Rhiwallon (Roland) le Strange
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- Died: Bef 1158, Hunstanton, Norfolk, England
 General Notes:
26 x great-grandfather
Research Notes:
Roald 'Le Strange' or "Extraneus' may have been a Breton and was of a family that seems to have migrated from Brittany to England (hence his second name, whether in its French or Latin form). But it is less certain that his family were actually of Breton origin. He testified to a charter before 1122 and was a tenant of Alan fitz Fleald in Mileham, Norfolk; also held land in Hunstanton, Norfolk; married Maud, daughter of Ralph fitz Herlewin or Ralph de Hunstanton, and was in all probability dead by 1158, having had [John], with two other but not necessarily younger sons (Hamon, held lands in Cheswardine, Salopshire, dead by 1163/4; Guy, granted land in Alveley, Salop, Sheriff of Salop 1159-60, had at least two daus). 1
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ROALD LESTRANGE (Extraneus) with others of the tenants of Alan FitzFlaald in Mileham, Norfolk, witnessed, before 1122, a charter of his lord in favour of Castleacre Priory; he held in Hunstanton, where he made a grant of land which was later confirmed by John Lestrange IV; he further attested a grant by Robert son of Wimer to Castleacre Priory. He married Maud, daughter of Ralph, son of HERLEWIN, or DE HUNSTANTON, by Helewise, daughter of Hugh DE PLAIZ, of Bernham, Suffolk. He died before, and probably some time before, 1158. 2
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Most of the printed genealogies follow Dugdale in saying that the family sprang from a mythical Duke of Brittany, whose younger son, Guy, settled in England. The name itself evidently points to a foreign origin; the Normans themselves were foreigners in England, and the 'Extraneus' [i.e. le Strange] was a foreigner among the Normans, both among those of Normandy as well as those of England. In the eleventh century hereditary surnames were just beginning to exist; men were usually called, either by the name of the place in which they lived, or from their occupation; very often they were simply described as son of So-and-so, or else from some personal peculiarity; i.e. they were either 'de' somewhere, or 'le' something, and, in each event, the father's appellation might or might not be suitable to or be adopted by the son. 3
Marriage Information:
Rhiwallon married Matilda de Hunstanton, daughter of Ralph FitzHerlouin "Le Brun" de Hunstanton and Helewise de Plaiz. (Matilda de Hunstanton was born about 1100 in Hunstanton, Norfolk, England.)
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