[Illustration] Originally of Strode, in the parish of Ermington,
where Adam de Strode, the first recorded ancestor, was seated in the
reign of Henry III, In that of Henry IV. by the marriage of the
coheiress of Newenham of Newenham, they became possessed of that
place, since the seat of the family. "A right ancient and honourable
family," says Prince; it may also be called an historical one,
William Strode, of this house, being one of the Five Members of the
House of Commons demanded by Charles I. in 1641.
See Prince's Worthies, p. 563; Westcote's Pedigrees, p. 542; Lysons,
clv.
ARMS.--_Argent, a chevron between three conies sable_.
Present Representative, George Strode, Esq.