Edward Stradling (nobleman, † around 1394)
Sir Edward Stradling († around 1394) was an English nobleman.
Edward Stradling came from the Stradling family . He was the eldest son of his father Edward Stradling and his wife Ellen Strongbow . In 1339 he is mentioned as a merchant in Bristol . After his father's death around 1363, he inherited his estates in Glamorgan and south-west England and paid homage to his liege lord for his estate, Combe Hawey in Somerset . While his father had lived at least temporarily on his southern English estates, Stradling lived mainly in St Donat's Castle in Welsh . From 1366 to 1367 and from 1369 to 1370 he served as the sheriff of Glamorgan. Little is known about his later life; he was still alive in early 1394.
Stradling had married Gwenllian Berkerolles , a sister of his neighbor Sir Lawrence Berkerolles from Glamorgan. She brought the two estates of St Athan and Merthyr Mawr into the marriage as dowry in the Coity domain . A younger brother of his married Sarah Berkerolles , a sister of his wife. At his death, Stradling had an annual income of £ 20 from his estates at St Donat’s alone . His heir was his son Sir William Stradling († before 1407).
Web links
- Jones, ED: STRADLING family of Glamorganshire . In: Dictionary of Welsh Biography
- RA Griffiths: Stradling, Sir Edward (dc 1394). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004
- Sir Edward Stradling on thepeerage.com , accessed on May 14, 2020. Year of death and indication as MP incorrect
Individual evidence
- ^ Ralph A. Griffiths: The rise of the Stradlings of St Donat's . In: Morgannwg , 7 (1963), p. 21.
- ^ Ralph A. Griffiths: The rise of the Stradlings of St Donat's . In: Morgannwg , 7 (1963), p. 20.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stradling, Edward |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stradling, Sir Edward |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English nobleman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 13th century or 14th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1394 |