Eleanor was born about 1280 in Gloucestershire, England, the daughter of unknown parents.
Her husband was Fulk le Stange. They were married, but the date and place have not been found. Their only known child was John (1306-1349).
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Note 1
!Source: Eleanor le Strange
Born about 1280 [uncertain] in Gloucestershire, England [uncertain]
Died [death date?] [place of death?]
Eleanor le Strange formerly Giffard
Daughter of John Giffard and Maud Giffard
Sister of Margaret de Lacy [half], Katherine Audley, Maud Geneville and John Giffard [half]
Wife of Fulk le Strange — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Mother of Unknown le Strange, John le Strange, Elizabeth Corbet, Hamon le Strange, Fulk le Strange and Maude Cornwall
Biography
Eleanor Giffard was a daughter of John Giffard of Brimsfield [Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire][1][2][3][4][5] by his first wife Maud Clifford.[6][7]
Her year of birth is unknown and is estimated as c 1280.
Marriage and Children
She married Fulk le Strange, son of Robert le Strange and Eleanor, daughter of William Blancminster.[1][7][2][3][6][8]
Children:
John le Strange, 2nd Baron Blackmere [1][7][9][10]
Hamon le Strange[10]
Fulk le Strange [10][11][12][13][14]
Elizabeth le Strange [15]
[uncertain] Maud le Strange [3][16]
[uncertain] daughter [17]
25 Apr 1322:[10] A deed by which Fulco Lestrange, Lord of Whiteminster, gave to Fulco Lestrange his son, his Manor of Longenolre. If Fulco should die without heirs the premises were to remain to Hamo the Grantor's son.
1323: "To Robert Corbet, lord of the town of Morton in the Diocese of Litchfield and Elizabeth daughter of Fulke le Strange, seneschal of the Duchy of Acquitaine dispensation to remain in marriage which they contracted in ignorance that they were related in the 4th degree, and declaring their present and future offspring legitimate."[18]
Death
She pre-deceased her husband.[1]
Her husband Fulk le Strange died on or before 23 Jan 1323/1324).[1][9]
Sources
↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 The Complete Peerage, or a History of the House of Lords and all its members from the earliest times. Vol. XII Part 1: Skelmersdale to Towton. 1953, pp 341-343 Family Search.
↑ 2.0 2.1 Eyton, R W. Antiquities of Shropshire. Vol. II, 1855, pp 120-123 Internet Archive.
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 The House of Cornewall. By Cecil G Savile, 4th Earl of Liverpool, and Compton Reade. 1908, p 66 Internet Archive.
↑ Wrottesley, G. Pedigrees from the Plea Rolls Collected from the Pleadings in the Various Courts of Law, A.D. 1200 to 1500, from the Original Rolls in the Public Record Office. 1905, p 66 Internet Archive.
↑ Wrottesley, G. Pedigrees from the Plea Rolls Collected from the Pleadings in the Various Courts of Law, A.D. 1200 to 1500, from the Original Rolls in the Public Record Office. 1905, pp 60-61 Internet Archive.
↑ 6.0 6.1 Langston, J N. The Giffards of Brimpsfield. Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. Vol. 65, 1944, pp 105-128.
↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica. Vol. I, 1834, p 129 Internet Archive.
↑ Eyton, R W. Antiquities of Shropshire. Vol. V, 1857, p 163 Internet Archive.
↑ 9.0 9.1 Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem. Vol. VI. 10-20 Edward II: 1316-1327. HMSO, 1910, p 309 No. 516 Inquisition Post Mortem of Fulk Lestraunge Internet Archive.
↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Eyton, R W. Antiquities of Shropshire. Vol. VI, 1858, pp 64-66 Internet Archive.
↑ Visitation of Shropshire Taken in the Year 1623. Edited by Grazebrook, G and Rylands, J P. Part I. Publications of the Harleian Society, Vol. 28, 1889, Pedigree of Acton of Aldenham, p 9 Internet Archive.
↑ A. E. Stamp, J. B. W. Chapman, Cyril Flower, M. C. B. Dawes and L. C. Hector, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 240', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 14, Edward III , pp. 69-84. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol14/pp69-84 Inquisition Post Mortem of Margaret, late the wife of Hamon le Strange of Cheswardyn, knight. Item 77.
↑ Acton, Edward of Longnor, Salop. The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421, ed. J.S. Roskell, L. Clark, C. Rawcliffe., 1993 HOP.
↑ Complete Peerage. Vol. XIV Addenda and Corrigenda, 1998, p 595.
↑ Corbet, Sir Roger , of Moreton Corbet, Salop. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421, ed. J.S. Roskell, L. Clark, C. Rawcliffe., 1993 HOP.
↑ Cornwall, Sir John , of Kinlet, Salop. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421, ed. J.S. Roskell, L. Clark, C. Rawcliffe., 1993 HOP.
↑ The Visitation of Norfolk. Rye, W. . Publications of the Harleian Society. Vol. XXXII, 1891, p 65 Internet Archive.
↑ 'Regesta 74: 1322-1323', in Calendar of Papal Registers Relating To Great Britain and Ireland: Volume 2, 1305-1342, pp. 225-230. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-papal-registers/brit-ie/vol2/pp225-230 [accessed 13 March 2024].
See also:
Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis.
Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999.