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'''Sir John Langstrother ''' (died 1471) was [[Treasurer of England]],<ref name=" Helen J. Nicholson ">{{cite book |first=Helen J. |last=Nicholson | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=oGppfVJMKjsC&pg=PA113 | title = The Knights Hospitaller | publisher = Boydell & Brewer |year=2001 |ISBN=0-85115-845-5}}</ref> [[Prior (ecclesiastical)|prior]] of the [[Knights Hospitaller|Knights of St John]] in England,<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |first=R.A. |last=Griffiths |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/16996 | orig-year=2004 |date=2008 |encyclopedia=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography }}</ref> and Preceptor of Balsall.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=36505 |title=Houses of Knights Hospitaller: Preceptory of Balsall and Grafton |editor-first=William |editor-last=Page |publisher=Institute of Historical Research |date=1908 |work=A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 2 |access-date=16 December 2011 }}</ref>

A son of Thomas Langstrother of Crosswaite, he was by 1463 a councillor of the Yorkist king [[Edward IV of England|Edward IV]]. He was an administrator of the Knights of St John of Jerusalem and on 9 March 1469 was unanimously chosen as Prior of England, the Order's chief officer in the kingdom. Following the defeat of Edward's supporters by the [[Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick|Earl of Warwick]] on 26 July 1469 at the [[Battle of Edgecote Moor]] he was appointed [[Lord High Treasurer]] by the short-lived regime of the [[George, Duke of Clarence|Duke of Clarence]] and Warwick, but was dismissed by Edward when he regained power in mid-September. He was reinstated in October 1470 as Treasurer and [[Warden of the Mint]] after the temporary re-accession of [[Henry VI of England|Henry VI]], who had been restored with the help of Clarence and Warwick. Langstrother's tenures as Lord High Treasurer and Warden of the Mint occurred during the [[Great Bullion Famine]] and the [[Great Slump (15th century)|Great Slump in England]].

After the Yorkist victory at the [[Battle of Tewkesbury]] on 4 May 1471, where he had shared command of the Lancastrian centre, he sought [[sanctuary]] in [[Tewkesbury Abbey]] but was taken out and executed in Tewkesbury town centre two days later.<ref name=" Helen J. Nicholson "/><ref>{{cite book |first=John A. |last=Wagner |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ubXnWRMt6uoC&pg=PA144 |title=Encyclopedia of the Wars of the Roses |publisher=ABC-CLIO |date=2001 |ISBN=1-85109-358-3 |page=144}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |first=Gregory |last=O'Malley |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UrpInRZYl3gC&pg=PA36 |title=The Knights Hospitaller of the English language, 1460-1565 |publisher=Oxford University Press |date=2005 |ISBN=0-19-925379-X}}</ref> He was buried in the Order's hospital of St John at [[Clerkenwell]].


'''John Langstrother ''' was a royal treasurer, <ref name=" Helen J. Nicholson "> Helen J. Nicholson {{cite book | url =[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=oGppfVJMKjsC&pg=PA113&lpg=PA113&dq=john+langstrother&source=bl&ots=CHb-q8lv_C&sig=F3o-oi6OcQaYwBv0kxlT-02EBBE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=SnTrTq7hH8uT8gO5m4ntCQ&sqi=2&ved=0CEkQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=john%20langstrother&f=false books.google.co.uk]| title = ''The Knights Hospitaller'' | publisher = Boydell & Brewer, 2001 ISBN 0851158455| accessdate = 2011-12-16}}</ref> a [[prior]] and administrator of [[Knights Hospitaller | St Johns of Jerusalem]] in England,<ref>R. A. Griffiths [http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/16/101016996/ oxforddnb.com] 16:25 first published 2004; online edn, Jan 2008, 487 words [Retrieved 2011-12-16]</ref> and about the year 1470 was appointed Preceptor of Balsall <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=36505 |title=Houses of Knights Hospitaller: Preceptory of Balsall and Grafton |author=William Page (editor) |publisher=Institute of Historical Research |date=1908 |work=A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 2 |accessdate=16 December 2011 }}</ref> A son of Thomas Langstrother of Crosswaite, he supported the House of Lancaster during the War Of the Roses and to this end he was executed sometime after 1471. <ref name=" Helen J. Nicholson "/><ref> John A. Wagner [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ubXnWRMt6uoC&pg=PA144&lpg=PA144&dq=John+Langstrother&source=bl&ots=9wMZ_E5-gx&sig=DWj_iqfsKxmq-wejbFvBmWsuLmU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=R3DrTr7DGcGN8gPv1sijCg&sqi=2&ved=0CEQQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=John%20Langstrother&f=false books.google.co.uk] ''Encyclopedia of the Wars of the Roses'' (367 pages) ABC-CLIO, 1 Jul 2001 ISBN 1851093583 [Retrieved 2011-12-16]</ref>
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==See also==
==See also==
*[[The Crusades]]
* [[The Crusades]]
*[[HM Treasury]]
* [[HM Treasury]]

== References ==
==References==
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*{{ODNBweb|id=16996|title=Langstrother [Longstrother], Sir John (d. 1471)|first=R.A.|last = Griffiths}}

==External links==
==External links==
Bedford, William Kirkpatrick Riland, 1826-1905; Holbeche, Richard, b.1850 [http://www.archive.org/details/orderofhospitalo00bedfuoft archive.org] ''The Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem; being a history of the English Hospitallers of St. John, their rise and progress'' (1902) London F.E. Robinson and co
*[[William Kirkpatrick Riland Bedford|Bedford, William Kirkpatrick Riland]], 1826–1905; Holbeche, Richard, b.1850 [https://archive.org/details/orderofhospitalo00bedfuoft archive.org] ''The Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem; being a history of the English Hospitallers of St. John, their rise and progress'' (1902) London F.E. Robinson and co

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Sir John Langstrother (died 1471) was Treasurer of England,[1] prior of the Knights of St John in England,[2] and Preceptor of Balsall.[3]

A son of Thomas Langstrother of Crosswaite, he was by 1463 a councillor of the Yorkist king Edward IV. He was an administrator of the Knights of St John of Jerusalem and on 9 March 1469 was unanimously chosen as Prior of England, the Order's chief officer in the kingdom. Following the defeat of Edward's supporters by the Earl of Warwick on 26 July 1469 at the Battle of Edgecote Moor he was appointed Lord High Treasurer by the short-lived regime of the Duke of Clarence and Warwick, but was dismissed by Edward when he regained power in mid-September. He was reinstated in October 1470 as Treasurer and Warden of the Mint after the temporary re-accession of Henry VI, who had been restored with the help of Clarence and Warwick. Langstrother's tenures as Lord High Treasurer and Warden of the Mint occurred during the Great Bullion Famine and the Great Slump in England.

After the Yorkist victory at the Battle of Tewkesbury on 4 May 1471, where he had shared command of the Lancastrian centre, he sought sanctuary in Tewkesbury Abbey but was taken out and executed in Tewkesbury town centre two days later.[1][4][5] He was buried in the Order's hospital of St John at Clerkenwell.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Nicholson, Helen J. (2001). The Knights Hospitaller. Boydell & Brewer. ISBN 0-85115-845-5.
  2. ^ Griffiths, R.A. (2008) [2004]. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/16996. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ Page, William, ed. (1908). "Houses of Knights Hospitaller: Preceptory of Balsall and Grafton". A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 2. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  4. ^ Wagner, John A. (2001). Encyclopedia of the Wars of the Roses. ABC-CLIO. p. 144. ISBN 1-85109-358-3.
  5. ^ O'Malley, Gregory (2005). The Knights Hospitaller of the English language, 1460-1565. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-925379-X.

External links[edit]

  • Bedford, William Kirkpatrick Riland, 1826–1905; Holbeche, Richard, b.1850 archive.org The Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem; being a history of the English Hospitallers of St. John, their rise and progress (1902) London F.E. Robinson and co
Political offices
Preceded by Lord High Treasurer
1469
Succeeded by
Preceded by Lord High Treasurer
1470–1471
Succeeded by