ANCIENT MEMORIAL BRASSES OF DORSET. 24! 



Henry Strangways in fee. And for and in consideration of the 

 said reversion, so to be settled as aforesaid, the said Henry 

 Strangways agreed to pay to the said William Bruning 

 600 marks ; but it was further agreed that in case there 

 should be issue of the said William Bruning, such purchase 

 money should be repaid to the said Henry Strangways by 

 instalments. The said Henry and Katherine also agreed to 

 discharge the said William Bruning in respect of a rent-charge 

 of ^4 per annum, payable to the said Katherine by way of 

 jointure out of the manor of Herrystocke and Felton, in the 

 county of Gloucester. 1 



The last-mentioned William Bruning died without issue, and 

 the above-mentioned limitation to Henry Strangways took effect. 



The ancient and knightly family of Strangways are said to 

 have had their first habitation at Strangways Hall, in Lancashire. 

 In the Visitations of Yorkshire (1584) James, the eldest son of 

 Henry Strangways, is given as of Harlesley Castle, 24 Henry 

 VI., near North Allerton, in the North Riding of Yorkshire. 

 His second brother, John, was a Judge, 8 Henry VI. Sir James^ 

 son of the above, was Speaker of the House of Commons, 

 i Edward IV., and married the co-heiress of Lord Darcy and 

 Meinel. 



There was shown at the Society of Antiquaries in 1793, a 

 drawing of a group of figures in the upper window of the north 

 aisle at Thirsk, in the North Riding of Yorkshire, copied from 

 one taken by Sir William Dugdale in his Visitation (1666) for 

 Sir John Ingilby, of Ripley, Bart., who descends from one of 

 the ladies there represented, daughter of Sir James Strangways, 

 of Harlesley Castle, who, with his wife, Elizabeth, eldest 

 daughter and co-heir of Philip, Lord Darcy and Meinel, seven 

 sons and three daughters, form the painting. He was eldest 

 son and heir of James Strangways, an eminent lawyer in the 

 reigns of Henry IV., V., and VI., and made a Judge of the 



1 The original deed is at Melbury. 



