Sir Roger LE STRANGE, 5th Baron Strange of Knockyn
- Born: 1327, Knockin, Oswestry, Shropshire, England
- Married: Before Jul 1351
- Died: 23 Aug 1382, Keneyleswode
 Research Notes:
He succeeded his father in 1349 as Lord Strange (of Knokyn). 1
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ROGER LE STRANGE, fifth baron, summoned to parliament from 20th September, 1355, to 9th August, 1382. This nobleman was constantly engaged in the wars of Gascony and Brittany, temp. Edward III. and Richard II. 2
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24 Sep 1382, Westminster
To Edmund Giffard escheator in Oxfordshire. Order to remove the king's hand and meddle no further with the manor of Midlyngton, 2 acres of land therein excepted, and the manor of Bircestre, delivering to Alina late the wife of Roger Lestrange of Knokyn knight any issues thereof taken; as the king has learned by inquisition, taken by the escheator, that at his death Roger held the premises as jointly enfeoffed with her by gift of Richard de Longenore and Thomas Wyke made with the king's licence, and that the manor of Midlyngton with that exception is held in chief by knight service, the manor of Bircestree of the king by knight service as of the honour of Walyngford; and for 20s. paid in the hanaper the king has respited until the quinzaine of Easter next the homage of Alina for the manor of Midlyngton and lands in Salop, and has commanded David Haunemere to take her fealty.
Calendar of Close Rolls, 6 Rich. II, Pt. I., pp. 149-150
Marriage Information:
Roger married Aline DE ARUNDEL, daughter of Edmund FITZ ALAN, Earl of Arundel, and Alice PLANTAGENET de Warenne, before Jul 1351. (Aline DE ARUNDEL was born about 1325 in Arundel, Sussex, England and died on 20 Jan 1385/6 in Knockin, Oswestry, Shropshire, England.) |
