jagnetta suit soror Elizabethae Reginae Angliae quondam uxoris Edwardi Quarti, qui quidem Joannes obiit 15 die Octobris, anno Regni Edwardi Quarti 17; quam quidem tumbam Johanna Domina Le Strange, una cum pictura Jagnettae ex sumptibus suis propriis sieri fecit, 1509. Google Translate: Under this lies the tomb of the famous Lord John Le Strange, Lord Knocking, Mohun, Wasset, Warnell and Lacy, and the Colham; once together with a picture Jagnettae [Jacquetta] of his wife, the sister of Elizabeth, Queen of England , which had once been, indeed, Jagnetta [Jacquetta] suit, wife to Edward IV, who died John recalls the day 15 of October, the 17 year of the reign of King Edward the Fourth; which, indeed, the tomb of John, the Le Strange, with the produce of his own, together with the Jagnettae [Jacquetta] accustomed to the painting he made, 1509.
  Person ID	I7589	Master File
  Last Modified	25 Jun 2016

  
  

  Father	Lord Richard LE STRANGE,   b. 1 Aug 1381, London, England ,   d. 9 Aug 1449  (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth DE COBHAM,   b. Abt 1419, Sterborough Castle, Lingfield, Surrey, England ,   d. 10 Dec 1453, Hordley, Ellesmere, Shropshire, England  (Age ~ 34 years)
  Married	Bef 26 August 1439
  	Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000. Page: XII/1:355-6.
  Family ID	F5145	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jacquetta WOODVILLE,   b. ca 1437, Grafton, Northhamptonshire, England ,   d. ca 1475, England  (Age ~ 38 years)
  Children	1. Baroness Joan LE STRANGE,   b. 1463, Knockin, Shropshire, England ,   d. 20 Mar 1513/14, St John the Baptist Churchyard Hillingdon, London Borough of Hillingdon, Greater London, England  (Age 51 years)
  Family ID	F5144	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart