Richard FitzWilliam

Sir Richard FitzWilliam of Wadsworth († 1478 ) was an English knight .

Life

Sir Richard FitzWilliam was a son of Edmund FitzWilliam.

Sir Richard served as sheriff of Yorkshire in 1465, 1468 and of Lincolnshire in 1468/69. He received from Edward IV in 1461 the right to hunt (English. Free warren ) for Ulaby near Alford , was appointed Constable of Conisbrough Castle and in 1462 served as Justice of Peace in the West Riding of Yorkshire .

An uncompromising supporter of the House of York , he fought at the Battle of Northampton (1460), Wakefield (1460), and the Battle of Losecote Field (1470) during the Wars of the Roses .

Sir Richard FitzWilliam died on September 22, 1478 and was buried in the Austin Friars Convent in Tickhill .

Marriage and offspring

Sir Richard Fitzwilliam was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Clarell

The couple had the following offspring:

• Thomas ⚭ Lucy, daughter of John Neville, 1st Marquess Montagu
• Edmund
• Richard
• Edward
• Humphrey
• George
• Catherine
• Margaret ⚭ Ralph Peresby
• Anne ⚭ William Mirfield
• Elizabeth ⚭ Thomas Wortley
• Elizabeth ⚭ William Wentworth

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l} Surtees Society: Testamenta Eboracensia. Volume III, Andrew + Co, Durham 1865, pp. 246/247.
2. ^ ^{A b c} Towton Battlefield Society
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l} Douglas Richardson: Magna Carta Ancestry. A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. , Douglas Richardson 2011, ISBN 978-1-461-04520-5 , p. 34.
4. ↑ ^{a b} P.W. Hammond: Richard III. Loyalty, Lordship and Law. , Richard III and Yorkist History Trust 1986, p. 42 / p. 51.
5. ↑ James Conway Walter: A History of Horncastle. LuLu Press 2014, ISBN 978-1-304-98861-4 .
6. ↑ ^{a b} University of York, Dep. of History: The Lord Lieutnants and High Sheriff of Yorkshire 1066-2000. Wharncliffe Books 2000, p. 92