FITZWILLIAM, William (c.1550-1618), of Dogsthorpe and Milton, Northants.

Family and Education

b. c. 1550, 1st s. of Sir William Fitzwilliam II by Anne, da. of Sir William Sidney of Penshurst, Kent. educ. King’s, Camb. 1564. m. Sept. 1569, Winifred, 2nd da. of Sir Walter Mildmay of Apethorpe, Northants. 2s. 1da. suc. fa. 22 June 1599. Kntd. 11 May 1603.M. E. Finch, Five Northants. Fams. (Northants. Rec. Soc. xix), gen. table at end; Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii).

Offices Held

Gent. pens. 1573 – 1603; j.p.q. Northants. from c. 1583, commr. subsidy, musters 1600, sheriff 1607 – 08; keeper, Fotheringay castle 1599; steward, duchy of Lancaster manors of Glatton and Holme, Hunts. E407/Box 1/7; Lansd. 737, f. 148; Montagu Musters Bk. (Northants. Rec. Soc. vii), ed. Wake, passim; HMC Hatfield, ix. 78, 228; Somerville, Duchy, i. 601.

Parlimentarian

FITZWILLIAM, William (c.1550-1618), of Dogsthorpe and Milton, Northants.

Main residences: Dogsthorpe; Milton, Northants.

Author

M.R.P.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

FITZWILLIAM, William (c.1550-1618)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

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