Life History

Notes

• The maiden name of Anne (Ann) is uncertain.  It appears from the form of the name in some sources that her name was already Le Strange.  It is spelled L'Estrange AND L Estrange (without the apostrophe) in some sources.  A few genealogies have the more standard Le Strange.  This is a variation used by some branches of the family in Devon.  The name is already registered under various spellings in the Domes Day Book, 1085,  the first general register in English history, implemented by the Norman King William I of England.
  
  The Hunstanton family spell the name Anne, but in their minimal information, they use their family spelling, le Strange, of the last name.  Other sources spell her name Ann, and may spell her name L Estrange.  The common spelling of the latter form uses an apostrophe, so I have done that.
  
  Some sources report birth place as Hunstanton, Norfolk, England.  According to the family website and the Devon County website, there is also a Hunstanton town and estate in Devon County.
  
  There is a discrepancy about the husband of Anne L'Estrange (Le Strange).  Tudorplace reports that this is the wife of John, and that Robert married a Margaret Le Strange.  The Le Strange website reports that Ann L'Estrange married Robert.  However, the death date given by Le Strange Website for Anne is 1497, before any of the children of John are reported born, by Tudorplace or other sites that give birth dates.  (Le Strange Website is a more casual site, has less critical attention to consistency and completeness and has few birth dates.)  At least one child of Robert was born in 1499.  This puzzle remains to be resolved.
  
  Some of these dates appears uncertain.  Different genealogies report dates or places irregularly and incompletely.  There are great variations between sources, and some appear to be uncritical, for there are internal conflicts between the dates reported in some.
  
  The Le Strange Family Website lineage is helpful, and I have followed that as a more definitive general guide.  I have generally followed that for the location of birth, where that is given.  However, that information is quite spotty and has dates and places for only a few persons.  Dates there are sometimes estimated, and some information clashes with known historical information from reliable genealogies.
  
  The lineage was posted only as a secondary interest, and the site, while giving history, does not focus primarily on the family details.  It is primarily a personal hobby site about the family by one of the current family members of another last name.
  
  The dates reported by sources give the same year for the marriage of Robert and Anne as for the birth of the first son Thomas.

Sources

• 1. One World Tree (sm)
  • http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=4129903&st=1
• 2. Le Strange Website - No Longer Online
• 3. Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
• 4. Le Strange Family Genealogy -- TudorPlace
• 5. Jamesina M Remfry, Descendants of Roland Le Strange
  • Location: http://www.ls.u-net.com/le_Strange/Seat-H2.htm;