William Strickland (died 1419) was an English priest and sometime Rector of

St. Mary's Church, Horncastle St. Mary's Church, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England, dates from the early 13th century and is dedicated to Saint Mary. It serves the Ecclesiastical Parish of Horncastle and a grade II* listed building that was heavily restored by Ewan Christia ...

who served as

Bishop of Carlisle The Bishop of Carlisle is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Carlisle in the Province of York. The diocese covers the county of Cumbria except for Alston Moor and the former Sedbergh Rural District. The see is in the city of Car ...

from 1400 until 1419. He was appointed by Pope Boniface IX, but not initially accepted by King Henry IV, although he did confirm the appointment after the chapter had elected him. He was consecrated on 15 August 1400.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 235 Strickland was one of the commissioners who negotiated peace with Scotland in 1401. Early in life he had been married to Isabel, daughter and heiress of Thomas de Warthecopp, of that place, and Margaret his wife, by whom he had a daughter Margaret.The Parentage of Bishop Strickland. By the late P. A. Wilson http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-2055-1/dissemination/pdf/Article_Level_Pdf/tcwaas/002/1982/vol82/tcwaas_002_1982_vol82_0010.pdf This Margaret married twice, first to Sir John de Derwentwater, and secondly to Sir Robert de Lowther. By these two marriages she had at least ten children, more probably eleven. Strickland died on 30 August 1419.

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* 15th-century English Roman Catholic bishops Bishops of Carlisle 14th-century births 1419 deaths {{England-bishop-stub