Excerpt from The Battle Abbey Roll, Vol. 2 of 3: With Some Account of the Norman Lineages Constable of the three castles of Shrewsbury, Montgomery, and Bridgenorth, with the greater trust or custody of the counties of Salop and Stafl'ord and in 1240 had the further charge of the castle and county of Chester conferred upon him by a patent, equivalent, says Eyton, to appointing him to the high othee of Justiciar of Chester. He was in arms against the Welsh even in advanced old age, summoned to parliament as a baron in 1260, and stood fast to the Crown throughout the brunt of the Barons' War. His younger son Harno was equally and zealously loyal but he had the mortification of seeing the elder, John IV., break away from the honoured traditions of his house, and join Simon de Montfort. During the brief supremacy of the barons, this younger John held his father's office of Constable of Montgomery, but had small joy of his possession. In a midnight march through Kari, he was attacked by the Welsh, and two hundred of his men slain. He was not. With the other insurgent barons, compelled to compound for his estate after the battle of Evesharn, being probably shielded from punishment by the name he bore, but peaceably succeeded his father as second Lord Strange of Knoekyn in 1269. He added materially to his influence and possessions by his marriage with Joan de Somery, daughter of Roger, Baron of Somery, and Nichola, sister and coheir of Hugh de Albini, the last Earl of Arundel of his line and John V., following his father's example, again espoused an heiress, Maud, the only child of Roger d'eivill of Walton d'eivill in Warwickshire. Yet none of his successors ever attained the position in the county that had been held by the first Lord Strange. They were not slack of service in the field; nor backward in doing their duty there: and one, at least, of them made another great alliance. This was John VIII nephew and heir of John VIL, with whom the direct line of descent closed in 1323; and his wife was one of the coheirs of the last Lord Mohun oi' Dunster, and sister of Philippa Duchess of York, to whose share of the lands the Le Stranges in process of time succeeded. Their grandson, who died in 1461, was the last Lord Strange of Knoekyn. He had been selected by Edward iv.'s upstart Queen as an eligible husband for one of her many portionless sisters, and married Jaquetta Widville, by whom he left an only child, Joan. The wife of George, son and heir-apparent of Thomas Stanley, the first Earl of Derby of that name. The Stanleys thus became representatives of the elder line of Le Strange, and held the barony till it lapsed into abeyance on the death of the fifth Earl. The first Lord Strange of Knockyn left, besides his heir and successor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.