Lord Fulke le Strange, 1st Baron Strange of Blackmere^{[1, 2]}

Abt 1267 - 1323  (~ 56 years)

• Name	Fulke le Strange
  Prefix	Lord
  Suffix	1st Baron Strange of Blackmere
  Birth	Abt 1267	Whitechurch, Salop
  Gender	Male
  Name	Fulk Strange
  Death	23 Jan 1323
  Notes	http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal26574 http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/STRANGE.htm#Fulke%20Le%20STRANGE%20(1º%20B.%20Strange%20of%20Blackmere) Barony by writ. I. 1309. I. Fulk Lestrange, brother and heir. His age was given as 22 in Jun 1289. On 16 Jul 1289 it was ordered that he should have his brother's lands, on condition of doing homage at the King's next coming to England. In 1294 he was going to Gascony. He was sum. repeatedly to do service against the Scots from Mar 1298 until Apr 1323. In 1299 he was going to Scotland on the King's service. In Feb 1300/1 his seal was appended to the Barons Letter to the Pope, as «b»Fulco Lestraunge dominus de Corfham«/b». On 4 Mar 1308/9 (2 Edw. II) he was sum. to Parl. by writ directed «b»Fulconi Lestraunge«/b» whereby he is held to have become Lord Strange or Lestrange. He was similarly sum. until 26 Dec 1323. In 1309 and frequently thereafter he was in commissions. In 1312 he was an adherent of «b»Thomas, Earl of Lancaster«/b». In 1315, for good service in Gascony, he was pardoned certain debts due from his uncle «b»Hamon«/b» in connection with Chawton, Hants. On 26 May 1322 he was app. Seneschal of Aquitaine. In 1322 he obtained a license to crenellate his dwelling-place of Whitechurch, Salop. He married «b»Eleanor«/b», daughter of «b»John Giffard of Brimsfield«/b», and sister and coheir of «b»John Giffard«/b». She died before him. He died on or before 23 Jan 1323/4.
  Person ID	I14186	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2006

  
  

  Father	Robert le Strange,   b. Abt 1232   d. 12 Oct 1276 (Age ~ 44 years)
  Mother	Eleanor de Blancminster   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Abt 1250
  Family ID	F9149	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eleanor Giffard   d. 1324
  Children	1. John le Strange, 2nd Baron Strange of Blackmere,   b. 1305   d. 21 Jul 1349 (Age 44 years)
  Family ID	F6722	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2006

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett). [S27] http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/.