Sir Walter of Castle Carrock, Knight of Carrick Castle

Other names for Walter were Sir Walter de Strickland Knight of Strickland and Walter de Vaux

• parents: Adam de Castle Carrock (Adam de Vaux)

Married

1. Christina de Lethenham

The children of Walter and Christian were Robert, William, daughter Amabel, wife of Sir Richard de Preston, and an elder son Adam, presumably named after his paternal grandfather, Adam de Castle Carrock.

Notes

The first time the name Stricken appears, it was in the time of King John. King John had required hostages for the good behavior of his rebellious barons. Gilbert son of Robert Fit Reinfred was required to give hostages of the sons and daughter of the barons of kendal. One of these hostages was the son and heir of Walter de Strikland Adam, son of Walter Strikland, Hugh Frances, Adam de Slegyle, Stephen and Robert de Newby, and others. The sheriffs who witnesses the grant give the date of the grant because Walter bishop of Carlisle was the Sheriff of Cumberland for 15 and 16 Henry III.

This grant show that Adam Strikland was the son of Walter, and most likely must be the same son who was taken hostage by King John. In 20 Edward I, a William de Strikland, knight, confirmed this grant, which he styles the grand of Walter de Strikland, his great grandfather. This William is mentioned as the son of Robert.

In the time of Hugh, bishop of Carlisle, at the beginning of the reign of King Henry III, this Walter de Strikland, knight, had a license to keep a domestic chaplain in his family within the parish of Morland. Sir Walter was granted four acres of land in the territory of Strikland, with liberty to grind the corn growing there at his mill of Strikland moulter-free. Witnesses of this grant were Ralph, prior of Carlisle, Master G Lowther, archdeacon, Sir W. official of Carlisle, Richard Brun and Thomas son of John, Sheriff of Cumberland and Westmorland, Robert de Caftelkairoc, brother of Walter Strikland, Adam, son of Walter, Walter of Westmorland, Michael vicar of Morland, and others.

The names of the Sheriffs mentioned in the grant give the time of the grant for Walter, Bishop of Carlisle was sheriff of Cumberland in 15 and 15 Henry III. The grant also gives the name of Walter's son, Adam, most likely the same Adam that was taken hostage by King John. In 20 Edward I, a William de Strkland, knight, confirmed this grant which he styles as the grant of Walter de Strikland, his great grandfather. This William is mentioned as the son of Robert, which we can suppose is the son of Adam.

~History and Antiquities of the Counties of Westmorland and Cumberland, Vol. I, pp. 88-89

Links

• http://cybergata.com/roots/3903.htm

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Walter Fitzadam de Strictland

• Birth: 1151 - West Ward, Westmoreland, England
• Death: 1239 - Lancashire, England
• Wife: Christiana de Lehem

Children

1. Robert de Strickland+. Married Beatrice de Cotesford
2. Amabel Strickland+. Married Sir Richard de Preston Knight