Strickland married Margaret Alford, eldest of the three daughters and co-heiresses of Sir William Alford of Meaux Abbey and Bilton, Yorkshire and his first wife Elizabeth Rookes, and had issue, besides his eldest son Sir Thomas Strickland, another son Walter Strickland, and two daughters, Dorothy, who married Wiliam Grimstone, and Theresa, who married as his second wife John Stafford-Howard, younger son of William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford.[4]
In the year 1646, an indenture was made between Sir Robert Strickland, and Margaret his wife, Sir Thomas Strickland, their eldest son and heir apparent, Thomas Strickland second brother of Sir Robert, and Walter Strickland third brother of Sir Robert, of the one part; and Sir John Mallory (1610-1655) of Studley Royal, and Richard Aldbrough esquire, of the other part; containing covenants of an intended settlement upon the marriage of Sir Thomas, with Jane Moseley, daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Moseley of Ulleskelf, and widow of Sir Christopher Dawnay, first of the Dawnay Baronets of Cowick. Thomas and Jane had two surviving daughters; she died before 1675. Thomas remarried Winifred Trentham, by whom he had four sons.[4]
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Attribution.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Nicolson, Joseph; et al. (1777). The history and antiquities of the counties of Westmorland and Cumberland. Vol. 1. W. Strahan. p. 101.