Fulk le Strange, 1st Baron Strange

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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

Spouse: 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
Revised by others later George Edward Cokayne CP, XII/1:342.
LDS Submitters, "AFN: 4X44-4P", Ancestral File.
Gerard J. Brault, Rolls of Arms (1272-1307), G:177.
Paternal Ancestry of H. B. James, online, I Copyright (c) Homer Beers James 1996 - In web form by P. McBride (mailto:e-mail address).
Revised by others later George Edward Cokayne CP, XII/1:343.
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
Father: Giffard, John
Mother: De Clifford, Maud
Spouse: Strange, Fulk Le
Marriage: ABT 1295 or nearby Blakemere, Herefordshire, England
b. ABT 1267 Longnor, Shropshire, England
d. 31 Jan 1324
Gender: Male
Father: Strange, Robert Le
Mother: Blancminster, Alianore De

Children:
Strange, Fulke Le – b. ABT 1303 or nearby Longnor, Shropshire, England – Male
Strange, Hamo Le – b. ABT 1305 or nearby Blackmere, Cornwall, England – Male
Strange, John Le – b. 2 Feb 1306 or nearby Black Mere, Shropshire, England – d. 29 Jul 1349 – 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].

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Notes for Fulk Le Strange 1st Lord Strange of Blackmere:
FULK LE STRANGE, 1st Lord Strange of Blackmere, was born about 1267 and was dead by 23 Jan. 1323/4 [CP, 12:1:343]. He married ELEANOR GIFFARD (or Gifford), who died before her husband. She was daughter of John Giffard of Brimsfield, and sister and coheir of John Giffard. On 16 july 1289 it was ordered that he should have his brother's lands on the condition of doing homage to the king when Edward I was next in England. In 1294 he was recorded as going to Gascony, and from March 1298 until April 1323 he was summoned for service against the Scots. In Feb. 1300/1 his seal was appended to the Barons' letter to the Pope. He was summoned to Parliament from 4 March 1308/9 until 26 Dec. 1323. In 1312 he adhered to Thomas Earl of Lancaster, and in 1315 he was pardoned some debts due from his uncle Hamon for service in Gascony. He was appointed seneschal of Aquitaine in 1322, and the same year he was licensed to crenellate his dwelling in Whitchurch Shropshire. He was field commander of the forces of Edward I and Edward II in Scotland and France, and Sénéschal of the Duchy of Aquitaine. Children, listed by Weis [AR7] and Cokayne [CP, 12:18]: i. Elizabeth, in. by March 1323 Sir Robert' Corbet of Moreton Corbet [Weis, AR7, 29A:31]. ii. John, 2nd Baron Blackmere, d. 21 July 1349; in. AnkaretK Boteler, who d. 8 Oct. 1361. iii. Maud, m. 1.Griffin Warren 2. Bryan de Cornwall of Kynlet. iv. Fulk, left infant daughters Joan (who m. John Careless or Carless) and Eleanor (who m. Edward de Acton) [CP, 14:595-596].