account, was made extra-parochial by the archbishop: the king's charter for the chapel is dated 29th April, 1286, Edward I.: the confirmation is dated 5th June, 1452, being the 31st of Henry VI. Sir Thomas Vavasor, the lineal descendant of this baron, so distinguished himself, with others of the nobility, by raising forces and equipping vessels to defend Queen Elizabeth against the Spanish armada, that the queen, in reward of this zeal, and out of particular regard for one of her maids of honor, who was a Vavasor, and acknowledged by her majesty as her kinswoman, would never suffer the chapel at Haselwood to be molested, where the Roman catholic rites still continue to be celebrated. Lord Vavasor m. Nichola, daughter of Sir Stephen Wallis, knt. of Newton, by whom he had issue three sons, 1. Robert, second Lord Vavasor, who was likewise employed against the Scots, and also had summons as a baron, 7th Edward II. He married, and left issue two daughters, 1. Elizabeth Vavasor, m. Sir Robert Strelly, of Nottinghamshire, in whose heirs it is supposed this barony still exists. 2. Ann. Robert, Lord Vavasor, dying without issue male, was s. at Haselwood by his next brother, 11. Sir Henry le Vavasor (second son of William, Baron Vavasor), who was the direct ancestor of Sir Thomas Vavasour, of Haselwood Castle, who was created a baronet in 1628, which dignity expired with the late Sir Thomas Vavasour, in 1826. The estates at Haselwood, &c. devolved by will upon his cousin, the Hon. Edward Marmaduke Stourton, (second son of Charles-Philip, sixteenth Lord Stourton, by Mary, daughter and co-heiress of Marmaduke, fifth and last Lord Langdale), who, changing his name to Vavasour, and being created a baronet, is the present Sir Edward-Marmaduke Vava sour, of Haselwood, in the county of York. III. William, of Deneby (now Danby), in Yorkshire, ancestor to the family (Scroop) in that place. Sir John le Vavasor of Haselwood was s. in his estates at Denton and Askwith by his second son, SIR MALGER LE VAVASOR, knt. of Denton and Askwith, who m. Alice, daughter of William Duston, esq. and had issue, 1. MAUGER (Sir), who lived about the 1. William Vavasor, of Denton, knt. chamberlain to William Brocas, his son and heir,who made over his estate of Denton by deed of feoffment to Wil Sir Mauger Vavasor, who d. without issue, He was s. by his eldest son, JOHN VAVASOR, esq. of Weston, (made William Vavasor, m. and had his will 1st Edward IV.), m. Ellen, daughter of Thomas Beckwith, of Clinte, esq. (she made her will 2nd Henry VII.), by whom he had issue, issue, 3. Richard, m. and had two sons, Mauger and William, who released to Sir Bernard Brocas, knt. and Agnes Vavasor, his wife, all their right and interest in the manor of Denton; and shortly afterwards both d. with out issue. II. JOHN, of whom presently. Sir Malger Vavasor, of Denton and Askwith, was s. at Askwith by his second son, SIR JOHN LE Vavasor, of Askwith, knt. whom. the daughter and heiress of Sir William de Stopham, of Weston, knt. by whom he had issue, JOHN LE VAVASOR, of Askwith, who lived about the year 1329, and left issue by Alice, his wife, JOHN LE VAVASOR, of Askwith, who m. Agnes, daughter and heir of de Benevile, and had issue, WILLIAM, attorney-general to King Ed- He was s. at Weston by his second son, JOHN VAVASOR, esq. of Weston. This gentleman m. Agnes, or Anne, daughter of Sir William Mauleverer, of Wothersome, knt. (This Agnes, or Anne, did release to John, her son, all her right in the manor of Weston, in 1400, 2nd Henry IV.) They left issue, JOHN. Richard. Thomas. He was s. by his eldest son, JOHN VAVASOR, esq. of Weston, who m. Margaret, daughter of Sir Peter Middleton, of Stockeld, knt. by whom he had issue, JOHN. JOHN VAVASOR, esq. of Weston, who married and had issue, William, parson of Bursdsall, in Cra- He m. secondly, Agnes, daughter of Sir ven. Henry, m. Matilda, daughter of William Calverley, knt. of Calverley, by whom he had issue, Isabel, m. John Haythorp, esq. of Grace, m. Thomas Sothaby, esq. of Frances, m. first, Anthony Fawkes, esq.; secondly, Peter Bainbridge, esq.; and, thirdly, William Pulleyn, He espoused, secondly, Dorothy, daughter esq. of Scotton. Ann, m. first, Thomas Pulleyne, esq.; and, secondly, Peter Danby, esq. He was s. by his eldest son, MARMADUKE VAVASOUR, esq. of Weston. This gentleman m. Joan, daughter of Sir William Middleton, knt. of Stockeld, and left a son, his successor, WILLIAM VAVASOUR, esq. of Weston and Newton, who m. first, Alice, daughter of Richard Pavor, esq. of Brayme, by whom he had one son and a daughter, viz. MAUGER, his heir. Agnes, m. first, John Pulleyne, esq. of Killinghall; and, secondly, Edmund Parkinson, esq. He m. secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Leonard Beckwith, knt. by whom he had another daughter, Frances, m. Sir Henry Slingsby, knt. He m. thirdly, Margaret, daughter of Walter Walshe, esq. of Shelsden Abberley, in the county of Worcester, by whom he likewise had issue. He was s. by his eldest son, SIR MAUGER VAVASOUR, knt. whom. Joan, daughter of John Savile, esq. of Stanley, by whom he had, WILLIAM. Mary, m. Stephen Hammerton, esq. of Frances, m. Edmund Cloughe, esq. of Thorpe Stapylton, near Leeds. Sir Mauger was a justice of the peace in the 44th Elizabeth. He was s. by his son, WILLIAM VAVASOUR, esq. of Weston. This gentleman m. first, Mary, daughter of Francis Vaughan, esq. of Sutton upon Derwent, and had issue, Mauger, m. Frances, daughter and coheir of Piers Leghe, esq. son of Sir Peter Leghe, of Lyme, in Cheshire, but died in the lifetime of his father, without issue. THOMAS, Successor to his father. He m. secondly, Anne, daughter and heir of Richard Tolson, esq. of Cockermouth, in the county of Cumberland, and widow of the Honorable Edward Savile, second son of John Lord Savile, but had no issue. He was s, by his second and only surviving son, THOMAS VAVASOUR, esq. of Weston, who m. first, Mary, daughter of Richard Norton, esq. by whom he had no surviving issue. of John Braddyle, esq. of Portfield, county of Lancaster, and had a son, MAUGER, his successor. Mr. Vavasour wedded, thirdly, a daughter of John Roodes, esq. of Ribchester, county of Lancaster; and, fourthly, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Alexander Barlow, of Barlow, near Manchester, by whom he had also issue. He was s. by his son, MAUGER VAVASOUR, esq. of Weston. This gentleman m. Frances, daughter of Peter Vavasour, esq. of Spaldington, by whom he had Susanna and a son, his successor, WILLIAM VAVASOUR, esq. of Weston, who m. Mary, daughter of Thomas Fawkes, esq. of Farnley, in the county of York, and was s. by his eldest son, WILLIAM VAVASOUR, esq. of Weston. This gentleman m. Anne, daughter of John Chaplin, esq. of Tathwell, in the county of Lincoln, by whom (who d. 11th March, 1783), he had issue, WALTER, his heir. John, killed by a fall from his horse Mary, m. Captain William Candler, Mr. Vavasour was s. by his eldest son, WALTER VAVASOUR, esq. of Weston, who m. 8th July, 1761, Ellen, daughter of Edward Elmsall, esq. of Thornhill, and had issue, WALTER-AYSCOUGH-FAWKES. EDWARD-ELMSALL, successor to his bro ther. WILLIAM, present lord of the soil. He d. in 1780, and was s. by his eldest son, WALTER - ASCOUGH - FAWKES VAVASOUR, esq. of Weston, a minor, who d. unmarried at Weston, the 28th March, 1787, and was s. by his next brother, EDWARD-ELMSALL VAVASOUR, esq. of Wes ton, m. Anne, daughter of Robert Sutton, | only surviving male descendant of the anesq. of Scofton, in the county of Notting- cient house of Vavasour. ham, (who m. secondly, the Rev. John Chaloner, of Newton Kyme, Yorkshire), by whom he had no issue. He was s. by his brother, the present WILLIAM VAVASOUR, esq. of Weston, the Arms-Quarterly; for VAVASOR, first and fourth, a fesse dancettée sa.: for STOPHAM, second and third, arg. a bend sa. Crest-A cock gu. crested or. Seat-Weston Hall, Yorkshire. STRICKLAND, OF SIZERGH. STRICKLAND, THOMAS, esq. of Sizergh, in the county of Westmorland, b. 15th March, 1790; m. in November, 1824, Mademoiselle Ida de Finguerlin Bisahengen, youngest daughter of the Baron Finguerlin Bisahengen, and has a son and heir, WALTER, b. at Paris, 5th September, 1825. Mr. Strickland inherited the estates upon the demise of his father. Lineage. We shall begin the detail of this ancient family with an extract from Nicholson and Burn's History of the Antiquities of Westmorland and Cumberland. zergh Hall, Charles Strickland, esq. we have been enabled to make out a regular and authentic deduction of this family from the clearest and most undeniable evidence, viz. the family writings." The first of the name of Strickland met with is in the reign of King JOHN, when Gilbert Fitz Reinfred having been compelled, on account of his involvement with the rebellious barons, to give hostages for his future conduct, which hostages were the sons, daughters, and heirs of the principal mense lords holding under the barons of Kendal, amongst whom was the son and heir of SIR WALTER DE STIRKLAND. In the time of Hugh, bishop of Carlisle, who came to the see towards the be"In Helsington there hath been a family ginning of the reign of King HENRY III., at Sizergh Hall, much more ancient than this Sir Walter had license to keep a doany of the names of Bindlow or Bellingham, mestic chaplain in his family, within the as lords of the manor. Which family came parish of Morland, so as it should be of no from Strickland, (or rather Stirkland,) which prejudice to the mother church. Sir Walter was the pasture ground of the young cattle Stirkland granted to the church of St. Mary's, (called stirks or steers) in the parish of Mor-York, and to the prior and monks of Wederland, in this county, in which part they had hal (which was a cell of the said abbey) four considerable possessions, as well as at Si- acres of land, in the territory of Stirkland zergh and other adjacent places, generally moulter free. holden under the barons of Kendal. It is somewhat extraordinary, that amongst the pedigrees of almost all the other ancient families in this county we have met with no satisfactory account of this family; but the indulgence of the late worthy owner of Si The son of this Sir Walter was ADAM DE STIRKLAND, whose son, SIR ROBERT DE STIRKLAND, granted by deed, dated at his manor of Great Stirkland, on the eve of St. John the Baptist, 23rd HENRY III. to William his son, and Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Ralph Deincourt, knt. on their marriage, his whole manor of Great Strickland. This Sir Ralph Deincourt had an only son, Ralph, at whose decease, without issue, the inheritance devolved upon the above Elizabeth Stirkland. Sir Robert was s. by his son, SIR WILLIAM De Strikeland, who, in the 4th EDWARD I. was under-sheriff of the county of Westmorland. He confirmed in the 20th EDWARD I. the grant made by his great grandfather, to the abbot of St. Mary's, York, and the monks of Wedeshal, and was 8. at his decease by his son, SIR WALTER DE STRICKLAND, who in the 28th EDWARD I. was with the king at the siege of Carlaverok, and in the 1st and 6th of EDWARD II. was knight of the shire for Westmorland. In the 15th of the same reign, he was appointed sheriff of the county of Westmorland. In two years afterwards he was again knight of the same shire. In the 9th of EDWARD III. Sir Walter obtained a grant to inclose his wood and demesne lands at Sizergh, and to make a park there, and to hold the same so inclosed to him and his heirs for ever. This Sir Walter, on the marriage of his son, Thomas, with Cecilia, daughter of Robert de Wells, settled the manor of Hackthorp and his lands in Overwinder, &c. on the issue of that marriage, with remainder to John and Ralph, his other two sons. appears to have had issue, He THOMAS, his successor. In the 17th EDWARD III. Sir Walter again represented the county in parliament, and was s. upon his demise by his eldest son, In the 36th EDWARD III. there is an indenture of covenant between Sir Thomas Strickland and Ranulph de Dacre, lord of Gillesland, concerning the marriage of Walter, his son and heir, with Margaret de Latham, niece of Ranulph. In four years after, Sir Thomas made a settlement of lands, at Siggeswick and Levens, upon his younger sons, John, Peter, and Thomas, for life, with remainder to his own right heirs. Sir Thomas had a fifth son, William, who was consecrated bishop of Carlisle, 24th August, 1400, and who d. at Rome in 1419. Sir Thomas d. in 1377, and was s. by his eldest son, This gen SIR WALTER DE STRICKLAND. tleman had no issue by his first wife, Margaret de Latham. He espoused, secondly, Isabella, daughter of John de Olney, which John, in the 5th of RICHARD II., settled upon the issue of that marriage a tenement in London, known by the name of Great Place, situate in the parish of St. Mary-at-Hill. In the 14th of RICHARD II. Sir Walter was escheater for the king on the inquisition post mortem of Thomas de Ross, and, in four years after, was a knight of the shire for Westmorland. He was s. by his eldest son, SIR THOMAS DE STRICKLAND, who in the 5th of HENRY V. conveyed his whole estate to trustees, that if he should die in his voyage to serve the king, they should enfeoff Mabel his wife therein, during her widowhood; and if she should die before his son Walter should come of age, then they were to receive the profits during his nonage, delivering the same to William de Tunstale In the 5th of and John de Weffington. HENRY VI. Sir Thomas entered into articles of agreement with Nicholas de Crofte, esq. wherein both parties become bound under the penalty of £400. for the solemnization of a marriage between Walter Strickland, Sir Thomas's son and heir, with Douce, In the 7th Henry VI. Sir Thomas represented the county of Westmorland in parliament. SIR THOMAS STRICKLAND, who in the 35th of EDWARD III. obtained a patent empower-daughter of the said Nicholas, when he the ing him to impark his woods at Helsington, said Nicholas should attain his fourteenth Walter. Levesnes, and Hackerthorp, containing three year. hundred acres, for his good services done in France. In the same year, Katharine de Ross, daughter of Sir Thomas Strickland, and widow of John de Ross, of Kendal Castle, assigns over to her father (Sir Thomas) the ward and marriage of her daughter, Elizabeth de Ross, who was afterwards married, in the 8th RICHARD II., to Sir William del Parr. In the 9th of the same reign Sir Thomas went to London, and joined the solemn cavalcade that was to attend the young king to Paris, in order to his coronation. In the 10th Henry VI. Pope EUGENIUS IV. granted to Sir Thomas, and Mabel, his |