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bap. 1 Mar. 1551,GL, ms 4448, f. 19v. 2nd surv. s. of Thomas Fleetwood† of The Vache, Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks. and his 2nd w. Bridget, da. of Sir John Spring of Cockfield, Suff.; bro. of Sir George* and Henry*. educ. L. Inn 1570. m. by 1576, Jane (d.1628), da. of William Clifton of Barrington, Som., wid. of Hugh Copleston of Copleston, Devon, ?9s. 4da. (?1 d.v.p.).DL7/12/2; H. Fishwick, Hist. of Par. of Poulton-le-Fylde (Chetham Soc. n.s. viii), 157-8; Lipscomb, Bucks. iii. 227; Fleetwood Fam. Recs. ed. R.W. Buss, peds. 1 and 14; Reg. St. James’ Clarkenwell [sic] (Harl. Soc. ix), 9; E.T. Bewley, ‘An Irish Branch of the Fleetwood Fam.’, The Gen. n.s. xxiv. 218-19; LI Admiss.; PROB 11/153, f. 183; LMA, Acc. DRO37/A1/1, pp. 3-6, 53, 72. suc. fa. 1570; Kntd. 11 May 1603.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 106, mistakenly calls him Miles. bur. 15 Sept. 1616 15 Sept. 1616. sig. William Fletewoode.
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J.p. Mdx. by 1587-at least 1614,APC, 1588–9, p. 108; C231/1, f. 5; SP14/33; C66/1988. Beds. 1597-at least 1614,C231/1, f. 36v; C66/1988. Herts. 1604–16; Cal. Assize Recs. Herts. Indictments, Jas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 7, 172; C231/4, f. 29. capt. militia ft. Mdx. 1588,HMC Foljambe, 38. commr. musters, 1588-at least 1608;APC, 1588, p. 144; 1595–6, p. 22; 1596–7, p. 388; 1597–8, p. 359; Add. 11402, f. 142. commr. subsidy, Mdx. 1591, 1593, 1597, 1608, E115/146/42; 115/147/112; 115/148/60; SP14/31/1. aid 1609; SP14/43/107. freeman, Southampton, Hants 1599;HMC 11th Rep. III, 22. commr. oyer and terminer, London 1601 – 09, Mdx. 1601–9,C181/1, ff. 11, 13v; 181/2, ff. 71v, 72v, 103, 107v-8. Syon manor, Mdx. 1603-at least 1604; C181/1, ff. 65, 89. commr. sewers, Mdx. 1604, London and Mdx. 1606, Coln valley 1609-at least 1615,Ibid. f. 88; C181/2, ff. 20, 90, 229v. swans, Gravesend, Kent to Windsor, Berks. 1605-at least 1609,C181/1, f. 113v; 181/2, f. 89v. lands of John Deacon, attainted, London and Surr. 1608,C181/2, f. 70. repair of highways, London 1609,C193/6/188. lands of the late earl of Oxford, Cambs. 1610.E178/3618.

Recvr.-gen. Ct. of Wards 1594–1610;J. Hurstfield, Queen’s Wards, 227; E214/1148. commr. lands of wards, 1608.C181/2, f. 64.

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FLEETWOOD, Sir William I (1551-1616), of Cranford-le-Mote, Cranford, Mdx.
Main residence: Cranford-le-Mote, Cranford, Mdx.
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A.D.T.
Volume
Commons 1604-1629
Web Title

FLEETWOOD, Sir William I (1551-1616)

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