STRONG'S OF ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL
Monument St. Paul Cathedral London
"Remember the Men Who
Made Shapeley the Stones
Of St. Paul's Cathedrel
1672 - 1708
Edward Stronge - Thomas Strong
And all who Laboured With There
This Tablet Was Erected By
The Worshipful Company of Masons
Thomas and Edward Strong were the master masons working under the direction of Christopher Wren.
Published SFAA Vol. V Strong Family Update:
A. TIMOTHY STRONGE - B. Wiltshire, England, d. 1635/36, Little Barrington, Gloucestershire, England. M. unknown. . He held quarries in Little Barrington, Gloucestershire and Teynton, Oxfordhire, England. In 1632/33 he largely rebuilt the South Front of the Cornbury House in Oxfordshire, for the Earl of Danvers. 1634 he and his son were working on the Canterbury Quadrangle at St. John's College, Oxford. [Ref: "History of Hertfordshire", by Robert T Clutterbuck.] ["Strong Family Histories, Vol. V., p. 588, pub. by SFAA]
Children
1. Ann Strong - B. 30 Aug. 1607, Little Barrington, Gloucestershire, England, d. Jan. 1, 1677, Taynton, Oxford, England.
2. Valentine Strong - See below.
B. VALENTINE STRONGE -B. 1609, Little Barrington, Gloucestershire, England, d. Nov. 1662, Fairford, Glocestershire, England. M. Ann Margetts, dau. of Edmund Margetts, bpt. 30 Aug. 1607, Charlburg, England.
Inscription on his monument
Here lyeth the body of Valentine Stronge, Free Mason
He departed this life November the ...... A. D. 1662
Here's one that was a able workman long,
Who divers houses built, both fair and Stronge;
Though Strong he was, a Stronger came than he,
Though Strong he was, a Stronger came than he,
And robb'd him of his life and fame, we see:
Moving an old house a new one for to rear,
Death met him by the way, and laid him here.
Children
1. Thomas Strong - B. 1632, d. 1681. Abt. 1663, he built those large stables for the Earl of Clarendon at Cornbury, Oxford, which front the town of Charlbury, Oxford. Abt. 1665, he built lodgings for scholars at Trinty College, Oxford, under the direction of Dr. Christopher Wren, of Wadham College. Abt. 1665 he built that part of Cornbury House fronting Oxford, and all the Terrass-walls.
In 1667, he provided Stone from the quarries and sent them to London, and sold great quantities to other masons. Thomas also went to London and took other masons with him.
2. Elizabeth Strong - B. 20 Sept. 1640.
3. Lucy Strong - B. 1641, d. 17 Oct. 1643.
4. Ann Strong - B. 1635.
5. Sarah Strong - B. 2 Nov. 1645.
6. Valentine Strong - Bpt 14 Nov. 1647, d. 1706, bur. Taynton Church, Oxford, England.. M. Jane _____.
Children
a. Timothy Strong - Bpt. 1672/73.
b. John Strong - Bpt. 14 Sept. 1679. M. Ann _____.
Children
i. Lucy Strong - Bpt. 19 Sept. 1703.
ii. Valentine Strong - Bpt. 1704. M. Mary Patient.
iii. Ann Strong - Bpt. 16 Sept. 1704.
iv. Rachel Strong - Bpt. 27 Nov. 1706. M. M. Pauling
v. Letitia Strong - M. James Munday.
c. Mary Strong - B. 2 Dec. 1684.
d. Valentine Strong - B. 16 Sept. 1686.
e. Thomas Strong - B. 17 Dec. 1688, Taynton, Oxford, England.
f. Edward Strong - b. 28 Oct. 1690, Taynton, Oxford, England.
7. Timothy Strong - Bpt. 18 Mar. 1649. He was of Taynton, Oxford, England, and Standford, Berks.
8. William Strong - B. 1651. M. Frances ______.
9. Edward Strong - Bpt. 5 Sept. 1652. M. Martha Beauchamp, dau. of Edward Beauchamp and Margery.
Children
a. Edward Strong - B. 1674, d. 1741.
b. Thomas Strong - B. 1685, d. 1736.
Children
i. Thomas Theophilus Strong - b. 1720, d. 1800.
c. John Strong - B. 1690, d. 1757.
10. Lucy Strong -
11. John Strong - b. 1653, d. 1725. He was of Stanford, Berks.
Later the dome of St. Paul's cracked and sagged. The Strong's were called to repair the dome.
Picture Used with permission of Lindsey DiCosola