Lestrange, John (1352 - 1397)

Born / Died

Birth Date: ca. 1352
Death Date: 1397-07-28

Parents

Primary Title

6th Baron Strange (of Knokyn)

Titles

  • 6th Baron Strange (of Knokyn)
    Assumed 1382-08-23
    Vacated 1397-07-28

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1382 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1382 1384/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1384 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1384/5 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Shropshire 1385 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1388 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1388 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1390 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1391 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1391 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Shropshire 1391/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1394 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1394 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1396 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1396 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Myddle Castle, Shropshire
    Mother's dower house
  • Knockin Castle, Shropshire
    Patrimony
    Acquired: 1382
    Divested: 1397-07-28

Lands

  • Berkshire: Avington Manor
    Acquired: 1372
    Granted by father
  • Cheshire: Dunham Manor
    Divested: before 1397
    Given to brother Eubulo
  • Lincolnshire: Halton Manor
    Patrimony
  • London (city-county): Holborn Manor
    Acquired: 1385-07-08
    Granted
  • Middlesex: Colham Manor
    Patrimony
  • Oxfordshire: Bicester & Middleton Manors
    Patrimony
  • Shropshire: Ellesmere and Strange Ness Manors
    Patrimony
  • Staffordshire: Shenstone Manor
    Patrimony
  • Wales

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1388-1389 Shrewsbury (Unknown), Shrewsbury , Shropshire Lord Strange's Entertainer/s

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Strange's Entertainer/s Lestrange, John (1352 - 1397) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue Type
Knockin Castle Shropshire Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

Calendar of Patent Rolls, Richard II [1377–99]. 7 vols. London: HMSO, 1895–1905.
The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982.
Le Strange, Hamon. Le Strange Records: A Chronicle of the Early Le Stranges of Norfolk and the March of Wales A. D. 1100–1310, with the Lines of Knockin and Blackmere Continued to Their Extinction. London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1916.