Editing Sizergh (section)

==History==
The [[Deincourt family]] owned this land from the 1170s. On the marriage of Elizabeth Deincourt to Sir William de Stirkeland in 1239, the estate passed into the hands of what became the [[Strickland (surname)|Strickland]] family, who owned it until it was gifted to the [[National Trust]] in 1950 by [[Lieutenant commander (Royal Navy)|Lieutenant Commander]] Thomas Hornyold-Strickland, 7th [[Count]] della Catena, [[Royal Navy|R.N.]], a grandson of [[Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland|the 1st Baron Strickland]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Meet Henry Hornyold-Strickland, Sizergh|url=http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/article-1355807867628/|archive-url=https://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20140205180528/http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/article-1355807867628/|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 February 2014|publisher=[[National Trust]]}}</ref>

[[Katherine Parr]], the [[Wives of Henry VIII|sixth wife]] of [[Henry VIII]] and a relative of the Stricklands, is thought to have lived here after her first husband, [[Edward Burgh (knight)|Sir Edward Burgh]], died in 1533. Katherine's second husband, [[John Neville, 3rd Baron Latimer|Lord Latymer]], was kin to the [[dowager]] Lady Strickland, Katherine Neville.<ref>{{cite book |last=James |first=Susan E. |title=Katherine Parr: Henry VIII's Last Love |date=2009 |publisher=The History Press |isbn=978-0752448534 |page=56}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |first=Linda |last=Porter |authorlink=Linda Porter (historian) |title=Katherine the Queen |publisher=Macmillan |date=2010 |page=58 |isbn=978-0330460804}}</ref>

It was extended in [[Elizabethan era|Elizabethan]] times. [[Thomas Strickland (Cavalier)|Sir Thomas Strickland]] went into exile with [[James II of England|King James II and VII]].

Around 1770, the great hall was again expanded in the [[Georgian era|Georgian]] style.