Fulk, 1st Lord Strange of Blackmere1

b. circa 1267, d. 23 January 1323/24

Father Robert Le Strange of Wrockwarden1 b. circa 1232, d. August 1276

Mother Eleanore de Blancminster1 b. circa 1231, d. 12 October 1276

    1st Baron Strange of Blackmere on 4 March 1308/9.1 Fulk, 1st Lord Strange of Blackmere was born circa 1267 at Longnor, Shropshire, England.2 He was the son of Robert Le Strange of Wrockwarden and Eleanore de Blancminster.1 Arms: Gules, two lions passant argent.3 Fulk, 1st Lord Strange of Blackmere was age 22 in June 1289.1 He was granted his brother's lands, on condition of doing homage at the King's next coming to England, on 16 July 1289.1 He was going to Gascony in 1294 at France.1 He married Eleanore Giffard, daughter of John, Lord Giffard of Brimsfield and Maud de Clifford, at Blackmore, Herefordshire, England.4,2,5 Fulk, 1st Lord Strange of Blackmere was summoned repeatedly to do service against the Scots from March 1298 to April 1323.1 He was going to Scotland on the King's service in 1299.1 He had his seal appended to the Baron's Letter to the Pope as "Fulco Lestrange dominus de Corfham" in February 1300/1.1 He was summoned to Parliament by writ directed "Fulconi Lestrange," whereby he is held to have become Lord Strange, on 4 March 1308/9 at 2 Edward II.1 He was an adherent of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, in 1312.1 He obtained a licence to crenellate his dwelling-place of Whitechurch in 1322 at Shropshire, England.5 He was appointed Seneschal of Aquitaine on 26 May 1322 at France.1 He died on 23 January 1323/24.2,5

Family

Eleanore Giffard b. 1275, d. before 23 January 1323/24

Children

Elizabeth le Strange+ b. c 1290?6

John, 2nd Lord Strange of Blackmere+ b. 1305/6, d. 21 Jul 13492,5

Citations

[S215] Revised by others later George Edward Cokayne CP, XII/1:342.

[S1121] LDS Submitters, "AFN: 4X44-4P", Ancestral File.

[S1203] Gerard J. Brault, Rolls of Arms (1272-1307), G:177.

[S235] Paternal Ancestry of H. B. James, online, I Copyright (c) Homer Beers James 1996 - In web form by P. McBride (mailto:e-mail address).

[S215] Revised by others later George Edward Cokayne CP, XII/1:343.

[S206] With additions and corrections by Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr. and assisted by David Faris Frederick Lewis Weis, Weis: AR 7th ed., 29A-31.

Giffard, Eleanor

b. 1275 or nearby Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire, England

d. BEF 31 Jan 1324

Gender: Female

Parents:

Father: Giffard, John

Mother: De Clifford, Maud

Family:

Marriage: ABT 1295 or nearby Blakemere, Herefordshire, England

Spouse: Strange, Fulk Le

b. ABT 1267 Longnor, Shropshire, England

d. 31 Jan 1324

Gender: Male

Parents:

Father: Strange, Robert Le

Mother: Blancminster, Alianore De

Children:

Strange, Fulke Le

b. ABT 1303 or nearby Longnor, Shropshire, England

Gender: Male

Strange, Hamo Le

b. ABT 1305 or nearby Blackmere, Cornwall, England

Gender: Male

Strange, John Le

b. 2 Feb 1306 or nearby Black Mere, Shropshire, England

d. 29 Jul 1349

Gender: Male

Strange, Elizabeth Le

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1st Baron Strange of Blackmere, 4 March 1308/9 [George Edward Cokayne The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant, I-XIII (in 6) (Thrupp, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL5 2BU: Sutton Publishing Limited, 2000), XII/1:342].

Fulk, 1st Lord Strange of Blackmere was born circa 1267 in Longnor, Shropshire, England.

Arms: Gules, two lions passant argent [Gerard J. Brault, editor, Aspilogia III: The Rolls of Arms, Edward I (1272-1307) (Woodbridge, Suffolk: The Boydell Press, 1997), G:177].

He was age 22 in June 1289. He was granted his brother's lands, on condition of doing homage at the King's next coming to England, on 16 July 1289. He was going to Gascony in 1294 in France [George Edward Cokayne The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant, I-XIII (in 6) (Thrupp, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL5 2BU: Sutton Publishing Limited, 2000), XII/1:342].

He married Eleanore Giffard, daughter of John, Lord Giffard of Brimsfield and Maud de Clifford , in Blackmore, Herefordshire, England [George Edward Cokayne CP, XII/1:343].

He was summoned repeatedly to do service against the Scots from March 1298 to April 1323. He was going to Scotland on the King's service in 1299. He had his seal appended to the Baron's Letter to the Pope as "Fulco Lestrange dominus de Corfham" in February 1300/1. He was summoned to Parliament by writ directed "Fulconi Lestrange," whereby he is held to have become Lord Strange, on 4 March 1308/9 in 2 Edward II. He was an adherent of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, in 1312. He was appointed Seneschal of Aquitaine on 26 May 1322 in France [George Edward Cokayne CP, XII/1:342].

He obtained a licence to crenellate his dwelling-place of Whitechurch in 1322 in Shropshire, England [George Edward Cokayne CP, XII/1:343].