John III Lestrange (died 1269), of Knockin in Shropshire, landowner, administrator and soldier, was a marcher lord defending England along its border with Wales.
[1] Roland's son John I Lestrange (died before 1178), twice sheriff of Shropshire, held the castles of Shrewsbury and Bridgnorth for King Henry II in 1174.
[citation needed] In 1231 he was granted by King Henry III the fiefdom of Wrockwardine,[5] and between 1233 and 1240 was in turn constable of the royal castles at Montgomery, Shrewsbury, Bridgnorth and Chester.
[1] In 1245 he served as the king's negotiator in the military campaign against Dafydd ap Llywelyn, Prince of Gwynedd.
They had four sons and two daughters: Ivor John Sanders: Lestrange Family, Dictionary of Welsh Biography, National Library of Wales