Sir Richard FitzWilliam, Sheriff of Yorkshire

Thomas Clarell born about 1375 England, married Elizabeth Scrope who was born about 1379 at Upsall, Yorkshire; she was the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Strathbogie) Scrope. It is believed she died March 8th, 1430

Their daughter and heir Elizabeth Clarell born about 1415 of Aldwark, Yorkshire, who died April 23, 1503 She married in about 1447 to Richard FitzWilliam of Aldwarke. Their son Sir Thomas FitzWilliam, of Aldwarke, married Lady Lucy Nevill, daughter and co-heiress, living 1530.

Richard Fitzwilliam, Knight of Wadworth, Yorkshire, and in right of his wife, of Aldwarke, Birkby and Haldenby, Yorkshire and hereditary patron of Austin Friars, Tickhill, Sherriff of Yorkshire. He married before 1448 to Elizabeth Clarell, daughter andf co-heiress of Thomas Clarell of Aldwark by Elizabeth Scrope. They had 7 sons and 5 daughters:

   * Thomas, Esq.

* Edmund
* Richard
* Humphrey
* Humphrey(2) clerk
* George
* Katherine
* Margaret married Ralph Reresby
* Ann married Sir William Mirfield
* Elizaberth married Sir Thomas Wortley
* Elizabeth married William Wentworth.
Elizabeth was heiress to her sister Maud Ughtred, by which she inherited her sister's share of the Clarell estates.

Sir Richasrd Fitzwilliam died September, 1479. Elizabeth died May 1503. Both were buried at Austin Friars, Tickhill.

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Son of Edmund Fitzwilliam, esq. of Wadworth, and high sheriff of Yorkshire, 6th of Edward IV. He married Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Thomas Clarell, esq. of Aldward, by whom he had a large family. Sir Richard died on the 22 September 1478. (Hunter's South Yorkshire, ii. 54-6.) He was buried in the conventual church of the Austin Friars at Tickhill, and, at the dissolution of the house, his gorgeous monument was taken to the parish church, where it still remains, rich with painting and heraldry. (Ibid. i. 241-2)

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(Sir) Thomas Fitzwilliam was born at Wadworth on Jan. 13, 1448. He married and had issue by Lucy, daughter of John Neville, marquis of Montacute, and coheir of her brother the duke of Bedford. Sir Thomas Fitzwilliam made his will on Apr. 27th, 1497, in the presence of his confessor, Thomas Norcrosse, a chaplain in the free chapel of Tickhill, Thomas Wilcokes, clerk, rector of Rawmarch, and others. He desired to be buried in the house of the Friars at Tickhill, near the tomb of his father, Richard Fitzwilliam. To Elizabeth, his bastard daughter, he left 20 marks. To Elizabeth Fitzwilliam, his mother, a pair of beads of gold. He desires his feoffees to make to Lucy his wife an estate of 26l. 13s. 4d. per annum, and appoints her his executrix. Pr. June 6th, 1498 (Reg. Test. v 515 b.)

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These daughters and their alliances are mentioned by Mr. Hunter. On Oct. 15, 1460, archbishop William Booth issued a licence to the vicar of Ecclesfield, empowering him to mary William Wentworth, esq. and Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Fitzwilliam, exq. in the chapel of Aldwark, after banns had been thrice published in the parish church. (Reg. Booth, 18 b.) In Mr. Hunter's pedigree the Christian name of this lady is given as Isabel, and that of her husband was not known to that distinguished antiquary.

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Richard FITZWILLIAM (Sir Knight)

Born: ABT 1398 / ABT 1412, Aldwark / Emley, Yorkshire, England

Died: 22 Sep 1478/9, Ecclesfield

Buried: BEF 5 Sep 1480, Austin Friars, Tickhill, Yorkshire, England

Father: Edmund FITZWILLIAM (Esq.)

Mother: Catherine CLIFTON

Married: Elizabeth CLARELL (ABT 1415 - 23 Apr 1503)(dau. of Thomas Clarell and Elizabeth Scrope) ABT 1424 / BEF 1 May 1442

Children:

1. Isabel FITZWILLIAM

2. Margaret FITZWILLIAM

3. Thomas FITZWILLIAM of Aldwark (Sir)

4. Edmund FITZWILLIAM

5. Richard FITZWILLIAM (d. 1521)

6. Edward FITZWILLIAM

7. George FITZWILLIAM

8. Humphrey FITZWILLIAM

9. Catherine FITZWILLIAM

10. Anne FITZWILLIAM

11. Elizabeth FITZWILLIAM

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Source states the Fitzwilliam family line finished in 1979.

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Sir Richard FitzWilliam, Sheriff of Yorkshire was born circa 1425 at of Aldwarke & Wadworth, Yorkshire, England.2 He married Elizabeth Clarell, daughter of Thomas Clarell, Esq. and Elizabeth Scrope, before 1448; They had 7 sons (Thomas, Esq; Edmund; Richard; Edward; Humphrey; Humphrey, a cleric; & George) & 5 daughters (Katherine, wife of Sir John Skipwith; Margaret, wife of Ralph Reresby, Esq; Anne, wife of Sir William Mirfield; Elizabeth, wife of Sir Thomas Wortley; & Isabel, wife of William Wentworth, Esq.).10,2,3,4,5,6,7 Sir Richard FitzWilliam, Sheriff of Yorkshire left a will on 21 September 1479.4,6 He died on 22 September 1479; Buried at Austin Friars, Tickhill, Yorkshire.2,4,6 His estate was probated on 5 September 1480.4,6

Family - Elizabeth Clarell b. c 1423, d. 12 May 1503

Children

   Edmund FitzWilliam

Edward FitzWilliam
George FitzWilliam
Humphrey FitzWilliam d. Oct 1503
Isabel FitzWilliam2
Anne Wentworth2
Elizabeth FitzWilliam2
Margaret FitzWilliam+2
Richard FitzWilliam d. 10 Mar 1521
Sir Thomas FitzWilliam+ b. 13 Jan 1448, d. 29 May 1498
Katherine FitzWilliam+2,4,6,7 b. c 1455, d. a 5 Jan 1518
Citations

     1)  [S3157] Unknown author, Pedigree of Clarell, Foster's Pedigrees, Vol.I, part 1.

2) [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 658.
3) [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 480.
4) [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 34.
5) [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 211.
6) [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 322.
7) [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 638.
8) [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 33.
9) [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 321-322.
10) [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 52.
Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins

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Lincolnshire pedigrees (1902) Author: Maddison, Arthur Roland, 1843-1912, ed; Larken, Arthur Staunton, d. 1889

Fitzwilliam Of Clirby

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