Nicholas FitzHerbert MP
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Nicholas FitzHerbert MP (abt. 1410 - 1473)

Nicholas "of Norbury" FitzHerbert MP
Born about in Norbury, Derbyshire, Englandmap
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Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of — married before 1424 [location unknown]
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Died at about age 63 in Norbury, Derbyshire, Englandmap
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Contents

Biography

Birth and Parents

NIcholas FitzHerbert of Norbury, Derby,[1][2][3] was the son of:

He served as Sheriff of Nottingham & Derbyshire,[7][5][6] and was MP for Derbyshire in 1446.[8]

Marriage

Nicholas married twice.[3][1]

First Marriage to Alice Booth

His first wife was Alice Booth (alias Bothe).[1][3] They were married between 1416 and 1424. She was the daughter of Henry Booth of Arleston,[3] & Sinfin, Derby (d. 1446).[2][9]

Roskell, Clark & Rawcliffe (1993), state:[2]

in 1416, Alice's father, "and John de la Pole obtained the wardship and marriage of the young Nicholas Fitzherbert, for which they agreed to pay £40 ... Booth eventually arranged a marriage contract between his daughter, Alice, and the boy, whose main estates lay in Norbury in Derbyshire. Twice, in 1424 and 1437, our Member actually presented to the local parish church in the place of his son-in-law, in whose affairs he was closely involved. This valuable wardship had belonged initially to Henry V, who, in his capacity as duke of Lancaster, sold it to the two men."[2]
children

sons:

m. Elizabeth (d. 1490), d. & h. of John Marshall of Upton, co. Leics.[3][10]
  • 2. John, Esq. of Etwal, Derby, Remembrancer of the Exchequer,[3] (b. c. 1460 - d. 11 Nov 1502),[14][15][9][8]
m. Margaret [Babington].[8]
m. Elizabeth, dau. of Ralph Josselyn of Sawbridgeworth, Herts.,[3] (d. 1525).[10][11]

daughters:

m. (as first wife) Sir John Cotton of Hamstall Ridware, Staffs. (d. 1462/3).[10][11]
m. Edward Crosby of London, merchant.[10][11]
  • (disputed) Edith (alias Isabel)[10][11]
m. Thomas Babington (d. 13 Mar 1519), s. & h. of Sir John Babington (d. 1487 Battle of Bosworth) & Isabel (d. 18 Mar 1486), d/o Henry Bradburne of Bradburne and the Hough in Ashbourne, Derby, by Margaret Bagot.[10]

Second Marriage to Isabel Ludlow

Nicholas remarried to Isabel or Elizabeth Ludlow[e]of Salop.[1][10][3]

children

Nicholas and Isabel had four children, including two sons and two daughters.[10]

Events

  • 1434, `46 & `52: Knight of the Shire for Derby.[5][6]
  • 1444: `Nicholas ... and his son Ralph gave their land in Osmaston, along with other lands in Foston and Church Broughton, to the priory to purchase Norbury manor.'[13]
  • 1448 & `66: Sheriff of Nottingham & Derbyshire.[7][5][6]

Death

Nicholas died in c. 18 or 19 November 1473.[5][6][10][20]

Notes

Children

  • est. dates: Ralph b. c 1430; Robert b. c 1454; William b. c 1460
  • Disputed: Edith is also seen as son Ralph's dau., which is how she's currently connected.

Nicholas Fitz-Herbert of Norbury, knight of the shire for Derby, in 1434, 1446, and 1452, and sheriff for that co in 1448 and 1456. He m. 1st Alice, dau of Henry Booth, of Harleston, in Derbyshire, and had with five daus, five sons, Ralph. his heir, John of Etwall, Remembrancer of the Exchequer, Robert, ancestor of Fitzherbert of Gatesbury and Ephall, Herts, Roger, and William. Nicholas FitzHerbert m. secondly Isabel Ludlow of Stokeshay, in Shropshire, and had two other sons, and two daughters. He d. 19 Nov 1473, and was s by his eldest son, Ralph fitzHerbert of Norbury, who m. Elizabeth. [21]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "FitzHerbert of Norbury," in Derbyshire Vis. Pedigrees, 1569 & 1611, p. 35. Google Books. (Pedigree).
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Roskell, J.S., Clark, L. & Rawcliffe, C. (1993). "Booth, Henry (d.1446), of Arleston and Sinfin, Derbys.," in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421. [HOP]. Web.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 "FitzHerbert of Norbury," in Vis. of Staffs., 1583, p. 73-74. Archive.org. eBook. (Pedigree)
  4. 4.0 4.1 Lewis, M. ORTNCA. Web.[citation needed]
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Burke, J. (1836). "FitzHerbert of Norbury & Swinnerton," in A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland. Google Books.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Burke, J. (1846). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland, p. 418. Google Books.
  7. 7.0 7.1 Wikipedia: Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the Royal Forests#15th century
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 The Topographer & Genealogist, 1846, I, p. 269. Google Books.
  9. 9.0 9.1 Henry Booth of Harlaston. p. 266. FMG.ac. PDF.
  10. 10.00 10.01 10.02 10.03 10.04 10.05 10.06 10.07 10.08 10.09 10.10 10.11 10.12 10.13 10.14 10.15 10.16 10.17 THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES PROB 11/13/461. Will 31 Oct 1502, proved 12 May 1503, of John Fitzherbert (d. 18 Novr 1502), Remembrancer of the Exchequer. Oxford-Shakespeare.com. PDF.
  11. 11.00 11.01 11.02 11.03 11.04 11.05 11.06 11.07 11.08 11.09 11.10 11.11 11.12 Notes on the churches of Derby, p. 236. Archive.org. eBook].
  12. FitzHerbert, Reginald H.C., ‘Will of Ralph Fitzherbert, Esq., of Norbury, A.D. 1483, in Kerry, Charles, ed., Journal of the Derbyshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, (London: Bemrose & Sons, 1897), Vol. XIX, pp. 94-100. Archive.org. eBook.
  13. 13.0 13.1 Wikipedia: Norbury Manor
  14. Lewis, M. (2020, April 4). John FitzHerbert #84930, b. circa 1460. ORTNCA. Web; citing various works by Douglas RIchardson:
    • b. c. 1460 of Etwall & Ash, co. Derby; m. Margaret, d/o Robert Babington. Issue: Mary, (Plantagenet Ancestry, 2004, p. 224).
    • "Margaret, d/o Robert Babington," in Magna Carta Ancestry, 2011, 2nd ed, I, p. 526; Royal Ancestry, 2013, I, p. 582 & III, p. 639.
  15. John FitzHerbert of Etwall, d. 1502
    Wikipedia: John Port (judge), citing: Magna Britannia, Daniel and Samuel Lysons, Volume 5, 1817
  16. Inq. Pm. of Robert Fitzherbert, TNA C 142/30/95
  17. b. 1440 d. 2 Mar 1454 FSID#L2CD-R8S
  18. b. 1442 LVJ5-6BT
  19. b. 1444 FSID#M2L7-WCN
  20. Transactions, excursions and reports 1882-83, (1886). Birmingham & Warwick. Archaeological Society, 8, p. 8. Birmingham: Cond. Bros. Google Books.
    see also: Space: Birmingham and Warwickshire Archaeological Society
  21. John Burke, "A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland: A to L," Henry Colburn, 1846, p 418

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