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Sir Thomas Fitzwilliam, of Aldwark, Yorkshire

Effigies of Sir Thomas Fitzwilliam and his wife Lucy Neville (even though she later re-married).
Tickhill, Yorkshire.
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From jmc4 on Flickr. Used with permission.

Sir Thomas Fitzwilliam,
of Aldwark, Yorkshire,
mar Lucy Neville [descendant of Edward III],
he died 1495 (she later re-married),
he is bur Tickhill, Yorkshire,
had issue:

1. Thomas Fitzwilliam,
   killed at Battle of Flodden 1513.
   His widow re-married to Sir William Sidney.

   
   

2. John Fitzwilliam,
   killed at Battle of Flodden 1513.

   
   

3. William Fitzwilliam, 1st Earl of Southampton, born c.1490,
   cr 1537,
   Sir William Fitzwilliam worked in his service,
   died 1542, title extinct.

Memorial to Thomas and John Fitzwilliam who died at Flodden 1513.
Painting c.1730.
It says they were killed "IN DOYING THEIR DUETIES AGAINST THE SCOTS".
Used here with the kind permission of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

William Fitzwilliam, 1st Earl of Southampton.
Painted in 1539-42.
After Hans Holbein the Younger.
Used here with the kind permission of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.