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FLEMING, Sir Francis (by 1502-58), of Broadlands, Romsey, Hants.

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b. by 1502, s. of John Fleming of Southampton by 2nd w. Magdalen, da. of Edmund Lambert of Maiden Bradley, Wilts. m. by 1538, Jane, da. of John Covert of Slaugham, Suss., 2s. 2da. Kntd. 28 Sept. 1547.Date of birth estimated from first reference. Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 14; Vis. Hants (Harl. Soc. lxiv), 38, 146; Comber, Suss. Genealogies (Ardingly), 182-3; C142/124/156; PCC 45 Noodes.
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Capt. George of Greenwich 1523; lt. gen. of Ordnance 1545 – d.; j.p. Hants 1547 – d.; commr. relief 1550, goods of churches and fraternities Southampton 1553; master, St. Katharine’s hospital by the Tower Nov. 1549-July 1558.LP Hen. VIII, iv, xxi; CPR, 1547–8, p. 84 passim to 1557–8, p. 395.

Main residence: Broadlands, Romsey, Hants.
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FLEETWOOD, William (c.1525-94), of the Middle Temple, London Great Missenden, Bucks.

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b. c. 1525 (?illegit.) s. of Robert Fleetwood of Heskin, Lancs. and London by Anne, da. of William Tyldesley of Lancs. educ. Eton; Brasenose and/or Broadgates Hall, Oxf. c.1538-43; Clifford’s Inn c.1543; M. Temple, called. m. Marian, da. of John Barley of Kingsey, Bucks., 6s. inc. William 2da. suc. fa. 1561.Date of birth given in Recusant Hist. vii. 106. Brasenose Coll. Reg. i (Oxf. Hist. Soc. lv), 2; Pembroke Coll. (ibid. xxxiii), 91; PCC 23 Loftes; Lancs. Funeral Certs. (Chetham Soc. lxxv), 28-29.
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Autumn reader, M. Temple 1564, Lent 1568.

Common pleader, London 10 Mar. 1558; serjeant-at-law, duchy of Lancaster 28 Jan. 1559, steward and bailiff, the Savoy ?1559 – d., apprentice-at-law and counsel 29 May 1560, steward, manor of Penwortham, Lancs. 1567 – d., Mildenhall, Suff. 1571 – 80, feodary, Beds. and Bucks. 1577 – 82, dep. chief steward, south parts 1586, master of the Savoy 1592 – d.; commr. eccles. causes 1559 – d.; steward, Wigan church by 1559, Newton, Lancs. by 1559, Rushock, Worcs. 1564, Farnham Royal and St. Helens, Berks. c. 1576, Bernwood forest, Bucks. 1577; j.p. Durham 1561 – d., Bucks. 1569 – d., London, Mdx. and Surr. 1571 – d., Lancs. 1577 – d.; recorder, London 1571 – 92, Preston by 1584; serjeant-at-law 1580; member, Antiq. Soc. c. 1591; Queen’s serjeant 1592; escheator, Durham temp. Eliz. DKR, xxxvii(1), 79; CPR, 1560–3, p. 445; 1563–6, p. 29; 1569–72, pp. 223, 277, 440–2; 1572–5, pp. 551–2; Somerville, Duchy, i. 433, 452, 456, 505, 592, 602, 614–15; C. M. Clode, Merchant Taylors’ Co. ii. 272–3; City of London RO, Guildhall, rep. 14, f. 14; 17, f. 144; G. T. O. Bridgeman, Wigan (Chetham Soc. n.s. xv), 134; Lansd. 24(80), f. 196; 52(50), f. 133; H. W. Woolrych, Serjeants-at-law, i. 136, 149, 158; J. Evans, Hist. Antiq. Soc. 12.

Main residences: the Middle Temple, London; Great Missenden, Bucks.
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FLEETWOOD, William (c.1525-94)

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FLEETWOOD, Thomas (1517/18-70), of London, The Vache, Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks. and Rossall, Lancs.

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b. 1517 /18, 2nd s. of William Fleetwood of Heskin, Lancs. by Ellen, da. of Robert Standish; bro. of John. m. (1) Barbara, da. (or cos.) and h. of Andrew Francis of London, 3s. inc. William 1da., (2) June 1563, Bridget, da. of Sir John Spring of Lavenham, Suff., 7s. inc. George and Henry 7da.Aged 52 at death, Chetham Soc. xxx. p. liv. Vis. Lancs. (Chetham Soc. lxxxi), 59; Lipscomb, Bucks. iii. 227; R. Cunliffe-Shaw, Lancs. Fam. 180-1; J. B. Watson, ‘Lancs. gentry 1529-58’ (London Univ. M.A. thesis, 1959), 297-302.
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Auditor of crown lands, Cheshire and Flints. 1544; teller, Tower I mint 13 Apr. 1545–7; auditor, ct. gen. surveyors of the King’s lands 1545 – 48; comptroller and assayer, Southwark mint 25 Dec. 1547 – 29 Sept. 1551; commr. chantries, Lancs., Cheshire and Chester 1548, new coinage 1550; esquire of the body by 1554; j.p. Bucks. 1558/59, q. 1562; under treasurer, Tower II mint 29 Sept. 1560 – 24 June 1562; sheriff, Beds. and Bucks. 1564–5.LP Hen. VIII, xix, xx; Brit. Numismatic Jnl. xlv. 59–60; CPR, 1548–9, pp. 133, 135; 1553–4, p. 418; 1560–3, p. 434; 1569–72, p. 219; Lancs. and Cheshire Hist. Soc. lxviii. 144–5.

Main residences: London; The Vache, Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks.; Rossall, Lancs.
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FLAXNEY, Ralph (by 1510-18), of Oxford.

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b. by 1510, 1st s. of Richard Flaxney of Oxford by Alice. m. (1) Agnes (d.1550), da. of William Cogan of Oxford; (2) Catherine (d. 9 Sept. 1567), 2s. 7da.; (3) by Sept. 1569, Alice, wid. of one Wyckham, 1s. suc. fa. 1536 or later.Date of birth estimated from first reference. Antiqs. Oxf. iii. (Oxf. Hist. Soc. xxxvii), 162, 171; Bodl. wills Oxon. 186, ff. 136v-8; Oxf. Recs. 134-5.
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Common councilman, Oxford 1531, chamberlain 1538 – 39, bailiff 1542 – 43, subsidy collector 1543, alderman by 1546 – d., mayor 1551 – 52, 1552 – 53, 1562 – 63, 1577 – 78; commr. subsidy 1559.Oxf. Recs. 103, 151, 167, 188, 204, 212, 299, 394; Surveys and Tokens (Oxf. Hist. Soc. lxxv), 139.

Main residence: Oxford.
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FLAMANK (FLAMOKE), John (by 1486-1535/41), of Boscarne, nr. Bodmin, Cornw.

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b. by 1486, 2nd but e. surv. s. of Richard Flamank of Boscarne by Jane, da. and h. of Thomas Luccombe of Bodmin, bro. of Thomas. m. Joyce, da. of Sir Richard Nanfan of Trethewel, Cornw. and Birtsmorton, Worcs., 4s. inc. Gilbert. suc. fa. c.1514.Date of birth estimated from first reference. Maclean, i. 235-6, 282-3.
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Man-at-arms, Calais by 1507 – 11; yeoman of the guard by 1517; commr. subsidy, Cornw. 1523, 1524; mayor, Bodmin 1524 – 25, 1534 – 35; yeoman usher, the chamber by 1526.Maclean, i. 236; LP Hen. VIII, ii-iv.

Main residence: Boscarne, nr. Bodmin, Cornw.
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FLAMANK (FLAMOKE), John (by 1486-1535/41)

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