Other Events:

• Baptism: 17 Oct 1611, Beeford, E Riding, Yorkshire, England

Other Events:

• Baptism: 11 Dec 1579, Beeford, E Riding, Yorkshire, England

Notes:

As no record of his marriage has been found, it probably occurred
at Beeford, where marriage records are missing from the register,
1563-1626. From his fine of 1618/19, by which he sold a messuage and
garden at Kingston-upon-Hull, it appears that his wife's name was Dorothy
??? - Probably she had died by 1620, since she is the only
daughter-in-law not mentioned in John Carleton's will.

The Chancery Proceedings have preserved for us the interesting suit of
Thomas Carlton of Lockington in 1625 to recover three tenements with
gardens in Kingston, which he claimed he had inherited from his great
uncle, Thomas Wilson, gent., brother to his grandmother, Jennett
Carleton; thus furnishing a valuable item for this pedigree. He died
intestate, and, 16 Oct. 1627, administration on his estate was granted to
Edward Downes of Beeford during the minority of the children, Thomas,
John, Philip, Margaret, Joas, and Elizabeth. Edward Downes may have been
a brother of Thomas Carlton's wife, though not found in the Beeford
register.

The Estate of THOMAS CARLETON of Lockington, 16 Oct. 1627. Administration on the goods of Thomas Carleton, late of Lockington, was granted to Edward Downes of Beforth, during the minority of Thomas, John, Phillip, Margaret, Joas, and Elizabeth Carleton, children of the deceased. The estate was under £40 in value. (York Probate Registry, Act Book, Harthill Deanery.)

Thomas married Dorothy about 1606 in Beeford, E Riding, Yorkshire, England. Dorothy was born in in England; died before 1620 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Employer: Manor court of Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, East Riding
• Occupation: Steward - 1619

Notes:

John married Ellen (daughter of Walter Strickland of Sizergh, Westmorland, Esquire), who is specifically mentioned as his wife in John Carleton's first land transaction of which we have record, the fine by which he and Philip Hawden by sold land in Great Kelke in 1582, the year of birth of his son Walter Carleton, father of the American emigrant, Edward Carlton. She apparently survived her husband, being commended in his will to loving obedience on the part of her sons, though her name is there disappointingly omitted. She is also mentioned as "my Mother Carleton" in the will of her son Walter in 1622.

The records of the Beeford Manor Court show that the Will of Henry Dryver
was proved in 1586 before William Thomson, clerk, and John Carleton,
steward of said Court, the inventory indicating a debt of seven pounds
owed by the testator to John Carleton. He was frequently mentioned as
steward of the court until 1614, a period of about twenty-eight years.
The fact that he could write the Latin probate records for this court
indicates that he was a man of education beyond what would be expected in
a countryman. Mrs. Bartlett's notes from the manorial records of
Holme-on-Spalding-Moor (a south Yorkshire parish whence came several
families with Rev. Ezekiel Rogers) reveal the fact that a JohnCarleton
was steward of the manor court there in 1619. It is possible that his
long experience in the Beeford court made an occasion for calling our
John Carleton to this other parish temporarily. Repeated searches of the
parish registers and bishop's transcripts of Holme fail to disclose any
Carleton records. Those registers, however, are notably deficient for
this period. His later activities appear in his purchases of lands in
Beeford in 1611/12, and finally in Hornsea and Great Hatfield (from his
son Walter, and the latter's brother-in-law, John Ombler) in 1621.

His original will, evidently written in his own hand and bearing his
autograph twice, is still in a good state of preservation after 300
years, but is too discolored to lend itself to photographic reproduction.
This will, at a first reading, might indicate a larger number of children
than shown by the parish register (which otherwise appears to be very
complete at this period). A more careful study of the records, however,
leads to the conclusion that the testator treated all his
daughters-in-law with the same regard as his one real daughter, first named. His "son Thomas Norton" was probably a stepson, rather than son-in-law, particularly since John Carleton, Jr. (in his will of1643), names his "brother Thomas Norton" and his "sister Mareget Norton," the latter not being mentioned by John Carleton, Sr. Surely she would have been if she had been his daughter, rather than merely the wife of his stepson.

FROM PROBATE RECORDS
The WILL of JOHN CARLETON OF Beeford, 1620. "In the name of God Amen I
John Carleton of Beford in Houldrnes att this present beeing in health
god be praysed do ordaine and make this my last will and testament in
manner and forme followinge renouncing all former wills ffirst I give and
comend my Soule into the hands of Almighty god and my Saviour Jesus
Christ by whose sufferinge and merits my salvation dependeth And my will
is that my bodye be buried wthin the churche of Beford If I Dye there I
I do gyve and bequeth to my wyfe all my estate tytle and interest in the
house wherein I now dwell, wth the closes and v oxgangs of land wth all
other appurtenances thereunto belonging, to enter to the same according
to the customs of the Towne of Beford aforesaid; Itm I do gyue to my
daughter An Strickland x s[hillinges], Itm I do gyue to my daughter An
Carleton x 5; Itm I do gyue my daughter Jaine Carleton x 5; Itm I dogyue
to my daughter Rachell Carleton x s; Itm I do gyue to my sonne Thomas
Norton x s; Itm I do gyue to every one that are my servants at the hower
of my death ii S vi d; Itm I do gyue to the poore of Beford xx 5 to be
distributed to the most needfull at the discretion of Mr. Bell (Thomas
Bell, M.A., was rector of St. Leonard's Beeford, instituted 31 March
1608, and continuing until his death, probably about 1637.) The rest of
my goods & chattels in this my will not gyuen & Bequeathed (my dettes
beinge paid and funeral dyscharged) I do gyve and bequethe to my Sonnes
Thomas Carleton, George Carleton, Walter Carleton and John Carleton, and
to my grandchild Thomas Carleton being my sonne Thomas his sonne whom I
make executor of this my Last will and Testament Beseching god to bless
them all, And I do charge them to be Loving and obedient to theirmother,
And every one of them to be loving to another, wch I do not doutt but
they will do and p'form; my meaning is And yt is my will that my said
grand child Thomas Carleton shall have as full and large a pte of my
goods as shall fall and he due any waye to my said sonnes; In witnes
whereof I haue to this my last will and testament subscribed my name and
put to myn seale the nynthe daye of December, and in the yeare of our
Lord God one thousand syxe hundrethe and twentie

I do owe my sonne George Carleton xII Wytnesses of this my
will Thomas Shawe Robert Chambers All these blottings in this my will
were don and blotted bye myselfe in my lyfe-tyme" (Original will, York
Probate Registry)

Following the registered copy of John Carleton's will (York, vol. 39,fo
5) is this record: On the same day [22 Nov. 1626] the said dean [Mr.
Wilfitt, dean of Holderness] certified concerning the proving of this
will, through the witnesses named, being sworn; administration on the
goods of the said deceased was committed to Thomas Carleton, son, sole
executor named in the same will, being previously sworn.

The Act Book, Holderness Deanery, 1626, has the following record: Andon
the same day and year [22 Nov. 1626] the said dean [Mr. Welfit]certified
concerning the proving of the will of John Carleton late of Beeford in
the Diocese of York deceased through the witnesses named, being sworn;
administration on the goods of the same deceased was committed to John
Carleton s/o the said deceased and one of the executors named inthe
will, being previously sworn, power being reserved to the otherexecutors
in said will, and there was exhibited an inventory of over 40 pounds.*

* The quindene of Easter, when the Easter term started in the 14th
year of Charles I fell on 8 April. Probably the Court would sit on the
Monday, 9 April 1638, which may be considered as the date of thisfine.
(L. J. R.)[:ITAL]

For the sake of its confirmation of the identity of John Carleton'swife,
the following brief abstract of a long will of her stepmother is
introduced, a will which has been unknown to, or at least ignored by,all
the Strickland historians.

18 Jan. 1586. I, Alice, Lady Boynton of Rippon in the county of York,
widdow: And for my leace of Bexworth I give and bequeath the same untomy
sonne Thomas Strickland as executor of this my last will to make hismost
profitt theron for xij yeares, then to pay the whole profitts unto mytwo
daughters Elizabeth ffoster and Dorothy Boynton and to their heires,and
for default of such issew to reMe to the house of Halnaby. Item,
wheras after the death of Mr Thomas Boynton my laite husband his
apparell, plate, household stuffe, etc. was not deuided but isremayninge
at Barmestone to be devided betwixt my sonn ffrancis Boynton and mewhen
we shall thinke good, now I give to my sonne ffrancis Boynton all my
parte of the said apparell, stone, tymber, and other things, and tohis
sonne Thomas Boynton all my parte of the plaite and household stuffewhen
he shall come to the age of xxi yeares.; To my mother one Portegew fora
token. To my daughters Elizabeth ffoster and Dorothy Boynton onehundreth
marks for a token. To my Sonn ffrancis Vaughan one old Ryall for atoken.
To my daughter Ann Vaughan one gold Ringe for a token. To my sonn
ffrancis ffoster xli for a token. To my brother William Place, my
brother Robert Place and my sister Bradley every one of them oneAngell
for a token. To my sister Tempes one gold Ringe for a token. To mynevey
Nicholas Tempest xli for a token. Item I do give to Ellenor Carltonnbase
daughter to my husband Mr Strickland xli. [Minor bequests toservants.]
All the rest of my goods I give unto my sonn Thomas Strickland, whom I
make executor. Proved 24 March 1595, and administration granted toThomas
Strickland Esquire, executor named in the will. (York Registry,vol.26,
fo 250.)

The discrepancy between this probate act and the note appended to the
record of the will is perplexing. Did Dean Wilfitt change his mind during
the day, so as to make separate rulings on the ambiguous clause of the
will at the request of two sons? It is surprising also to note that the
will was not presented for probate until three and a half years after the
death of the testator when Thomas and John Carlton were the only
surviving sons.

Ellen Strickland, wife of John Carleton comes from a very old and
distinguished family. Upon the death of her father, Walter, Esquire, and
after the subsequent marriage of her step-mother, Alice, to Sir Thomas
Boynton in 1573-4, she probably moved with the Boyntons to Yorkshire
where she may have married into one of the numerous Norton families of
that area and had the child that John Carleton refers to affectionately
in his will of 1620 as "my sonne Thomas Norton". Such a removal to
Yorkshire might have given her an opportunity of making a second alliance
with John Carleton of Beeford.

Feet of Fines, Yorkshire, 24 Elizabeth (1582). Bundle 19
Transfer and quitclaim of 30 acres of land, 10 acres of meadow, 10acres
of pasture, and common of turbary in Great Kelke, by John and Eleanor
(Ellen) Carleton and their heirs, and Philip and Lora Hawdenby and their
heirs to John and William Hamlyng. (The Hawdenbys and the Carltons were
related through Ellen Carleton's stepmother, Alice (Tempest) (Place)
Strickland).

King's Court, Westminster, 9 James I (1611/12) in Octaves of Hilary Agreement between John Carleton and William Shawe, plaintiffs, and John and Elizabeth Fairfax and John Howe, for quitclaim on 1 messuage, 2 barns, 1 garden, 1 orchard, 28 acres of land, 8 acres of meadow, 12acres of pasture, 4 acres of furze and heath, and common pasture for all beasts in 'Beforth' (Beeford) in exchange for 41 pounds from the plaintiffs.

Feet of Fines, Yorkshire, 19 James I (1621), Bundles 383 and 389
John Carleton and John, his son, purchase land from Walter and Jane Carleton and John and Elizabeth Omler consisting of 1 messuage, 1garden, 160 acres of land, 60 acres of meadow, 200 acres of pasture; 3 acres of wood, 60 acres of furze and heath, and common pasture for all beasts in Hornsey, Hornsey-Burton, and Great Hatfield. Price--240 pounds.

A record in the Act Book, Holderness Deanery, 1626, states that on 22 November, 1626, Dean Wilfitt certified the proving of the will, and the administration was committed to John Carleton, s/o the deceased, and one of those named in the will. The inventory was over 40 pounds.

An interesting note is the change in executor, and the fact that the will was not probated until 1626, some three and one-half years after the death of the testator, when Thomas and John were the only surviving sons.

John married Ellen STRICKLAND about 1577 in E Riding, Yorkshire, England. Ellen (daughter of Walter STRICKLAND, Esq and --?-- Mistress MNU) was born about 1557 in Sizergh Castle, Westmorland, England; died about 1630 in E Riding, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Illegitimate d/o Walter Strickland
m1 aft 23 Jan 1568 ______ Norton. They had one son, Thomas

The Strickland Family

Sizergh, the name of the Strickland family home, is of Scandinavian origin, and originates from the Scandinavian occupation of England in the 9th and 10th Centuries. Along with a large gift of other lands, Sizergh was granted by Henry II about 1170-80 to Gervase d'Eyncourt (Deincourt), a cadet of the great baronial family of that name in Lincolnshire. These possessions continued in the d'Eyncourt family for several generations until Elizabeth, great-granddaughter of Gervase, became the sole heiress, and conveyed them all in marriage to her husband, Sir WilliamStrickland in 1239. From that time, this has been the residence of the Strickland family.

In earlier times, the family was known as "de Castlecarrock," and they were descended from the Norman family of Vaux (or de Vallibus), and therefore allied to the family of Gilles. In 1179, Walter de Castlecarrock married, moved to the manor of Great Strickland in north Westmoreland acquired through his wife, and assumed the name "de Strikeland." The name meant "the pastureland of young cattle." This Walter was later knighted and was the great-grandfather of the Sir William mentioned above.

Family members have been found in Parliament in almost every generation until the end of the 17th Century. They have also been involved in other parts of Government, including the military, up to the present time.

Notes:

Thomas was well established in Beeford, co. Yorkshire, in 1573 when his friend, William Morris bequeathed to him "my best cote and my daggar," and he also joined in giving bonds for the payment of other legacies of the same will. The parish register of Beeford began in 1563--not early enough to give a record of baptism or marriage of Thomas' children--but it would appear that he had no large family, or at least they did not reach maturity, for all Carleton names found in Beeford parish registers can be placed in the family of his one son, John.

A Chancery Court suit of Thomas Carleton (grands/o Thomas) shows that Jennett Wilson, wife of Thomas, was a sister of Thomas Wilson, gentleman. Thomas Wilson died about 1609 leaving his wife as executrix of his will and his grand-nephew, Thomas Carleton, heir to his houses and lands in Kingston-on-Hull.

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York Probate Registry, Act Book, Holderness, 1582. On the first day of May 1582 administration of all and singular the goods, rights and credits which belonged to Thomas Carleton late of Beforthe in Holdernes, deceased, was granted to Janet relict of the said deceased, sworn in form of law, and she has until the feast of Holy Trinity next for presenting an inventory of the goods of the said deceased, under penalty of V shillings, and the said relict and others were put under bonds.

And on the 15th day of May 1582 there was presented an inventory under agreement of adding to and correcting it. . . . Exhibiting through her proctor in writing, the aforesaid Jenet Carleton widow, administratrix of the goods rights and credits of Thomas Carleton, deceased, presented an account of her administration, by which she established that she had expended beyond the total of the goods of the said deceased; the court freed and acquitted her, and on her petition granted her testimonial letters. (York Probate Registry, Act Book, Holderness, 1582.)[:ITAL]

Chancery Proceedings. (Public Record Office, London) 19 May 1625} Thomas Carlton of Lockington in the county of York (grands/o Thomas) showed the court that he was heir to his grandmother's brother's estate which consisted of "three tenements with the gardens thereto belonging of the yearly value of twenty pounds and upwards, neere unto blacke frior gate in Kingston upon Hull." Thomas Carlton was under-age at the time of his uncle's death, and Wilson's widow had had use and income from the property until her death, ca. 1617.

At the time of the widow's death, Thomas Carlton was not well and was unable to travel to Kingston upon Hull to see about his property, and an Anne Sparrowe, executrix to the estate of Agnes Wilson, widow, with her husband, William Sparrowe, had "combyned and confederated themselves" with others to "defeate and defraud" said Thomas Carlton of his just and lawful title to the property, and had received and taken the profits for their own use. Thomas Carlton asks the court to order them to appear in court and give him his legal rights to this property.

FROM CHANCERY PROCEEDINGS
19 May 1625-Humblie complayning sheweth . . . yor daylie orator Thomas Carlton of Lockington in the countie of Yorke gent that whereas one Thomas Wilson gent deceased greate uncle to yor said orator (that is to say) Brother to Jennett Carleton yor orators grandmother his onlie sister being seized in his demesne as of ffee of and in three Tenements wth the gardens thereto belonging of the yearlie value of Twentie pound and upwards . . .neere unto blacke ffrior gate in Kingston upon Hull . . . about thirtie yeares since in consideracon of the natural love and affeccon wch he bore unto yor said orator and because yor orator was the neerest of Bloude unto him and his next heire apparent . . .did . . . convey and assure the said three Tenemte and gardens . . . to the use of himselfe and Agnes his wief for their lives and the lief of the longer liver of them wth remaynder to the heires of his bodye lawfullie begotten wth remaynder for want of such issue to yor said orator and the heires of the bodie of yor said orator lawfully to be begotten wth remaynder for want of such issue to other yor orators Brothers and ye heires of their bodies wth other remaynders over as by the said deed or conveyance. . . . And ye said Thomas Wilson being of ye said Tenemte by force of the said deed or conveyance seized for terme of his lief wth remainder as aforesaid about sixteene yeares since died of such estate so thereof seized, having issue onlie one Thomas Wilson his sonne and heire being an infant wthin age wch said Thomas Wilson his sonne died before his accomplismt of his age of one & twentie yeares wthout any issue of his bodie, the said Agnes Wilson being then living by reason wherof the said Agnes Wilson for diu'se yeares after the death of the said Thomas Wilson thelder held and kept possion and tooke the profitts of the said Tenements by force of the said deed or conveyance untill the tyme of hir death, whoe dyed about eight yeares sithence And the reu'con or Inheritance of ye said Tenemets after hir death did, and doth wholly belonge unto yor said orator. But . . . the said Agnes Wilson being executrix of the last will and Testament of the said Thomas Wilson, and by reason thereof possessing hirselfe not onlie of the goods and chattels of the said Thomas Wilson but alsoe of the said deed or conveyance . .. did tetayne the same all hir lief tyme from yor said orator, But after her death yor orator understanding of his right to the said Tenemte and other the lands of the said Thomas Wilson the father, not only by force of the said conveyance, but alsoe by discent as Cozen and heire to the said Thomas Wilson the sonne (he being dead whout issue) did gett possession of some of the deeds and evidence . . . and yor orator likewise after the death of the said Agnes Wilson did alsoe obtayne & gett the possession of all other the lands . . . wch were the said Thomas Wilson the fathers, saving of the three Tenemts and ev' since by himselfe and his assignes have taken the profitts thereof, But soe it is may it further please yor lordship That shortlie after the death of the said Agnes Wilson yor orator falling sicke and. . . . yt he could not soe many yeares travell or goe abroad about these . . . affayres, and living farre remote from Kingston upon Hull aforesaid, one Willm Sparrowe of Kingston upon Hull aforesaid and Anne his wief whoe was executrix to the said Agnes Wilson and of some alliance to hir having gotten into their hands the said deed or conveyance soe made whereby ... have combyned and confederated themselves wth one Daniell Robins/o Kingston upon Hull aforesaid marryner and one Phillip Miffin of Presteyne in Holderness in the said countie of Yorke vinter of purpose to sett on foote some feyned estate in & to the p'miss' and to defeate and defraud yor said orator of his just and lawfull title thereunto . . . yett they the said Willm Sparrow and Anne his wief Daniell Robinson and Phillip Miffin have entered into and taken possion of the said three tenements, and ev' since the death of the said Agnes Wilson have received and taken the p'fitts thereof to their . . .uses wthout anie lawfull right or title thereunto . . . may it therefore please yor good lordship to graunt unto yor said orator the kinges most gracous writt . . to be directed to the said Willm Sparrow Anne his wief Daniell Robinson and Phillip Miffin commanding them . . . to appeare . . in Cort of Chancery.
(Chancery Proceedings B. & A. Charles I, C2, 19/28.) [:ITAL]
(Preserved in the Public Record Office, London.)

Thomas married Jennett WILSON about 1550 in E Riding, Yorkshire, England. Jennett was born about 1525 in E Riding, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

prob d/o William Wilson

Notes:

Walter Strickland, born 5 Apr. 1516, died 8 March 1569, was the eldest son and heir of Sir Walter Strickland and Katherine Neville. His marital affairs are not entirely clear. On 8 March 1535, while under age, he was contracted to marry Margaret Hamerton, daughter of Sir Stephen Hamerton, but there is no record of the marriage ever taking place, and it is said that Margaret took her own life a few days before the expected marriage.
In records of 1537, Walter is mentioned as having a wife, Agnes. It is entirely possible that Agnes is the same as Ann, a younger daughter of Sir Stephen Hamerton, and she may also be the mother of Ellen, since Ellen and John named their first child Ann. Whatever the name and identity of the mother, Walter recognized Ellen as his "natural daughter" and made provision for her in his will. Ellen also apparently lived with her father in Sizergh Castle. Walter married ca. 1560/1, Alice (Tempest) Place, widow of Christopher Place, Yorkshire. After Walter's death, Alice married Sir Thomas Boynton.

It was during the time that Walter and Alice (Tempest) Strickland lived in the castle that all the Elizabethan part was built and paneling installed. Alice reMed at Sizergh Castle after the death of Walter and her marriage to Sir Thomas Boynton to Look after the young Strickland children. Being a lady of great taste, she was responsible for much of the paneling and other 16th Century ornamentation. After Sir Thomas Boynton's death, Alice moved to Yorkshire and here the marriage of Ellen to John Carleton took place. Alice also made provision in her will for Ellen Strickland, daughter of her deceased husband, Walter.

Sizergh castle still stands and is in good condition. It was given in 1950 to the National Trust and is open for tours. The present Strickland family lives in one wing of the castle.

Re: The castle
The unusual name of Sizergh, originates from the Scandinavian occupation in the ninth or tenth centuries. Anciently spelt Sigaritherge, Siritherde, Sigrittserh and other variations; the first element represents a personal name, Sigarith, being often met with as the feminine form of Sigred, Sigar or Siric. The second element erg denotes a summer pasture or dairy farm.

Walter married --?-- Mistress MNU. --?-- died in ?. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]