STRICKLAND, Sir William (c.1596-1673), of Boynton, Yorks.

Family and Education

b. c.1596, 1st s. of Walter Strickland of Boynton, and Frances (bur. 29 Apr. 1636), da. of Peter Wentworth† of Lillingstone Lovell, Oxon.; bro. of Walter Strickland*.Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. iii. 123-4. educ. Queens’, Camb. Easter 1614;Al. Cant. adm. G. Inn 21 May 1617.G. Inn Admiss. 145. m. (1) 18 June 1622, Margaret (bur. 28 Oct. 1629), da. of Sir Richard Cholmley† of Whitby, Yorks. 4da.; (2) 3 May 1631, Frances (d. 17 Dec. 1663), da. of Thomas Finch, 2nd earl of Winchelsea, of Eastwell, Kent, 1s. (Thomas Strickland*).J. Foster, Yorks. Peds.; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. iii. 124; Whitby Par. Reg. ed. J. Charlesworth (Yorks. Par. Reg. Soc. lxxxiv), 102. Kntd. 24 June 1630;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 198. suc. fa. 31 Jan. 1636;C142/553/45. cr. bt. 30 July 1641.CB. d. 12 Sept. 1673.Whitby par. reg.

Offices Held

Local: j.p. (Yorks.) E. Riding 22 June 1630 – bef.Oct. 1660; N. Riding 23 June 1630-bef. Oct. 1660;C231/5, pp. 35, 36. W. Riding 23 Aug. 1644-bef. Oct. 1660;C231/6, p. 6; Add. 29674, f. 148; Belvoir, Original Letters, Members of the Long Parliament, PZ.1, f. 48. Kent by Feb. 1650-bef. Oct. 1653;C193/13/3, f. 33; C193/13/4, f. 47v. Beverley 16 Jan. 1657-aft. Apr. 1659.C181/6, p. 196; C231/6, p. 430. Commr. sewers, N. Riding 28 Apr. 1632;C181/4, f. 114. E. Riding 5 Dec. 1634 – aft.June 1641, by June 1654-Sept. 1660.C181/4, f. 189v; C181/5, ff. 41v, 198; C181/6, pp. 46, 403. Capt. militia ft. by c.1635–42;Add. 28082, f. 80v. col. c. Mar. 1639 – aft.May 1640, 27 Mar. 1660–?Strafforde Letters, ii. 308; Add. 36913, f. 45; SP29/42, ff. 133v-134; Notts. RO, DD/SR/216/1. Commr. oyer and terminer, Northern circ. 23 Jan. 1637-aft. June 1641, by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660;C181/5, ff. 64v, 203; C181/6, pp. 18, 375. Kent 4 July 1644; gaol delivery, 4 July 1644;C181/5, ff. 235v, 236v. Northern circ. 4 Apr. 1655.C181/6, p. 101. Dep. lt. E. Riding c.Jan. 1639–?;Sheffield City Archives, WWM/Str P10a/273–8, 18/171. Kent 13 Sept. 1643–?CJ iii. 238b; LJ vi. 215b. Commr. disarming recusants, W. Riding 30 Aug. 1641;LJ iv. 385a. further subsidy, E. Riding 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660; N. Riding 1660;SR. assessment, E. Riding 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; N. Riding 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Kent 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650; Yorks. 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 1 June 1660.SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Member, cttee. at Hull 24 May 1642.CJ ii. 577b; LJ v. 82b. Custos rot. E. Riding 5 Aug. 1642-Sept. 1644.C231/5 p. 534 Commr. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; New Model ordinance, Kent 17 Feb. 1645; Northern Assoc. E., N. Riding 20 June 1645; militia, Yorks. 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. E., N. Riding 14 Mar. 1655;SP25/76A, f. 16. charitable uses, W. Riding 21 May 1650;C93/20/30. Yorks. 19 Sept. 1650, 22 Apr. 1651;C93/20/27; C93/21/1. Hull 8 Dec. 1651;Hull History Centre, U DDHO/1/65; Yorks. Diaries ed. C. Jackson (Surt. Soc. lxv), 425. N. Riding 13 Nov. 1658.C93/25/1. Visitor, Greetham and Sherburn hosps. co. Dur. 5 July 1650;CJ vi. 437b. Durham Univ. 15 May 1657.Burton’s Diary, ii. 536. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, Yorks. 5 Oct. 1653. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, E. Riding 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O.

Civic: freeman, Hedon by Nov. 1640–?d.Supra, ‘Hedon’; E. Riding RO, DDHE/30/1 (Collns. rel. to Hedon), ff. 99v, 118.

Central: member, cttee. for examinations, 15, 17 Aug. 1642;CJ ii. 722a, 725a. cttee. for Irish affairs, 3 Sept. 1642.CJ ii. 750b; Add. 4771, f. 3. Commr. conserving peace betw. England and Scotland, 20 May 1643, 7 July 1646, 28 Oct. 1647.LJ vi. 55b; viii. 411a; ix. 500a. Member, cttee. for the revenue, by Mar. 1644;Belvoir, PZ.1, f. 39. cttee. for plundered ministers, 9 Aug. 1644;CJ iii. 585a. Star Chamber cttee. of Irish affairs, 24 July 1645;CJ iv. 217b. cttee. for revenues of elector palatine, 8 Oct. 1645; cttee. for Westminster Abbey and Coll. 18 Nov. 1645. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648.A. and O. Member, cttee. of navy and customs, 29 May 1649; cttee. for excise, 29 May 1649.CJ vi. 219b. Gov. Westminster sch. and almshouses, 26 Sept. 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. regulating universities, 3 Dec. 1651.CJ vii. 46b. Commr. visitation Camb. Univ. 2 Sept. 1654.A. and O. Master in chancery, extraordinary, July 1655–?C202/39/5. Commr. security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O.

Parlimentarian

STRICKLAND, Sir William (c.1596-1673), of Boynton, Yorks.

: of Boynton, Yorks.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

STRICKLAND, Sir William (c.1596-1673), of Boynton, Yorks.

Will

nuncupative will, 11 Sept. 1673, pr. 26 Sept. 1673.Borthwick, Wills in the Dickering Deanery, Sept. 1673.

Estates

in 1631, fa. fined £40 for distraint of knighthood.E101/682/35. In 1635, Strickland and others purchased manor of Mowthorpe, Yorks. for £3,800.Hull History Centre, U DDSY/80/5, 7. In 1637, inherited estate inc. manor and capital messuage of Boynton, manors of Bridlington, Carnaby and Auburn, East Heslerton, Hedon’s manor in Fraisthorpe, Place Newton in Wintringham; two messuages in York and three in Bridlington; and rectories of Appleton le Street, Boynton, Carnaby, Hessle and Wintringham, Yorks. – in all, worth betw. £1,500 and £2,000 p.a.WARD5/48, bdle. R-Z; C142/553/45; LR9/19, bdle. 5; E. Riding RO, DDSB/2/6/4; Barrington Lttrs. 181; Cliffe, Yorks. 268. In 1647, purchased manor of Fraisthorpe, Yorks. for £1,635.E. Riding RO, DDSB/2/3/15-21; VCH E. Riding, ii. 202. In 1649, paid £2,000 to Sir John Bourchier* as a marriage portion for his eldest da.N. Yorks. RO, Z.838, Strickland pprs. (indenture 26 Oct. 1649). By 1650, owned vicarage and tithes of Carnaby, worth £150 p.a.; tithes of Auburn chapel, worth £15 p.a.; tithes of vicarage of Rillington, worth £18 p.a.; rectory of Wintringham and tithes of Knapton chapel, worth £150 p.a.C94/3, ff. 60, 63; J.C. Cox, ‘Parliamentary survey of the benefices of the E. Riding’, Trans. E. Riding Antiquarian Soc. ii. 55, 63. In 1650, purchased a fee farm rent in Yorks. for £38 19s.SP28/288, f. 15. In 1654, acquired manor of Wilsthorpe, Yorks.VCH E. Riding, ii. 105.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

presented William Campleshon to vicarage of Carnaby, Yorks. 1637; Peter Clarke, 1637; Caleb Wilkinson, 1646;IND1/17000, f. 36. James Atey to vicarage of Agnes Burton, Yorks. 1652; Matthew Wardell to rectory of Patrington, Yorks. 1652; Charles Hotham to rectory of Nunburnholme, Yorks. 1652.Add. 36792, ff. 42v, 47, 49.

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