St. Mary Overy's, Southwark. Family He had married twice; firstly Elizabeth Darcy (1417–61), daughter of Sir Philip Darcy, 6th Baron Darcy of Knayth, with whom he had at least 11 sons and four daughters including Robert Strangeways whose daughter, Joan Strangeways, married Christopher Boynton, son of Sir Christopher Boynton (died 1452) of Sedbury, and was buried at St Mary's Church, South Cowton. His second wife was Elizabeth Eure (1444-1481), daughter of Ralph, Lord Eure of Berwick Castle and a Yorkist ally, and his wife Eleanor Bulmer of Appletreewick, Yorkshire. They had at least three surviving children, Felicia, Ralph, and Edward. Children by his first wife Sir Richard, knt married 1) Elizabeth, daughter of William Neville, 1st earl of Kent; married 2) Joan, daughter of Richard de Aston. James of Smeton married Anne, daughter of Sir John Conyers. William Philip George, clerk Christopher Henry married Alinore, daughter Walter Tailboys John Robert of Ketton Thomas died young Thomas Margery married 1. John Ingleby 2.Richard Welles, knt, Lord Welles Eleanor married Edmund Mauleverer of Woodersome. Joan Elizabeth married Marmaduke Clervaux. His grandson, also Sir James Strangeways and often confused with his grandfather, was also High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1492 and 1508. References Bibliography J.S. Roskell, 'Sir James Strangeways of West Harsley and Whorlton', The Yorkshire Archaeological Journal, vol.XXXIX, (1958), 455–82. 15th-century births Year of birth unknown 1516 deaths People from Hambleton District Speakers of the House of Commons of England English MPs February 1449 English MPs 1460 High Sheriffs of Yorkshire Knights Bachelor English MPs 1461 Members of the Parliament of England for constituencies in Yorkshire People from Osmotherley, North Yorkshire