Beatrice de Cotesford

  General Notes:

The Early History of the Stricklands of Sizergh, Pedigree titled "The Connection of the Families of Strickland, Washington and Carleton," names the elder Robert de Strickland's wife as Beatrice de Cotesford, who married, as her second husband, Robert de wethered. ⁹¹⁰

  Noted events in her life were:

• Background Information. ⁹¹⁰
The author of The Early History of the Stricklands of Sizergh believes that Robert de Strickland's wife and the mother of Sir Robert de Strickland was Beatrice, daughter of Geoffrey de "Cotesford" (Coatforth). An entry in the Westmorland Assize Roll of 1256 suggests that the mother of Sir Robert de Strickland may have been a co-heiress of the manor of Melcanthorpe, for in that year, Robert de "Styrkeland" was defendant in a claim for dower in a moiety of the manor of "Melkinthorp" at the suit of Beatrice, widow of Robert de "Wythehered: [Assize Roll, 41 Hen. III, no. 979] Later the same moiety reappears as in the possession of William de "Stikeland," the son & heir of Sir Robert. Before the moeity of the manor of Melcanthorpe was in Beatrice's hands, it had been in the possession of Geoffrey de "Cotesford" (Coatsforth) of Asby Coatsforth, Westmoreland, who died circ 1230 without male issue. Geoffrey's land in Asby were held by his daughter Christian and her husband William l'Engleys. It is not unlikely that Geoffrey had another daughter, Beatrice, who brought the Melcanthrorpe property in marriage to Sir Robert de Strickland's father Robert.

~The Early History of the Stricklands of Sizergh, p. 36

Beatrice married Robert de Strickland, son of Sir Walter de Castle Carrock Knight of Carrick Castle and Christina de Leteham.⁹¹⁰ (Robert de Strickland was born about 1190 in Great Strickland, Westmorland, England and died After 1220 & Before 1239 in Great Strickland, Westmorland, England ⁹¹⁰.)