Walter Strickland KB (abt. 1465 - 1506)

Born about 1465 in Sizergh, Westmorland, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Pennington) Gascoigne — married about 14 Jul 1491 in England

Descendants

Died 26 Sep 1506 at about age 41 in Westmorland, England [uncertain]

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Biography

Walter Strickland, K.B., was the son of Thomas Strickland, Knt., of Sizergh, Westmorland,^[1][2] and Agnes Parr.^[3][4][5] His date and place of birth are unknown; however, his parents marriage settlement was dated 1465,^[3] so he was probably born soon after that date at Sizergh, Westmorland, where his father held lands.

Marriage and Children

Walter married to Elizabeth Pennington, widow of ____ Salkeld^[6] and daughter of John Pennington, Knt., of Muncaster, Cumberland, and Isabel Broughton about 14 July 1491. They received a dispensation dated 27 and 30 March 1491 as they were related in the 3rd and 4th degrees of kindred.^[3] They had two sons and three daughters:

• Walter, Knt., son and heir, born before 1498, died 9 January 1528, married first Agnes Redman and second to Katherine Neville, with whom he had issue^[1][2][3][5]
• Thomas,^[3]
• Agnes,^[5] wife of Henry Frowick, Esq. and of Sir Thomas Curwen^[3][7]
• Mary,^[3] unmarried as late as 1532^[7]
• Douce^[3][7]

Life

On 20 November 1493, Sir Thomas Strickland granted to his son and heir Walter "a messuage and 60 a. land etc. in Sigiswyke in Kendale, which the donor had by the gift and feoffment of Thomas Chambir and Robert his son and heir".^[8]

Walter appears as "Esq." in early documents, the first being a letter of attorney from Walter to Gervase Strickland and William Lambert to receive seisin of several manors and messuages in Westmorland^[2] with a date of 13 Henry VII (1497/8).^[1]

In covenants dated 16 April 1498, Walter contracted the marriage of his son Walter to "Annes, daughter of Richard Redman, junior". The covenants were between Walter, on the first part, and John Preston of Preston Hall, Esq. and "Elyn, late wife of Richard Redman of Thornton, junior" on the other part.^[1][2] Walter agreed to pay John and Elyn £40 for the contract and arranged to take Agnes into his care.^[2]

On 30 April 1501, Walter conveyed all his manors and properties in Westmorland to Sir Thomas Dacre, Thomas Parr Esq., Thomas Middleton Esq., John Pennington Esq., and Thomas Strickland, Rector of the Church of Gosforth, to hold in trust^[2] for the purposes of his will.^[1]

Walter was created a Knight of the Bath at the marriage of Arthur, Prince of Wales, on 14 November 1501.^[9]

On 19 July 1504, Sir George Lumley granted to Sir Walter Strickland of Sizergh the office of steward in Kendall for life, receiving 53s. 4d. yearly as fee.^[10]

Death

Walter died on 26 September 1506.^[5][11] An inquisition held 1 October 1506 names his son and heir, Walter, aged nine years and more.^[11]

Elizabeth, his widow, was assigned her dower on 12 January 1507.^[11] She remarried in 1508 to Sir Richard Cholmeley of Thornton-on-the-Hill, Yorkshire (he died December 1521). She remarried again before 1527 to Sir William Gascoigne of Cardington, Bedfordshire (he died after 17 March 1539/40).^[3][6] Elizabeth left a will dated 18 April 1546, proved 12 October 1546.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Joseph Nicolson and Richard Burn. The History and Antiquities of the Counties of Westmorland and Cumberland. London: Printed for W. Strahan, 1777. Archive.org, pages 98-99.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5} Daniel Scott. Stricklands of Sizergh Castle, (1908). Google Books, pages 79-81.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013), vol. II, pages 110-111, CARLETON 15.
4. ↑ Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011), vol. I, page 406, CARLETON 11.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} E. Bellasis. "Stricklands of Sizergh" in Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society, vol. 10. (1866). Archive.org, pages 66-74: details of Sizergh Castle; page 74: Strickland pedigree.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} S.H. Lee Washington. "The Early History of the Stricklands of Sizergh" in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1942). Online at AmericanAncestors.org[$], vol. 96 (Apr 1942), page 106a: pedigree; see also pages 99-126 for info on the Strickland family until 1324. Also available on Archive.org.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} Brad Verity, "Correction: parentage of Agnes Strickland wife of Sir Thomas Curwen" 2008 posts in soc.genealogy.medieval.
8. ↑ 'Sedgwick', in Records Relating To the Barony of Kendale. Volume 2, ed. William Farrer and John F Curwen (Kendal, 1924), pp. 177-189. British History Online.
9. ↑ William A. Shaw. The Knights of England. Vol. 1. London: Sherratt and Hughes, 1906. Archive.org, page 146.
10. ↑ 'Helsington and Sizergh', in Records Relating To the Barony of Kendale. Volume 1, ed. William Farrer and John F Curwen (Kendal, 1923), pp. 130-166. British History Online.
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1 11.2} Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem and Other Analogous Documents Preserved in the Public Record Office. [2d ser.] London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1898. Archive.org, pages 136-137 #212 Walter Stryklonde, knt.; pages 205-206 #343: Elizabeth.

See also:

• Lewis, Marlyn. Sir Walter Strickland entry in Our Royal Titled Noble and Commoner Ancestors online database.

Acknowledgments

Magna Carta Project

This profile was developed for the Magna Carta Project by Thiessen-117 on 13-14 August 2021 and approved for the Project by Michael Cayley on 16 August 2021.

Walter Strickland KB is in a badged Richardson-documented trail between Gateway Ancestor Edward Carleton and Magna Carta Surety Baron Robert de Ros (Magna Carta Ancestry, vol. I, pages 406-409 CARLETON). This profile also appears on a badged trail between Edward Carleton and sureties Hugh le Bigod and Roger Bigod. See the trails in the Magna Carta Trails section of Walter Carleton's profile.

See Base Camp for more information about Magna Carta trails. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".