STRODE. Ralph Strode, fl. 1350-1400, was educated at Merton College, Oxford, where he became a fellow before 1360. There he was a colleague of Wycliffe, whose doctrine of necessity and predestination he later opposed. His two surviving treatises, Consequentiae and Obligationes, were published in 1477 and 1507 respectively, and together in Venice in 1493. He enjoyed the high reputation of a Thomist philosopher and a slight reputation as a poet of love. On November 25, 1373, Strode was elected Common Pleader or Common Sarjeant of the City of London. In 1375 he was granted the mansion over Aldgate, including the gardens, and although the grant was extended for life in 1377, he relinquished his office in 1382. In 1386 he was appointed standing counsel for the City of London for seven years.

Chaucer dedicates Troilus and Criseyde to "philosophical Strode" and to "moral Gower," Tr V.1856-1862. [Gower]

The name occurs in final rhyming position, Tr V.1857.