Edward Stradling (nobleman, 1389)

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Sir Edward Stradling (* 1389 ; † May 3, 1453 ) was an English nobleman who held numerous offices in the first half of the 15th century in south Wales and south-west England.

origin

Edward Stradling came from the English Stradling family . He was the eldest son of Sir William Stradling and his wife Isabel St Barbe . His father likely died before February 1307, after which Edward inherited his estates in south Wales and south west England. After the childless death of Lawrence Berkerolles , the brother of his grandmother Gwenllian , he inherited part of his property in Glamorgan .

Advancement in the service of Cardinal Beaufort

Stradling took part in the retinue of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester in 1415 in the French campaign of King Henry V and in the battle of Azincourt . However, he later switched to the service of Gloucester's political rival Henry Beaufort , the Bishop of Winchester. Around 1423 he married his illegitimate daughter Jane . This connection enabled Stradling's further rise. In 1424 Stradling served as sheriff of Somerset and Dorset , where he owned land himself. In addition, he served several times as a justice of the peace in Somerset over the next few years . In 1434 Beaufort appointed him in command of his Taunton Castle . Through these offices, Stradling's influence in south-west England increased, but he was also able to expand his position in south Wales. As early as December 1423 he had received the lucrative office of Chamberlain of South Wales through Beaufort's influence . As Chamberlain he often had to represent the Justiciar Humphrey Stafford , who fought in France or was at the royal court. Stradling was a member of several judicial commissions, and at least once in 1431 he led major negotiations in Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire . In 1424 he became administrator of Cantref Selyf , Alexanderston and Pencelli , in addition he took over other offices in South Wales. Several times he was allowed to take over lucrative minority administrations of properties, including in March 1426 for the Welsh possessions of the Earl of March . In July 1438 he was briefly sheriff of Carmarthenshire. For Edmund Beaufort , who is related to his wife , he served from 1433 to 1435 as administrator of Kidwelly and 1433 of Monmouth and the three castles Skenfrith , Grosmont and White Castle . In March 1437 he gave up his office as Chamberlain, but in 1439 he belonged to a commission that should examine the activities of his successor Sir Ralph Botiller .

Economic activity, pilgrimage and death

Stradling ruthlessly exploited the power and influence he held in his offices to his advantage. In 1420 he had bought properties in Somerset, other properties in Somerset and Wales he was able to take against the claims of the rightful heirs. In 1449 his career suffered a severe setback when a merchant ship of his was captured by pirates from Brittany in the Bristol Channel . On the ship were Stradling's eldest son and his family who had been on their way from Somerset to the family seat of St Donat's Castle . The cargo on the ship alone was worth 300 marks , and in order to raise the ransom of 1,000 marks for his family, Stradling had to sell parts of the Berkerolle estate in Wales and his townhouse in Newport . Nevertheless, in 1451, 600 marks of the ransom had not been paid. In order to raise the missing sum, he received 1451 tariff reductions for the export of wool worth 1000 marks to Brittany. As an old man, like his father, he went on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem , where he was made Knight of the Holy Sepulcher . He probably died in Jerusalem.

Marriage and offspring

From his marriage to Jane Beaufort, Stradlings had at least three sons:

  • Sir Henry Stradling (1423-1476)
  • John Stradling († after 1454), Archdeacon of Llandaff
  • David Stradling

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ GL Harriss: Cardinal Beaufort. A study of the Lancastrian ascendancy and decline . Clarendon, Oxford 1969, ISBN 0-19-820135-4 , p. 145.
  2. ^ GL Harriss: Cardinal Beaufort. A study of the Lancastrian ascendancy and decline . Clarendon, Oxford 1969, ISBN 0-19-820135-4 , p. 271.
  3. ^ Ralph A. Griffiths: The rise of the Stradlings of St Donat's . In: Morgannwg , 7 (1963), p. 23.
  4. ^ Ralph A. Griffiths: The rise of the Stradlings of St Donat's . In: Morgannwg , 7 (1963), p. 25.
  5. ^ Ralph A. Griffiths: The rise of the Stradlings of St Donat's . In: Morgannwg , 7 (1963), p. 26.
  6. ↑ Kathryn Hurlock: Medieval Welsh pilgrimage, c.1100-1500 . Palgrave Macmillan, 2018, ISBN 978-1-137-43099-1 , p. 116.
personal data
SURNAME Stradling, Edward
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stradling, Sir Edward
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH 1389
DATE OF DEATH May 3, 1453
Place of death unsure: Jerusalem