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{{short description|16th-century English politician}}
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{{Infobox person
| name          = John Strode
| image         = Strode OfParnham Arms.svg
| caption       = Arms of Strode of Parnham in Dorset: ''Ermine, on a canton sable a crescent argent''
| birth_date    = 1524
| birth_place   =
| death_date    = 2 September {{Death date and age|1581|1524}}
| death_place   =
| nationality   = [[England|English]]
| occupation    = [[High Sheriff of Dorset|Sheriff of Dorset]]
| years_active  = 1572–1573
| known_for     =
| notable_works =
| spouse        = {{plainlist|
* Katherine Cromwell
* Margaret Hadley
}}
| children      = '''''with Katherine:'''''<br>{{unbulleted list|Robert Strode|Edward Strode|Sir [[John Strode (c.1561-1642)|John Strode]]|Thomas Strode|George Strode|Margaret Strode}}'''''with Margaret:'''''<br>{{unbulleted list|Hugh Strode|Margaret Strode|Anne Strode|Dorothy Strode|Bridget Strode|Alice Strode}}
| parents       = Robert Strode<br>Elizabeth Hody
}}
'''John Strode''' (1524 – 2 September 1581), the son of Robert Strode of [[Parnham]], [[Dorset]] and Elizabeth Hody, was elected [[Member of Parliament|MP]] for [[Dorset (UK Parliament constituency)|Dorset]] in 1572 and was [[High Sheriff of Dorset|Sheriff of Dorset]] from 1572 to 1573.
==Life==
Born in 1524, John Strode was the eldest son of Robert Strode (d. 1559) of [[Parnham]] and Elizabeth, daughter of Reginald Hody.{{sfn|Hasler|1981}}
He served as captain of musters by 1560, commissioner of concealed lands and [[High Sheriff of Dorset|Sheriff of Dorset]] from 1572 to 1573 and [[Justice of the Peace]] from about 1575.{{sfn|Hasler|1981}}
In his later years he investigated taverns and grain supplies at [[Lyme Regis]]; entertained the [[Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford|2nd Earl of Bedford]] at Bridport; stayed at [[Marshwood]] with Sir [[Amias Paulet]], the lord of the manor; investigated horse theft; and, in 1578, investigated at the request of the [[Privy Council of England|Privy Council]] the causes of the dispute between Sir Henry Ashley and [[Henry Howard, 2nd Viscount Howard of Bindon|Henry Howard]], son of [[Thomas Howard, 1st Viscount Howard of Bindon]].{{sfn|Acts of the Privy Council 10: 1577–1578|p=[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/acts-privy-council/vol10 258]}} The Privy Council praised him for his "great travail" in 1580, when he and others had been examining the [[Recusancy|recusant]], Lady Tregonwell, the widow of Sir [[John Tregonwell]] (d. 1565).{{sfn|Hasler|1981}}
He died 2 September 1581,{{sfn|Fragmenta Genealogica VIII|1902|p=[https://archive.org/details/fragmentagenealo08cris_0/page/128/mode/2up 128]}} leaving £1,400 to his children, and appointing Henry Coker overseer. His eldest son Robert, then aged about 22, was executor and residuary legatee.{{sfn|Hasler|1981}}
==Marriages and issue==
Strode married twice. He married firstly, Katherine, daughter of [[Gregory Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell]] and [[Elizabeth Seymour, Lady Cromwell|Elizabeth Seymour]], by whom he had six children:{{sfn|Hasler|1981}}{{sfn|Harvey|1887|p=[https://archive.org/details/visitationofdors00harvuoft/page/39/mode/2up 39]}}{{sfn|St. George|1885|pp=[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015025918569&view=2up&seq=108 88–89]}}
* Robert Strode (1559 – ){{sfn|Fragmenta Genealogica VIII|1902|p=[https://archive.org/details/fragmentagenealo08cris_0/page/128/mode/2up 128]}}
* Edward Strode
* Sir [[John Strode (c.1561-1642)|John Strode]]{{sfn|Ferris|2010}}
* Thomas Strode
* George Strode{{sfn|Ferris & Hasler|1981}}
* Margaret Strode{{sfn|Harvey|1887|p=[https://archive.org/details/visitationofdors00harvuoft/page/39/mode/2up 39]}}
He married secondly, on 28 January 1572, Margaret, daughter of Christopher (or Christian) Hadley of [[Withycombe]], [[Somerset]] and widow of [[Thomas Luttrell (died 1571)|Thomas Luttrell]] by whom he had one son and five daughters:{{sfn|Hasler|1981}}{{sfn|Maxwell-Lyte|1909|pp=[https://archive.org/details/historyofdunster01lyte/page/171/mode/2up 171–172]}}{{sfn|Hutchins I|1774|p=[https://archive.org/details/b30456496_0001/page/270/mode/2up 270]}}
* Hugh Strode
* Margaret Strode
* Anne Strode
* Dorothy Strode
* Bridget Strode
* Alice Strode
==Notes==
{{Reflist}}
==References==
* {{cite book|last=Aspinall-Oglander|first=Cecil|year=1945|title=Nunwell Symphony|location=London, UK|publisher=[[Hogarth Press]]}}
* {{cite book|editor-last=Dasent|editor-first=John Roche|title=Acts of the Privy Council of England|volume='''10''': 1577–1578|year=1895|orig-year=First published [[HMSO]]:1895|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/acts-privy-council/vol10|publisher=British-history.ac.uk|access-date=16 May 2021|ref={{sfnref|Acts of the Privy Council 10: 1577–1578}}}}
* {{cite book |last1=Ferris |first1=John P. |last2=Hasler |first2=P.W.  |editor1-last=Hasler |editor1-first=P.W. |chapter=Strode, George (aft.1563-1648), of the Middle Temple, London and Wimborne Minster, Dorset |title=The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603|date=1981 |chapter-url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/strode-george-1563-1648 |publisher=historyofparliamentonline.org |ref={{sfnref|Ferris & Hasler|1981}}}}
* {{cite book |last1=Ferris |first1=John P. |editor1-last=Thrush |editor1-first=Andrew |editor2-last=Ferris |editor2-first=John P. |chapter=Strode, John (c.1561-1642), of the Middle Temple, London and Chantmarle, Cattistock, Dorset |title=The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629 |date=2010 |chapter-url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/strode-john-1561-1642 |publisher=historyofparliamentonline.org }}
* {{cite book |title=Fragmenta Genealogica |date=1902 |volume=VIII |pages=127–131 |url=https://archive.org/details/fragmentagenealo08cris_0/page/128/mode/2up |accessdate=7 August 2020 |ref={{sfnref|Fragmenta Genealogica VIII|1902}}}}
* {{cite book |last1=Harvey |first1=William |editor1-last=Metcalfe |editor1-first=Walter C. |title=The Visitation of Dorsetshire, by William Harvey, Clarenceux King of Arms |date=1887 |publisher=William Pollard & Co. |location=Exeter |url=https://archive.org/details/visitationofdors00harvuoft/page/39/mode/2up }}
* {{cite book |last1=Hasler |first1=P.W. |editor1-last=Hasler |editor1-first=P.W. |chapter=Strode, John (1524-81), of Parnham, Dorset |title=The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603 |date=1981 |chapter-url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/strode-john-1524-81 |publisher=historyofparliamentonline.org }}
* {{cite book |last=Hutchins |first=John |author-link=John Hutchins (antiquary) |year=1774 |title=The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset |volume=I|url=https://archive.org/details/b30456496_0001/page/270/mode/2up |location=London |publisher=W. Bowyer and J. Nichols |ref={{sfnref|Hutchins I|1774}}}}
* {{cite book |last1=Maxwell-Lyte |first1=H.C. |title=The History of Dunster and of the Families of Mohun and Luttrell |year=1909 |volume=I |publisher=St. Catherine Press |location=London |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofdunster01lyte/page/171/mode/2up }}
* {{cite book |last1=St. George |first1=Henry |last2=Lennard |first2=Sampson |last3=Camden |first3=William |editor1-last=Rylands |editor1-first=John Paul |title=The Visitation of the County of Dorset, Taken in the Year 1623, by Henry St. George, Richmond Herald, and Sampson Lennard, Bluemantle Pursuivant, Marshals and Deputies to William Camden, Clarenceux King of Arms |date=1885 |series=Publications of the Harleian Society|volume=XX|publisher=[[Harleian Society]] |location=London |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015025918569&view=2up&seq=108 |ref={{sfnref|St. George|1885}}}}
* {{cite book|last=Vivian|first=J.L.|title=The Visitations of the County of Devon, Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564, to 1620|others=With additions by J.L. Vivian|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=yale.39002002213917&view=2up&seq=8&q1=cromwell |location=Exeter|publisher=Henry S. Eland|year=1895}}
==External links==
* Hasler, P.W. (1981). [https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/strode-john-1524-81 ''"Strode, John (1524-81), of Parnham, Dorset"'']. In Hasler, P.W. (ed.). The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558–1603. at historyofparliamentonline.org
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