Biography of John Strange 1st Baron Strange Knockin 1253-1309

Paternal Family Tree: Strange

Maternal Family Tree: Mathilde Unknown Countess Évreux 1120-1169

1299 Edward I Creates New Barons

1301 Baron's Letter to the Pope

John Strange 1st Baron Strange Knockin and Alienore Crawcumbe were married. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

Around 1253 John Strange 1st Baron Strange Knockin was born to John Strange (age 21) and Joan Somery (age 21) at Ellesmere, Shropshire.

On 26 Feb 1276 [his father] John Strange (age 44) died at Knockyn, Shropshire.

Before 1282 John Strange 1st Baron Strange Knockin (age 29) and Maud Eiville Baroness Strange Knockin were married. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

In 1282 [his mother] Joan Somery (age 50) died at Knockyn, Shropshire.

On 18 May 1282 [his son] John Strange 2nd Baron Strange Knockin was born to John Strange 1st Baron Strange Knockin (age 29) and [his wife] Maud Eiville Baroness Strange Knockin at Ellesmere, Shropshire.

Around 1286 [his son] Eubolo Strange was born to John Strange 1st Baron Strange Knockin (age 33) and [his wife] Maud Eiville Baroness Strange Knockin.

Around 1289 [his son] Hamon Strange was born to John Strange 1st Baron Strange Knockin (age 36) and [his wife] Maud Eiville Baroness Strange Knockin at Hunstanton, Norfolk.

Around 1292 [his daughter] Alice Strange was born to John Strange 1st Baron Strange Knockin (age 39) and [his wife] Maud Eiville Baroness Strange Knockin.

In or before 1298 [his son] John Strange 2nd Baron Strange Knockin (age 15) and [his daughter-in-law] Isolde Chaworth Baroness Strange Knockin were married. She by marriage Baroness Strange Knockin.

1299 Edward I Creates New Barons

On 06 Feb 1299 King Edward "Longshanks" I of England (age 59) created a number of new Barons by writ of summons to Edward's 44th Parliament ...

John Ferrers 1st Baron Ferrers of Chartley (age 27) was created 1st Baron Ferrers of Chartley.

John Lovell 1st Baron Lovel (age 45) was created 1st Baron Lovel of Titchmarsh. Joan Ros Baroness Lovel (age 39) by marriage Baroness Lovel of Titchmarsh.

William Ros 1st Baron Ros Helmsley (age 44) was created 1st Baron Ros Helmsley. Maud Vaux Baroness Ros (age 42) by marriage Baroness Ros Helmsley.

William Devereux 1st Baron Devereux Lyonshall (age 55) was created 1st Baron Devereux Lyonshall. Lucy Burnell Baroness Devereux Lyonshall by marriage Baroness Devereux Lyonshall.

Adam Welles 1st Baron Welles (age 50) was created 1st Baron Welles. Joan D'Engayne Baroness Welles and Ughtred by marriage Baroness Welles.

Robert Clinton 1st Baron Clinton (age 41) was created 1st Baron Clinton. Ida Odingsells Baroness Clinton (age 34) by marriage Baroness Clinton.

John Moels 1st Baron Moels (age 30) was created 1st Baron Moels.

The next baronies may not have been created on 06 Feb 1299 but were created in 1299 possibly for Edward's 45th and 46th Parliaments on 10 Apr 1299 and 21 Sep 1299 respectively.

Edmund Deincourt 1st Baron Deincourt (age 49) was created 1st Baron Deincourt.

John Strange 1st Baron Strange Knockin (age 46) was created 1st Baron Strange Knockin. [his wife] Maud Eiville Baroness Strange Knockin by marriage Baroness Strange Knockin.

John St John Lagenham 1st Baron St John Lagenham (age 49) was created 1st Baron St John Lagenham.

Robert Clifford 1st Baron Clifford (age 24) was created 1st Baron de Clifford. Maud Clare Baroness Clifford Baroness Welles (age 23) by marriage Baroness de Clifford.

Henry Grey 1st Baron Grey of Codnor (age 44) was created 1st Baron Grey of Codnor. Eleanor Courtenay Baroness Grey Codnor by marriage Baroness Grey of Codnor.

John Mohun 1st Baron Dunster (age 30) was created 1st Baron Mohun of Dunster. Ada Tiptoft Baroness Dunster (age 24) by marriage Baroness Mohun of Dunster.

Roger Scales 1st Baron Scales was created 1st Baron Scales.

John St John 1st Baron St John Basing (age 25) was created 1st Baron St John Basing.

John Beauchamp 1st Baron Beauchamp Somerset (age 24) was created 1st Baron Beauchamp Somerset.

Alan Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Ashby (age 31) was created 1st Baron Zouche Ashby.

Henry Percy 9th and 1st Baron Percy (age 25) was created 1st Baron Percy of Alnwick. Eleanor Fitzalan Baroness Percy (age 15) by marriage Baroness Percy of Alnwick.

William Grandison 1st Baron Grandison (age 37) was created 1st Baron Grandison. Sibylla Tregoz Baroness Grandison by marriage Baroness Grandison. His brother was also created Baron Grandison on the same day.

Otto Grandison 1st Baron Grandison (age 61) was created 1st Baron Grandison. His brother was also created Baron Grandison on the same day.

Thomas de Multon 1st Baron Multon (age 22) was created 1st Baron Multon Egremont. Eleanor Burgh Baroness Multon Egremont (age 17) by marriage Baroness Multon Egremont.

Baron's Letter to the Pope

Before 09 Mar 1301 seven Earls and 96 Barons signed a letter to the Pope refuting the Pope's claim that Scotland was subject to the Pope's feudal overlordship. The letter was never sent. Those who signed include: John Warenne 6th Earl Surrey (age 70), Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln (age 23), Ralph Monthermer 1st Baron Monthermer (age 31), Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex (age 25), Roger Bigod 5th Earl Norfolk (age 56), Richard Fitzalan 8th Earl Arundel (age 34), Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick (age 29), Aymer de Valence 2nd Earl Pembroke (age 26), William Leybourne 1st Baron Leybourne (age 59), Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster (age 20), William Latimer 1st Baron Latimer of Corby (age 58), Edmund Hastings, John Hastings 2nd Baron Hastings 14th Baron Bergavenny (age 14), Edmund Mortimer 2nd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore (age 50), Fulk Fitzwarin 2nd Baron Fitzwarin (age 16), Henry Percy 9th and 1st Baron Percy (age 27), Robert Fitzwalter 1st Baron Fitzwalter (age 54), John Beauchamp 1st Baron Beauchamp Somerset (age 26), William de Braose 2nd Baron de Braose (age 41), John Botetort 1st Baron Botetort (age 36), Reginald Grey 1st Baron Grey of Wilton (age 61), John Moels 1st Baron Moels (age 32), Thomas Berkeley 6th and 1st Baron Berkeley (age 55), Robert de Vere 5th Earl of Oxford, John Strange 1st Baron Strange Knockin (age 48), Thomas Multon 1st Baron Multon (age 25), Robert Clifford 1st Baron Clifford (age 26), Walter Beauchamp (age 58), Alan Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Ashby (age 33), John Segrave 2nd Baron Segrave (age 45), William Ferrers 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby (age 29), Simon Montagu 1st Baron Montagu (age 51), Piers Mauley, Ralph Neville 1st Baron Neville of Raby (age 38), John Mohun 1st Baron Dunster (age 32), Roger Scales 1st Baron Scales, Thomas Furnival 1st Baron Furnivall (age 41), Hugh Bardolf 1st Baron Bardolf (age 41), Gilbert Talbot 1st Baron Talbot (age 24), William Deincourt 1st Baron Deincourt, Edmund Stafford 1st Baron Stafford (age 28), Walter Fauconberg 1st Baron Fauconberg (age 81).

On 08 Aug 1309 John Strange 1st Baron Strange Knockin (age 56) died at Walton. His son [his son] John Strange 2nd Baron Strange Knockin (age 27) succeeded 2nd Baron Strange Knockin.

[his son] Hamon Strange and Margaret Vernon were married.

[his father] John Strange and [his mother] Joan Somery were married. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

Royal Ancestors of John Strange 1st Baron Strange Knockin 1253-1309

Kings Wessex: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Kings England: Great x 5 Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Kings Franks: Great x 13 Grand Son of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks

Kings France: Great x 8 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France

Royal Descendants of John Strange 1st Baron Strange Knockin 1253-1309

Catherine Parr Queen Consort England x 1

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom x 19

Queen Consort Camilla Shand x 5

Diana Spencer Princess Wales x 52

Ancestors of John Strange 1st Baron Strange Knockin 1253-1309

GrandFather: John Strange

Father: John Strange

Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Tregoz

GrandMother: Lucy Tregoz

John Strange 1st Baron Strange Knockin 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Ralph Somery 1st Baron Dudley

GrandFather: Roger Somery 2nd Baron Dudley

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Gras Baroness Dudley

Mother: Joan Somery 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandfather: William D'Aubigny 2nd Earl Lincoln 2nd Earl Arundel

Great x 4 Grandfather: Godfrey Reginar I Count Louvain

Great x 3 Grandmother: Adeliza of Louvain Queen Consort England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ida Chiny Countess Louvain

Great x 1 Grandfather: William D'Aubigny 3rd Earl Lincoln 3rd Earl Arundel

GrandMother: Nicole D'Aubigny Baroness Dudley 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Ranulf Gernon 4th Earl Chester

Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Bolingbroke Countess Chester

Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh de Kevelioc Gernon 5th Earl Chester Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Normandy 1st Earl Gloucester Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Matilda Fitzrobert Countess Chester Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mabel Fitzhamon Countess Gloucester

Great x 1 Grandmother: Mabel Gernon Countess Lincoln and Arundel 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Amaury Montfort Count Évreux

Great x 3 Grandfather: Simon "Chauve" Montfort 4th Count Évreux

Great x 2 Grandmother: Bertrade Montfort Countess Chester

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mathilde Unknown Countess Évreux