James Strangeways, Speaker of the Commons

James Strangeways was Speaker of the British House of Commons from 1461 to 1462.

Harlsey Castle

Biography

Lock, Julian. “Strangways, Sir James (c.1410–1480).” Julian LockOxford Dictionary of National Biography. Online ed. Ed. Lawrence Goldman. Oxford: OUP, . 27 Nov. 2012 <http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/26642>.

Strangways, Sir James (c.1410–1480), administrator and speaker of the House of Commons, was the son of James Strangways (d. 1443) of West Harlsey in the North Riding of Yorkshire, a lawyer who became a puisne justice of common pleas, and his wife, Joan Orell. The younger Strangways had by 1431 made an advantageous marriage to Elizabeth (1417–c.1460), daughter of Philip Darcy and his wife, Eleanor, daughter of Henry Fitzhugh, third Baron Fitzhugh; she was the granddaughter of John, Lord Darcy of Knaith, and was connected with a number of the leading families of north-east England. As well as lands in several counties she brought her husband antiquated financial claims upon the crown, which her husband would devote much time to attempting to realize. It is unlikely that the younger James was the Strangways who entered Lincoln's Inn in 1444. Instead he appears to have depended for advancement upon the patronage of Richard Neville, earl of Salisbury (d. 1460), by whom he was retained and whom he served as an executor. Following a number of local posts Strangways became sheriff of Yorkshire in 1445–6; by now he had been knighted. In 1449 he was elected to parliament as a knight of the shire for Yorkshire. Through his marriage he acquired substantial properties in Northumberland, which doubtless explains why later in the same year he was among the commissioners appointed to treat for a truce with Scotland, and was then made a conservator of that truce—many similar commissions were to follow. ....

... Strangways died shortly before 20 August 1480. His first wife had died about 1460, and between 1463 and 1468 he had married Elizabeth Bulmer, née Eure, who died in March 1482. His eldest son and heir, Sir Richard Strangways, who died in 1488, married Elizabeth, daughter of William Neville, earl of Kent (d. 1463); their son James Strangways, who was sheriff of Yorkshire in 1492–3 and 1508–9, has sometimes been confused with his grandfather.

Julian Lock

Sources  

• J. S. Roskell, ‘Sir James Strangeways of West Harlsey and Whorlton’, Yorkshire Archaeological Journal, 39 (1956–8), 455–82; repr. in Parliament and politics in late medieval England, 2 (1981) · J. S. Roskell, The Commons and their speakers in English parliaments, 1376–1523 (1965) · R. A. Griffiths, The reign of King Henry VI: the exercise of royal authority, 1422–1461 (1981) · CPR, 1232–1509 · A. J. Pollard, ‘The northern retainers of Richard Nevill, earl of Salisbury’, Northern History, 11 (1976), 52–69 · Sainty, Judges · W. P. Baildon, ed., The records of the Honorable Society of Lincoln's Inn: admissions, 1 (1896)

Links

• http://www.multiwords.de/genealogy/strangeways.html

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Sir James STRANGEWAYS (ca.1415-1480)
of West Harlsey and Whorlton, Yorkshire. Speaker.

Son of Sir James Strangeways(q.v.) and Jane Orell. (H.P.p.820)

• Married 1 = (1431) Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Sir Philip Darcy(q.v.). (ibid. and Roskell p.238)

Children:

• Henry. (D.E.P.p.156)
• Eleanor = Edmund Mauleverer. (ibid.)
• James, William, Thomas, George(q.v.), Philip(q.v.). (D.V.Y. II p.308)
• Christopher, Robert, Henry. (ibid.)
• 2 = Anne, daughter of Robert Conyers of Ormesby(q.v.). (H.P.p.820)

Children:

• Richard = daughter of William Neville, Earl of Kent. (Roskell p.273)
• John(q.v.), Sir Richard(q.v.). (H.P.p.820)
• Margaret = Sir Richard Welles(q.v.). (ibid.)
• Elizabeth = Marmaduke Clervaux(q.v.). (ibid.p.273)

[N.B. Roskell p.272 has 2 = 2 Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Eure of Bradley, County Durham, and widow of Sir William Bulmer of Wilton near Redcar.]

Timeline

• 1431 He and Elizabeth were married. (H.P.p.820)
• 16 Jul. 1443 On a commission of the peace for the North Riding. (C.P.R.1441-6 p.481)
• 1444 Executor of the Will of Robert Strangeways. (H.P.p.820)
• 1444/5 Knighted. (ibid.)
• 4 Nov.1445 Sheriff of Yorkshire. (C.F.R.1445-52 p.9)
• 17 Nov.1446 He and his wife were pardoned. (H.P.p.820)
• 28 Jan. 1448 Keeper of land in Boltby, Yorkshire. (C.F.R.1445-52 p.85)
• 1449 M.P.Yorkshire. (H.P.p.680)
• An Elector for Yorkshire. (ibid.)
• On a commission to prolong the truce with Scotland. (ibid.)
• 1 Aug. Distributor of an allowance on a tax in the three Ridings.
• (C.F.R.1445-52 p.122)
• 8 Aug.1450 Commissioner of a tax in the North Riding. (ibid. p.169)
• One of those appointed to receive loans and pay the soldiers, mariners and
• Others defending the realm. (C.P.R.1446-52 p.377)
• 27 Jan. 1451 Keeper of the manor of Lauarton, Yorkshire. (C.F.R.1445-52 p.188)
• Apr. On a commission to prolong the truce with Scotland. (H.P.p.680)
• Jun. 1452 Directed to take the homage of the Earl of Douglas. (ibid.)
• 16 Nov. Pardoned. (ibid.)
• 23 Nov. Sheriff of Yorkshire. (C.F.R.1452-61 p.16)
• 26 Jul. 1453 On a commission to investigate by the customers, controllers and troners in
• Newcastle. (C.P.R.1452-61 p.123)
• 26 Sep. On a commission to investigate an attack on a Prussian ship sailing from
• Danzig to Hull. (ibid.p.174)
• 29 Sep.1454 On a commission to take all subjects of the North Riding to march against
• certain persons of Lancashire who had been spoiling and plundering and
• destroying the political regime. (ibid.pp.219-20)
• 1455 An Elector for Yorkshire. (H.P.p.820)
• 9 Jun. On a commission of the peace for the North Riding. (ibid.p.683)
• Oct. Pardoned. (H.P.p.820)
• 3 Mar.1456 He and Elizabeth were licensed for the alienation in mortmain of the advowson
• of Beghton Church to the Prior and Convent of the house of the Assumption
• of St.Mary the Virgin, Montgrace, Yorkshire. (C.P.R.1452-61 p.277)
• 2 Mar.1457 On a commission of the peace for the North Riding. (ibid.p.683)
• Jun. Again keeping the truce with Scotland. (H.P.p.820)
• 17 Dec. On a commission to assign how many archers each part of Yorkshire should
• supply. (C.P.R.1452-61 p.408)
• 6 Jan. 1458 Appointed a justice to deliver York Castle gaol. (ibid.p.411)
• 5 Apr. On a commission of the peace for the North Riding. (ibid.p.683)
• 24 Nov. On a commission of the peace for the East Riding. (ibid.p.682)
• 24 Feb.1459 On a commission of the peace for the North Riding. (ibid.p.683)
• Jul. Negotiated with King of Scots. (H.P.p.820)
• 7 Mar.1460 On a commission of the peace for the North Riding. (C.P.R.1452-61 p.683)
• 23 Aug. On a commission of the peace for the North Riding. (ibid.p.683)
• 24 Aug. On a commission to arrest certain men. (ibid. p.608)
• 26 Aug. On a commission to arrest and imprison all oppressors, plunderers and
• slayers in York and Yorkshire. (ibid.p.610)
• 8 Dec. On a commission of oyer and terminer for Northamptonshire, Leicestershire,
• Warwickshire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Yorkshire,
• Northumberland, Cumberland, Westmoreland, York, Lincoln, Hull,
• Nottingham and Newcastle. (ibid.pp.652-3)
• 30 Dec. Fought at Wakefield. (H.P.p.820)
• 1460-1 M.P.Yorkshire. (ibid.)
• 10 May1461 On a commission of oyer and terminer for York to investigate offences
• committed by John Morton, clerk. (C.P.R.1461-67 p.30)
• On commissions of array for the North and West Ridings.
• (ibid.pp.576 and 577)
• 28 May On commissions of the peace for the North Riding and the West Riding.
• (ibid.pp.576 and 577)
• 15 Jul. On a commission of the peace for the West Riding. (ibid.p.577)
• 1 Nov. On a commission of the peace for the North Riding. (ibid.p.576)
• 5 Nov. Elected Speaker. (H.P.p.820)
• 13 Nov. On a commission to array for Yorkshire. (ibid.p.66)
• 1461-2 M.P.Yorkshire. (H.P.p.820)
• 4 Feb.1462 On a commission to arrest Richard Gaitford and his adherents.
• (C.P.R.1461-67 p.102)
• 20 Sep. Pardoned. (H.P.p.820)
• 18 Oct. On a commission of the peace for the West Riding. (C.P.R.1461-67 p.577)
• 21 Nov. On a commission of oyer and terminer for Northumberland and
• Newcastle-upon-Tyne. (ibid. p.233)
• 12 Mar.1463 He headed a commission to determine whether Joan, Countess of Kent, was
• an idiot and incapable of managing her possessions. (ibid.p.277)
• 7 Apr. On a commission to arrest Humphrey Neville. (ibid.p.279)
• 3 Jun. He and Montagu(q.v.) were commissioned to pardon Humphrey
• Neville. (ibid.)
• 18 Jun. He was paid £83 6s 8d for his services as Speaker. (H.P.p.820)
• 1464 Twice sent as Ambassador to Scotland. (ibid.)
• 30 Jun. On a commission of the peace for the North Riding. (C.P.R.1461-67 p.576)
• 8 Jul. On a commission of the peace for the West Riding. (ibid.p.577)
• Feb.1465 Warwick appointed him as his Deputy Steward in the lordship of Pickering.
• (C.F.R.1452-61 p.364)
• 1 Feb. On a commission of the peace for the West Riding. (ibid.p.577)
• 18 Nov. On a commission of the peace for the North Riding. (C.P.R.1461-67 p.576)
• 1466 He and his son, Sir Richard, negotiated the truce with the Scots at Newcastle.
• (H.P.p.820)
• 5 Jan. On a commission of the peace for the West Riding. (C.P.R.1461-67 p.577)
• 28 Jun. On a commission of the peace for the North Riding. (ibid.p.576)
• 8 Feb.1467 On a commission of the peace for the North Riding. (ibid.p.576)
• 20 Feb. On a commission of oyer and terminer for Yorkshire and York.(ibid.p.530)
• 8 May On a commission of the peace for the West Riding. (C.P.R.1467-77 p.638)
• 27 Jun. On a commission of the peace for the West Riding. (ibid.p.638)
• 10 Oct. One of those commissioned to arrest John Slyngesby. (ibid. p.55)
• 17 Oct. On a commission of the peace for the West Riding. (ibid.p.638)
• 6 Jun. 1468 On a commission to enquire into the supplication of Sir John Salvan(q.v.)
• regarding seisin of the manor of Doncaster. (ibid.p.102)
• 8 Jun. On a commission of the peace for the West Riding. (ibid.p.638)
• 16 Jul. On a commission of the peace for the North Riding. (ibid.p.637)
• 5 Nov. Sheriff of Yorkshire. (C.F.R.1461-71 p.222)
• 2 Mar.1470 On commissions of array for York and the North Riding.
• (C.P.R.1467-77 p.200)
• 25 Feb.1472 On a commission of the peace for the North Riding. (ibid.p.637)
• 7 Mar. On a commission of array for the North Riding. (ibid.p.349)
• 20 Aug. He paid £10 to John Berwick(ibid.) as part of his payment for the farm
• etc. of Skelton in Cleveland.
• (Yorkshire Deeds vol.VIII p.120)
• 18 Aug.1473 On a commission to enquire into money due to the Crown in the North Riding
• which had not been fully paid for a long time.
• (C.P.R.1467-77p.408)
• 10 Nov.1475 On a commission of the peace for the North Riding. (ibid.p.637)
• 14 Feb.1476 On a commission of the peace for the North Riding. (ibid.p.637)
• 20 Feb.1477 On a commission of the peace for the North Riding. (ibid.p.637)
• 20 Aug.1480 He died shortly before this date. (H.P.p.820)

14 July 2013

Sir James Strangeways (died ca. 1480) was Speaker of the House of Commons of England between 1461–1462.[1] Life

He was the son of Sir James Strangeways of Whorlton, Yorkshire appointed judge of the common pleas in 1426 [2] by his wife Joan, daughter of Nicholas Orrell.

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 was appointed High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1446, 1453, and 1469 and was returned for the county to the parliaments of 1449 and 1460.

He was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons in the first parliament of Edward IV, which met in November 1461. For the first time in English history the speaker addressed the king, immediately after his presentation and allowance, in a long speech reviewing the state of affairs and recapitulating the history of the civil war. The parliament transacted hardly any business other than numerous acts of attainder against Lancastrians. It was prorogued to 6 May 1462, and then dissolved. Strangeways then served on various commissions for the defence of the kingdom and suppression of rebellions, and sat regularly on the commissions of the peace for the North and West Ridings of Yorkshire.

He died in 1480 (or 1516[3]), and was buried in the abbey church of St. Mary Overy's, Southwark. He had married twice; firstly Elizabeth Darcy, (daughter of Sir Philip Darcy, 6th Baron Darcy of Knayth), with whom he had at least 11 children [4] including Robert Strangeways [5] whose daughter, Joan Strangeways, married Christopher Boynton, son of Sir Christopher Boynton (d.1452) of Sedbury [6] (buried at St Mary's Church, South Cowton). Christopher Boynton's descendant, John Boynton (1614-1670), 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.[7][8][9] James Strangeways married secondly Elizabeth Eure.[5]

His grandson, also Sir James Strangeways and often confused with his grandfather, was also High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1492 and 1508. References

Department of Information Services (9 July 2009). "Speakers of the House of Commons" (PDF). SN/PC/04637. Retrieved 5 April 2013. Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; National Archives; CP 40/717; Year 1440; http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT1/H6/CP40no717/bCP40no717dorses/IMG_1902...; 4th entry as defendant against John Fastolf, knight

"Strangeways, James". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. Lock, Julian. "Strangways, Sir James". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/26642. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) Richardson, Douglas (2011). Magna Carta ancestry : a study in colonial and medieval families, Vol IV (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City, UT.: Douglas Richardson. p. 128. ISBN 9781460992708. Richardson, Douglas (2011). Magna Carta ancestry : a study in colonial and medieval families, Vol IV (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City, UT.: Douglas Richardson. p. 189. ISBN 9781460992708. Boynton, John Farnham (1899). The Boynton Family: A Genealogy of the Descendants of William and John Boynton. Brigham Young University. p. XII. ISBN 9781172171606.US Library of Congress catalog "John of London Passenger List". 1638. Curfman, MA, FAS/hc, FSO, Robert Joseph (1983). "The Yorkshire Background of the Boyntons of Rowley". The Colonial Genealogist. Numbers 3-4 XI (41): 85–91.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Strangeways

James Strangeways was Speaker of the British House of Commons from 1461 to 1462.

Lock, Julian. “Strangways, Sir James (c.1410–1480).” Julian LockOxford Dictionary of National Biography. Online ed. Ed. Lawrence Goldman. Oxford: OUP, . 27 Nov. 2012 <http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/26642>.

Strangways, Sir James (c.1410–1480), administrator and speaker of the House of Commons, was the son of James Strangways (d. 1443) of West Harlsey in the North Riding of Yorkshire, a lawyer who became a puisne justice of common pleas, and his wife, Joan Orell. The younger Strangways had by 1431 made an advantageous marriage to Elizabeth (1417–c.1460), daughter of Philip Darcy and his wife, Eleanor, daughter of Henry Fitzhugh, third Baron Fitzhugh; she was the granddaughter of John, Lord Darcy of Knaith, and was connected with a number of the leading families of north-east England. As well as lands in several counties she brought her husband antiquated financial claims upon the crown, which her husband would devote much time to attempting to realize. It is unlikely that the younger James was the Strangways who entered Lincoln's Inn in 1444. Instead he appears to have depended for advancement upon the patronage of Richard Neville, earl of Salisbury (d. 1460), by whom he was retained and whom he served as an executor. Following a number of local posts Strangways became sheriff of Yorkshire in 1445–6; by now he had been knighted. In 1449 he was elected to parliament as a knight of the shire for Yorkshire. Through his marriage he acquired substantial properties in Northumberland, which doubtless explains why later in the same year he was among the commissioners appointed to treat for a truce with Scotland, and was then made a conservator of that truce—many similar commissions were to follow. ....

... Strangways died shortly before 20 August 1480. His first wife had died about 1460, and between 1463 and 1468 he had married Elizabeth Bulmer, née Eure, who died in March 1482. His eldest son and heir, Sir Richard Strangways, who died in 1488, married Elizabeth, daughter of William Neville, earl of Kent (d. 1463); their son James Strangways, who was sheriff of Yorkshire in 1492–3 and 1508–9, has sometimes been confused with his grandfather.

Julian Lock

Sources

J. S. Roskell, ‘Sir James Strangeways of West Harlsey and Whorlton’, Yorkshire Archaeological Journal, 39 (1956–8), 455–82; repr. in Parliament and politics in late medieval England, 2 (1981) · J. S. Roskell, The Commons and their speakers in English parliaments, 1376–1523 (1965) · R. A. Griffiths, The reign of King Henry VI: the exercise of royal authority, 1422–1461 (1981) · CPR, 1232–1509 · A. J. Pollard, ‘The northern retainers of Richard Nevill, earl of Salisbury’, Northern History, 11 (1976), 52–69 · Sainty, Judges · W. P. Baildon, ed., The records of the Honorable Society of Lincoln's Inn: admissions, 1 (1896)

http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/STRANGEWAYS.htm#James%20STRANGEWAYS%20...

James STRANGEWAYS (Sir Knight)

Born: ABT 1415, Harlsey Castle, Osmotherley, York, England / Bryn And Kingsley, Cheshire, England

Died: 20 Aug 1480

Notes: Speaker of the House of Commons.

Father: James STRANGEWAYS (Sir Knight)

Mother: Joan ORRELL

Married 1: Elizabeth DARCY 20 Nov 1431

Children:

1. Margery STRANGEWAYS (B. Willoughby)

2. Richard STRANGEWAYS (Sir Knight)

3. James STRANGEWAYS of Smeton

4. William STRANGEWAYS

5. Robert STRANGEWAYS

6. Eleanor STRANGEWAYS

7. Phillip STRANGEWAYS

8. Joan STRANGEWAYS

9. Thomas STRANGEWAYS

10. Christopher STRANGEWAYS

11. Henry STRANGEWAYS

12. John STRANGEWAYS

13. Stephen STRANGEWAYS

14. Elizabeth STRANGEWAYS

15. George STRANGEWAYS

Married 2: Elizabeth EURE AFT Nov 1461

Children:

16. Felicia STRANGEWAYS

17. Ralph STRANGEWAYS

18. Edward STRANGEWAYS

https://wikivisually.com/wiki/James_Strangeways

He was buried in the abbey church of St. Mary Overy's, Southwark.

Origins

Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions, Parts 5-7. p. 308
https://cybergata.com/roots/2164.htm

Sir James Strangways (son of Henry Strangways), Knt., Sergeant at Law 3 Feb 1411, Judge of Common Pleas 7 Feb 1426 [Foss' Judges]; married Joan, daughter of Nicholas Orrell. They had issue:

1. Sir James
2. Margaret, married Thomas, son and heir of Sir Thomas Surtees, living a window 25 Apr 1443 [Surtees' Durham, iii, 235]
3. Elizabeth, married Sir Thomas Monfort, Knt.
4. Isabel, married Sir Peter Gerard, Knt.
5. Katherine, married William Richmond or Romonby [Flower]
6. Maude, married Ralph Stanly [Flower]

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References

1. Sir William Dugdale, Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions, Parts 5-7, William Pollard & Co. Ltd., The Printing Works, 1901, Page 308. < GoogleBooks >
2. https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/ss4tz/strangeways01.php Henry Stranguyshe 1. Sir James Stranguyshe or Strangwish (judge) shown by Commoners (vol 1, p136) as a younger son m. Jone Orrell (dau of Nicholas Orrell or Orells) ...
3. Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees by SmartCopy: Aug 15 2015, 13:46:26 UTC
4. https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/ss4tz/strangeways01.php Henry Stranguyshe 1. Sir James Stranguyshe or Strangwish (judge) shown by Commoners (vol 1, p136) as a younger son m. Jone Orrell (dau of Nicholas Orrell or Orells) ...
5. "Pedigree of Strangeways of Harlsey" (document attached) Sir James Strangways Knt = Joan Orrell ...
6. Strangeways pedigree in Fosters