Christopher (FitzRandolph) Fitz Randolph (abt. 1530 - 1588)

Born about 1530 in Hucknall, Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England

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Descendants

Died 28 Jun 1588 at about age 58 in Sutton-In-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England

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Adopted because of confusion with another FitzRandolph who emigrated to Massachusetts. Fitz-Henry-9 21:09, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

Biography

1530 -- Christopher Fitzrandolph was born at Hucknall under Huthwaite, Parish of Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England.

Since this Christopher Fitzrandolph died in 1588, he did NOT emigrate from England to Massachusetts Bay Colony with Edward Fitzrandolph in 1630. Therefore, "Nathaniel Fitz Randolph Records" is not a competent or reliable source. Hugh D. Vail's Manuscripts say that Edward came to America with his widowed mother.

• New England Hist and Gen. Register, Vol XCVII. p. 295-298.
• Abstract of Will dated 20 June 1588 - Proved 01 April 1589.
• Proceedings of The New Jersey Historical Society, Third Series, Vol. II, 1897, p.355.

Christopher Fitz Randolph was a son of Christopher Fitz-Randolph and Jane or Joane Langton. He married Ann Wood.

Circa 1550 -- Ann Wood was born at Normantown, Derbyshire, England. Ann Wood Boynton died after 1588.^[1]

1570 -- Christopher Fitz Randolph and Ann Wood married. ^[2]

1565 {sic} Edward Fitz Randolph was born at Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England. ^[3]

Edward Fitzrandolph died on October 27, 1647 in Kneesall, Nottinghamshire, England; married Frances Howe December 17, 1605 in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England.

Christopher Fitz Randolph of Hucknall under Huthwaite, Parish of Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire was mentioned in his mother's will dated 1573 and proved April 1574.

June 20, 1588 -- date of Christopher's will.

June 28, 1588 -- Christopher was buried at Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England.

April 1, 1589 -- Christopher's will was proved. It mentioned inheritance of wife and four sons (James, Anthony, Edward and Christopher). Witnesses, Thomas Fitzrandall and Richard Stought. Christopher was a son of Christohper FitzRandolph and Joan/Jane Langton Fitz Randolph. ^{[4] [5]}

Edward was a son of Christopher Fitz Randolph and and Ann Wood. ^[6]

Christopher Fitzrandolph either died on or was buried on June 28, 1588 at Sutton-In-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England.

1565 -- Christopher Fitzrandolph and Ann Wood Fitzrandolph had Edward Fitz Randolph, born at Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England; died October 27, 1647 in Kneesall, Nottinghamshire, England; married Frances Howe December 17, 1605 in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England.

Husband of Ann Wood — married 1570 in Nottinghamshire, England

Name

Name: Christopher /Fitzrandolph/

Name: Christopher /FitzRandolph/^[7]

Birth

Birth Date: 1530

Place of Birth: Sutton in Ashfield, England

Alternate Place of Birth: Hucknale, Sutton-in-Ashfield, England; (alternate 1548 Birchwood, England). ^[8]

Death

Death Date: 27 JUN 1588

Place of Death: Hucknall-under-Huthwaite, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottingham, England ^[9]

Marriage & Family

Husband: Christopher Fitzrandolph

Wife: Joan Langton

Child: Christopher Fitzrandolph

Marriage Date: 1514

Place of Marriage: Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottingham, England ^[10]

1530 -- Christopher Fitz Randolph was born at Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England ^[11]

1530 -- Christopher Fitz Randolph was born at Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England. ^[12]

+ S-2082102353. Repository R-2141902781. Ancestry Family Trees Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Trees; Text: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/26422540/family

• S-2082151527. Repository R-2141902781. Millennium File Author: Heritage Consulting Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003.Original data - Heritage Consulting. The Millennium File. Salt Lake City, UT, USA: Heritage Consulting.Original data: Heritage Consulting. The Millennium File. Salt Lake City, UT, USA: Note: APID: 1,7249::0

Birth Date: 1569 ^[13]

• S01717. 2062949.FTW

1588 and proved 1 April 1589 mentioned inheritance of wife and four sons. (James, Anthony, Ed-ward and Christopher). Witnesses, Thomas Fitzrandall and Richard Stought. Christopher is the s/o of Christohper FitzRandolph. (Randolph 1980 page 588)

Edward was a son of Christopher Fitz Randolph and and Ann Wood. (Randolph 1980, page 588)

Christopher FITZRANDOLPH was born in 1530 in Sutton-In-Ashfield, Notts England. He died on 28 Jun 1588 in Sutton-In-Ashfield, Notts England. Parents: Christopher FITZRANDOLPH and Jane Joan LANGTON.

Spouse: Ann WOOD. Christopher FITZRANDOLPH and Ann WOOD were married. Children were: Edward FITZRANDOLPH.

The Fitz Randolph Coat-of-Arms

Coat-of-Arms: Argent a Chief indented Azure. A Coat-of-Arms is the whole heraldic achievement. shield, helmet, mantling and crest.

Crest: On a chapeau or, turned up azure, a wyvern of the last. The Crest is an object worn on the helmet and attached to it by the wreath.

Motto: "Jamais Arriere" (Never behind). The Motto is used to express a principle, goal or ideal.

The Chief is the upper part of the shield divided by a horizontal line.

Argent = Silver, which represents nobility, peace and serenity.

Azure = Blue, which signifies loyalty, fidelity and truth.

Or = Gold, the most excellent metal that exceeds all others in value.

Wyvern = Most valiant of horned creatures, with a keen sense of sight which affords him the ability to guard riches and treasures.

The Arms were used to identify one man from another. They came into use in the conflicts and battles of the 11th and 12th centuries. The use of armory grew up to meet a practical need, and was not under centralized control until a later period. Some took arms of their own accord. Some were granted by the rulers in recognition of deeds of valor or service.

In England, the "College of Arms" was founded in 1484, and although not a government department, accumulated a great quantity of heraldic and genealogical information. Starting in 1530 during the reign of Henry VIII, "Visitations" by emissaries of the Crown were made to record all coats-of-arms and to determine if those bearing the arms were entitled to do so. Visitations continued until 1688.

In the United States, arms in social life are used to indicate family name relationships.

The Fitz Randolph Coat-of-Arms was registered as the ancestral arms of Edward Fitz Randolph (the immigrant of 1630) and was approved 13 June 1972 by the Committee on Heraldry, New England Historic Genealogical Society, and is listed as number 625 in the Roll of Arms.

Burke's General Armory, 1884 gives this discription, "Fitz-Randolf (Langton Hall, Co. Notts, 1614, and Chesterfield Co Derby, Edward Fitz Randolph. Visit Nots, 1614). "Ar. a chief indented az Crest - on a chapeau or, turned up az, a wyvern of the last.. This gives a description of identified with the Fitz Randolphs of Nottinghamshire and Spennithorne.

Ranulf Fitz Robert, 4th Lord of Middleham and Spennithorne, b. 1251, bore the arms of his grandfather Glanville, "argent, a chief indented azure. Crest, on a chapeau or turned up a wiverne of the last". His second son (our line) Ranulf bore the Arms of his grandfather Glanville. Ranulf's descendants in the male line contiued at Spennithorne until the early part of the 16th Century.

Sources

1. ↑ "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J8YW-JYG : 10 February 2018), Ann Boynton, burial ; citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,450,438.
2. ↑ source needed
3. ↑ source needed
4. ↑ Randolph 1980, page 588.
5. ↑ Peculiar Court of the Manor of Mansfield
6. ↑ Randolph 1980. Page 588.
7. ↑ S27185. fitzrandtocharlemange.FTW
8. ↑ S27185. fitzrandtocharlemange.FTW Date of Import: Jan 14, 2001
9. ↑ S27185. fitzrandtocharlemange.FTW
10. ↑ S27185. fitzrandtocharlemange.FTW
11. ↑ S-2082151527. Ancestry Record millind #10282566 APID: 1,7249::10282566
12. ↑ S-2082151527. Ancestry Record millind #10282566 APID: 1,7249::10282566
13. ↑ S01717 Date of Import: 27 Mar 2010

• L. V. F. Randolph. Fitz Randolph traditions. Riverside press, New York. 1907. https://archive.org/stream/fitzrandolphtra00socigoog#page/n0/mode/2up, Accessed: 13 December 2014.

• Jake Berry. http://www.capecodtimes.com/article/20090118/NEWS/901180331&template=wapart "Obama's roots lead back to Cape", Cape Cod Times], Local Media Group, Inc, 18 January 2009, Accessed: 13 December 2014.

• Frederick Lewis Weis, Walter Lee Sheppard, William, The Magna Charta sureties, 1215: the barons named in the Magna Charta, 1215 ... , p.193-196.

• Family Bible

• Self-published Family Tree. http://www.geni.com/people/John-Fitz-Randolph/6000000002665734332

• Family Tree. http://www.geni.com/people/Christopher-Fitz-Randolph/356666864060006739?through=6000000002665738237

• S1. George William Marshall. The Visitations of the County of Nottingham in the Years 1569 and 1614 (London, 1871) Page 187 "Christopher Fitz-Randolf of Normanton in Com. Derby" married "Ann da. & coh. of Hugh Wood of Normanton"

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• https://www.gengophers.com/book.html#/book/68594?page=517&given=Christopher&surname=Fitz-Randolph

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Son of Christopher FitzRandolph and Jane Langton

Husband of Ann FitzRandolph

Brother of:

1. John Fitzrandolph
2. Thomas Fitzrandolph
3. Isabel Fitzrandolph
4. Edward Fitzrandolph
5. Margaret Fitzrandolph

Father of:

1. Christopher
2. James Fitzrandolph
3. Anthony Fitzrandolph
4. Edward Fitz-Randolph
5. Jane Fitzrandolph

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