# Henry de Stratton

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{{Short description|English clergyman and Crown official}}
'''Henry de Stratton''' (died after 1277) was an English [clergyman](/source/clergyman) and Crown official who later served as a [judge](/source/judge) in [Ireland](/source/Ireland). He is chiefly remembered as the brother of the infamously corrupt [moneylender](/source/moneylender) and Crown administrator, [Adam de Stratton](/source/Adam_de_Stratton).<ref name =Hall>Hall, Hubert "Stratton, Adam de" ''Dictionary of National Biography'' Vol.55</ref>

Adam and Henry were two of the four sons of Thomas de Argoges or Arwillis, of [Stratton St Margaret](/source/Stratton_St_Margaret), [Wiltshire](/source/Wiltshire).<ref name = Hall/> They both took [holy orders](/source/holy_orders), as did a third brother, Thomas. They originally used their father's family name de Argoges, but later changed it to de Stratton, after their birthplace, probably as an indication of Adam's growing prosperity as a landowner in the Stratton area.

150px|Stratton St Margaret Stratton St Margaret, Wiltshire, birthplace of Henry and his brother Adam

Adam, once he had begun his own rise in the world, was generous to all his brothers. He found them jobs in the [Exchequer](/source/Exchequer),<ref name =Hall/> and in 1266 arranged for Henry and Thomas both to receive a Crown [pension](/source/pension) of threepence a day.<ref name="Ball p.51">Ball p.51</ref> Henry was presumably a qualified [lawyer](/source/lawyer). He moved to Ireland, where he served as an [itinerant justice](/source/itinerant_justice) in 1270–77.<ref name="Ball p.51"/>

Nothing seems to be known of his later years, in particular, whether he was involved in Adam's disgrace and downfall in 1290, following the exposure of his numerous acts of [corruption](/source/corruption).<ref name =Hall/>

==Sources==
*Ball, F. Elrington ''The Judges in Ireland 1221-1921'' London John Murray 1926
*{{cite DNB|wstitle=Stratton, Adam de|display=Stratton, Adam de|volume=55}}
*Prestwich, Michael ''Edward I'' University of California Press 1988

==References ==
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Category:13th-century Irish judges
Category:People from Wiltshire

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