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- FITZ, John (by 1559-90), of the Inner Temple, London and Fitzford, Devon.
- b. by 1529, 1st s. of John Fitz of Fitzford by Agnes, da. of Roger Grenville of Stowe in Kilkhampton, Cornw. educ. I. Temple, adm. Feb. 1551. m. by 1575, Mary, da. of Sir John Sydenham of Brimpton, Som., 1s.;;; suc. fa. 9 Mar. 1556.1
- Offices Held
- J.p.q. Devon 1579-d.; sheriff 6 Feb.-Nov. 1582.
- Biography
- John Fitz’s family had been established near Tavistock since the early 15th century. The tradition established by its founder that at least one member in each generation should be a lawyer was upheld by Fitz and his father. In 1554 Fitz stood on the threshold of his career and it was presumably for professional advancement that he sat in two of Mary’s Parliaments. On the first occasion he appears to have been elected both for Bossiney and for Tavistock, probably with the help of his relatives the Grenvilles, being replaced at Bossiney by John Beaumont, a senior colleague at the Temple. His two elections for Tavistock may have owed something to the Queen’s request for the return of residents, although his own and his father’s association with successive earls of Bedford is likely to have strengthened his claim. Of his part in Parliament all that is known is that he was not one of the 100 and more Members informed against in the King’s bench during Easter term 1555 for quitting it prematurely without leave. It was with a daughter of his fellow-Member Sir John Sydenham that he was to make a match, although the first reference found to Mary Sydenham as his wife dates only from 1575.2
- Fitz enlarged his patrimony by marriage and purchase. In 1566 he was a member of a consortium licensed by the 2nd Earl of Bedford to mine tin at Morwelham. What else has come to light about him concerns his legal practice and his share in county administration. Although in 1568 he declined elevation to the bench of his inn, he ranked as an ‘eminent counsellor at law’. He made his will on 1 Nov. 1589. After remembering the poor and his servants he provided for his wife, son and relatives. He named his wife sole executrix and his brother-in-law Sir George Sydenham and Sir William Courtenay overseers of the will, which was proved on 9 Mar. 1590. Fitz had died on the previous New Year’s day a comparatively wealthy man, but his son and heir John dissipated this wealth before committing suicide in 1606.3
- Ref Volumes: 1509-1558
- Author: Roger Virgoe
- Notes
- 1. Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., C142/105/25. Vis. Devon, ed. Vivian, 342; C142/224/45.
- 2. J. Prince, Worthies of Devon, 361-3; R. N. Worth, Cal. Tavistock Par. Recs. 85, 86; C193/32/1, ff. 2, 3; 219/23/38, 39, 44; PCC 15 Wrastley.
- 3. C142/105/25, 224/45; Cal. I.T. Recs. i. 249-50, 256; CPR, 1558-60, pp. 468-9; 1572-5, p. 403; Trans. Dev. Assoc. xxii. 68-74; xlvi. 167; H. P. R. Finberg, W. Country Hist. Studies, 165; Prince, 363; PCC 17 Drury.
- From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/fi...
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- KNYVET, Henry (c.1537-98), of Charlton, Wilts.
- b. c.1537, 1st s. of Sir Henry Knyvet by Anne, da. and h. of Sir Christopher Pickering of Killingdon, Westmld. wid. of Sir Francis Weston (exec. 1536), aft. w. of John Vaughan (d.1577); bro. of Thomas Knyvet I and half-bro. of Sir Henry Weston. m. (1) 1563, Elizabeth (d.1585), da. and sole h. of Sir James Stumpe† of Malmesbury by Bridget, 2nd da. of Sir Edward Baynton†, 2s. 4da.; (2) by June 1595, Mary, da. of Sir John Sydenham† of Brinton, Som., wid. of John Fitz† of Fitzford, Devon. suc. fa. 1546. Kntd. 1574.1
- From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/kn...
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- Henry KNYVETT of Charlton (Sir)
- Born: 1539, Charlton, Wiltshire, England
- Died: 1598, England
- Notes: See his Biography.
- Father: Henry KNYVETT (Sir Knight)
- Mother: Anne PICKERING
- Married 1: Elizabeth STUMPE (d. 14 Jul 1585) 13 May 1563, Laycock, Wiltshire, England
- Children:
- 1. Elizabeth KNYVETT (C. Lincoln)
- 2. Frances KNYVETT (C. Rutland)
- 3. Catherine KNYVETT (C. Suffolk)
- 4. Thomas KNYVETT (b. 1558)
- 5. Wroughton KNYVETT
- 6. Margaret KNYVETT
- Married 2: Mary SYDENHAM (dau. of John Sydenham and Ursula Brydges) (w. of John Fitz of Fitzford) BEF Jun 1595
- Married 3: Elizabeth GORGES
- Associated with: ¿?
- Children:
- 7. Anthony KNYVETT (d. 1649)
- From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/KNYVETT.htm#Henry KNYVETT of Charlton (Sir)1
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- Sir John Sydenham, Sheriff of Somerset & Dorset1,2,3
- M, #87490, b. circa 1494, d. 16 April 1557
- Father John Sydenham, Esq., Sheriff of Somersetshire & Dorsetshire1,4,5 b. c 1468, d. 6 Dec 1542
- Mother Elizabeth Audley1,4,5 b. c 1466, d. b 8 Oct 1530
- Sir John Sydenham, Sheriff of Somerset & Dorset was born circa 1494 at of Brimpton, Ashbrittle, Combe Sydenham in Stogumber, Somersetshire, England; Age 50 in 1544.1,2,3 He married Ursula Bridges, daughter of Sir Giles Brugge, Sheriff of Gloucestershire and Isabel Baynham, circa 1532; They had 6 sons (John; Walter; Sir George; Henry; John, Esq. & William) and 3 daughters (Elizabeth, wife of Richard Bampfield; Anne, wife of Alexander Sydenham, Esq., & of (Mr.) Wakes; & Mary, wife of John Fitz, Esq., & Sir Henry Knyvett).1,2,3 Sir John Sydenham, Sheriff of Somerset & Dorset died on 16 April 1557.1,2,3 His estate was probated on 21 May 1557.2,3
- Family Ursula Bridges b. c 1503
- Child
- John Sydenham, Esq.+1,2,3 b. c 1540
- Citations
- 1.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 699.
- 2.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 159.
- 3.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 107.
- 4.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 158-159.
- 5.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 106-107.
- From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2912.htm#...
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- Ursula BRYDGES
- Born: ABT 1499
- Died: Jan 1575/6
- Notes: her will of 31 Oct 1575 was proved in Feb 1576. Her husbands will of 8 Apr 1557 was proved 21 May 1557. He was Justice of the Peace for Somersetshire, 1543-1557; served in the French campaign of 1544; Sheriff of Somerset and Dorsetshire, 1546-1547 and 1554-1555; knighted 3 Nov 1549; Knight of the Shire for Somerset, 1554.
- Father: Giles BRUGGE (Sheriff of Gloucester)
- Mother: Isabel BAYNHAM
- Married: John SYDENHAM (Sir) (b. 1494 - d. 16 Apr 1557) (son of John Sydenham and Elizabeth Touchet) 1515, Somerset, England
- Children:
- 1. John SYDENHAM (Sir Knight) (b. 1520 - d. BEF 1596) (m1. Grace Godolphin - m2. Mary Blount)
- 2. Walter SYDENHAM
- 3. George SYDENHAM (Sir Knight) (father of Elizabeth Sydenham Drake)
- 4. Henry SYDENHAM
- 5. John SYDENHAM (Sir Knight) (b. 1528 - d. 1 Jan 1590)(m. Mary Poyntz)
- 6. Anne SYDENHAM
- 7. William SYDENHAM
- 8. Elizabeth SYDENHAM
- 9. Mary SYDENHAM (m. Sir Henry Knyvett of Charlton)
- From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/BRYDGES.htm#Ursula BRYDGES2
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- A view of Devonshire in MDCXXX, with a pedigree of most of its gentry (1845)
- https://archive.org/details/viewofdevonshire00west
- https://archive.org/stream/viewofdevonshire00west#page/466/mode/1up
- Pg.466
- John Fitz, of Fitzford, had issue John, Walter, Roger. Walter Fitz, esq., second son to John, and heir to his brother John, married Mary, daughter of Sampson, and had issue John, Robert. John Fitz, esq., son and heir, married Agnes, daughter of Roger Grenvile, of Stow in Cornwall, and had issue John, Edward, George, Francis, Margaret, (married to Richard Arscot ;) Grace, (married to John Eliot of Plymouth ;) Honor, (married to William Kanzewyowe;) Katharine, (married to William Bond.) John Fitz, son and heir, married Mary, daughter of Sir John Sydenham, of Brimpton in Somersetshire, and hath issue Sir John.
- Sir John married Mary, daughter of Sir William Courtenay, of Powderham in Devon, knight, and had issue only one daughter and heir, married to Sir Alan Percy, knight, sixth son to Henry, Earl of Northumberland, sans issue ; secondly she married Thomas, son and heir apparent of Thomas, Lord Darcy of Chiche, now Viscount Colchester, sans issue ; thirdly to Sir Charles Howard, fourth son to the Earl of Suffolk, by whom she had two daughters and heirs, Elizabeth, Mary : he killed himself. [She after this married Sir Richard Grenvile, by whom she had issue, which she disinherited, and settled Fitzford and her other estate on Sir William Courtenay of Powderham Castle ; whose second son, James Courtenay, esq., now dwelleth at Walreddon, in Whitchurch near Tavistock.]
- https://archive.org/stream/viewofdevonshire00west#page/533/mode/1up
- Pg.533
- Sir Christopher Harris, of Radford, knight, married, first Barbara, daughter of John Arscot, of Dunsland, esq., sans issue ; secondly a daughter of Sydenham of Somerset, the relict of Sir Henry Knyvet, of Chotleton in Wiltshire, knight, widow first of John Fitz, of Fitz-Ford, Tavistock, esq., sine prole ; thirdly he married Frances, daughter of Thomas Southcot, of Bovey-Tracey, esq., the relict of Otho Petre, of Bowhay in Exminster, esq,
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- The visitations of the county of Somerset, in the years 1531 and 1573, together with additional pedigrees, chiefly from the visitation of 1591 (1885)
- https://archive.org/details/visitationscoun00benogoog
- https://archive.org/stream/visitationscoun00benogoog#page/n94/mode/1up
- Pg.76
- Sidenham
- OF BRYMPTON D'EVERCY, NR. YEOVIL.
- Walter Sidenham.; ch: John (m. Agnes _ ) Sidenham.
- John = Agnes.; ch: John (m. Alice Stourton) Sidenham
- John. = Alice, d. and h. of (John Stourton of Preston Plucknett. & d. and h. Payne); ch: Alex. (m. d. Popham), Joan (m. John St. Barbe), Walter (m. Margt. Harcourt), Marcell (m. John Larde?), Richard (m. Joan Cambrey) Sidenham.
- Walter of Brimpton. = Margt., d. Sr. Rob. Harcourt.; ch: (Pg.77 John (m. Eliz. Awdeley) Sidenham.)
- https://archive.org/stream/visitationscoun00benogoog#page/n95/mode/1up
- Pg.77
- John. = Eliz., d. Sir Hugh Awdeley.; ch: Sr. John (m. Anne Bridges) Sidenham.
- Sr. John. = Anne, d. Sr Billes [Gyles] Bridges sister to John Bridges.; ch: Sir John (m. Eliz. Pawlett), Geo., Eliz. (m. Ric. Bamfield), Anne (m. Alex. Sidenham), Mary (m. John Fitz), Walter (m. _ Lawrance) Sidenham.
- Sir John. = Eliz., d. Sr Amias Pawlett.
- Anne. = Alex. Sidenham of Earlston.
- Geo.
- Eliz. = Ric. Bamfield.
- Mary. = John Fitz [of Fitzford, nr. Tavisstock 1564 Devon, p. 96].; ch: John Fitz.
- Walter. = d. and coh. Lawrence of Lawrance.; ch: George, Walter Sidenham.
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- 'Sydenham2'
- Families covered: Sydenham of Brimpton, Sydenham of Whetstow
- Walter Sydenham of Brimpton
- m. Margaret Harcourt (dau of Sir Robert Harcourt)
- 1. John Sydenham of Brimpton, Sheriff of Somerset and Dorset (d 07.12.1542)
- m1. Elizabeth Audley (d 08.10.1530, dau of Sir Humphrey Audley)
- A. Sir John Sydenham of Brimpton
- m. Ursula (not Geilis) Brydges (dau of Sir Giles Brydges)
- i. Sir John Sydenham of Brimpton
- m1. Grace Godolphin (dau of Sir William Godolphin of Godolphin)
- a. .... etc.
- m2. Mary Blunt
- ii. Sir George Sydenham of Combe Sydenham
- m. Elizabeth Hales (dau of Sir Christopher Hales)
- a. .... etc.
- iii. John Sydenham of Hatch Bishop
- iv. Elizabeth Sydenham
- m. Richard Bampfield of Poltimore
- v. Anne Sydenham
- m. Alexander Sydenham of Luxburgh
- vi. Mary Sydenham
- m. John Fitz of Fitzford
- B. .... etc.
- Main sources: BEB1844 (Sydenham of Brimpton) with just a little support from Visitation (Somerset, 1623, Sidnam)
- From: Stirnet.com
- http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/ss4tz/sydenham2.php#link2
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Mary Fitz's Timeline
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1536
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Brimpton, Somerset, England (United Kingdom)
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| 1556 |
1556
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Tavistock, Devon, England
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1597
Age 61
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