Peerage Record – 56833

     Joan de Somery was the daughter of Roger de Somery and Nicole d‘Aubigny.² She married John (IV) Lestrange, son of John (III) Lestrange and Lucy Tregoz.¹ She died before 26 February 1275/76.¹

     John Lestrange, 1st Lord Strange (of Knockyn) was born circa 1253.¹ He was the son of John (IV) Lestrange and Joan de Somery.² He married, secondly, Maud de Deyville, daughter of Roger de Deyville.¹ He married, firstly, Alienore de Mont, daughter of Sir Ebal de Mont and Joan de Bohun.¹ He died before 8 August 1309.¹
     In 1276 he served in King Edward I’s Welsh campaigns.¹ Between 1298 and 1308 he served in King Edward I’s Scottish campaigns. He was created 1st Lord Strange, of Knokyn [England by writ] on 26 September 1299.¹

     Sir Ebal de Mont married Joan de Bohun, daughter of Savary de Bohun and Cecily fitz Geoffrey.² He died in 1268.²
     He held the office of Steward of the Household to King Henry III.²

     Alienore de Mont is the daughter of Sir Ebal de Mont and Joan de Bohun.² She married John Lestrange, 1st Lord Strange (of Knockyn), son of John (IV) Lestrange and Joan de Somery.¹
     Her married name became Lestrange.

     John Lestrange, 2nd Lord Strange (of Knockyn) was born circa 1282.² He was the son of John Lestrange, 1st Lord Strange (of Knockyn) and Alienore de Mont.² He married Iseult (?)² He died before 6 February 1310/11.²
     He succeeded as the 2nd Lord Strange, of Knokyn [E., 1299] on 8 August 1309.¹

     Ebles Lestrange, 1st Lord Strange was the son of John Lestrange, 1st Lord Strange (of Knockyn) and Alienore de Mont.² He married Alice de Lacy, Countess of Lincoln and Salisbury, daughter of Henry de Lacy, 3rd Earl of Lincoln and Margaret Longespée, before 10 November 1324.¹ He died on 8 September 1335, without issue.¹ He died, His barony expired on his death.¹
     He supported Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster (eldest son of Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster) in opposing and encompassing the death of Piers Gaveston, King Edward II’s favourite.¹ In 1313 he was pardoned for supporting Thomas.¹ He was appointed Knight Banneret in 1326.¹ He was created 1st Lord Strange [England by writ] on 3 December 1326.¹ In 1327 he was called up for military service against the Scots.¹ He held the office of Keeper of Lincoln Castle in 1331.¹ He held the office of Keeper of Lincolnshire in 1332.¹ In 1332/33 he was again called up for military service against the Scots.¹ He was occassionally referred to in contemporary documents as teh Earl of Lincoln, presumably in right of his wife (husband and wife were the subject of an order decreeing that they should be paid the stipend derived from Lincolnshire revenues traditionally associated with the upkeep of the earldom of a county.)¹

     Mary M. L. Harford married Reginald Saumarez de Havilland, son of Maj.-Gen. James de Havilland and Louisa Magdalene Atkinson, in 1920 at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England.¹
     From 1920, her married name became de Havilland.¹

     Hamon Lestrange is the son of John Lestrange, 1st Lord Strange (of Knockyn) and Alienore de Mont.²
     He was ancestor of the Le Stranges of Hunstanton.¹

     Katherine Lestrange is the daughter of John Lestrange, 1st Lord Strange (of Knockyn) and Alienore de Mont.² She married, firstly, Sir Alan de Gloseley.¹ She married, secondly, Sir William de Wrottesley, son of Sir Hugh de Wrottesley and Idonia de Perton.¹

     Sir Alan de Gloseley married Katherine Lestrange, daughter of John Lestrange, 1st Lord Strange (of Knockyn) and Alienore de Mont.¹