Ireland, who m. in 1539, Anne, daughter of Sir Peter Warburton, knt. of Arley, in Cheshire, and had issue, EDWARD (Sir), his heir. Alexander, settled in Ireland. On his son, WILLIAM, of Awne, in Ireland, Sir Edward Fit- ALEXANDER, who was seized of the Gaws- Edward, supposed to have d. s. p. John, d. s. p. Richard, d. s. p. Margaret, m. to Sir Randle Mainwaring, knt. of Mary, m. to William Tatton, esq. of Withenshaw. Sir Edward died 3rd July, 1579, and was s. by his son, SIR EDWARD FITTON, knt, of Gawsworth, president of Munster, who m. Alice, daughter and sole heir of John Holcroft, esq. of Holcroft, in Lancashire, and had by her, who d. in 1626, two sons and two daughters, viz. EDWARD, his heir. Richard, d. s. p. Mary, maid of honour to Queen ELIZABETH, m. first to Captain Lougher, and secondly, to Captain Polwhele. Alice, m. to Sir John Newdigate, of Arbury, Warwickshire. Sir Edward died at Gawsworth, in 1606, and was s. by his son, L. EDWARD FITTON, esq. of Gawsworth, born 3rd December, 1572, who was created a BARONET in 1617. Hem. Anne, daughter and co-heir of James Barret, of South Wales, and had EDWARD, his heir. Penelope, m. to Sir Charles Gerrard, knt. of Hassal, in Lancashire, and had a son, CHARLES GERRARD, Lord Brandon, and Earl of Macclesfield, who recovered the Gawsworth estate from Alexander Fitton. Mary, m. to Geffry Minshull, of Stoke. Frances, m. to Henry Mainwaring, esq. of Carin cham. Alice, m. to Sir John Meyrick, of Monkton. reton, and secondly, to Sir Gilbert Gerrard, knt. Lettice, m. to John Cole, esq. of Shropshire. Jane, m. to Thomas Minshull, esq. of Erdeswick, in Cheshire. Sir Edward d. 10th May, 1619, and was s. by his son, 11. SIR EDWARD FITTON, of Gawsworth, bapt. 1603, sheriff of Cheshire in 1633, who m. first, 1622, Jane, daughter of Sir John Trevor, knt. of Plas Teg, in Denbighshire, and secondly, Felicia, sister of Ralph Sneyd, esq. of Keel, which lady married secondly, Sir Charles Adderley, knt. Sir Edward Fitton, who was a distin guished officer in the royal service, died shortly after the taking of Bristol in 1643, without surviving issue, when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT. After the demise of Sir Edward, a violent dispute arose between Charles, Lord Brandon, and Alexander Fitton, esq. for the inheritance of the estates, and a very curious tract was published in 1663, giving a narrative of the proceedings that ensued. From that statement it appears that Sir Edward Fitton resolved, in 1641, to restore the ancient entail of the Gawsworth estate, and settled the same by indenture on William Fitton, bis next male kinsman. The said settlement is said to be confirmed by deed poll dated 3rd April, 18 CHARLES 1. by Sir Edward Fitton. This narrative further asserts that when importuned by divers people, and also immediately before his death, he said he would rather settle his estate on Ned Fitton, the bonny beggar, (a man who kept beggars from his gate) than any one of his sisters' children. Nevertheless, a will was brought forward by Lord Gerard, nineteen years after Sir Edward Fitton's death, and after the most singular species of litigation, his lordship succeeded in obtaining possession of the property. From his son the second Earl of Macclesfield, Gawsworth passed to Lady Mohun, daughter and heiress of his sister, and coheiress, with Charlotte Mainwaring. Having subsequently vested, under Lord Mohun's will, in his second wife, Elizabeth Lawrence, it passed to Anne Griffiths, issue of the said Elizabeth by a first marriage, and was sold by the trustees of her marriage settlement to her husband, the Rt. Hon. William Stanhope, from whom it has descended to Charles, present Earl of Harrington. Arms—Arg. on a bend az. three garbs or. This family, which had been seated many ages in Lancashire, removed into the county of Stafford in the beginning of the sixteenth century. JOHN FLEETWOOD, lord of the manor of PlumptonParva, in the county of Lancaster, was father of a daughter, Anne, the wife of John Ethalston, of Ribleston, and of a son and heir, HENRY FLEETWOOD, living in the 3rd HENRY VI. whose son and successor, EDWARD FLEETWOOD, living in the 13th EDWARD IV. m. Elizabeth, daughter of Roger Holland, esq. and was father of WILLIAM FLEETWOOD, esq. of Hesketh, in the county of Lancaster, who m. Helen, daughter of Robert Standish, esq. and had issue, 1. JOHN, his successor. 11. Thomas, of the Vache, in Bucks, held the office of master of the mint. He m. first, Barbara --, an heiress, and by her had SAMOLE Everard, M.P. who m. Joan Cheney, and left issue. Margaret, m. to Peter Dormer, esq. and was mother of Sir Fleetwood Dormer, knt. of Shipton Thomas Fleetwood married, secondly, Bridget, 199 OXFORD MUSL of Norwich (see BURKE'S Extinct Peerage). By this lady Sir George Fleetwood had a numerous issue.* William (Sir), of Cranford, in Middlesex, receiver of the Court of Wards. + James, bishop of Worcester. Edward. Michael. Henry, of Longby, Bucks. Edmund, ancestor of the Fleetwoods of Ros- III. Robert, was father of SIR WILLIAM FLEETWOOD, knt. an eminent lawyer of the Middle Temple, recorder of London, and serjeant-at-law in the time of ELIZABETH. "He was a learned man, and a good antiquary, but of a marvellous merry and pleasant conceit." He purchased an estate at Missenden, in Bucks, and dying in 1593, left two sons and two daughters, viz. 1. SIR WILLIAM FLEETWOOD, of Missenden, from whom descended the Fleetwoods of that place. Missen Of the seventh son, James, Anthony Wood gives the following details: JAMES FLEETWOOD, his seventh son, was admitted scholar of King's College, Cambridge, in 1622; afterwards he became chaplain to Dr. Wright, Bishop of Lichfield, by whom he was preferred to the vicarage of Prees, in Shropshire, and soon after collated to the prebendship of Eccleshall, belonging to the church of Lichfield, but before he was admitted or installed the Rebellion broke out. Afterwards, being forced for his loyalty to forsake his preferment, he betook himself to the wars, and became chaplain to the regiment of John, Earl of Rivers, and in the quality of a chaplain he continued to the end of the wars. In 1642 he was, by the king's special command, honoured with the degree of doctor of divinity for the service he did him at Edge Hill fight, and soon after was made chaplain to Charles, Prince of Wales, and rector of Sutton Colfield, in the county of Warwick. After the wars were ceased, and he ejected thence, he became tutor to three earls, viz. to the Earl of Lichfield, Earl of Kildare, and Earl of Stirling; afterwards, to two dukes, namely, to Esme, Duke of Richmond and Lenox, with whom he travelled into France (where he died), and to Charles, who succeeded him in the dukedom. After the restoration of King CHARLES II. he was the first that was sworn chaplain in ordinary to him, was made provost of King's College, Cambridge, in June, 1660, and about that time rector of Anstey, in Hertfordshire, and of Denham, in Bucks. In July, 1675, he was appointed Bishop of Worcester, and d. 17th July, 1683, aged eighty-one, and was buried in Worcester Cathedral, over whose grave is a marble monument, with the following epitaph of his own making: M. S. Epitaphium hoc vivus vidensque scripsi. Ego Ja. Fleetwood, S. T. P. Cathed. Wigorn. Episcopus nonagesimus, miserrimus Peccatorum. Hic jaceo qui dignissimus in æternum jacerem, sed Misericordia Domini gratiam consecutus sum, Quo mihi nobilitas fucata? Hoc glorior unum, Quod Christus de carne mea est. Proinde. Nemo ne lacrymis decoret, me vindice Christo Incolumen renovet patefacti fossa Sepulchri Mox Coeli tentabo vias, Christumque superne Vivus Carne mea viventem in Carne videbo. Vixi. Dixi. Johannes Fleetwood, Archidiaconus Wigorniensis, Filius prædicti Præsulis natu minimus, Epigraphen hanc poni curavit. In Memoriam Reverendi admodum Patris, qui vitam cum morte mutavit Julii 17, Etatis suæ octagesimo primo Anno Consecrationis 8vo salutis humanæ reparatæ, anno 1683. den was on the expiration of Sir William's male descendants, con veyed by heirs female, to the families of Ansell and Goostrey. After the decease of Thomas Goostrey, esq. it was purchased in 1787, by J. Oldham Oldham, esq. 2. SIR THOMAS FLEETWOOD, attorneygeneral to Prince HENRY, eldest son of JAMES I. 1. Cordelia Fleetwood, m. to Sir David Foulis, bart. of Ingleby, in the county of York. 2. Elizabeth Fleetwood, m. to Sir The mas Chaloner, knt. tutor to Prince HENRY. IV. Edmund, a monk at Sion, in Middlesex. 1. Agnes, m. to John Jellibrand, esq. of Chorley, in Lancashire. 11. Janet, m. to John Blackledge, esq. of Leyland, in Lancashire. The eldest son and heir, JOHN FLEETWOOD, esq. of Penwortham, near Pres ton, in Lancashire, m. Jane, daughter and co-heir of Thomas Langton, esq. baron of Walton and lord of the fee and manor of Newton, and thus became possessed of that lordship: he had issue three sons and several daughters, and was s. by his eldest son, + Sir William Fleetwood, of Cranford, receiver of the Court of Wards, m. Joan, sister to the Lord Clifton, by whom he had three sons: Miles, the elder, was receiver of the Court of Wards, and George, the third, went out to Sweden, was a famous general there, and created a baron; he was father of Gustavus, Baron Fleetwood of Sweden. The second son, Sir William Fleetwood, cupbearer to JAMES I. and te Charles I. comptroller of Woodstock. He married tw wives; by the first he had Sir Miles Fleetwood, knt. of Ardwinkle, in Northamptonshire. Colonel William Fleetwood. By the second, Miss Harvey, he had several other sons of whom the eldest, CHARLES FLEETWOOD, commonly called Lots FLEETWOOD, was general and commander-in-chief to RICHARD CROMWELL, the Protector, and m for his first wife, the widow of General Ireten. Oliver Cromwell's daughter, but had no issse. Fleetwood, Clarendon says, was a weak man, but very popular with all the praying part of the army; a man, whom the parliament would have trusted, if they had not resolved to have no general, being as confident of his fidelity to them as any man's, and Lambert knew well he could govern him, as Cromwell had done Fairfax, and then in like manner lay him aside; and when any intelligence was brought of any murmur amongs the soldiers, by which a revolt might ensoe, and he was desired to go amongst them, to confirm them, he would fall on his knees to prayers, and could hardly be prevailed on to go to them; and when he was amongst them, and in the middle of any discourse, he would invite them all to prayers, and put himself on his knees before them; and when some of his friends importuned him to appear more vigorous in the charge he had, without which they must all be destroyed, they could get no other answer from him, than God had spit on his face, and would not hear him: so that men ceased to wonder why Lambert had preferred him to the office of general, and had been contest with the second command himself.” General Fleetwood's daughter, Elizabeth, m ried Sir John Hartopp, M.P. and was ancestor of the present Sir Edmund Cradock Hartopp, bart. of Freathby. 200 He m. 11. Thomas, m. first, Elizabeth, daughter of - - Coy. ney, esq. and had a son, THOMAS, who succeeded his uncle as fourth baronet. secondly, and had two other sons, William, who d. a bachelor, and JOHN, who inherited as fifth baronet. III. Rowland, of Prestwood, in the county of Staf ford, who d. s. p. and left his estate to his nephew, Sir John Fleetwood. 1. William, who m. Mrs. Pigot, widow of got, esq. of Shropshire. -- Pi I. Anne, m. to Edward Tildesley, esq. of the Lodge, in the county of Lancaster. Sir Thomas was s. by his eldest son, I. SIR RICHARD FLEETWOOD, bart. who m. Anne, daughter of Sir Edward Golding, bart. of Colston Basset, in the county of Nottingham, and had three sons and five daughters, Thomas, who m. the daughter and heir of Chris- Sir Richard surviving his sons, was s. at his decease by his nephew, IV. SIR THOMAS FLEETWOOD, bart. This gentleman a. Magdalen, daughter of Thomas Berrington, esq. of Mott Hall, in Salop, and dying without issue in Deaber, 1739, was interred at New Church, in Chesure, and s. by his half brother, . SIR JOHN FLEETWOOD, bart. who m. Philippa, Laughter of William Berrington, esq. of Shrewsbury, and dying in 1741, was s. by his son, VI. SIR THOMAS FLEETWOOD, bart. who died unm. in January, 1780, when the title is supposed to have by me EXTINCT, although it was assumed by a Thomas i retwood, who d. s. p. in 1802. The estate of CalDD Lineage. HENRY FLETCHER, esq. of Cockermouth, son of William Fletcher, who had augmented the family estates by commercial pursuits, was a person of so much importance, as he entertained Mary Queen of Scots with great magnificence, in her journey from Workington to Carlisle in 1568, and presented her majesty with robes of velvet. He married, and had, with three daughters, seven sons, viz. 1. WILLIAM, who purchased MORESBY, was ancestor of the FLETCHERS of that place, which branch became extinct in the eighteenth century, at the demise of Thomas Fletcher, esq. 11. Lancelot, from whom descended the FLETCHERS of Tallantire, who became extinct in the male line at the death of Henry Fletcher, esq. The manor of Tallantire was given by that gentleman to his daughter, Anne, who m. Matthias Partis, a merchant at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. In 1776 the estate was purchased of Henry Hopper, devisee of Fletcher Partis, esq. by William Browne, esq. III. James, d. s. p. IV. John, d. s. p. v. Henry, d. s. p. VI. THOMAS, of whose line we have to treat. VII. Robert. /mak, The sixth son, THOMAS FLETCHER, esq. of Cockermouth, married Jane, daughter and heir of Bullen, and had, be sides daughters, five sons, namely, 1. RICHARD (Sir), his heir. 11. Thomas, a merchant in London. 11. Philip, ancestor of HENRY FLETCHER, esq. of Clea Hall, in Cumberland, who was created a BARONET in 1782, and was grandfather of the present SIR HENRY FLETCHER, bart. IV. Launcelot. v. Henry. The eldest son, SIR RICHARD FLETCHER, knt. of Cockermouth, acquiring considerable wealth by commerce, purchased Hutton and other large estates in Cumberland. Sir Richard served as sheriff for that county 14 JAMES I. He m. first, a daughter of — Richmond, by whom he had three children, who all died unmarried; and, secondly, Barbara, daughter of Henry Crackenthorpe, esq. of Newbiggen, and by that lady had HENRY, his heir. Bridget, m. to John Patrickson, esq. of Calder Isabel, m. to Richard Lowther, esq. of Ingleton, Mary, m. to Sir John Lowther, bart. of Lowther. Winifred, m. first, to George Braithwaite, esq. of Sir Richard was s. by his son, 1. HENRY FLETCHER, esq. of Hutton, in Cumberland, who served twice as sheriff of that county temp. CHARLES I. and was created a BARONET in 1640. This gentleman m. Catherine, daughter of Sir George Dalston, bart. of Dalston, and by her (who wedded, secondly, Dr. Thomas Smith, afterwards Bishop of Carlisle), had issue, RICHARD, who predeceased his father, unm. Henry, died young. Barbara, m. to Sir Daniel Fleming, of Rydal. At the commencement of the civil contentions of the reign of the unhappy CHARLES I. Sir Henry Fletcher raised, chiefly at his own expense, a regiment for the royal service, and fell fighting at the skirmish of Rawton Heath in 1645: when he was s. by his only surviving son, II. SIR GEORGE FLETCHER, of Hutton, M. P. for Cumberland, who m. first, Alice, daughter of Hugh, Earl of Coleraine, and had by her one son and three daughters, viz. HENRY, his heir. LUCY, m. to Francis Bowes, esq. son of Sir Thomas Bowes. CATHERINE, m. to Lionel Vane, esq. of Long Newton, in Durham, and had issue, GEORGE VANE, whose only son, THE REV. HENRY VANE, was created a SIR HENRY VANE-TEMPEST, bart. whose FRANCES-ANNE, m. Charles William, Marquess of Londonderry. HENRY VANE, who assumed the surname of FLETCHER. He died unmarried in 1761. WALTER VANE, who inherited Hutton, the estate of his maternal ancestors, and assumed the additional surname of FLETCHER. His son, LIONEL WRIGHT FLETCHER VANE, esq. of Hutton, was created a BARONET in 1786, and was grandfather of the present SIR FRANCIS FLETCHER VANE, bart Lionel Vane, m. and had issue. Mary Vane, m. to John Spearman, esq. of ALICE, died unmarried. Sir George m. secondly, Mary, daughter of James Johnston, Earl of Hartfell, and relict of Sir George Graham, bart. and had by her George, a military officer, d. s. p. Thomas, a merchant in London, d. s. p. Susanna, died unm. Mary, died unm. Sir George Fletcher died 23rd July, 1700, aged sixty seven, and was s. by her son, III. SIR HENRY FLETCHER, of Hutton, who retired. after having settled his estates upon a distant relative, Thomas Fletcher, esq. of Moresby, to Douay, in France, where he shortly after (19th May, 1712) d in a convent of English monks, and lies buried in a magnificent chapel there, which he built for the e munity at his own expense. With him the BARD NETCY expired. At his demise, his sisters, as heirs law, prosecuted their title to the whole estate, but after much litigation, it was agreed that Thoma Fletcher, esq. of Moresby should enjoy the demes and lordship of Hutton for his life; and if he died without issue, then HENRY FLETCHER VANE, es should inherit the whole property. Mr. Fletcher, © Moresby, did die s. p. and the estates passed to the VANE family. Arms-Arg. a cross engr. sa. between four roundle of the second, each charged with a pheon of the bei By some accounts he is styled eldest son. III. Robert, from whom the Foleys of Stourbridge. Iv. Samuel, father of three sons, 1. Samuel, Bishop of Down and Connor, in Ireland. 2. John, M.D. of Cheshire. 3. Solomon, in holy orders, D. D. v. John, a Turkey merchant, d. unmarried. The eldest surviving son, THOMAS FOLEY, esq. of Whitley Court, in the county of Worcester, m. Anne, daughter of John Browne, esq. of Spelmanden, in Kent; by the addition of whose great fortune to his paternal inheritance, he left, at his decease a very large estate in several counties: he had three sons, viz. 1. THOMAS, his heir, M. P. for the county of Surrey, father of THOMAS FOLEY, esq. M. P. for Worcestershire, who was created BARON FOLEY, of Kidderminster, in 1711, and was s. in 1732-3, by his son, THOMAS, Second baron, who d. unm. in 1766, when the barony expired. 11. Paul, of Stoke Edith Court, in the county of Hereford, chosen speaker of the House of Commons, 14th March, 1694-5. His grand PHILIP FOLEY, esq. of Prestwood, in the county of Stafford, M. P. m. Penelope, daughter of William Paget, fifth Lord Paget, and had two sons, 1. PAUL, of Prestwood, who m. Elizabeth, daugh- The elder son, SIR GODFREY FOLJAMBE, knt. of Walton, in Derbyshire, representative of the ancient house of Foljambe, temp. HENRY VIII, was sheriff of the county of Derby twice in that reign. He m. Catherine, daughter of Sir John Leake, and had a son and successor, SIR JAMES FOLJAMBE, knt. of Walton, in Derbyshire, and of Aldwark, in the West Riding of the county of York, who was sheriff of Derbyshire 2 and 3 of PHILIP and MARY. He m. first, Alice, daughter and co-heir of Thomas Fitz-William, esq. of Aldwark, slain at Flodden in 1513, and had issue, GODFREY (Sir), knt. of Walton, who m. Troth, daughter of Sir William Tyrwhit, of Kettleby, and by her, who wedded, secondly, Sir William Mallory, left at his decease, 22nd December, 1584, an only child, GODFREY, of Walton, b. 21st November, 1558, Frances, m. to John Thorn, or Thomas. Sir James married, secondly, Constance, daughter of Sir Edward Littleton, knt. of Pillaton, and had by her, FRANCIS, of whom presently. Barbara, m. to Thomas Fletcher, esq. of Staffordshire. Anne. Jane. Catherine. Grace, m. to Henry Morgan. |