Family and Education
b. 31 Mar. 1527, 1st s. of Sir Edward Fitton of Gawsworth by Mary, da. and coh. of Sir Guischard Harbottle of Horton, Northumb. m. 19 Jan. 1539, Anne, da. of Sir Peter Warburton of Arley, Cheshire, 9s. inc. Edward 6da. suc. fa. 17 Feb. 1548. Kntd. 19 Oct. 1553.Date of birth from MI given in DNB. Ommerod, Cheshire, iii. 550, 552-3; Vis. Cheshire (Harl. Soc. xviii), 100; Arch. Ael. (ser. 3), i. 82-83; Northumb. Co. Hist. ix. 266; Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. liii), 138.
Offices Held
Commr. relief, Cheshire 1550, eccles. causes, diocese of Chester 1562, 1568, subsidy, Cheshire 1563, piracy 1565, musters 1569, 1570; sheriff, Cheshire 1558 – 59; j.p. 1561 – d., q. 1564; gov. Macclesfield g.s. Apr. 1552; ld. pres. Connaught 1 June 1569–72, vice treasurer and treasurer at war, Ireland Dec. 1572 – d.; custos rot. Cheshire c.1573–d.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Gawsworth, Cheshire.
Volume
Commons 1509-1558
Web Title
FITTON, Edward (1527-79)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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