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From: (Reedpcgen)
Subject: Re: Strode, Thomas, of Stoke sub Hamdon, Somerset - d 1595
Date: 10 Jun 2003 00:25:55 GMT
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I don't have specific evidence of the parentage of Thomas Strode, esquire, of
Stoke-sub-Hamdon, Somerset (d. 1595), possibly born about 1540, but you are
probably aware of the likely association with the Strode family of Dorset,
which had a branch bearing the name Thomas in Somerset. It is also interesting
that this Thomas's daughter Elizabeth married Richard Pheilps, esquire, of
Corfe, Mullen, Dorset.

Thomas Strode, of Shepton Mallet, Somerset, died leaving two sons, John and
Edward Strode. Edward's widow Alice Whiting left a will in 1593, which would
seem to place this family at roughly the same period. There was an Edward
Stroude, the elder, of Shepton Mallet, Somerset, who left a will in 1555, PCC
F. 41 More, but I have not checked it. Perhaps more interesting would be the
will of Thomas Strowde, esquire, of Butley, Somerset, in 1544, PCC F. 24
Pynnyng.

Collinson's Somerset, under West-Cranmore, extends this ancestry of Thomas of
Shepton Mallet:

1. Warine de la Strode, of Strode, Dorset, who as supposed to come with the
Conqueror out of Bretange, was father of

2. Sir William Strode, of Strode.

3. Hugh de Strode, liv. 8 Hen. I.

4. Sir John Strode, of Strode.

5. Sir Hugh de Strode.

6. Henry de Strode, m. Maud Fichett Beapre.

7. Hugh Strode m. Beatrice, d. and coh. of Sir John de Button, by Hawise d. and
coh. of Sir Matthew de Furneaux.

8. Henry de Strode m. Elizabeth Brent, d. and h. of John Brent.

9. Richard Strode, m. (1) Margaret, d. and h. of John Gerard, esquire.

10. William de Strode m. Alice, d. and h. of Roger de Ledred, of Somerton,
Somerset. [There was a William Strode, the elder, esquire, of Somerton,
Somerset, who left a will PCC 1500, 6 Moone, and Alice Strowde, of Somerton,
who left a will in 1514, PCC 30 Holder, but I haven't checked these wills.]

11. John Strode, 2nd son, of Shepton Mallet, Somerset, m. Joan Okle, d. of
John.

12. Walter Strode, of Shepton Mallet.

13. Thomas Strode, the father of John and Edward (above).

The arms of this family were Ermine, on a canton sable, a crescent, argent.
Importantly, the SAME arms are given to Strode of Stoke-under-Hambden,
Somerset, in Burke's Armory ["impalement Fun. Ent. Ulster's Office, 1622,
Henry, Lord Folliott, whose wife was Anne, dau. of Sir William Strode, Knt., of
Stoke."].

This would seem to correspond to the Funeral Entry of Sir Henry Folliott, Lord
Ballyshannon, bur. 1622, MS 64-79, Funeral ENtries, Voo. 5, 17 (FHL film
#100,161), which I haven't checked.

CP merely says of Henry's wife, "He m., before 1613, Anne, da. of Sir William
Strode, of Stoke-under-Hampden, Somerset. He d. 10 Nov. 1622, aged about 53.
His widow m., before 1627, Robert (Dillon), 2nd Earl of Roscommon [I.], who d.
27 Aug. 1642. Her will was pr. 1652 in the Prerog. Ct. [I.]."

Given that Henry Folliott was b. about 1571, and his heir by Anne was b. 1613,
she may have been born about 1570-90 (probably closer to the latter date),
making her father "Sir WIlliam Strode" of Thomas's generation, though Thomas
had a daughter Ann bp. at Stoke sub Hamdon 28 May 1582.

If Sir William Strode here was the man of Shepton-Malet who died in 1592, son
of Edward Strode by Alice Whiting, one wonders shy Stoke sub Hamdon is given in
CP instead of Shepton Mallet. However, Collinson does not indicate that
William Strode had a daughter named Anne, though sons and two other daughters
are listed. There is an account of this Shepton Strode family in Somerset
Archaeological Society, v. 30, but it only has charts from Edward and john
down, not prior to their generation, if my memory is correct.

Collinson indicates there is a later Strode MI at Stoke, but did not give the
arms.

Paul

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