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Lestrange, John (1352 - 1397)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 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
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1382
JP, Shropshire 1382 1384/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1384
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1384/5
Commissioner of Array, Shropshire 1385
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1388
JP, Shropshire 1388
JP, Shropshire 1390
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1391
JP, Shropshire 1391
Commissioner of Array, Shropshire 1391/2
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1394
JP, Shropshire 1394
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1396
JP, Shropshire 1396

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Myddle Castle, Shropshire
    Mother's dower house
  • Knockin Castle, Shropshire
    (Performance Venue)
    Acquired: 1382
    Divested: 1397-07
    Patrimony

Lands

  • Berkshire: Avington Manor
    Acquired: 1372
    Granted by father
  • Cheshire: Dunham Manor
    Divested: 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

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - 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 Type
Knockin Castle Shropshire Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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  • 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