University Archives
Strickland-Constable family, of Wassand
The founder of the branch of Stricklands in and around Bridlington was William Strickland (d.1598), the navigator. He was descended from William de Strykeland of county Westmorland. As a young man William Strickland accompanied Sebastian Cabot in his voyages to the New World and the fortune he amassed was then invested in property in the 1540s when he bought Boynton, Hildenley, Newton and Wintringham. His grandson William Strickland (1596-1665) was MP for Hedon between 1640 and 1653 and for the East Riding between 1654 and 1656. His descendants continued to sit for Parliament and William Strickland (1686-1735), was MP for Malton 1708-15, then Carlisle 1715-22 and finally Scarborough 1722-35. He was one of the lords of the treasury 1725-7 and secretary at war 1730. He was responsible for the alterations to the old hall at Boynton and the collection of a fine library. His great-grandson, George Strickland (1782-1874), took the name Cholmley to succeed to the Cholmley estates in 1865. The family also succeeded by marriage to the Wassand estates of the Constable family and the small collection held relates to this property and includes estate correspondence, leases and bonds. [DDCV(2)/65]
Related papers are held at the East Riding of Yorkshire Archives Service [Accessions to repositories 1990 & 1998]