In the reign of William the Conqueror the manor of Stratone on Dunsmore was owned by Roger de Montgomery.

It was afterwards held by the Bray family and through marriage to Henry Starkey who sold it to Lady Longvile.

In 1915 King George V reviewed the troops of the 29th Division on the London Road (now the A45) just north of the village before they were sent to Gallipoli.

[2] The parish church of All Saints formerly contained a chantry chapel founded by Thomas de Wolvardynton, Parson of Lobenham in Leicestershire.

He "bequeathed monies for two priests to sing Mass daily at the altar of St Thomas the Martyr for the good estates of himself and the Earl of Huntington".

In the reign of Richard II licence was granted to Robert de Stretton, then Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, land and rents so that "a priest sing Mass daily in the chapel for the good estate of the King and for the health of his soul when he should depart this life, and for the soul of the King's father and grandfather."

It is thought that the Bishop took his name from Stretton, having first been a Canon of Lichfield and Chaplain to the Black Prince, Richard II's father.

See The National Archives - Stretton on Fosse, Warwickshire Folio: 244r Great Domesday Book.