4211200. Archbishop John Stratford
~1275-80, John born in Stratford-on-Avon, Warwick, England,
s/o 8422400. Robert Stratford & 8422401.
Isabel ?.
3/25/1300, Pardon to Thomas Coleper … for non-appearance
before the justices of the Bench to answer 3 pleas of trespass of … Master John
de Stratford and … executors of the will of Master William de Monte Forti.
7/7/1307, Edward II succeeded Edward I as King of England.
2/20/1308, Commission … city of London, … church of All
Hallows Berkyngcherche, … John de Stratford, … .
By 1312, John received an Oxford Doctor of Laws. (S) The
Making of English History, Robert Schuyler, 1952, P141.
1/27/1313, John appeared before Riccardo Petroni, cardinal
deacon of St. Eustachius, as a proctor for Oxford university.
6/14/1314, Licence, … in Kersington … which … and John son
of John de Stratford were accustomed to render to the abbess for the tenements
which they hold from that house … .
1315, John appointed an advocate for bishop Walter Maidstone
of Worcester at the Court of Canterbury.
9/24/1316, Protection, with clause volumus, … nothing is to
be taken of their corn & … Master John de Stratford, parson of the church
of Kemeseye.
10/10/1316, Commission of oyer … touching the persons who
broke the close of Master John de Stratford, parson, of the church of Kemeseye,
at Kemeseye, co. Worchester, … .
1317, John summoned to attend royal councils at Clarendon.
5/22/1317, Mandate to the canon of the king’s free chapel of
the castle of Hastynges to assign a stall in the choir and a place in the
chapter to Master John de Stratford, king’s clerk, … prebend of Stone … .
6/11/1317, … Confirmation … grant … Adam [de Styvynton] made
of a moiety thereof to Master John de Stratford, king’s clerk, and to Robert
his brother … .
4/15/1318, Presentation of Master John de Stretford, clerk,
to the prebendal portion of Writelyng in the king’s free chapel of Hastynges,
in the diocese of Chichester, … .
9/29/1318, Grant by John de Kyngton of Stretford upon Avon
to Philip de Bobenhull' … of two windows of a certain 'shoppe' in the tenement
of the said John in Stratford for the sale of merchandise, between the tenement
of the said John and that of John Begelyn, lying in breadth 14 feet and
extending 5 feet from the highway. (S) UKNA.
2/29/1320, Grant to Master John de Stratford, clerk, of the
archdeaconry of Lincoln in the church of St. Mary … .
1320, John of the Parliament of Edward II. (S) Harleian MSS,
Pedigree No. 1543, of the Stratford
family, Co. of Gloucester, British Museum.
12/7/1321, Safe conduct for 1 year for Masters John de
Stratford, archdeacon of Lincoln, and … professors of civil law, … going beyond
the seas on the king’s affairs
7/21/1322, Master John de Stratford, archdeacon of Lincoln,
going on the king’s service and by his command beyond the seas … .
2/12/1323, Master John de Stratford, archdeacon of Lincoln,
staying beyond seas on the king’s service … letters nominting Master Robert de
Stratford … attorneys in England …
6/26/1323 at Avignon, John made Bishop of Winchester by Pope
John XXII (1316–1334); contrary to the wishes of King Edward II. The King
withheld John’s “temporalities” [benefits of his office] for over a year.
1323, John de Stratford was unable to return to England. The
Pope sent letters to Hugh le Despenser, Edmund FitzAlan, earl of Arundel, and the earl of Warren seeking support for his
bishop.
11/1323, John,
having returned to England, faced charges by the king at Nottingham.
1324, Hugh le Despenser required John pay a fine of £1000 as
the price of making peace with King Edward over his appointment as Bishop of
Winchester.
6/28/1324, Mandate … to restore the temporalities thereof to
Master John de Stratford, archdeacon of Lincoln, preferred to be bishop by J.
the Pope, … .
1/17/1325, John, Bishop of Winchester, recently returned
from France as envoy of King Edward II, made a plea with Hugh le Despenser in
favor of Queen Isbella being allowed to travel to France on a peace mission
[her brother being the French King]. He also brought with him a message from
King Charles IV – if King Edward would make his son, Prince Edward, the Duke of
Aquitane, and send him to France with his mother to pay homage, King Charles
would restore all the French lands he had recently captured.
3/31/1325 at Poissy, John, having accompanied the Queen to
France, was one of the papal legates charged with returning to England with a
peace treaty proposal for King Edward.
4/10/1325, John arrived back in England.
7/5/1325, John and other envoys sent back to France to
finalize the peace treaty.
8/1325, King Edward stayed at John’s manor of Surrey. (S)
Edward II, Warner, 2017, P195.
8/24/1325, King Edward again appointed John as an envoy to
King Charles [to change already agreed to arrangements for Edward to pay homage
to Charles for his lands in France.]
9/1/1325 in Paris, Queen Isabella met with John and others.
The next evening, the Queen met just with John at dinner and suggested that her
son, Prince Edward, be given all his father’s lands in France, and then the
Prince would be able to do the homage that King Edward was reticient to
perform. Together, the Queen and John took this suggestion to King Charles.
King Charles accepted this idea, and John was sent back to England to obtain
King Edward’s approval.
9/12/1325, John accompanied the Prince, now the Duke of
Aquitaine, and a number of lords and knights to France [arriving 9/14 in
Boulogne.] John had in his possession a safe conduct letter for the Queen from
King Edward commanding her to return “without delay” once the Prince had done
his homage.
11/1325, King Edward sent John an order to broach the
subject of Isabella and Prince Edward not returning to England with King
Charles. At this point Isabella said she would not return until the “intruder”
(Hugh le Despenser) between her and her husband had been removed. John arrived
back in England at the end of November, reporting this to the King.
2/5/1326, Queen Isabella, from France, wrote a letter to
John, Archbishop of Canterbury, saying that she had not left her husband
(Edward II) without a very great and justifiable cause.
9/16/1326, John founded chantry in the parish church of
Weststratford. (S) CPRs, 5/10/1328.
10/13/1326 at Lambeth, John the only Bishop willing to go to
Queen Isabella [who had launched a successful invasion from France] with a
proposal for a peace summit.
10/26/1326, The day Bristol was captured, Archbishop John
Stratford arrived at Bristol and joined a council of supporters in proposing an
alternative government under the rule of
Prince Edward as “Keeper of the Relm”.
11/6/1326, John named Lord Treasurer by Prince Edward.
11/14/1326, John arrived at Westminster in ‘a great crowd’
of Londoners and the mayor.
11/15/1326 at Guildhall, John swore to maintain the
liberties of London.
1/1327, John was sent by Parliament to deposed Edward II at
Kenilworth to persuade him to abdicate the crown in favor of his son [he
refused.]
1/13/1327, John preached a sermon at Westminster hall which
ended with a request of the masses to depose King Edward II in favor of his son
[he had rousing support.] The adopted Articles of Desposition were drawn up by
John.
1/20/1327, John one of 3 persons sent to Kenilworth to
formally depose the King. [Edward abdicated for the sake of his still minor
son.]
1/24/1327, Edward III, age 14, succeeded Edward II as King
of England.
2/1/1327 at Westminister, John participated in the
coronation of King Edward III. The next day he was appointed to the Regency
Council formed to advise the young King.
2/1327, John a member of a group dispatched by King Edward
III to make a peace agreement with Charles IV of France over the territories of
Gascony and Guyenne. [Attempting to get control of lands as designated in the
1259 treaty, it turned out to be not
very favorable to England.]
9/14/1328 at Guildhall in London, John came out in
opposition to Queen Isabella and her extravagences.
10/16/1328 at Salisbury, John appeared at Parliament as the
spokesman for the Earl of Lancaster [who was in opposition to the Queen and her
lover Roger Mortimer.] Leaving parliament, John learned that Mortimer was
plotting to have him killed. He sought refuge in the forest of Hampshire, and
with the nuns of Wilton Abbey.
11/1328, John and other bishops met with the Earls of Kent
and Norfolk, now opposing Queen Isabella. [Shortly afterwards Lancaster’s army
was defeated and the Queen was again unopposed.]
1330, John reconciled with King Edward III.
5/19/1330, Queen Isabella wrote to John, starting with
“Greetings and true love”, requesting money for Queen Philippa [wife of Edward
III] who was about to give birth.
11/28/1330, King Edward III made John, bishop of Winchester,
the Chancelor [aka “keeper of the Great Seal”.] (S) Handbook of English
Chronology, Roy, 1996, P86.
1331, John’s brother Robert named “Chancelor of Exchequer”.
[He held this position until 1334.]
9/1331, John Stratford (4211200) and William Montague
(30422278) and Henry de Beaumont (5910184) sent to France to organize a treaty
of marriage with King Philip. [Not successful.]
10/8/1331, John, bishop of Winchester, founded a chantry
which included services for the souls of his deceased parents.
1332, John, “the Treasurer and Court favourite”, attended
the first separate meeting of the Lords and Commons. (S) The Personal Story of
the Upper House, Kosmo Wilkinson, 1905, P7.
1/20/1332, John, Bishop of Winchester, granted a fair at
Hindon, Wiltshire. (S) Gaz. of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516.
4/12/1332, Grant to John de Stratford, bishop of Winchester,
… manor of Schaldeford, co. Surrey, to hold to him and his heirs for ever at
fee farm …
5/1332, John again sent to King Philip to arrange a marriage
treaty. [Unsuccessful.]
1/1333, John, attending a parliament at York which was
divided into 3 groups to debate the possible invasion of Scotland, versus of
offer of peace from the new king of Scotland, announced that the assembly could
not come to a general agreement.
11/26/1333, John named the Archbishop of Canterbury by papal
bull, replacing Simon Meopham.
6/1334 at Durham castle, John attended a feast of King
Edward [a porpoise was part of the meal.]
9/30/1334, Appointment of J. archbishop of Canterbury, … and
William de Clynton, knight, as proctors to treat in the king’s name with Philip, King of France,
… of all questions in dispute … realting to the duchy [of Aquitaine] … and full
power to them to compose the same.
10/9/1334, John enthroned as archbishop at Christ Church,
Canterbury. Hugh de Audeley acted as steward and butler for the heiresses of earl
Gilbert de Clare. Also attending were John de Warrene, earl of Surrey, and
Richard FitzAlan, earl of Arundel.
6/6/1335, John again named Chancellor. [Until 3/4/1337].
3/1336, at Stratford, co. Essex, Thomas, earl of Norfolk,
the marshal, the king’s uncle, quit-claimed to William de Bohun, his nephew of
all his right in the farm of 800£ … witnesses:- John, archbishop of Canterbury,
the chancellor, … (S) CPRs.
7/1336, John presided over a royal council held at
Northampton. [King Edward was in Scotland.]
1/1337 at Westminister in St Thomas’ Chapel, John presided
over the funeral of John of Eltham, brother of the King, who had been killed in
battle in Scotland.
3/18/1337, Licence for the alienation in mortmain by Master
John de Stratford, archbishop of Canterbury, … chapel of St. Thomas the Martyr,
… Stratford-on-Avon, co. Warwick. (S) CPRs.
3/24/1337, Robert, John’s brother, named Bishop of
Chichester and Chancellor. [He remained Bishop until his death at Allingbourn
on 4/9/1362.]
6/20/1338, John resigned from his position of Chancellor,
eventually accepting the Presidency of the Regency that would lead while the
King was abroad.
11/15/1338 in Antwerp, Appointment … to bring a peace
between the king and Philip de Valois, his kinsman, lf J. archbishop of
Canterbury, R. bishop of Durham, and H. bishop of Lincoln, William de Monte
Acuto, earl of Salisbury, Bartholomew de Burghassh and Geoffrey le Scrope,
knights, … the king’s envoys and proctors …
2/17/1339, … R. bishop of Chichester, vicar general of J.
archbishop of Canterbury, now in distant parts, …
4/9/1339, Acknowledgement of the king’s indebtedness to
Vivian le Rous, a Jew of Strasburgh, … 340,000 florins of Florence … sureties …
John, archbishop of Canterbury, … the earls of Derby, Northampton, Salisbury,
and Suffolk, and Sirs Henry de Ferrers, the chamberlain, … .
4/20/1340, Appointment of J. archbishop of Canterbury, and
William de Clynton, earl of Huntingdon, to supervise the collection of the said
ninth in the county of Kent.
5/28/1340, Appointment of William de Clynton, earl of
Huntingdon and J. archbishop of Canterbury to attend Edward, duke of Cornwall
and earl of Chester, [during the king’s absence beyond seas] and assist him
with council and aid.
12/1/1340, John again named Chancellor for a short time.
John had persuaded Edward to invade France. Edward was desperate for money to
finance the French war. Edward accused John of “malversation”. This led to the
establishment of the “Peerage” system in England. [See 1341.]
4/28/1341, John’s dispute with the King led to Parliament
siding with John. The special privileges of the peerage descend from an early
period, but it was the quarrel of Edward III with Archbishop Stratford in 1341
that first made the most valuable of them matters of record. In the course of
that dispute the lords recorded that “on no account should peers …be brought to
trial or lose their possessions, be arrested, imprisoned, outlawed or
forfeited, or be bound to answer or to judge, except in full Parliament and
before their peers.” John and Edward later reconciled, but John never again
received the Chancellor position.
10/1341, John convened a council of province at Canterbury.
10/23/1341, John and King Edward exchanged the kiss of peace
in the great hall at Westminster. John was also promised 5000 marks for
previous work performed for the king.
1344, John involved in King Edward III’s negotiations over
the crown of France. (S) The Hundred Years War, Sumpton, 1999, P443.
1342, John held “A synod of Bishops” at London where 29
constitutions were framed relating to reforms of the Ecclesiastical Courts. (S)
The Book of Church Law, Phillmore, 1876, P16.
7/15/1344, Letter from Edward III concerning Braunford. John
de Stratford was bishop of Norwich while Braunford was rector of East Wretham.
(S) UKNA.
5/20/1345, John, “archbp of Cantebury”, granted a market and
fair at Cliffe Hill, Sussex. (S) Gaz. of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales
to 1516. [On this day at Lambeth, John witnessed a ceremony of King Edward.]
7/1/1345, Appointment of the king’s son, Lionel, as Keeper
of the realm and the king’s lieutenant there, while the king is without the
realm. Commission to J. archbishop of Canterbury, … Henry, earl of Lancastre,
John de Warenna, earl of Surry, … to assist the said Lionel with counsel and
aid. (S) CPRs.
11/17/1346 at Otford.
John de Stratford, archbishop of Canterbury, to John de Offord,
chancellor: his advice on dealing with an appeal from Bayonne and with a
complaint against the men of Winchelsea. (S) UKNA.
2/25/1347, … petition … John de Pulteneye … manors of Ditton
Camoys, co. Cambridge, … expectant on the demise of Humphrey de Bohun, earl of
Hereford and Essex, … to re-grant to him and Margaret his wife, … with
remainders to John de Stratford, archbishop of Canterbury, Margaret, wife of
the petitioner, William their son, … .
2/3/1348, Commission of oyer and terminer to Richard de
Wylughby, … on complaint by John, archbishop of Canterbury, Elizabeth de Monte
Acuto … that … John Maudyt of Wermynstre, ‘chivaler,’ [multiple persons listed]
… broke their closes at Norton Skydemor, … co. Wilts … .
6/1348, John became ill at Maidstone.
8/23/1348, John died in Mayfield, Sussex; buried at the
south door of the presbytery, by the steps of S. Dunstan’s alter. (S) The
Architectural History of Canterbury Cathedral, Robert Willis, 1845.
(S) The Dictionary of English History, Low, May 1884; P807,
P974–5. (S) Handbook of British Chronology, Fryde, 1941, P86. (S) The Church
History of Britain:, Brewer, 1845. [Original published in 1655]. (S) Weir,
2005. (S) Archbishop John Stratford, Haines, 1986. (S) Antiquities of
Canterbury, Battely, 1703, P72. (S) Edward III, Ormrod, 2013.
Child of John and ?:
i. Stephen Stratford (2105600), born ~1300
in England.
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