Parents

Son of Roger LE STRANGE & Joan BEKE.

Life History

Notes

• Some genealogies show this Henry Le Strange (born 1432) as a son of John Le Strange (born 1387) and a brother to Roger Le Strange (born 1412).  This seems to be an error, however, according to the Le Strange dynasty lineage on the Le Strange Family Website.  I am following theirinformation to show Henry as a son of Robert and grandson of John.  The age of Robert using the dates of birth commonly shown in genealogies matches for this relationship, with Robert being about 20 years old(born 1412) at the reported year of birth of Henry (born 1432).
  
  The Tudorplace Le Strange genealogy gives a marriage date of "abt 1434" for Roger le Strange and Jane (Joan) Beke.  But the Le strange (of Hunstanton) Website, which has no marriage date, gives the birth date for Henry as 1431.  An anonymous One World Tree sources provides a date of 1432 for Henry's birth.  The Tudorplace site also reports the birth date of 1432 for Henry, with no comment or explanation.  They haveJohn born in 1435 and Hamon in 1441.
  
  I have adjusted the estimated birth year for Henry to be after the marriage date and birth of brother John within a year in 1435.  It wouldbe highly unusual for a noble son to be born out of wedlock.  Such a son could not inherit legal titles or lands.  Though the father could separately enfief the child from within his own lands.
  
  Originally the term Fitz (as in the famous Fitzalan family) was used in its rightful meaning as Son of, comparable to the Irish-Scots Mac, Welsh Ap and the French De with father's name.
  
  The term Fitz (Germanic-Norman for "son of") came to be used to identify an illegitimate son.  This practice arose because it was commonly accepted that kings and noble men would have concubines and mistresses.  The formalities of monogamy required by the Roman Church were honored officially by limiting inheritance of feudal lands and titles to legitimate first sons, or lacking sons, in many cases, to the daughtersin order of birth.
  
  Illegitimate sons would be given their own estates and thus the common feudal title of Lord, but with no styling of a dynastic Barony.  Insome cases, however, kings would bestow (or have Parliament bestow) baronies upon such a Fitzroy (son of the King) or Fitzpatrick (son of anoble) in his own right.
  
  Such a name-form is not used in sources for Henry.

Sources

• 1. Le Strange Family Genealogy -- TudorPlace
  • Name: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/STRANGE.htm;
• 2. One World Tree (sm)
  • http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=4132119&st=1
• 3. Le Strange Website
  • Descent, http://www.ls.u-net.com/le_Strange/Seat-H2.htm
• 4. One World Tree (sm)
  • http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=4155877&st=1