The Earls Fitzwilliam of England
This family had many contacts with the
family of the
Viscounts Fitzwilliam of Ireland
through the centuries.
They often referred to each other as kinsmen,
and they used
similar arms.
But there is no real evidence they are related.
- References:
- Sources yet to be consulted:
Sprotbrough, Yorkshire.
"Ch." in the centre is St Mary's Church.
From
old map.
Revised: 1901.
Published: 1904.
Sir John Fitzwilliam,
of
Sprotbrough,
near
Doncaster, Yorkshire
(see
map),
mar Elizabeth Clinton,
founded in 1372 the chantry of St.Edward in
St Mary's Church, Sprotbrough
(see
map
and
street view
and
Geograph),
had issue:
Sir William Fitzwilliam,
mar Maud Cromwell
[descendant of King John]
and had issue:
Sir John Fitzwilliam,
mar Eleanor Greene,
he might be
Sir John Fitzwilliam
who erected a cross (now gone) next to St Mary's Church, Sprotbrough,
during the reign of Henry V
(1413 to 1422),
he died 1417,
had issue:
- John Fitzwilliam,
mar Margaret Clarell
and had issue:
- William Fitzwilliam,
of Sprotbrough,
died 1474,
brass in St Mary's Church, Sprotbrough.
-
John Fitzwilliam,
of Greens Norton, Northamptonshire,
apparently two sons called John,
mar Helen Villiers,
had issue:
- Sir William Fitzwilliam, Knt..
Ancestor of the Earls Fitzwilliam.
Sprotbrough on
p.514
of
vol.6
of
Magna Britannia Antiqua & Nova,
Thomas Cox, 1738.
Says the Fitzwilliam cross in Sprotbrough was "pulled down in 1520".
Claims the
Viscounts Fitzwilliam of Ireland
are related to this family.
From another son of Sir John Fitzwilliam and Elizabeth Clinton
descends Fitzwilliam of Aldwark, Yorkshire.
- Richard Fitzwilliam,
of Aldwark, Yorkshire,
mar Elizabeth Clarell,
died 1479,
had issue:
- Sir Thomas Fitzwilliam,
of Aldwark, Yorkshire,
died
1495.
