Sir Thomas Fettiplace

FETTIPLACE, Sir Thomas, OXF kt of the shire d: ~1442 in E. Shefford,

    BRK, ENG #: FETT264

✔ FETTIPLACE, Sir Thomas
*+ +PINTO, Beatrix of Portugal b: ~1386 d: 25 Dec 1447 #: AVIZ32 m: <1423

    Mother: PLANTAGENET, Philippa of Lancaster Father: John I "o Falso"

of Avis, King of Portugal
The parentage of Beatrix, wife of Thomas Fettiplace, has not been ascertained. Jacobus states that she was not the illegitimate daughter of King João I (John) of the Aviz dynasty of Portuguese rulers. (NEHGR 123:241ff Oct 1969)

An interesting, yet inconclusive, case for placing her in the Burgundian dynasty of Portugal among the Sousa descendants of Affonso III's illegitimate son, Affonso Dinez -- known as the Sousa de Arronches line -- can be made largely on the heraldic evidence. [TAYLOR, Dr. Nathan L.; Beatrice Fettiplace (Ancestress of Gov. Thomas Dudley): A Summary; unpublished: http://home.earthlink.net/~nathanieltaylor/pdfs/a_Fettiplace.pdf

Nevertheless, it is virtually certain that she descends from some noble Portuguese line, so I have kept her here as a daughter of King João for the nonce.

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The Fettiplace Family
by J. Rentyon Dunlop
excerpt

"Of the Lady Beatrice and the endless, but rather unconvincing, arguments concerning her birth and parentage, little must here be said. That she was of the Portuguese Royal House can hardly be questioned, although the argument against her being a daughter of King John I is probably correct, and that in favour of her being a Pinto, or Souza, possible.

Her quartered arms, and her marriage with Lord Talbot, whose first wife was Joan Plantagenet, granddaughter of King Edward III, indicates her royal descent, her mother, as likely as not, being a Pinto or Souza. Bishop White Kennett states: " the family received a great addition of 'blood and honour by marrying Beatrix, daughter of the King of Portugal, which match is mentioned and allowed of in the pedigree of the Kings of Portugal" - and it is to be heartily wished that he had left a record of the source of his information.

Mr. T. C. Button says that Beatrice was in some way related to Peter the Cruel, King of Castile, and the Harl. MS. 5867 records that [Sir] Thomas Fettiplace "married the Ladye Beatryce, Countesse of Shrewsburye and daughter of Alphoncious, King of Portugal" - the MS. being obviously incorrect as regards Beatrice being Countess of Shrewsbury, for it was her brother-in-law, not her husband, who bore this title. But whatever the theories of Planché and other writers on this subject may be, no notice appears to have been taken of the following letter, a copy of which is to be found amongst the correspondence of a late Rector of East Shefford, and as the marriage of [Sir] Thomas Fettiplace with the widow of Gilbert Talbot is the one fact that has never been disputed, the contents of the letter, it must be admitted, only add to the confusion already existing in connection with this subject, and may have been already contradicted, or disputed, unknown to the present writer."

Legation of Portugal, London, August 20th, 1887.

Sir,

Pray accept my best thanks for your letter relating to the Fettiplace Tomb. All that I can say in reply to it is that in 1405 an illegitimate daughter of King John I. of Portugal, named Beatrice, married Thomas, Earl of Arundel and Surrey. Left a widow she re-married in 1415 to Gilbert Talbot, Baron of Irchenfield and Blackmere, K.G. She was again left a widow in 1419. 1 am convinced that she did not marry Sir John [Thomas?] Fettiplace m her third husband. I am sorry that 1 am unable to give you further information.

Accept, etc. Signed M. d'Antas

Sir Thomas Fettiplace is interred at Saint Thomas Churchyard in Little Shefford, Berkshire. Additionally interred at Saint Thomas Churchyard is his spouse, Beatrix de Pinto (1403 - 1447).

Find A Grave Memorial # 52907129 / Created May 27, 2010 by George Myer