The theory explained in Burkes and by Hamon Le Strange is out of date. Cecil L'Estrange Ewen's proposals were accepted in the second edition of Complete Peerage, and further developed in the 21st century by Douglas Richardson.[4]
The first wife of John was Alianora de Montz, daughter and heir of Eble (or Eubolo) de Montz, constable of Windsor castle. She was the mother of John le Strange VI, and also Hamo and Eble le Strange. (Alianora's mother used the same name as her husband John's mother, "Joan de Someri", but they were quite different people.)
The second wife Maud de Walton. She was not a d'Eiville but a Walton, because the Waltons had bought that manor. She had with John a second son named John, who inherited her lands in Walton d'Eiville. L'Estrange Ewen also believes that from this second marriage came Elizabeth, who married a Welsh prince.
John's second wife was Maud, daughter and heiress of Roger d'Eiville, of Walton d'Eiville, Warwickshire, in right of whom he held that manor, which afterwards passed to their heir.
His lordship m. Maud, daughter and heir of Roger D'Eiville, of Walton-D'Eyvill, in the county of Warwick, by whom he acquired that and other properties in the counties of Oxford and Cambridge, and had issue...
