John Fitzwilliam (1377 - 1417)

Born 25 Jul 1377 in Sprotborough, Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 5 Jul 1417 at age 39 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England

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Biography

Sir John FitzWilliam (b. 25 July 1377), of Sprotborough, Baildon, Emley, & West Haddlesey in Birkin, co. York.^[1][2]

Marriage

John married Eleanor Greene before 1397.^[1] She was the daughter of:^[1][2]

• Sir Henry Greene, Lord Drayton^[1][2]
• and Maud Mauduit.^[1][2]

Children

John and Eleanor had 6 sons and 2 daughters:^[2] sons:

• Sir John of Sprotsborough, co. York.^[1][3]

m. Margaret Clarell.^[3]

• Nicholas^[1]
• Ralph^[1]
• Robert^[1]
• William^[1]
• John, esq. of Green's Norton, co. Northants.^[1][4][5]

m. Helen Villiers.

daughters:

• Maud^[1]

m. John Bosville^[1]

• Joan^[1]

Death

Sir John FitzWilliam died on 5 July 1417 at the age of 39.^[1]

Research Notes

• Dead Links^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14} Lewis, M. (2020, April 4). Sir John FitzWilliam #34335, b. 25 July 1377, d. 5 July 1417. ORTNCA, citing various works by Douglas Richardson. Web.
   • Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 623, 634.
   • Magna Carta Ancestry, p. 350.
   • Magna Carta Ancestry, (2011), 2nd ed, I, p. 477- 478, II, p. 217, III, p. 467-468, 484.
   • Royal Ancestry, II, p. 209, 676., IV, p. 514, 545.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Richardson, D. (2011). "John FitzWilliam, Knt. of Sprotborough," in Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd ed, 1, p. 217. Kimball G. Everingham, Ed. Google Books. Richardson, D. (2011). "10. John FitzWilliam & Eleanor Greene," in Plantagenet Ancestry, 2nd ed., 1, pp. 108. Google Books.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Richardson, D. (2011). "iii. Margaret Clarell & John FitzWilliam of Sprotsborough," in Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd ed, 1, p. 478. Google Books. (relates to brother Sir John Fitzwilliam Knt of Sprotborough, co. York).
4. ↑ Richardson, D. (2011). "9. John FitzWilliam, Esq. of Green's Norton, co. Northants.," in Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd ed, 1, p. 217. Kimball G. Everingham, Ed. Google Books.
5. ↑ "Baildon doubted that John Fitzwilliam, Esq., of Green's Norton, Northamptonshire, husband of Helen Villiers, was the 6th son of Sir John Fitzwilliam (died 1417), of Emley, Yorkshire, by his wife, Eleanor Greene," (Richardson, 2006).

   Baildon, W. (1912). Baildon and the Baildons A History of a Yorkshire Manor and Family, 1, p. 365. St. Catherine Press. Archive.org. eBook. (see also: Space: Baildon and the Baildons A History of a Yorkshire Manor and Family).

   According to Richardson (2006), John of Green's Norton is their son.

   Richardson, D. (2006, June 21). Complete Peerage correction: Ancestry of FitzWilliam family of Milton. [ATrootsweb.com/thread/5844350/ Rootsweb]. (mirror @ JustPaste.it).

6. ↑ Rootsweb -- details and sources on line back to Ralph Cromwell and forward down the senior line to h. Dorothy Copley, and beyond.^{[citation needed]}

• "FitzWilliam," in Pedigrees of the County Families of Yorkshire, p. 133. Archive.org. eBook.
• Lipscomb, G. (1847). The History and Antiquities of co. Bucks., 1, p. 29. London: J.&W. Robins. Archive.org. eBook.

See also:

• Space: A History of the County of Buckingham

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

John Fitzwilliam appears in Magna Carta Ancestry in a Richardson-documented trail from Gateway Ancestor Richard Saltonstall to Magna Carta Surety Baron Robert FitzWalter (vol. III, pages 484-488 SALTONSTALL) that needs development by the Magna Carta Project. This trail is outlined in the Magna Carta Trails section of Grace Kaye's profile.

John Fitzwilliam appears in Magna Carta Ancestry in a Richardson-documented trail from Gateway Ancestor Margaret Toutville to Magna Carta Surety Baron Robert FitzWalter (vol. I, pages 215-224 FITZ WILLIAM) that has not yet been developed by the Magna Carta project. The trail is outlined in the Magna Carta Trails section of Anne Robertson's profile.

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