Richard 7Th Baron Le STRANGE, Of Knockyn, Sir

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Richard Lestrange, 7th Lord (Baron) Strange (of Knockyn) and through his mother 3rd Lord (Baron) Mohun according to later doctrine, he having succeeded to that title on the death sp 1431 of his mother's sister Philippe (married 1st Sir Walter FitzWalter, 4th Lord (Baron) FitzWalter; married 2nd Sir John Golafre; married 3rd Edward, 1st Earl of Rutland of the 1390 creation and 2nd Duke of York, grandson of Edward III), last surviving daughter of his maternal grandfather 2nd Lord (Baron) Mohun, when the notional abeyance (according to later doctrine) in the Barony of Mohun was terminated; born 1 Aug 1381; married 1st after 9 Oct 1408 Joan or Constance (dsp on or after 28 March 1438), allegedly daughter of Lord de Grey (of Ruthin?); married 2nd by 26 Aug 1439 Elizabeth (died by 17 March 1453/4), allegedly eldest daughter of Sir Reynold or Reginald (de) Cobham, putative 3rd (Baron) Lord Cobham of Streborough Castle, Kent, and died 9 Aug 1449. [Burke's Peerage]

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BARONY OF STRANGE OF KNOKYN (VII)

BARONY OF MOHUN (III)

RICHARD (LESTRANGE), LORD STRANGE, son and heir, born and baptised in London 1 August 1381; aged 15 and more at his father's death. On 27 August 1404 he had proved his age and done homage, and was to have his father's lands in Middlesex. He was summoned to Parliament from 25 August 1404 to 2 January 1448/9 as Richard Straunge. On 10 May 1417 the Constable of the Tower of London was directed to release him on bail. From 1416 to 1449 he was in commissions. By the death s.p. on 17 July 1431 of his mother's only surviving sister Philippe, Duchess of York, he became sole heir to his maternal grandfather and as such, according to modern doctrine, LORD MOHUN.

He married, 1stly, after 9 October 1408, Joan alias Constance, said to be daughter of LORD DE GREY. She died on or after 28 March 1438. He married, 2ndly, on or before 26 August 1439, Elizabeth (a). He died 9 August 1449. His widow married, 2ndly Sir Roger KYNASTON, of Hordley, co. Salop. She died on or before 11 February 1453/4. [Complete Peerage XII/1:355-6, XIV:596, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

(a) Possibly the transaction there mentioned was in the nature of a marriage settlement. Dugdale says that she was daughter of Reginald Lord Cobham of Sterborough Castle, Kent.

Richard married Joan (Constance) De GREY after 9 Oct 1408 in 1st Wife. Joan (daughter of Reginald DE GREY and Margaret De ROS) was born about 1385 in Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales; died after 28 Mar 1438. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married before 26 Aug 1439 in 1st Husband 2ND Wife. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John 8Th Baron Le STRANGE, Of Knockyn, Sir was born on 10 May 1444 in Knockin, Oswestry, Shropshire, England; died on 16 Oct 1479; was buried in Hillingdon, Middlesex, England.