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NameSir James Strangways 
[60, Darcy art, Vol IV, p. 66 & 68], [54, His own article], [56, York of 1563-4, pub 1881 by Harleian, Strangeways, p. 299], [56, York of 1563-4, pub 1881 by Harleian, Darcy, p. 92]
[60, Darcy art, Vol IV, p. 66 & 68], [54, His own article], [56, York of 1563-4, pub 1881 by Harleian, Strangeways, p. 299], [56, York of 1563-4, pub 1881 by Harleian, Darcy, p. 92]Deathbef 20 Aug 1480
GeneralSpeaker of House of Commons. Of West Harlsey, Yorks.
FatherJames Strangways
MotherJone Orrell
Spouses
Notes for Sir James Strangways
m.(2) Elizabeth dau. of Robert Eure who had m.(1) Sir Wm Bulmer of Wilton, Yorks and they had Edward, Felicia m. Wm Aske and Ralph who d. young.
DNB has to have his death date wrong...
Is he the Sir Jas. Strangeways who had a dau. Elizabeth who m. Marmaduke Clervaux? Cf Collecteana Topographica et Genealogica, vol I, p. 310 et seq, Table IX? And vol II, p. 161.
Yes, according to the Yorks visitaiton of 1663-4, pp. 299-300.
DNB has to have his death date wrong...
Is he the Sir Jas. Strangeways who had a dau. Elizabeth who m. Marmaduke Clervaux? Cf Collecteana Topographica et Genealogica, vol I, p. 310 et seq, Table IX? And vol II, p. 161.
Yes, according to the Yorks visitaiton of 1663-4, pp. 299-300.
DNB Main notes for Sir James Strangways
Strangeways, Sir James d. 1516
Name: Strangeways, Sir James
Dates: d. 1516
Active Date: 1496
Gender: Male
Field of Interest: Politics, Government and Political Movements
Occupation: Speaker of the House of Commons
Place of
Burial: The abbey church of St. Mary Overy's, Southwark
Spouse: Elizabeth, daughter and coheiress of Philip, lord Darcy
Sources: Manning's Speakers of the House of Commons, pp...
Contributor: E. I. C. [Edward Irving Carlyle]
Article
Strangeways, Sir James d. 1516, speaker of the House of Commons, was the son of Sir James Strangeways of Whorlton, Yorkshire, by his wife Joan, daughter of Nicholas Orrell. The elder Sir James was appointed judge of the common pleas in 1426. The younger was high sheriff of Yorkshire in 1446, 1453, and 1469. He was returned for the county to the parliaments of 1449 and 1460, and, on account of his devotion to the house of York, 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 beyond numerous acts of attainder against various Lancastrians. It was prorogued to 6 May 1462, and then dissolved. He 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 (Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1461-7, passim). On 11 Dec. 1485, among other grants, Sir James received from Henry VII the manor of Dighton in Yorkshire, from which it would appear that he was one of those who early espoused the Tudor cause (Campbell, Materials for a History of the Reign of Henry VII, Rolls Ser., i. 212, 530). He was appointed a knight of the body by Henry VIII, and in 1514 was one of the sheriffs for Yorkshire. He seems to have received several fresh grants of land, but it is difficult to distinguish him from another James Strangeways, residing in Berkshire, who also enjoyed the royal favour (Brewer, Letters and Papers of Henry VIII, vols. i. and ii. indexes). Sir James died in 1516, and was buried in the abbey church of St. Mary Overy's, Southwark. His will was proved on 9 Jan. 1516-17 (ib. ii. 752, 1380). He married Elizabeth, daughter and coheiress of Philip, lord Darcy, by whom he had seventeen children. His eldest son, Sir Richard Strangeways, died before him in 1488, and he was succeeded by his grandson, Sir James Strangeways.
Sources
Manning's Speakers of the House of Commons, pp. 112-16; Stubbs's Constitutional History of England, iii. 195; Foster's Yorkshire Pedigrees, vol. ii.; Burke's Landed Gentry, 6th edit.; Members of Parliament, i. 340, 356, App. p. xxiv; Journals of the House of Lords, i. 253, 259, 263.
Contributor: E. I. C.
published 1898
Name: Strangeways, Sir James
Dates: d. 1516
Active Date: 1496
Gender: Male
Field of Interest: Politics, Government and Political Movements
Occupation: Speaker of the House of Commons
Place of
Burial: The abbey church of St. Mary Overy's, Southwark
Spouse: Elizabeth, daughter and coheiress of Philip, lord Darcy
Sources: Manning's Speakers of the House of Commons, pp...
Contributor: E. I. C. [Edward Irving Carlyle]
Article
Strangeways, Sir James d. 1516, speaker of the House of Commons, was the son of Sir James Strangeways of Whorlton, Yorkshire, by his wife Joan, daughter of Nicholas Orrell. The elder Sir James was appointed judge of the common pleas in 1426. The younger was high sheriff of Yorkshire in 1446, 1453, and 1469. He was returned for the county to the parliaments of 1449 and 1460, and, on account of his devotion to the house of York, 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 beyond numerous acts of attainder against various Lancastrians. It was prorogued to 6 May 1462, and then dissolved. He 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 (Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1461-7, passim). On 11 Dec. 1485, among other grants, Sir James received from Henry VII the manor of Dighton in Yorkshire, from which it would appear that he was one of those who early espoused the Tudor cause (Campbell, Materials for a History of the Reign of Henry VII, Rolls Ser., i. 212, 530). He was appointed a knight of the body by Henry VIII, and in 1514 was one of the sheriffs for Yorkshire. He seems to have received several fresh grants of land, but it is difficult to distinguish him from another James Strangeways, residing in Berkshire, who also enjoyed the royal favour (Brewer, Letters and Papers of Henry VIII, vols. i. and ii. indexes). Sir James died in 1516, and was buried in the abbey church of St. Mary Overy's, Southwark. His will was proved on 9 Jan. 1516-17 (ib. ii. 752, 1380). He married Elizabeth, daughter and coheiress of Philip, lord Darcy, by whom he had seventeen children. His eldest son, Sir Richard Strangeways, died before him in 1488, and he was succeeded by his grandson, Sir James Strangeways.
Sources
Manning's Speakers of the House of Commons, pp. 112-16; Stubbs's Constitutional History of England, iii. 195; Foster's Yorkshire Pedigrees, vol. ii.; Burke's Landed Gentry, 6th edit.; Members of Parliament, i. 340, 356, App. p. xxiv; Journals of the House of Lords, i. 253, 259, 263.
Contributor: E. I. C.
published 1898