Melbury House in Melbury Sampford near Evershot, Dorset, has been the seat of the Strangways family of Dorset since the estate was sold in 1500 by William Bruning to Henry Strangways. Parish Church of St. Mary stands 50 yards E. of the house. The present house was rebuilt after 1546 by his son, Sir Giles Strangways (died 1562), using ham stone from a quarry nine miles away. Though Sir Giles lived extravagantly and encumbered his considerable estate with debts at his premature death, at Melbury he built a conservative house, "a courtyard with no frills", as Mark Girouard described it, "apart from the one gesture of its tower". This remarkable feature, a hexagonal tower, rises near the intersection of three ranges of buildings, filled above the level of adjoining roofbeams with banks of tall arched windows of many leaded panes that offer views in every direction over the rolling landscape of the park and the countryside beyond. Its roof has mock battlements.
It was altered and extended in 1692 by Thomas Strangways, under the direction of Watson, a local mason-builder who is probably to be identified with John Watson of Glashampton, Gloucestershire. It was further modernized in the 19th century.
The house has remained in the same family, passed from the Strangways heiress to Stephen Fox-Strangways, 1st Earl of Ilchester, who took the additional name of Strangways in right of his wife's mother's mother. When Horace Walpole visited Melbury, he admired the paintings and tapestries in "apartments most richly and abundantly furnished".
Stephen Fox was the lover of Lord Hervey (http://reviews-and-ramblings.dreamwidth.org/4776148.html) for a period of ten years, from 1726 to 1736. There exist many passionate letters between the two ("The Gay Love Letters of John, Lord Hervey to Stephen Fox"; excerpts from My Dear Boy: Gay Love Letters through the Centuries (1998), edited by Rictor Norton). Hervey initially favoured Stephen's brother, Henry Fox, but when charmingly rebuffed paid infatuated court to Stephen. His relationship with Lord Hervey ended only when a marriage was arranged with thirteen-year-old Elizabeth Horner, daughter of Thomas Strangways Horner and Susanna Strangways, in 1735.
Melbury House has evolved over the centuries from a simple medieval country manor house of the former village of Melbury Sampford, to the imposing building that stands here today (of which just a small part is visible). Its unique hexagonal tower, and the multi-gabled mansion that lies behind this view of the entrance front, can only be glimpsed further along the public footpath that runs through the park. The house has as its backdrop a magnificent park landscaped by Capability Brown that contains many superb tree specimens, deer, and a lake. Owned by the Strangeways family and their descendants, one of whom was created Lord Ilchester in 1741, the park and its estate is known collectively today as the Ilchester Estates, and continues under the ownership of a Strangeways family descendant.
Not long after marrying, while recovering his health in Bath in 1726, Lord Hervey began courting Stephen Fox, a young country gentleman, and then visited his estate in Somerset. Hervey was thirty-one, Stephen twenty-three. The men spent so much time together that Lady Hervey protested that her estate at Ickworth had become "my hermitage." For fifteen months during 1728–9 Hervey and Stephen travelled Europe together on their Grand Tour. Exactly how close the two men became on that trip may be indicated by the fact that the first twenty-six pages of Hervey's volume of letters covering that period were torn out and destroyed by his grandson the first Marquess of Bristol. On their return from the Continent, Hervey could not stand the separation: "I must see you soon; I can't live without You" (November 15, 1729). In August 1730 Hervey proposed that they live together: "why should we see one another by Visits, but never have a common home?" He arranged for Lord Bateman to lend his house in Windsor to Stephen so that they could see one another while Hervey was engaged in his courtly duties at Windsor Castle; the Earl of Sunderland had arranged for his daughter to marry Bateman, but he was forced to separate from her when his homosexual tastes became too public. In November Hervey signed over the lease of his house on Great Burlington Street to Stephen, so they did achieve a common home even though technically Hervey moved into an apartment in St James's Palace. The letters had reached their peak of intensity in late September 1730, when Hervey tells Stephen that it is impossible "had I time to write volumes, how warmly, how tenderly, how gratefully, how contentedly and unalterably I am Yours" (September 24), and that "Every Body has some Madness in their Composition, & I freely acknowledge you are mine" (September 25). Hervey and Stephen spent the next two months together. The letters now conclude with frank avowals of love: "Adieu, que je vous aime, que je vous adore: & si vous m'aimé de même venez me le dire" (September 25). The Earl of Ilchester, who edited the letters in 1950, cut out the frequent avowals of devotion. Hervey regularly closes with Mon cher, et trés cher, carissime; caro et carissimo, et sempre caro; mea cara et sola voluptas; le plus aimable et le plus aimé qu'il y est au monde. In August 1731, at a large dinner party in the presence of the Prince of Wales, the Lord Chancellor drank to Stephen's health, and Hervey told Stephen that "without the least affectation, I assure you, I colour'd and felt just as I imagine your favorite & fondest Mistress would have done upon the same Occasion." But Hervey was sophisticated and urbane, and Stephen felt himself to be provincial; in November 1733 he told Hervey he was unfit to keep him company and planned to live alone in the country, at which Hervey protested "I should like you rusty better than any other body polish'd," but their correspondence more or less ceased by the end of that year. Hervey was appointed Vice-Chamberlain, i.e. master of court ceremonies, in 1730, and acted as a political propagandist under Walpole's ministry. He was frequently attacked by his enemies as a homosexual, e.g. an anonymous lampoon notes of his attendance at Parliament that he is "Lady of the Lords," and it was rumoured that he was the "pathick" of Frederick Prince of Wales, son of George II. They were undoubtedly close to one another (in later life they shared a mistress), and Stephen was jealous. Hervey arranged for Stephen's marriage to a child-heiress in 1736, and turned his attentions to Francesco Algarotti, the young Italian scholar who had taken London by storm that year. Another series of billets doux ensued between the two men, and Algarotti moved into Hervey's apartment at St James's in 1739. (Source: http://rictornorton.co.uk/hervey1.htm, Lord Hervey and His Friends 1726–38, ed. the Earl of ilchester (London: John Murray, 1950) and Robert Halsband, Lord Hervey: Eighteenth-Century courtier (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1973).)
St Mary's Chapel, the former parish church of the lost village of Melbury Sampford lies close by within the grounds and to the southeast of Melbury House. The house Open Day also provided a rare chance to visit the church which is not normally accessible to the public. The building dates from the 15th century whose pinnacled tower decorated with heraldic beasts, guards the tombs beneath of the Brounings and Strangeways families.
In 1758, Lord Ilchester assumed the additional surname of Strangways. He died in September 1776 (buried in Melbury Sampford, the Parish Church of St. Mary, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/dorset/vol1/pp161-167), aged 72, and was succeeded by his son Henry Thomas Fox-Strangways.
The pioneer of photography Henry Fox Talbot was born in the house. Thomas Hardy made use of Melbury House, as "King's Hintock Court", for passing mentions in "The Duke's Reappearance" in A Changed Man and Other Tales and in A Group of Noble Dames, 1891.
The house and its stable yard to the north are Grade I listed buildings. Melbury’s present owner, is Robin Fox-Strangways, 10th earl of Ilchester. He lives in rural Warwickshire and not, as the first seven of his predecessors had, at the Grade-I house which sits at the heart of the 15,000-acre Ilchester Estate.
Strangways's genealogy:
1. Henry Strangeways (b. 1355, South House, Yorkshire, England). Children of Henry Strangeways:
1.1 Roger Strangeways
1.2 Thomas Strangeways (Sir Knight)
1.3 James Strangeways (Sir Knight)
1.4 Agnes Strangeways, married Adam Wooton
1.5 Catherine Strangeways, married Ralph Bulkeley
1.6 Isabel Strangeways, married Peter Workeskey
1.7 John Strangeways
1.8 Peter Strangeways
1.9 Geoffrey Strangeways
1.10 Cecily Strangeways
1.11 Sybill Strangeways
1.1 Roger Strangeways (b. 1385, South House, Yorkshire, England) was the son of Henry Strangeways. He married Alicia Orrell (b. 1390), daughter of Robert Orrell. Children of Roger Strangeways and Alicia Orrell:
1.1.1 Robert Strangeways
1.1.2 Thomas Strangeways
1.1.3 Joan Strangeways
1.1.4 Jacobus Strangeways
1.1.5 Henry Strangeways
1.1.6 Agnes Strangeways
1.1.7 Margaret Strangeways
1.1.2 Thomas Strangeways (b. ca. 1424, Castle Harlsey, Yorkshire, England, buried at St Mary Over at Southwark in London) was the son of Roger Strangeways and Alicia Orrell. He married Eleanor Talboys. Children of Thomas Strangeways and Eleanor Talboys:
1.1.2.1 Henry Strangeways (Sir)
1.1.2.2 James Strangeways of Fyfield (b. ca. 1470, d. 1515), married Lady Catherine Gordon (c. 1474 – October 1537, buried in the church of St Nicholas at Fyfield), daughter of George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntly, and his third wife, Lady Elizabeth Hay, widow of Perkin Warbeck (married before 4 March 1497, hanged at Tyburn on 23 November 1499), before 13 Feb 1512. She then married Sir Matthew Craddock (d. ca. July 1531, buried in St Mary's Church, Swansea) of Swansea, Steward of Gower and Seneschal of Kenfig, and Christopher Ashton of Fyfield also then in Berkshire. After her imprisonment by King Henry VII of England, she became a favoured lady-in-waiting of his wife, Elizabeth of York.
1.1.2.3 Joan Strangeways, married Henry Champney
1.1.2.4 Thomas Strangeways
1.1.2.5 John Strangeways
1.1.2.1 Sir Henry Strangeways (b. ca. 1465, Melbury, Samford, Dorset, England, d. 1504, buried St. Mary's Chapel, Abbotsbury)was the son of Thomas Strangeways and Eleanor Talboys. He married 1) Dorothy Arundell, daughter of Sir John Arundell and Katherine Chideocke, ca. 1495, at Laherne, Cornwall, England 2) Margery 3) Catherine Wadham (d. before 20 Feb 1505). Children of Sir Henry Strangeways and Dorothy Arundell:
1.1.2.1.1 Elizabeth Strangeways, married Sir Knight Thomas Trenchard of Wolveton, son of Sir John Trenchard and Eleanor Filliol, he then married Anne De La Lynde
1.1.2.1.2 Giles Strangeways (Sir Knight)
1.1.2.1.3 Anne Strangeways
1.1.2.1.4 Christian Strangeways
1.1.2.1.5 John Strangeways
1.1.2.1.6 Mary Strangeways
1.1.2.1.2 Sir Knight Giles Strangways (1486, Copley, Bedfordshire, England - 11 December 1546) was the of Sir Henry Strangeways and Dorothy Arundell. He married Joan Mordaunt, daughter of William Mordaunt. Children of Sir Knight Giles Strangways and Joan Mordaunt:
1.1.2.1.2.1 Eleanor Strangways
1.1.2.1.2.2 Henry Strangways (Sir Knight)
1.1.2.1.2.3 Elizabeth Strangways, married Edward Leigh of Shorwell
1.1.2.1.2.1 Eleanor Strangways was the daughter of Sir Knight Giles Strangways and Joan Mordaunt. She married 1) Sir Knight Thomas Trenchard of Wolveton, son of Sir Thomas Trenchard and Anne De La Lynde 2) Thomas Carew of Antony. Children of Eleanor Strangways and Sir Knight Thomas Trenchard:
1.1.2.1.2.1.1 Thomas Trenchard
1.1.2.1.2.1.2 John Trenchard of Warmwell
1.1.2.1.2.2 Sir Knight Henry Strangways (d. 14 Sep 1544, Siege of Boulogne) was the son of Sir Knight Giles Strangways and Joan Mordaunt. He married Margaret Manners on 26 Nov 1526. Children of Sir Knight Henry Strangways and Margaret Manners:
1.1.2.1.2.2.1 Giles Strangways (Sir Knight)
1.1.2.1.2.2.2 Henry Strangways
1.1.2.1.2.2.3 Elizabeth Strangways
1.1.2.1.2.2.4 Anne Strangways, married Thomas Meaux of Kingston
1.1.2.1.2.2.1 Sir Knight Giles Strangways (b. 13 April 1528, Melbury Sampford, Dorset, England, d. 11 April 1562, Melbury Sampford, Dorset, England, buried in Melbury Sampford, the Parish Church of St. Mary) was the of Sir Knight Henry Strangways and Margaret Manners. He married Joan Wadham (b. ca. 1533-34, d. 14 June 1603), daughter of John Wadham (d. 1578) of Merryfield, Ilton, Somerset, and Joan Tregarthen, in November 1546. Joan was sister and co-heiress of Nicholas Wadham (died 1609), co-founder of Wadham College, Oxford. Joan remarried Sir John Young, MP, ca. 1563, and her effigy is included in his monument in Bristol Cathedral. He was five times MP for Dorset in 1553, 1554, 1555, 1558 and 1559. Children of Sir Giles Strangways and Joan Wadham:
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.1 Anne Strangways
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.2 Elizabeth Strangways (d. 29 Jan 1587), married John Buller of Lillesdon (d. 19 Feb 1598)
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3 John Strangways of Melbury Sampford (Sir)
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.4 Nicholas Strangways, married Elizabeth Berkeley
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.5 George Strangways, married Ursula Sydenham (d. 1607), daughter of Richard Sydenham of Wynford Eagle, ca. 1582
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.6 Edward Strangways
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.1 Anne Strangways was the daughter of Sir Giles Strangways and Joan Wadham. She married Robert Bridgeman. Children of Anne Strangways and Robert Bridgeman:
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.1.1 Judith Bridgeman, married Edward Bliss
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3 Sir John Strangways (b. ca. 1548, Melbury, Dorset, England, d. 1593, Melbury, Dorset, England) was the son of Sir Giles Strangways and Joan Wadham. He married Dorothy Thynne (d. 25 Sep 1592), daughter of Sir John Thynne of Longleat, Wilts., and Christian Gresham, ca. 1571. Children of Sir John Strangways and Dorothy Thynne:
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.1 Giles Strangways (b. ca. 1573, Melbury, Dorset, England, d. 24 Sep 1623), married Frances Newton, daughter of Henry Newton of Barr's Court
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.2 Nicholas Strangways of Abbotsbury
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3 John Strangways of Melbury Sampford (Sir)
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.4 George Strangways
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.5 Thomas Strangways (d. 1678)
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.6 Henry Strangways
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.7 Elizabeth Strangways (d. 1583)
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.8 Anne Strangways, married George Norton of Abbot's Leigh
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.9 Dorothy Strangways, married John Manning of Collumpton
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.10 Grace Strangways
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.2 Nicholas Strangways of Abbotsbury was the of Sir John Strangways and Dorothy Thynne. He married Anne Trenchard (b. 1585), daughter of Sir George Trenchard of Woolverton and Anne Speke. Children of Nicholas Strangways and Anne Trenchard:
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.2.1 Grace Strangways (b. 1614), married Roger Wood
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.2.2 Elizabeth Strangways, married John King
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.2.3 George Strangways of Melcombe Regis (b. 1617, d. before 6 Oct 1695), married Elizabeth Chaffin
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.2.4 John Strangways (b. 1618, d. 1680)
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.2.5 Nicholas Strangways (b. 1620, d. 1676)
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.2.6 Giles Strangways
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.2.7 Dorothy Strangways, married John Hanley
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3 Sir John Strangways (b. 27 September 1585, d. 30 December 1666, Melbury, Dorset, England, buried in Melbury Sampford, the Parish Church of St. Mary) was the son of Sir John Strangways and Dorothy Thynne. He was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1614 and 1666. In 1645 he was captured at Sherborne Castle and was committed to the Tower of London. He was allowed to compound for his liberty, and offered £7000 which was refused. In 1648 he was released from imprisonment and his son Giles remained as an hostage until his fine was paid. He supported the Royalist side in the English Civil War. He married 1) Grace Trenchard (b. 1583, d. 1652), daughter of Sir George Trenchard of Wolverton, Charminster, Dorset, and Anne Speke, in 1607 2) Judith Throckmorton, daughter of Francis Throckmorton of Wootton Wawen, Warws., widow of Thomas Edwards, Mercer, of London and Wadhurst, Suss., on 8 June 1653. Children of Sir John Strangways and Grace Trenchard:
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.1 Wadham Strangways
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.2 Howard Strangways, married 1) Edward Rogers of Bryanston 2) Sir Lewis Dives of Bromham
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3 Giles Strangways (Sir)
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.4 Jane Strangways
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.5 Elizabeth Strangways
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.6 James Strangways
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3 Giles Strangways (b. 3 June 1615, d. 20 July 1675) was the son of Sir John Strangways and Grace Trenchard. Giles Strangways was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1640 and 1675. He fought on the Royalist side in the English Civil War. He was imprisoned in the Tower of London for two and a half years, partly as a hostage for his father. When he was set free, he had a very large gold medal struck, to commemorate his imprisonment. He married Susanna Edwards, daughter of Thomas Edwards mercer of London. Children of Giles Strangways and Susanna Edwards:
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1 Thomas Strangways
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.2 John Strangways
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.3 Wadham Strangways
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1 Thomas Strangways (b. 1643, d. 21 December 1713, buried in Melbury Sampford, the Parish Church of St. Mary) was the son of Giles Strangways and Susanna Edwards. He was an English Tory politician who served from 1673-1713 as a member of the House of Commons of England, then as a member of the House of Commons of Great Britain. For the last years of his life, he was the Father of the House, succeeding Sir Christopher Musgrave, 4th Baronet and being succeeded by Richard Onslow, later 1st Baron Onslow. He married Susanna Ridout. Children of Thomas Strangways and Susanna Ridout:
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.1 John Strangways (d. 1716, buried in Melbury Sampford, the Parish Church of St. Mary)
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2 Thomas Strangways
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.3 Susanna Strangways (d. 1678, buried in Melbury Sampford, the Parish Church of St. Mary)
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.4 Giles Strangways (d. 1698, buried in Melbury Sampford, the Parish Church of St. Mary)
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.5 Wadham Strangways (d. 1694-95, buried in Melbury Sampford, the Parish Church of St. Mary)
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.6 Henry (d. 1706, buried in Melbury Sampford, the Parish Church of St. Mary)
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2 Thomas Strangways (b. ca. 1683, d. 1726, buried in Melbury Sampford, the Parish Church of St. Mary) was the son of Thomas Strangways and Susanna Ridout. He married Mary, daughter and heir of Edward Vaughan of Llangwydden in 1710. Children of Thomas Strangways and Mary Vaughan:
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1 Susannah Strangways
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.2 Elizabeth Strangways (d. 3 November 1729), married James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton, son of Lt.-Gen. James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton and Elizabeth Gerard, in 1727.
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1 Susannah Strangways (d. 1758, buried in Melbury Sampford, the Parish Church of St. Mary) was the daughter of Thomas Strangways and Mary Vaughan. She married Thomas Strangways-Horner. Children of Susannah Strangways and Thomas Strangways-Horner:
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1 Elizabeth Horner
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.2 Thomas Strangways
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1 Elizabeth Horner was the daughter of Susannah Strangways and Thomas Strangways-Horner. She married Stephen Fox-Strangways, 1st Earl of Ilchester (http://www.thepeerage.com/028489_001.jpg) (b. 12 September 1704, d. 29 September 1776, buried in Melbury Sampford, the Parish Church of St. Mary), son of Rt. Hon. Sir Stephen Fox and Christiana Hope. He was a British peer and Member of Parliament. Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, was his younger brother and Charles James Fox, prominent British Whig statesman, his nephew. He married Elizabeth Horner on 15 March 1735/36. Children of Elizabeth Horner and Stephen Fox-Strangways, 1st Earl of Ilchester:
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.1 Lady Frances Muriel Fox-Strangways (b. Aug 1755 – d. 5 May 1814), married Valentine Richard Quin, 1st Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.2 Lady Lucy Fox-Strangways (b. 1748 – d. 16 August 1787), married Colonel Hon. Stephen Digby
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.3 Lady Susannah Sarah Louisa Fox-Strangways, called Susan (b. 1743 – d. 1827), married Irish actor William O'Brien (actor)
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.4 Henry Thomas Fox-Strangways, 2nd Earl of Ilchester (b. 9 August 1747 – d. 5 September 1802)
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.5 Lady Christian Henrietta Caroline Fox-Strangways, called Harriet (b. 3 January 1749-50 – d. 21 July 1815), married Colonel John Dyke Acland
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.6 Lt.-Col. Hon. Stephen Strangways Digby Fox-Strangways (b. 3 December 1751 – d. 12 March 1836)
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.7 Rev. Hon. Charles Redlynch Fox-Strangways (b. 27 April 1761 – d. 4 November 1836), married Jane Haines
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.8 Lady Harriet Fox-Strangways
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.4 Henry Thomas Fox-Strangways, 2nd Earl of Ilchester (b. 9 August 1747, d. 5 September 1802), known as Lord Stavordale from 1756 to 1776, was the son of Stephen Fox-Strangways, 1st Earl of Ilchester and Elizabeth Horner. He was a British peer and Member of Parliament. He married 1) Mary Theresa O'Grady (d. 1792), daughter of Standish O'Grady and Mary Hungerford, on 20 August 1772 2) Maria Digby, daughter of Very Rev. Hon. William Digby and Charlotte Cox, on 28 August 1794. Children of Henry Thomas Fox-Strangways, 2nd Earl of Ilchester and Mary Theresa O'Grady:
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.4.1 Lady Mary Lucy Fox-Strangways
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.4.2 Lady Charlotte Anne Fox-Strangways
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.4.3 Lady Elizabeth Theresa Fox-Strangways
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.4.4 Lady Harriot Fox-Strangways
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.4.5 Lady Louisa Emma Fox-Strangways
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.4.6 Henry Stephen Fox-Strangways, 3rd Earl of Ilchester
Children of Henry Thomas Fox-Strangways, 2nd Earl of Ilchester and Maria Digby:
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.4.7 William Thomas Horner Fox-Strangways, 4th Earl of Ilchester (b. 7 May 1795, d. 10 January 1865), styled The Honourable William Fox-Strangways until 1858, was a British diplomat, Whig politician and art collector. He served as Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs under Lord Melbourne from 1835 to 1840 and was Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the German Confederation from 1840 to 1849. Between 1828 and 1834 Fox-Strangways donated 37 early Italian paintings to Christ Church. There they are still shown at the Christ Church Picture Gallery. "He also left a further 41 paintings to the Ashmolean, including Paolo Ucello's magnificent The Hunt", to be admired there. He married Sophia Penelope Sheffield, daughter of Sir Robert Sheffield, 4th Bt. and Julia Brigidia Newbolt, on 21 July 1857. He died without issue.
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.4.8 Hon. Giles Digby Robert Fox-Strangways
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.4.9 Hon. John George Charles Fox-Strangways
Detailed information about the Ilchester household and family survives in the published diaries and correspondence of Agnes Porter, a Scottish-born governess to his many daughters from 1784 to 1797: A Governess in the Age of Jane Austen. The Journals and Letters of Agnes Porter, ed. Joanna Martin (London: Hambledon Press, 1998).
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.4.6 Henry Stephen Fox-Strangways, 3rd Earl of Ilchester (b. 21 February 1787, d. 3 January 1858), styled Lord Stavordale from birth until 1802, was the son of Henry Thomas Fox-Strangways, 2nd Earl of Ilchester and Mary Theresa O'Grady. He was a British peer and Whig politician. He served as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard under Lord Melbourne from 1835 to 1841. He married Caroline Leonora Murray (d. 1819, buried in Melbury Sampford, the Parish Church of St. Mary), 2nd daughter of Rt. Rev. Lord George Murray, bishop and St. Davids, and Anne Charlotte Grant, on 16 June 1812. Children of Henry Stephen Fox-Strangways, 3rd Earl of Ilchester and Caroline Leonora Murray:
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.4.6.1 Henry Thomas Leopold Fox-Strangways, Lord Stavordale (b. 7 January 1811 – d. 11 August 1837), captain in the Dorsetshire Yeomanry
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.4.6.2 Lady Theresa Anna Maria Fox-Strangways (b. 11 January 1814 – d. 2 May 1874), married Edward Digby, 9th Baron Digby on 27 June 1837.
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.4.6.3 Stephen Fox-Strangways, Lord Stavordale (b. 21 March 1817 – d. 25 May 1848, buried in Melbury Sampford, the Parish Church of St. Mary), cornet in the Dorsetshire Yeomanry, later captain
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.4.6.4 Caroline Margaret Fox-Strangways (b. 9 January 1819 – d. 26 June 1895), married Sir Edward Kerrison, 2nd Baronet on 23 July 1844.
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.4.9 Hon. John George Charles Fox-Strangways (b. 6 February 1803, d. 8 September 1859) was the son of Henry Thomas Fox-Strangways, 2nd Earl of Ilchester and Maria Digby. He was a British diplomat, Whig politician and courtier. He married Amelia Barbara Marjoribanks (d. 1886), daughter of Edward Marjoribanks and Georgiana de Latour, on 19 February 1844. Children of Hon. John George Charles Fox-Strangways and Amelia Barbara Marjoribanks:
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.4.9.1 Lady Maria Georgiana Julia Fox-Strangways
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.4.9.2 Henry Edward Fox-Strangways, 5th Earl of Ilchester
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.4.9.2 Henry Edward Fox-Strangways, 5th Earl of Ilchester (b. 13 September 1847, d. 6 December 1905), was the son of Hon. John George Charles Fox-Strangways and Amelia Barbara Marjoribanks. He was a British peer and Liberal politician. He served as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms under William Ewart Gladstone between January and February 1874. In 1874 he inherited the Holland House estate in London from a distant cousin in the Holland barony. He married Lady Mary Eleanor Anne Dawson (b. 1852, d. 1935), daughter of Richard Dawson, 1st Earl of Dartrey and Augusta Stanley, on 8 February 1872. Children of Henry Edward Fox-Strangways, 5th Earl of Ilchester and Lady Mary Eleanor Anne Dawson:
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.4.9.2.1 Giles Stephen Holland Fox-Strangways, 6th Earl of Ilchester
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.4.9.2.2 Lady Muriel Augusta Fox-Strangways
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.4.9.2.3 Hon. Denzil Vesey Fox-Strangways
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.4.9.2.1 Giles Stephen Holland Fox-Strangways, 6th Earl of Ilchester (b. 31 May 1874, d. 29 October 1959), styled Lord Stavordale until 1905, was the son of Henry Edward Fox-Strangways, 5th Earl of Ilchester and Lady Mary Eleanor Anne Dawson. He was a British peer and philanthropist. He married Lady Helen Mary Theresa Vane-Tempest-Stewart (b. 1876, d. 1956), daughter of Charles Stewart Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 6th Marquess of Londonderry and Lady Theresa Susey Helen Chetwynd-Talbot, on 25 January 1902. The society wedding was conducted by the Archbishop of Armagh (Primate of All Ireland), and was attended by the Duke of Connaught, his daughter Princess Margaret of Connaught, and the Duke of Cambridge. Lord Ilchester was a Trustee and Chairman of the National Portrait Gallery and Trustee of the British Museum. He was also a Member and Chairman of the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England), President of the London Library, President of the Royal Literary Fund, President of the Roxburghe Club and a Steward of the Jockey Club. Lord Ilchester was awarded for his work by being appointed a GBE in 1950. Children of Giles Stephen Holland Fox-Strangways, 6th Earl of Ilchester and Lady Helen Mary Theresa Vane-Tempest-Stewart:
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.4.9.2.1.1 Lady Mary Theresa Fox-Strangways (1903–1948), married Sir John Herbert.
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.4.9.2.1.2 Edward Henry Charles James Fox-Strangways, 7th Earl of Ilchester
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.4.9.2.1.3 Hon. John Denzil Fox-Strangways (1908–1961)
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.4.9.2.1.4 Lady Mabel Edith Fox-Strangways (b. 1918), married the 2nd Viscount Wimborne.
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.4.9.2.1.2 Edward Henry Charles James Fox-Strangways, 7th Earl of Ilchester (b. 1 October 1905, d. 21 August 1964), was the son of Giles Stephen Holland Fox-Strangways, 6th Earl of Ilchester and Lady Helen Mary Theresa Vane-Tempest-Stewart. He married Helen Elizabeth Ward (b. 1907, d. 1970), daughter of Captain Hon. Cyril Augustus Ward and Baroness Irene de Brienen, on 27 April 1931. Children of Edward Henry Charles James Fox-Strangways, 7th Earl of Ilchester and Helen Elizabeth Ward:
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.4.9.2.1.2.1 Lady Theresa Jane Fox-Strangways
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.4.9.2.1.2.2 Giles Henry Holland Fox-Strangways
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.4.9.2.1.2.3 Charles Stephen Fox-Strangways
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.7 Rev. Hon. Charles Redlynch Fox-Strangways (b. 27 April 1761, d. 4 November 1836) was the son of Elizabeth Horner and Stephen Fox-Strangways, 1st Earl of Ilchester. He married Jane Haines, daughter of Rev. Dr. unknown Haines, on 2 August 1787. Children of Rev. Hon. Charles Redlynch Fox-Strangways and Jane Haines:
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.7.1 Susannah Fox-Strangways
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.7.2 Frances Fox-Strangways
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.7.3 Captain Charles Fox-Strangways
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.7.4 Brig.-Gen. Thomas Fox-Strangways
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.7.5 Reverend Henry Fox-Strangways
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.7.6 George Fox-Strangways
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.7.7 Reverend Edward Fox-Strangways
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.7.8 Stephen Fox-Strangways
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.7.5 Reverend Henry Fox-Strangways (b. 25 February 1793, d. 25 February 1860) was the son of Rev. Hon. Charles Redlynch Fox-Strangways and Jane Haines. He married Hester Eleanora Buller (d. 1865), daughter of James Buller and Anne Buller, on 26 June 1827. Children of Reverend Henry Fox-Strangways and Hester Eleanora Buller:
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.7.5.1 Reverend Henry Fox-Strangways
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.7.5.2 Colonel Walter Aston Fox-Strangways
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.7.5.3 Charles Edward Fox-Strangways
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.7.5.2 Colonel Walter Aston Fox-Strangways (b. 14 December 1832, d. 26 February 1885) was the son of Reverend Henry Fox-Strangways and Hester Eleanora Buller. He married Harriet Elizabeth Buller (d. 1903), daughter of John Edward Buller, on 19 August 1858. Children of Colonel Walter Aston Fox-Strangways and Harriet Elizabeth Buller:
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.7.5.2.1 Violet Agnes Fox-Strangways
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.7.5.2.2 Mary Beatrice Fox-Strangways
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.7.5.2.3 Arthur Henry "A.H." Fox Strangways (b. 14 September 1859, d. 2 May 1948) was an English musicologist, translator, editor and music critic. After a career as a schoolmaster, Fox Strangways developed an interest in Indian music, and in the years before the First World War he did much to bring Rabindranath Tagore to wider attention. Fox Strangways wrote music criticism for The Times, was chief music critic of The Observer, and founded the quarterly magazine Music and Letters. Together with the tenor Steuart Wilson, Fox Strangways made English translations of the lieder of Schubert and Schumann. He was unmarried.
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.7.5.2.4 Maurice Walter Fox-Strangways
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.7.5.2.5 Lt.-Col. Harold Stephen Fox-Strangways
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.7.5.2.4 Maurice Walter Fox-Strangways (b. 23 March 1862, d. 27 May 1938) was the son of Colonel Walter Aston Fox-Strangways and Harriet Elizabeth Buller. He married Louisa Blanche Phillips (d. 1940), daughter of Maj.-Gen. George R. Phillips, on 29 December 1886. Children of Maurice Walter Fox-Strangways and Louisa Blanche Phillips:
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.7.5.2.4.1 Walter Angelo Fox-Strangways, 8th Earl of Ilchester
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.7.5.2.4.2 Sylvia Fox-Strangways
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.7.5.2.4.3 Elinor Fox-Strangways
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.7.5.2.4.4 Vivian Fox-Strangways
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.7.5.2.4.1 Walter Angelo Fox-Strangways, 8th Earl of Ilchester (b. 24 September 1887, d. 4 October 1970), was the son of Maurice Walter Fox-Strangways and Louisa Blanche Phillips. He married Laure Georgine Emilie Mazaraki (d. 1970), daughter of Evanghelos Georgios Mazaraki, on 8 April 1916. Children of Walter Angelo Fox-Strangways, 8th Earl of Ilchester and Laure Georgine Emilie Mazaraki:
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.7.5.2.4.1.1 Group Capt. Maurice Vivian de Touffreville Fox-Strangways, 9th Earl of Ilchester (b. 1 April 1920, d. 2 July 2006), styled Lord Stavordale between 1964 and 1970, was the son of Walter Angelo Fox-Strangways, 8th Earl of Ilchester and Laure Georgine Emilie Mazaraki. He was a British engineer. He served in the Royal Air Force for 40 years, from 1936 to 1976. From 1955, he concentrated mainly as an engineer involved with nuclear weapons. He succeeded his father as Earl of Ilchester in 1970, and was also an active cross-bench member of the House of Lords until 1999. He married Diana Mary Elizabeth Simpson, daughter of George Frederick Simpson, on 29 November 1941. He had no children, but was survived by his wife of over 64 years.
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.7.5.2.4.1.2 Hon. Raymond George Fox-Strangways
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.7.5.2.4.1.3 Lady Doreen Jeanne Fox-Strangways
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.7.5.2.4.1.2 Hon. Raymond George Fox-Strangways (b. 11 November 1921, d. 27 April 2005) was the son of Walter Angelo Fox-Strangways, 8th Earl of Ilchester and Laure Georgine Emilie Mazaraki. He married Margaret Vera Force, daughter of James Force, on 25 November 1941. Children of Hon. Raymond George Fox-Strangways and Margaret Vera Force:
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.7.5.2.4.1.2.1 Robin Maurice Fox-Strangways, 10th Earl of Ilchester
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.7.5.2.4.1.2.2 Hon. Paul Andre Fox-Strangways
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.7.5.2.4.1.2.1 Robin Maurice Fox-Strangways, 10th Earl of Ilchester (b. 2 September 1942), is the son of Hon. Raymond George Fox-Strangways and Margaret Vera Force. He married Margaret Elizabeth Miles, daughter of Geoffrey Miles, on 19 July 1969. Children of Robin Maurice Fox-Strangways, 10th Earl of Ilchester and Margaret Elizabeth Miles:
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.7.5.2.4.1.2.1.1 Hon. Simon James Fox-Strangways
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.7.5.2.4.1.2.1.2 Lady Charlotte Helen Fox-Strangways
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.1.2.1.1.7.5.2.4.1.2.1.1 The heir apparent is the present holder's only son Hon. Simon James Fox-Strangways, born on 25 August 1972. He is the son of Robin Maurice Fox-Strangways, 10th Earl of Ilchester and Margaret Elizabeth Miles.
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.3.3.2 John Strangways (b. 15 October 1636, d. 6 April 1676) was the Giles Strangways and Susanna Edwards. He was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1661 to 1676. He married 1) Anne Capel (d. 3 December 1675), daughter of Arthur Capel, 1st Baron Capel of Hadham on 4 July 1672 2) Mary Jackman, widow of William Jackman of Shroton, Dorset and daughter of John Penruddock of Compton Chamberlayne, Wiltshire, on 13 March 1676.
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.10 Grace Strangways (d. before 08 May 1634) was the daughter of Sir John Strangways and Dorothy Thynne. She married Edmund Chamberlayne of Mangersbury, Sheriff of Gloucestershire (d. 1634), son of Sir Thomas Chamberlayne and Elizabeth Ludington, widow of Anne Moreton. Children of Grace Strangways and Edmund Chamberlayne:
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.3.10.1 John Chamberlayne of Maugersbury House (d. 1688), married Elizabeth Leigh
1.2 Sir Knight Thomas Strangeways (b. ca. 1395, probably Castle Harlsey, Yorkshire, England, d. before 27 Jan 1441/2) was the son of Henry Strangeways. He married Lady Catherine/Katherine Neville (b. ca. 1400, d. after 1483), daughter of Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland and Lady Joan de Beaufort (through her mother she was a granddaughter of John of Gaunt), widow of John Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk (b. 1392 – d. 1432) (married on 12 January 1412, their only known child was John de Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk (b. 1415 – d. 1461), before 27 January 1441-42, at Raby Castle, Staindrop, Durham, England. Katherine Neville remarried to John, Viscount Beaumont, who was killed in 1460. Her fourth and last marriage was infamous, known by contemporaries as the "diabolical marriage". She married John Woodville, brother of Queen Elizabeth Woodville. He was 19 years old at the time of their marriage, while she was 65. Nonetheless, she survived him, as he was executed in 1469 after the Battle of Edgecote, on the orders of her nephew Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick during a brief period of Lancastrian readeption. Whether or not she was forced into her final marriage against her will is unclear, but it added to the deep dislike of the Queen's family among the ruling class, which greatly weakened the Yorkist dynasty. She was still alive in 1483, having survived all her children. Children of Sir Knight Thomas Strangeways and Catherine Neville:
1.2.1 Thomas Strangeways
1.2.2 Joan (Jane) Strangeways (M. Berkeley)
1.2.3 Catherine Strangeways (b. ca. 1430, Castle Harlsey, Yorkshire, England), married 1) John Mowbray, before 1450 2) Henry de Grey, 4th Lord Grey (of Codnor), son of Sir Henry Grey, 4th (7th) Baron Grey of Codnor, and Margaret Percy, after 31 August 1454.
1.2.4 Durfort Travers Strangeways
1.2.2 Joan (Jane) Strangeways (b. ca. 1427/34, Castle Harlsey, Yorkshire, England, d. 24 Feb 1483-85, buried at St. Augustine's Friars, London, England) was the dauther of Sir Knight Thomas Strangeways and Lady Catherine/Katherine Neville. She married 1) Sir Knight William Willoughby, before 1468 2) William "the Wastall" De Berkeley, 1st and last Marquess of Berkeley, son of James de Berkeley, 1st Lord Berkeley and Lady Isabel de Mowbray, in November 1468. Children of Joan (Jane) Strangeways and Sir Knight William Willoughby:
1.2.2.1 Cecily Willoughby, married Edward Sutton, 2nd Baron Dudley. They were ancestors of Herbert Hoover, among many others.
Children of Joan (Jane) Strangeways and William "the Wastall" De Berkeley, 1st M. Berkeley:
1.2.2.2 Sir Thomas Berkeley (b. Mar 1469/70, d. ca. 1475)
1.2.2.3 Catherine/Katherine Berkeley
1.3 Sir Knight James Strangeways (b. ca. 1392, Bryn and Kingsle, Cheshire, England) of Whorlton, Yorkshire, was the son of Henry Strangeways. He married Joan Orrell (b. ca. 1394), daughter of Nicholas Orrell. Children of Sir Knight James Strangeways and Joan Orrell:
1.3.1 James Strangeways (Sir Knight)
1.3.2 Isabel Strangeways
1.3.3 Elizabeth Strangeways, married Sir Thomas Mountford
1.3.4 Margaret Strangeways, married Thomas Surtees, son of Sir Thomas Surtees
1.3.5 Catherine Strangeways, married William Romondby
1.3.6 Maud Strangeways, married Ralph Staley of Hampshire
1.3.1 Sir Knight James Strangeways (b. ca. 1415, Harlsey Castle, Osmotherley, York, England / Bryn And Kingsley, Cheshire, England, d. ca. 20 Aug 1480, buried in the abbey church of St. Mary Overy's, Southwark) was the son of Sir Knight James Strangeways and Joan Orrell. He held the office of Speaker, House of Commons. A Yorkist, he fought at the 1st battle of St Albans in 1455, Blore Heath in 1459, Wakefield in 1460, (when he was reported as killed) and Towton in 1461. He married 1) Elizabeth Darcy (b. ca. May 1417, d. between 1 September 1458 and November 1461), daughter of Philip Darcy, 6th Baron Darcy of Knayth and Eleanor Fitzhugh, before 20 Nov 1431 2) Elizabeth Eure, after Nov 1461. Children of Sir Knight James Strangeways and Elizabeth Darcy:
1.3.1.1 Margery Strangeways (B. Willoughby)
1.3.1.2 Richard Strangeways (Sir Knight)
1.3.1.3 James Strangeways of Smeton
1.3.1.4 William Strangeways
1.3.1.5 Robert Strangeways
1.3.1.6 Eleanor Strangeways
1.3.1.7 Phillip Strangeways
1.3.1.8 Joan Strangeways
1.3.1.9 Thomas Strangeways
1.3.1.10 Christopher Strangeways
1.3.1.11 Henry Strangeways
1.3.1.12 John Strangeways
1.3.1.13 Stephen Strangeways
1.3.1.14 Elizabeth Strangeways (b. 1444, Harlsey Castle, Yorkshire, England), married Marmaduke Clervaux
1.3.1.15 George Strangeways
1.3.1.16 Roger Strangeways
Children of Sir Knight James Strangeways and Elizabeth Eure:
1.3.1.16 Felicia Strangeways (b. ca. 1467, Bradley Manor, Near Wolsingham, Durham, England), married William Aske
1.3.1.17 Ralph Strangeways (b. ca. 1469)
1.3.1.18 Edward Strangeways
1.3.1.1 Margery Strangeways (b. ca. 1434, Ripley, Yorkshire, d. after 1475) was the daughter of Sir Knight James Strangeways and Elizabeth Darcy. She married 1) John Ingleby of Ripley, bfeore 1455 2) Richard De Welles, 7th B. Welles, 1st B. Willoughby, on 10 Aug 1468. Children Margery Strangeways and John Ingleby:
1.3.1.1.1 William Ingleby of Ripley (Sir)
1.3.1.2 Sir Knight Richard Strangeways (b. before 1435, probably West Harsley, Yorkshire, England, d. 13 Apr 1488, buried Priory of Mount Grace, Yorkshire, England) was the son of Sir Knight James Strangeways and Elizabeth Darcy. He married 1) Lady Elizabeth Neville, daughter of William de Neville, 1st and last Earl of Kent and Joan Fauconberge, Baroness Fauconberge 2) Joan Asheton (d. after 1501), before 1488. Children of Sir Knight Richard Strangeways and Elizabeth Neville:
1.3.1.2.1 James Strangeways (Sir)
1.3.1.2.2 Joan Strangeways (b. ca. 1464, Ormesby, Yorkshire, England, d. 10 May 1503), married Randolf Pigot
1.3.1.2.3 Margery Strangeways, married George Savage
1.3.1.2.4 William Strangeways
1.3.1.2.5 Thomas Strangeways
1.3.1.2.6 Elizabeth Strangeways
1.3.1.2.1 Sir James Strangeways (b. ca. 1455, Ormesby, Yorkshire, England, d. 16 Dec 1521) was the son of Sir Knight Richard Strangeways and Elizabeth Neville. He married 1) Margaret Cholmley, ca. 1459, at Grandmount, Yorkshire, England 2) Alice Scrope, before 7 Sep 1472. Children of Sir James Strangeways and Alice Scrope:
1.3.1.2.1.1 Joan Strangeways
1.3.1.2.1.2 Thomas Strangeways (Sir Knight)
1.3.1.2.1.3 Mary Strangeways
1.3.1.2.1.4 Richard Strangeways
1.3.1.2.1.5 James Strangeways, married Elizabeth Radcliffe
1.3.1.2.1.6 Margaret Strangeways, married John Dawnay
1.3.1.2.1.1 Joan Strangeways (b. ca. 1479, Whorlton, Yorkshire, England, d. 7 Apr 1515, buried 26 Nov 1556) was the daughter of Sir James Strangeways and Alice Scrope. She married 1) John Bigod of Settrington Lic, on 20 Jan 1488/89 2) William Mauleverer (Sir) (b. ca. 1466 - d. 10 Aug 1551), son of Robert Mauleverer and Joan Vavasour, widower of Jane Conyers, on 7 Nov 1522. Children of Joan Strangeways and John Bigod:
1.3.1.2.1.1.1 Francis Bigod of Settrington (Sir Knight)
1.3.1.2.1.1.2 Ralph Bigod (b. ca. 1509, d. before 28 Apr 1547)
1.3.1.2.1.1.3 Elizabeth Bigod
1.3.1.2.1.2 Sir Knight Thomas Strangeways (b. ca. 1491, Whorlton, Yorkshire, England, d. 22 Aug 1525, buried before 8 Oct 1525, Priory of Mount Grace, Yorkshire, England) was the son of Sir James Strangeways and Alice Scrope. He was High Sheriff of Yorkshire 1520-2. He fought at Flodden 1513. He married Anne Dacre. Children of Sir Knight Thomas Strangeways and Anne Dacre:
1.3.1.2.1.2.1 Thomas Strangeways
1.3.1.2.1.2.2 Sir Knight James Strangeways (b. ca. 1503 / 1517, d. 26 Apr 1541, buried Ormesby, Yorkshire, England) was the son of Sir Knight Thomas Strangeways and Anne Dacre. He was High Sheriff of Yorkshire 1530/1 & 1538/9. He was knighted at Whitehall by Henry VIII in Nov 1529. He married Elizabeth Pigot, daughter of Thomas Pigot of Clotherham, before 1522
1.3.1.3 James Strangeways of Smeton was the son of Sir Knight James Strangeways and Elizabeth Darcy. He married Anne Conyers. Children of James Strangeways and Anne Conyers:
1.3.1.3.1 James Strangeways
1.3.1.3.2 Catherine Strangeways, married Robert Laton
1.3.1.3.3 Cecily Strangeways
1.3.1.3.4 Lawrence Strangeways
1.3.1.3.5 Leonard Strangeways
1.3.1.3.6 John Strangeways
1.3.1.3.7 Thomas Strangeways
1.3.1.3.8 Nicholas Strangeways
1.3.1.3.9 Richard Strangeways
1.3.1.3.10 Martin Strangeways
1.3.1.3.11 Elizabeth Strangeways (Nun)
1.3.1.3.12 Margery Strangeways
1.3.1.3.13 Joan Strangeways
1.3.1.3.1 James Strangeways (d. ca. 1508) was the son of James Strangeways and Anne Conyers. He married Anne Trafford, daughter of Edmund Trafford and Margaret Savage. Children of James Strangeways and Anne Trafford:
1.3.1.3.1.1 James Strangeways
1.3.1.3.1.1 James Strangeways (d. ca. 1532) was the son of James Strangeways and Anne Trafford. He married Margaret Danby, Baroness Latimer (some sources says that his wife was Anne (Agnes) Danby, a daughter of one Ralph Danby). Children of James Strangeways and Margaret Danby:
1.3.1.3.1.1.1 Richard Strangeways, married Isabella Thwaytes
1.3.1.3.3 Cecily Strangeways was the daughter of James Strangeways and Anne Conyers. She married Thomas Boynton of Barmston and Aclam, son of Henry Boynton and Margaret Say. Children of Cecily Strangeways and Thomas Boynton:
1.3.1.3.3.1 Mathew Boynton, married Anne Bulmer
1.3.1.3.3.2 Anne Boynton, married Robert Huldenby
1.3.1.3.3.3 Jane Boynton, married Thomas Goldsborough
1.3.1.6 Eleanor Strangeways (b. 1436, Harlsey Castle, Yorkshire, England) was the daughter of Sir Knight James Strangeways and Elizabeth Darcy. She married Edmund Mauleverer of Woodersome (b. 1422, d. 29 Jan 1494, son of Robert Mauleverer and Joan. Children of Eleanor Strangeways and Edmund Mauleverer:
1.3.1.6.1 Robert Mauleverer (b. 1450, d. 10 Mar 1497), married Joan Vavasour
1.3.1.16 Roger Strangeways was the son of Sir Knight James Strangeways and Elizabeth Darcy. Children of Roger Strangeways:
1.3.1.16.1 Joan Strangeways, married Christopher Boynton, son of Sir Christopher Boynton (d. 1452, buried at St Mary's Church, South Cowton) of Sedbury. Christopher Boynton's descendant, John Boynton (b. 1614 - d. 1670), was an original settler of Rowley, Massachusetts who accompanied Rowley, Massachusetts town founder, Reverend Ezekiel Rogers, on the John of London when it arrived in America in 1638.
1.3.2 Isabel Strangeways (b. 1409) was the daughter of Sir Knight James Strangeways and Joan Orrell. She married Sir Peter Gerard (b. 1404, d. 1450), son of Sir John Gerard and Alice Butler, ca. 1426, at Bryn and Kingsle, Cheshire, England. Children of Isabel Strangeways and Sir Peter Gerard:
1.3.2.1 Thomas Gerard (b. 15 Jul 1431, d. before 1494), married Douce Assheton
1.3.2.2 Margaret Gerard (b. ca. 1433), married John Butler
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