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Sir William STRODE, Knight
Abt 1562 - Yes, date unknown (~ 75 years)
Has 4 ancestors and 3 descendants in this family tree.
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Name William STRODE Prefix Sir Suffix [ONS gp] Knight Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Abt 1562 - From age given at the time of his father's IPM
Gender Male Biography Died Yes, date unknown Buried 28 Jun 1637 The Church of St. Mary Blessed Virgin, Plympton St. Mary, Devon, England 
- From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 16 May 2016)
"the 28 daie was buried Sr William Strode knight" - under heading 'Jun 1637'
In his book Old Devon Churches J Stabb describes the monument of William thus:
"On the north wall of the chapel is the monument of William Strode. In the centre is a kneeling male figure in armour with his hand on his sword; on either side of the centre figure are effigies of females kneeling at a desk; on a panel beneath the left hand figure are half figures of the seven daughters and three sons of Sir William. The two female figures at the desk represent Mary the first wife, who died in 1617, and Dyonisia the second Lady Strode. Underneath the right hand figure is a representation of Death cutting a flower with a sickle, the flower is held by a hand appearing out of a cloud."
(book pubished London: Simpkin et al (1908-16), p. 184; from GENUKI
Above his effigy on a monument appears the words:
"Tread soft, for if you wake this knight alone
You rayse an hoast, Religious champion
His country's staff, right bold distributor,
His neighbour's guard, the poor man's almoner
Who dies with works about him as did hee,
Shall rise attended most triumphantly."
whilst below his figure is the inscription:
"Cubiculum
Gulielmi Strode, Equitis Aurati
et in isto ordine tandem antiquissimi:
Familia satis clari
Sed Religione integritate morum consilio Justica Publica
Generosa hospitalitate rebus probe et fœliciter gestis longe clarioris
Qui et septem filiarum quinq: nuptarum Equitibus nexu lugati
Et arctiori nexu plurium virtutum
Devoniæ suœ gluten, et Oraculum diu substitit
Is duarum uxorum unanimi fretus consortio,
Mariæ et Dionysiæ
Quare ex altera decem suscepit liberos
ex altera serius solamen dierum et operum satur obdormivit
In gremio terræ matris
cum sorore vermicula, et ultima propinquitate naturæ decumbens
conquerentibus amicis
In te occidit spes omnes et fortuna nostri nominis
donec nominis generisq: discrimen
Communi gloria resurrectionis
et soluis affinitate Christi evanescit
Occidit Junii 27, 1637. Aetate suæ 76.
Patri Gulielmo, matri Mariæ et Dionysiæ quasi matri
Monumentum hoc posuit Gullielmus Strode."
Patriarch & Matriarch 
William STRODE, b. 1512, d. 5 May 1579 (Age 67 years) (Grandfather)
Frances CROMWELL, b. Abt 1544, d. 7 Feb 1562 (Age ~ 18 years) (Mother)Person ID I20441 All Last Modified 5 Aug 2025
Father Richard STRODE, d. 5 Aug 1581 Mother Frances CROMWELL, b. Abt 1544, d. 7 Feb 1562 (Age ~ 18 years) Married 11 Nov 1560 Family ID F7931 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 1 Mary SOUTHCOTE, d. Yes, date unknown Married 15 Jul 1581 Ss. Peter Paul and Thomas’ of Canterbury Church, Bovey Tracey, Devon, England - William and Mary had 10 children, 7 daughters and 3 sons.
Children2 children Last Modified 16 May 2016 Family ID F8078 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 2 Dewnes GLANVILLE, b. Est 1574, bur. 16 Sep 1635, The Church of St. Mary Blessed Virgin, Plympton St. Mary, Devon, England (Age ~ 61 years)
Other Partners: Henry VOSPER, [Parents?] m. Between 30 Aug 1598 and 1600Married 31 Mar 1625 St. Eustachius’ Church, Tavistock, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 16 May 2016)
"William Strode knight and Mistres Dewnes Vosper were marryed the 31 of March" - under heading 'March 1625' Dewnes had no children with Sir William, and may have had none by her previous marriage, certainly no step-children are mentioned in her husband's will. On marrying William she became a step-mother, with some of his children in their teens.
Second son William was aged about 30 when they married, but included Dewnes when he had a monument placed in Plympton St Mary Church in memory of his parents, saying in the incription:
"Patri Guilielmo, matri Mariæ et Dionysiæ quasi matri Monumentum hoc posuit Guilielmus Strode" - "To his father William, to his mother Mary and to Dionise, virtually a mother to him, William Strode placed this monument".
Who was Dewnes?
On the Glanville tree on p. 411 of Vivian (Devon Visitations) Vivian shows Dewnes' as marrying Sir William Strode after her marriage to Thomas Polwhele.
Sir William Strode did marry in Tavistock, presumably his bride's parish as he was of Newnham in Plympton St. Mary, on 31 March 1625, and a John Glanville was involved with the marriage settlement (see DHC catalogue entry for rec. 1039 M/F 13). This shows that Dewnes' was a widow when she married William.
Despite this on p. 719 of Vivian (Devon visitations, the Strode tree) Vivian shows Sir William Strode's 2nd wife as Dewnes Vosper daughter of Stephen Vosper. This seems to be an error, maybe Stephen was Dewnes' father-in-law. Of course Dewnes' could have been both wife and daughter of a Vosper, but the arms on a monument in Plympton St. Mary's Church to William and his two wives shows Dewnes' arms as the Glanville ones.
The question then is which Dewnes Glanville did Sir William marry, the daughter of Judge John (as shown by Vivian) or of his brother Nicholas (as on Wikipedia, citing the Glanville tree in Vivian despite not agreeing)?
We know that one married Henry VOSPER bet 1598 and 1600, and the other married (as a spinster) to Thomas POLWHELE in St Breage in Cornwall in 1606. The latter is clearly the daughter of John Glanville and Alice Skirret: John's monument in Tavistock Church shows his daughter as having married Thomas POLWHELE and in 1606 Alice was living with her second husband at Godolphin in St. Breage parish.
Last Modified 4 Aug 2025 Family ID F8515 Family Group Page | Family Chart
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Married - 15 Jul 1581 - Ss. Peter Paul and Thomas’ of Canterbury Church, Bovey Tracey, Devon, England 
Married - 31 Mar 1625 - St. Eustachius’ Church, Tavistock, Devon, England 
Buried - 28 Jun 1637 - The Church of St. Mary Blessed Virgin, Plympton St. Mary, Devon, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
