Giles Strangways (died 1546)

Anachronistic alabaster effigy of Sir Giles Strangways (1486-1546), Melbury Sampford Church (Chapel of St Mary), Dorset. Made for a member of the Brouning family who died in the mid 15th c., but appropriated by the Strangways.[1]
Arms of Strangways: Sable, two lions passant paly of six argent and gules
Ornamental plaster barrel vault in St Nicholas's Church, Abbotsbury, installed by Sir John Strangways in 1638. The decoration is of angels, cherubs and the Strangways' family arms. Foreground: Strangways impaling Mordaunt (Argent, a chevron between three estoiles sable), for Sir Giles Strangways (1486–1546), of Melbury Sampford, and his wife Joan Mordaunt. Background: Strangways impaling Manners, for Sir Henry Strangways (d. 1544) (son of Sir Giles Strangways and Joan Mordaunt), died at the Siege of Boulogne, and his wife Margaret Manners, a daughter of George Manners, 11th Baron de Ros by his wife Anne St. Leger

Sir Giles Strangways (1486 – 11 December 1546),[2] of Melbury House, Melbury Sampford, and of Abbotsbury, both in Dorset, was an English politician.

  1. ^ 'Melbury Sampford', in An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset, Volume 1, West (London, 1952), pp. 161-167. [1]
  2. ^ Died "1546" per Miller