Walter FitzWalter (1345 - 1386)

Born 31 May 1345 in Henham, Essex, England

Ancestors

Husband of Eleanor (Dagworth) FitzWalter — married 23 Jun 1362 (to 29 Nov 1375) in Vachery (in Cranley), Surrey, England

Descendants

Died 26 Sep 1386 at age 41 in Orense, Galicia, Spain

Biography

Sir Walter FitzWalter was a member of the aristocracy in England.

Walter FitzWalter, 3rd Baron FitzWalter was age 16 at the death of his father (1360). "In the 44th of Edward III. he was in that Expedition made into Gascoign, and there reputed one of the most Expert soldiers in the whole Realm, but being taken Prisoner in those Wars, was forced to mortgage his Castle and Lordship of Egremond for 1000l. towards raising his Fine for his Redemption; In 1372,... he was commanded to repair int Norfolk for the Safeguard of those Parts. In 1379, he procured the King's Charter for a Weekly Market every Friday, at his Lordship of Hemenhale in Norfolk, and a Fair Yearly on the Eve, Day, and Morrow, after the Feast of St. Andrew the Apostle,... His first Wife was Eleanor, by whom he had no Issue, his Second... was Philippa Daughter and Co-heir to John de Mohun Lord of Dunster, and Widow of Edward Duke of York, she survived him."^[1][2]

Names

Titles of Sir Walter FitzWalter^[3]:

Admiral of the Fleet (Northern parts)

Trier of Petitions in Parliament, concerning Gascony and overseas 1378-85

Joint Warden of the West March of Scotland 1383

Sources

1. ↑ Blomefield
2. ↑ The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, 1st ed. v3. pp. 369-374
3. ↑ Richardson

• Blomefield, Francis. An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk (W. Miller, Norfolk, England, 1739) Vol. 1, Page 5-6:
• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry' (2013) Vol. II. p. 48, Vol. II p. 656-658.
• Wikipedia:Thomas_Dagworth

Better sources, for future editing

The information so far posted was not based on the following...

• Cockayne, Gibbs, et al., Complete Peerage, 2nd ed. Vol.5 "FITZWALTER" p.477
• Richardson (2013) Royal Ancestry, Vol.2 "FITZ WALTER 10," p.656