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
- ↑ 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.
- ^ A b c Towton Battlefield Society
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ a b P.W. Hammond: Richard III. Loyalty, Lordship and Law. , Richard III and Yorkist History Trust 1986, p. 42 / p. 51.
- ↑ James Conway Walter: A History of Horncastle. LuLu Press 2014, ISBN 978-1-304-98861-4 .
- ↑ a b University of York, Dep. of History: The Lord Lieutnants and High Sheriff of Yorkshire 1066-2000. Wharncliffe Books 2000, p. 92
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SURNAME | FitzWilliam, Richard |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | FitzWilliam, Sir Richard |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English knight |
DATE OF BIRTH | 15th century |
DATE OF DEATH | 1478 |