FITZWILLIAM, Sir William I (c.1490-1542), of Cowdray, Suss. and London.

Family and Education

b. c. 1490, 3rd s. of Sir Thomas Fitzwilliam (d.1498) of Aldwark, Yorks. by Lucy, da. and coh. of John Neville, Marquess of Montagu; half-bro. of Sir Anthony Browne. m. Nov. 1513, Mabel, da. of Henry, 10th Lord Clifford, d.s.p. 1s. illegit. Kntd. 25 Sept. 1513; KG nom. 24 Apr., inst. 6 May 1526; cr. Earl of Southampton 18 Oct. 1537.Date of birth estimated from career. Vis. Yorks. (Harl. Soc. xvi), 128; CP; NRA 11233, BA16.

Offices Held

Gent. usher 1509; King’s cupbearer 1509; esquire of the body 1513, knight by 1515; j.p. Surr. 1514 – d., Mdx., Kent 1520, nearly all counties 1531 – d.; v.-adm. 1520, 1522 – 23; ambassador to France Jan. 1521 – Jan. 1522; Councillor by Apr. 1522; jt. master of ordnance, Calais 1522; capt. Guisnes 1523 – 26; lt. Calais castle 1526 – 30; treasurer, Household 1525 – 39; chancellor, duchy of Lancaster 3 Nov. 1529 – d.; high steward, Oxf. Univ. 1532 – d.; commr. tenths of spiritualities, Surr. 1535; ld. adm. 1536 – 40; trier of petitions in the Lords, Parlts. of 1539 and 1542; ld. privy seal 1540 – d.; lt. and capt.-gen. in the north 1542; numerous minor offices. Somerville, Duchy, i. 394; Hall, Chron. 827; D. Gladish, Tudor Privy Council, 140; E371/300/47; Surr. Arch. Colls. xxvi. 141; LJ, i. 103, 165.

Parlimentarian

FITZWILLIAM, Sir William I (c.1490-1542), of Cowdray, Suss. and London.

Main residences: Cowdray, Suss.; London.

Author

S.R.J.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

FITZWILLIAM, Sir William I (c.1490-1542)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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