John of Hunstanton LeStrange, III

- Abt 1269

• Name	John of Hunstanton LeStrange
  Suffix	III
  Gender	Male
  Died	Abt 1269
  Person ID	I6345	Strange Genealogy
  Last Modified	6 Sep 2017

  
  

  Father	John of Hunstanton LeStrange, II
  Mother	Amicia
  Family ID	F4540	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lucia de Trezog de Tregoz
  Children	1. Hawise of Hunstanton - Powys /Le Strange Extraneous,   b. 1242,   d. 1310  (Age 68 years)   2. John of Hunstanton /Le Strange Extraneous, IV,   d. 1275   3. Hamon (Hunstanton) of Wrockwardine & Ellesmere /Le Strange Extraneous   4. Roger of Ercall & Ellesmere /Le Strange Extraneous   5. Robert LeStrange,   d. Abt 1276   6. Alice LeStrang
  Last Modified	23 Jul 2018
  Family ID	F4655	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  JOHN LESTRANGE (d. c. 1269 ) witnessed the treaty between Dafydd ap Gruffydd (q.v.) and Henry III in May 1240 , was appointed in March 1241 to try Dafydd , and in Jan. 1245 was a commissioner to make peace with him. HAWISE , daughter of this John Lestrange , m. Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn (q.v.) . In the years 1244-5 John Lestrangewrote to Henry III telling of Gruffydd 's support for the English cause; he aided the prince of Powys against Llywelyn in 1257 , and ROGER LESTRANGE (d. 1311 ), son of John, guarded the castle of Dolforwyn for Gruffydd , in whose support he wrote to Edward I claiming lands between the Rhiw and the Luggy . Hawise (above), Gruffydd 's wife, was a leader in the plot for the rebellion of Dafydd against Llywelyn in 1274 . Roger Lestrange was a justice at Rhuddlan in 1278 , controlled the lands of English Maelor andMechain in this year, and commanded some of the English forces against the Welsh at the end of the 13th cent. ; it was his troops who met Llywelyn at Builth in Dec. 1282 . Numerous other members of this family from Shropshire were active in the wars with the Welsh .