All Topics  
Strickland

 

 
   Email Print
   Bookmark   Link
 

 

Strickland
 
 
  Topics Strickland Topic Home

The surname Strickland is derived from the Norse
Old Norse

Old Norse is a North Germanic languages that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
 word Stercaland, which is was found in Westmorland
Westmorland

Westmorland is an area of north-west England and one of the 39 historic counties of England. It formed an administrative county from 1889 to 1974 and now forms part of Cumbria....
 to the south of Penrith
Penrith, Cumbria

Penrith is a market town in the county of Cumbria, England. It is in the Eden Valley, just north of the River Eamont, and lies less than outside the boundaries of the Lake District....
. It didn’t become a family name until after 1179 When Walter de Castlecarrock married Christian de Leteham, an heiress to the local estate that now includes the villages of Great Strickland
Great Strickland

The village of Great Strickland lies in the Eden Valley between the Cumbrian mountains in the West and the Pennines in the East, it is five miles south east of Penrith, Cumbria, the village itself is in the former county of Westmorland....
 and Little Strickland. Following the marriage Walter changed his name to de Strikeland (which is the French spelling).

The family coat of arms is a black shield with three escalopes (sea shells)

History
The De Castlecarrock family was descended from the Norman
Normans

The Normans were the people who gave their names to Normandy, a region in northern France. They descended from Viking conquerors of the territory and the native population of mostly Frankish and Gallo-Roman stock....
 de Vallibus or de Vaux family which came originally from Falaise
Falaise

Falaise is the name of several commune in France in France:* Falaise, Ardennes,* Falaise, Calvados** The Falaise pocket was the site of a battle in World War II....
 in Normandy
Normandy

Normandy is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. It is situated along the coast of France south of the English Channel between Brittany and Picardy and comprises territory in northern France and the Channel Islands....
.






Discussion
Ask a question about 'Strickland'
Start a new discussion about 'Strickland'
Answer questions from other users
Full Discussion Forum



Encyclopedia


The surname Strickland is derived from the Norse
Old Norse

Old Norse is a North Germanic languages that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
 word Stercaland, which is was found in Westmorland
Westmorland

Westmorland is an area of north-west England and one of the 39 historic counties of England. It formed an administrative county from 1889 to 1974 and now forms part of Cumbria....
 to the south of Penrith
Penrith, Cumbria

Penrith is a market town in the county of Cumbria, England. It is in the Eden Valley, just north of the River Eamont, and lies less than outside the boundaries of the Lake District....
. It didn’t become a family name until after 1179 When Walter de Castlecarrock married Christian de Leteham, an heiress to the local estate that now includes the villages of Great Strickland
Great Strickland

The village of Great Strickland lies in the Eden Valley between the Cumbrian mountains in the West and the Pennines in the East, it is five miles south east of Penrith, Cumbria, the village itself is in the former county of Westmorland....
 and Little Strickland. Following the marriage Walter changed his name to de Strikeland (which is the French spelling).

The family coat of arms is a black shield with three escalopes (sea shells)

History


The De Castlecarrock family was descended from the Norman
Normans

The Normans were the people who gave their names to Normandy, a region in northern France. They descended from Viking conquerors of the territory and the native population of mostly Frankish and Gallo-Roman stock....
 de Vallibus or de Vaux family which came originally from Falaise
Falaise

Falaise is the name of several commune in France in France:* Falaise, Ardennes,* Falaise, Calvados** The Falaise pocket was the site of a battle in World War II....
 in Normandy
Normandy

Normandy is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. It is situated along the coast of France south of the English Channel between Brittany and Picardy and comprises territory in northern France and the Channel Islands....
. Hubert de Vaux became the first Norman Lord of Gilsand in Cumberland (now known as Cumbria) which is the area around Brampton
Brampton, Carlisle, Cumbria

Brampton is a small market town in Cumbria, England founded in the 7th century about 9 miles east of Carlisle and 2 Roman miles south of Hadrian's Wall....
 and Castle Carrock. He had a son, Eustace had married one of the two sisters who were co-heiresses of Robert son of Bueth, who was the last direct male descendant of a native chieftain, Gilles son of Bueth, Robert was the original owner of Gilsland
Gilsland

Gilsland is a village in northern England. It straddles the border between Cumbria and Northumberland.The unusual arrangement, incorporating two county councils and three civil parish councils, is due to the gradual amalgamation of hamlets during the 19th century....
 (Gilles-land) around the time of Henry I
Henry I of England

Henry I was the fourth son of William I the Conqueror. He succeeded his elder brother William II of England as King of England in 1100 and defeated his eldest brother, Robert Curthose, to become Duke of Normandy in 1106....
.

Sir William De Strickland (1242-1305} married Elizabeth d'Eyncourt who was descended maternally from the Clan Dunbar
Clan Dunbar

Clan Dunbar is a Lowland Scottish clan....
, cadets of the Scottish kings, and from the Uchtred, Earldorman of Northumberland
Northumberland

Northumberland is a Counties of England in the North East England of England. The non-metropolitan counties of England of Northumberland borders Cumbria to the west, County Durham to the south and Tyne and Wear to the south east, as well as having a border with the Scottish Borders council area to the north, and nearly eighty miles of Nort...
 and his third wife Aelfgifu, daughter of King Aethelred
Ethelred the Unready

Ethelred II , also known as ?thelred II, Aethelred II, Ethelred the Unready, ?thelred the Unready and Aethelred the Unready , was Kingdom of England ....
 the Unready. It was from this marriage that Sizeragh Castle
Sizergh Castle & Garden

Sizergh Castle & Garden is a castle, stately home and garden in Sizergh, Cumbria, England, about four miles south of Kendal, and in the care of the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty....
 became the family home.

The family name of Strickland first came to notice at the Battle of Agincourt
Battle of Agincourt

The Battle of Agincourt was an English victory against a much larger French army in the Hundred Years' War. The battle occurred on Friday 25 October 1415 ...
 (25 October 1415) when Thomas Strickland
Thomas Strickland

Thomas de Strickland ...
 Esquire
Esquire

Esquire is a term of United Kingdom origin, originally used to denote social status.Ultimately deriving from the medieval squires who assisted knights, the term came to be used automatically by men of gentry....
 carried the Flag of St. George, dismounted as he was a knight in training. He had brought with him men-at-arms from his estate at Great Strickland in Westmorland and other troops from Kendal
Kendal

Kendal is a market town and civil parish within the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England. It is south of Carlisle, on the River Kent, and has a total resident population of 27,521, making it the third largest settlement in Cumbria ....
 (The Kendal Bowman).

The family fought against the Scots during their incursions into the English Marches and Sir Walter Strickland also fought for the House of York
House of York

The House of York was a branch of the English royal House of Plantagenet, three of whom became List of monarchs of England in the late 15th century....
 during the Wars of the Roses
Wars of the Roses

The Wars of the Roses were a series of dynastic civil wars fought in England between supporters of the Houses of House of Lancaster and House of York....
. The family was a major landowner in Westmorland and Lancashire, and the name appears linked to local land marks (Strickland Wood, Warton
Warton, Lancaster

Warton is a village and civil parish in north Lancashire in the north-west of England, close to the boundary with Cumbria, with a population of around 2,000....
 near Carnforth
Carnforth

Carnforth is a small town near Lancaster, Lancashire in the north of Lancashire, England, situated at the north-east end of Morecambe Bay, by the River Keer....
 for example).

The family at Sizergh remained Catholic
Roman Catholic Church

The Roman Catholic Church, officially known as the Catholic Church is the world's largest Christianity Ecclesia , representing over half of all Christians and one-sixth of the world population....
 during the reformation. As the family grew various branches appeared, one of which married into the Constable
Constable

A constable is a person holding a particular office, most commonly in Police. The office of constable can vary significantly in different jurisdictions....
 family of Yorkshire
Yorkshire

Yorkshire is a Historic counties of England of northern England and the largest in Great Britain. Because of its great size, over time functions were increasingly undertaken by its subdivisions, which have been subject to History of local government in Yorkshire....
, another branch settled early on in Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire is a Ceremonial counties of England and Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England Counties of England in the East of England region of England....
. With immigration to the colonies and the growth of the British Empire
British Empire

The British Empire comprised the dominions, Crown colony, protectorates, League of Nations mandate, and other Dependent territory ruled or administered by the United Kingdom , that had originated with the overseas colonies and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries....
, the name of Strickland has spread world wide.

The Kendal Parish Church
Kendal Parish Church

The site of Kendal Parish Church has probably been used for religious purposes since around since the year 850 AD, the remains of an Anglican cross from the period can be seen in the Parr Chapel, parts of the present day church were built in the 13th Century....
 (Holy Trinity) has a Strickland family chapel and both Kendal and Penrith
Penrith, Cumbria

Penrith is a market town in the county of Cumbria, England. It is in the Eden Valley, just north of the River Eamont, and lies less than outside the boundaries of the Lake District....
 have main roads called Stricklandgate (The reference to gate is old English which means road).

A settlement first appeared on the west side of present day Kendal not long after the 1066 Norman Invasion when a Motte and Bailey fortification was built, this became known as Kirkbie Strickland (Kirkbie meaning church).

Although there are different spellings varying from De Strikeland, De Strickland to Strickland, the family name is not connected with another old family name of Stickland which originates from Dorset
Dorset

Dorset , is a Counties of England in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester, Dorset, situated in the south of the county at ....
.

Queen Katherine

Katherine Parr who married King Henry VIII was descended from the Strickland family via her ancestors Catherine de Strickland and Elizabeth Ros.

Strickland myths


The historian Agnes Strickland
Agnes Strickland

Agnes Strickland was an England historical writer and poet.The daughter of Thomas Strickland of Reydon Hall, Suffolk, Agnes was educated by her father, and began her literary career with a poem, Worcester Field, followed by The Seven Ages of Woman and Demetrius....
 published an inaccurate account of how the family name came about, she stated that a Knight who was with William the Conquerors invasion fleet was first ashore and struck his sword into the beach and therefore became known as De Strikeland

United States of America


In the States a DNA
DNA

Deoxyribonucleic acid is a nucleic acid that contains the genetics instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms and some viruses....
 project has been established to determine Strickland descendancy from Matthew Strickland, an early inhabitant of 1600's Isle of Wight County, Virginia
Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia is an United States U.S. state on the East Coast of the United States of the Southern United States. The state is known as the "Old Dominion" and sometimes as "Mother of Presidents", because it is the birthplace of Lists of United States Presidents by place of birth#By state....
.

The Washingtons of Virginia


George Washington
George Washington

George Washington was the leader of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War and served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States of the United States of Americas ....
 the first President of the United States of America was a direct descendant of the Stricklands when Joan De Strickland (1272-1352) married Robert De Wessington, her estate included the parish of Natland
Natland

Natland is village and civil parish about two miles south of Kendal in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, close to the village of Oxenholme....
 and combined with that of Warton
Warton, Lancaster

Warton is a village and civil parish in north Lancashire in the north-west of England, close to the boundary with Cumbria, with a population of around 2,000....
.

People named Strickland

  • Alice Strickland, British born historic writer
  • , American politician
  • Agnes Strickland
    Agnes Strickland

    Agnes Strickland was an England historical writer and poet.The daughter of Thomas Strickland of Reydon Hall, Suffolk, Agnes was educated by her father, and began her literary career with a poem, Worcester Field, followed by The Seven Ages of Woman and Demetrius....
    , British writer
  • Bill Strickland
    Bill Strickland

    Bill Strickland is the founder and CEO of the Manchester Craftsmen's Guild, an innovative nonprofit agency in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania that uses the arts to inspire inner-city teenagers....
    , American community leader (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    Pittsburgh is the second largest city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania with a population of 312,819. The population of the seven-county metropolitan area is 2,462,571....
    )
  • Carol A. Strickland
    Carol A. Strickland

    'Carol A. Strickland' is an American fiction writer, pop culture scholar, and comic book fan . While she is less well-known than influential Wonder Woman fans like Gloria Steinem and Trina Robbins, her scholarship on the DC Comics series, as well as other series known for high appeal to female audiences, has made her something of a grande dam...
    , pop culture scholar
  • Charles Strickland
    Charles Strickland (town planner)

    Charles Strickland, was the local agent and town planner in County Mayo for Charles Dillon, 14th Viscount Dillon. He was the founder of the settlement of Charlestown, County Mayo....
     Agent and Town Planner
  • Charles H. Strickland
    Charles H. Strickland

    Charles H. Strickland was a minister, missionary, college president, author, and General Superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene.Strickland was married to Fannie K....
     Church minister
  • Chris Strickland, American singer/songwriter
  • David Strickland
    David Strickland

    David Gordon Strickland Jr. was an United States actor, best known for his role as the boyish rock music reporter Todd Styles in the NBC sitcom Suddenly Susan....
    , American actor
  • Danny Strickland, Former Chief Innovation Officer of The Coca Cola Company
  • Erick Strickland
    Erick Strickland

    Demerick Montae Strickland is an United States professional basketball player formerly in the NBA.After a college basketball career at the University of Nebraska, Strickland went unNBA Drafted, but caught on with the Dallas Mavericks, and went on to play for the New York Knicks, the Memphis Grizzlies, Boston Celtics, Indiana Pacers and th...
    , Basketball player
  • Gail Strickland
    Gail Strickland

    Gail Strickland is an United States character actor.Strickland was born in Birmingham, Alabama, the daughter of Theodosia and Lynn Strickland, who owned a tire shop....
    , American actress
  • Gerald Strickland, Politician
  • Howard Strickland MGM media executive
  • Hugh Edwin Strickland
    Hugh Edwin Strickland

    Hugh Edwin Strickland , was an England geologist, ornithology and systematist.Strickland was born at Reighton, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, and was grandson of Sir George Strickland, Baronet....
    , British naturalist
  • John Strickland, former Chairman of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
  • Josh Strickland
    Josh Strickland

    Josh Strickland is an American singer and actor from Charleston, South Carolina, South Carolina. He attended high school at the Charleston County School of the Arts, and graduated from Middleton High School in Charleston....
    , American singer/actor
  • KaDee Strickland
    KaDee Strickland

    Katherine Dee "KaDee" Strickland is an American actor. Well-known in her hometown of Patterson, Georgia when she was a child, she began acting during high school....
    , American actress
  • Keith Strickland
    Keith Strickland

    Keith Strickland is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and one of the founding members of the The B-52's. He was originally the band's drummer, but moved to guitar after the death of guitarist Ricky Wilson in 1985....
    , American musician
  • Mabel Strickland
    Mabel Strickland

    Mabel Edeline Strickland was a Maltese and England journalist and politician, the daughter of Gerald Strickland , the former Prime Minister of Malta....
    , Maltese journalist and politician
  • Mark Strickland
    Mark Strickland

    Mark Strickland is an United States professional basketball player, who had a career in the National Basketball Association from 1995 to 2002. A 6'9" forward , Strickland played college basketball at Temple University, where he also majored in sports management....
    , basketball player
  • Randolph Strickland
    Randolph Strickland

    Randolph Strickland was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Strickland was born in Dansville, New York and attended the common schools....
    , American politician
  • Rod Strickland
    Rod Strickland

    Rodney "Rod" Strickland is a retired United States professional basketball player and currently the assistant coordinator of basketball operations at the University of Memphis....
    , Basketball player
  • Roy C. Strickland
    Roy C. Strickland

    Roy Clifton Strickland is a businessman in The Woodlands, Texas, Texas, north of Houston, Texas, who was a pioneer in the development of the Republican Party in Louisiana....
    , Politician, businessman
  • Samijo Strickland, American singer/songwriter
  • Shirley Strickland
    Shirley Strickland

    Shirley Barbara Strickland later Shirley Strickland de la Hunty, was an Australian Athletics . She won more Olympics medals than any other Australian in running sports....
    , Australian athlete
  • Susanna Strickland, better known as Susanna Moodie
    Susanna Moodie

    Susanna Moodie, born Strickland was a United Kingdom born Canadian author who wrote about her experiences as a settler in Canada.Moodie was the younger sister of two other writers, Catharine Parr Traill and Agnes Strickland....
  • Ted Strickland
    Ted Strickland

    Ted Strickland is an United States politician of the Democratic party , and the current List of Governors of Ohio of the U.S. state of Ohio. Before his election in Ohio gubernatorial election, 2006, he served six terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio?s Ohio's 6th congressional district....
    , American politician
  • Tom Strickland
    Tom Strickland

    Tom Strickland was born in Texas but attended Louisiana State University. In 1977 he graduated with honors from the University of Texas School of Law....
    , American politician
  • William Strickland
    William Strickland (architect)

    William Strickland , was a noted architecture in nineteenth-century Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Nashville. He is noted as one of the founders of the Gothic revival movement when in 1823 he built St....
    , American architect
  • William Strickland
    William Strickland (bishop)

    William Strickland was an English priest and Bishop of Carlisle from 1400 until 1419. He was appointed by Pope Boniface IX, but not initially accepted by King Henry IV of England, although he did confirm the appointment after the chapter had elected him....
    , British clergyman
  • William Strickland
    William Strickland (navigator)

    William Strickland was an England landowner who sailed on early voyages of exploration to the Americas and is credited with introducing the turkey into England....
    , early English traveler to the Americas credited with introducing the turkey to England, later a Member of Parliament
  • William Strickland
    Sir William Strickland, 4th Baronet

    Sir William Strickland was an English Member of Parliament and Government Minister in Robert Walpole administration.Strickland was the eldest son of Sir William Strickland, 3rd Baronet of Boynton, East Riding of Yorkshire, a Yorkshire landowner and Member of Parliament; he inherited the baronetcy on his father's death in 1724....
    , British statesman
  • Strickland, the policeman in Plain Tales from the Hills
    Plain Tales from the Hills

    Plain Tales from the Hills is the first collection of short stories by Rudyard Kipling. Out of its 40 stories, "eight-and-twenty", according to Kipling's Preface, were initially published in the Civil and Military Gazette in Lahore, British raj, between November 1886 and June 1887....
     by Rudyard Kipling
    Rudyard Kipling

    Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English author and poet. Born in Mumbai, British India , he is best known for his works of fiction The Jungle Book , Kim , many short stories, including The Man Who Would Be King ; and his poems, including Mandalay , Gunga Din , and If? ....
    , based on Horatio Boileau Goad
    Horatio Boileau Goad

    Horatio Boileau Goad was a policeman who rose to be the secretary of the Municipal Corporation of Simla, British India. He had an extraordinary knowledge of local languages and customs and was a master of disguise....


See also

  • Sizergh Castle
    Sizergh Castle & Garden

    Sizergh Castle & Garden is a castle, stately home and garden in Sizergh, Cumbria, England, about four miles south of Kendal, and in the care of the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty....
    , the historic home of the Strickland family in England
  • Strickland
    Strickland

    The surname Strickland is derived from the Old Norse word Stercaland, which is was found in Westmorland to the south of Penrith, Cumbria. It didn?t become a family name until after 1179 When Walter de Castlecarrock married Christian de Leteham, an heiress to the local estate that now includes the villages of Great Strickland and Little Strickland...
    , for other uses of the term
  • was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II.
  • Great Strickland
    Great Strickland

    The village of Great Strickland lies in the Eden Valley between the Cumbrian mountains in the West and the Pennines in the East, it is five miles south east of Penrith, Cumbria, the village itself is in the former county of Westmorland....
    , village in Westmorland where the family name is derived from.