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William FitzHugh, 4th Baron FitzHugh (c. 1399 – 22 October 1452) was an English nobleman and Member of Parliament.
Born at Ravensworth, North Riding of Yorkshire, England. He was the son of Henry FitzHugh, 3rd Baron FitzHugh and Elizabeth Grey. He served as a Member of Parliament from 1429 to 1450.
FitzHugh married, before 18 November 1406, at Ravensworth, Margery Willoughby, daughter of William Willoughby, 5th Baron Willoughby de Eresby, and Lucy le Strange, by whom he had a son and seven daughters:
[1]

  • Henry FitzHugh, 5th Baron FitzHugh, who married Lady Alice Neville, daughter of Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury and Alice Montacute, 5th Countess of Salisbury, daughter and heiress of Thomas de Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury and Lady Eleanor Holland.[2] They were great-grandparents to queen consort Catherine Parr.
  • Elizabeth FitzHugh, who married Ralph Greystoke, 5th Baron Greystoke.[2]
  • Eleanor FitzHugh, who married Ranulph Dacre, 1st Baron Dacre of Gilsland.[2]
  • Maud FitzHugh, who married Sir William Bowes (d. 28 July 1466) of Streatlam, Durham, by whom she was the grandmother of Sir Robert Bowes.[2][3]
  • Lora FitzHugh, who married Sir John Constable of Halsham, Yorkshire.[2]
  • Lucy, who became a nun.[2]
  • Margery FitzHugh, who married John Melton.[2]
  • Joan FitzHugh, who married John Scrope, 5th Baron Scrope of Bolton.[2]

From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_FitzHugh,_4th_Baron_FitzHugh
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Sir William FitzHugh, 4th Lord FitzHugh1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21
Last Edited 4 Apr 2020
M, #13923, b. circa 1399, d. 22 October 1452
Father Sir Henry FitzHugh, 3rd Lord FitzHugh, Lord High Treasurer, Chamberlain to King Henry V22,23 b. c 1358, d. 11 Jan 1425
Mother Elizabeth Grey22,23 b. bt 1363 - 1366, d. 12 Dec 1427
Sir William FitzHugh, 4th Lord FitzHugh was born circa 1399 at of Ravensworth, Yorkshire, England; Age 26 in 1425.2,4,14 He married Margery Willoughby, daughter of Sir William Willoughby, 5th Lord Willoughby and Lucy le Strange, before 18 November 1406 at Ravensworth, Yorkshire, England; They had 1 son (Sir Henry, 5th Lord FitzHugh) & 7 daughters (Elizabeth/Isabel, wife of Sir Ralph, 5th Lord Greystoke; Eleanor, wife of Sir Ranulph, 1st Lord Dacre of Gilsland; Maud, wife of Sir William Bowes; Lora, wife of Sir John Constable; Lucy, a nun; Margery, wife of John Melton; & Joan, wife of Sir John, 5th Lord Scrope of Bolton).2,24,3,4,6,7,11,13,14,16,17,21 Sir William FitzHugh, 4th Lord FitzHugh died on 22 October 1452.2,4,14
Family
Margery Willoughby b. c 1397, d. b 22 Oct 1452
Children

  • Elizabeth FitzHugh+2,25,4,5,6,9,10,12,14,15,16,19,20 d. 20 Mar 1469
  • Lora FitzHugh+2,26,4,7,8,14,17,18 d. b 20 May 1469
  • Lucy FitzHugh2
  • Margery FitzHugh+2 d. a 1510
  • Maud FitzHugh+27,2,3,4,13,14 b. c 1422, d. a 28 Jul 1466
  • Sir Henry FitzHugh, 5th Lord FitzHugh, Master Forester & Keeper of the New Forest, Trier of Petitions for Parliament+28,4,14 b. c 1429, d. 8 Jan 1472
  • Joan FitzHugh+2 b. c 1435, d. b 1470

Citations
1.[S3815] Unknown author, The Complete Peerage, by Cokayne, Vol. V, p. 426/7; Ancestral Roots of 60 Colonists, p. 178; Plantagenet Ancestry of 17th Century Colonists, by David Faris, p. 39; Stemmata Robertson, p. 164.
2.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 325.
3.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 292.
4.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 199-200.
5.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 259.
6.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 283-284.
7.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 120.
8.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 259.
9.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 12.
10.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 173-174.
11.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 336.
12.[S6] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 619-620.
13.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 492.
14.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 631-632.
15.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 111.
16.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 138-139.
17.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 19.
18.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 247.
19.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 604.
20.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 125.
21.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 363.
22.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 198-199.
23.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 630-631.
24.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 761-762.
25.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 363-364.
26.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 486.
27.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 144.
28.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 325-326.
From: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p464.htm#...
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William FitzHugh, 4th Lord FitzHugh1
M, #3356, b. before 1399, d. 22 October 1452
Last Edited=26 Sep 2014
William FitzHugh, 4th Lord FitzHugh was born before 1399.2 He was the son of Henry FitzHugh, 3rd Lord FitzHugh and Elizabeth Grey.2 He married Marjery Willoughby, daughter of William de Willoughby, 5th Lord Willoughby de Eresby and Lucy Lestrange, before 28 November 1406. He died on 22 October 1452.
He gained the title of 4th Lord FitzHugh.
Children of William FitzHugh, 4th Lord FitzHugh and Marjery Willoughby
1. Elizabeth FitzHugh+
2. Henry FitzHugh, 5th Lord FitzHugh+ b. c 1429, d. 3 Jun 1472
Children of William FitzHugh, 4th Lord FitzHugh
1. Joane FitzHugh+
2. Maud FitzHugh+3 b. c 1422, d. a 28 Jul 1466
Citations
1.[S2] Peter W. Hammond, editor, The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda (Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.: Sutton Publishing, 1998), page 188. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage, Volume XIV.
2.[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume V, page 424. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
3.[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume II, page 418.
From: http://thepeerage.com/p336.htm#i3356
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William FITZHUGH (4° B. Fitzhugh of Ravensworth)
Born: ABT 1398, Ravensworth, Yorkshire, England
Died: 22 Oct 1452, Yorkshire, England
Father: Henry FITZHUGH (3° B. Fitzhugh of Ravensworth)
Mother: Elizabeth GREY (B. Fitzhugh of Ravensworth)
Married: Margery WILLOUGHBY (B. Fitzhugh of Ravensworth) BEF 18 Nov 1416, Ravensworth, Yorkshire, England
Children:
1. Lora FITZHUGH
2. Joan FITZHUGH (B. Scrope of Bolton)
3. Elizabeth FITZHUGH (B. Greystoke of Greystoke)
4. Henry FITZHUGH (5° B. Fitzhugh of Ravensworth)
5. Eleanor FITZHUGH (B. Dacre of Gillesland)
6. Maud FITZHUGH
7. Margery FITZHUGH
8. Lucy FITZHUGH (Nun)
From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/FITZHUGH.htm#William%20FITZHUGH%20(4%C2%B0%20B.%20Fitzhugh%20of%20Ravensworth)
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William Willoughby, 5th Baron Willoughby de Eresby KG (c.1370 – 4 December 1409) was an English baron.
Origins
William Willoughby was the son of Robert Willoughby, 4th Baron Willoughby de Eresby, by his first wife, Alice de Skipwith, daughter of Sir William de Skipwith, Chief Baron of the Exchequer.[2] He had four half-brothers by his father's second wife, Margery la Zouche: Robert, Thomas, John and Brian.[3]
etc.
Willoughby married twice:
Firstly, soon after 3 January 1383, Lucy le Strange, daughter of Roger le Strange, 5th Baron Strange of Knockin, by Aline, daughter of Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, by whom he had two sons and three daughters:[13]

  • Robert Willoughby, 6th Baron Willoughby de Eresby, who married firstly, Elizabeth Montagu, and, secondly, Maud Stanhope.
  • Sir Thomas Willoughby, who married Joan Arundel, daughter and co-heiress of Sir Richard Arundel by his wife, Alice. Their descendants, who include Catherine Willoughby, Duchess of Suffolk, inherited the barony. Catherine became the 12th baroness and the title descended through her children by her second husband, Richard Bertie.
  • Elizabeth Willoughby, who married Henry Beaumont, 5th Baron Beaumont (d.1413).
  • Margery Willoughby, who married William FitzHugh, 4th Baron FitzHugh. Their son, the 5th Baron, would marry Lady Alice Neville, sister of Warwick the Kingmaker. Alice was a grandniece of Willoughby's second wife, Lady Joan Holland. The 5th baron and his wife Alice were great-grandparents to queen consort Catherine Parr.
  • Margaret Willoughby, who married Sir Thomas Skipwith.

Secondly, to Lady Joan Holland (d. 12 April 1434), widow of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, and daughter of Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent, by Lady Alice FitzAlan, daughter of Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel, by whom he had no issue.[14] After Willoughby's death his widow married, thirdly, Henry Scrope, 3rd Baron Scrope of Masham, who was beheaded on 5 August 1415 after the discovery of the Southampton Plot on the eve of King Henry V's invasion of France. She married, fourthly, Sir Henry Bromflete, Baron Vessy (d. 16 January 1469).[15]
etc.
From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Willoughby,_5th_Baron_Willoug...
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Robert Willoughby, 6th Baron Willoughby de Eresby KG (c. 1385 – 25 July 1452) was an English nobleman and military commander in the Hundred Years' War.
Family
Robert Willoughby was the son of William Willoughby, 5th Baron Willoughby de Eresby, and his first wife, Lucy le Strange, daughter of Roger le Strange, 5th Baron Strange of Knockin (Shropshire), by Aline, daughter of Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel. He had a younger brother and three sisters:[1]

  • Sir Thomas Willoughby, who married Joan Arundel, daughter and co-heiress of Sir Richard Arundel by his wife, Alice.
  • Elizabeth Willoughby, who married Henry Beaumont, 5th Baron Beaumont.
  • Margery Willoughby, who married William FitzHugh, 4th Baron FitzHugh.
  • Margaret Willoughby, who married Sir Thomas Skipwith.

Career
Willoughby's father, the 5th Baron, died on 4 December 1409.
Willoughby, aged 24, succeeded him in the title, and had seisin of his lands 8 February 1410. etc.
Willoughby married firstly, before 21 February 1421, Elizabeth Montagu, daughter of John Montagu, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, by whom he had an only daughter, Joan Willoughby, who married Richard Welles, 7th Baron Welles.[15]
He married secondly, before 8 January 1449, Maud Stanhope, daughter of Sir Richard Stanhope of Rampton, Nottinghamshire, by his second wife, Maud Cromwell, daughter of Ralph Cromwell, 2nd Baron Cromwell, but had no issue by her. His widow married secondly, Sir Thomas Neville, second son of Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury, slain 30 December 1460 at the Battle of Wakefield, and thirdly, Sir Gervase Clifton, beheaded 6 May 1471 after the Battle of Tewkesbury. Lady Maud alleged that Sir Gervase Clifton had 'wasted and destroyed' more than £1000 worth of jewels, plate and household goods which she brought to the marriage. She died 30 August 1497, and was buried at the Collegiate Church at Tattershall, Lincolnshire.[16]
From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Willoughby,_6th_Baron_Willough...
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WRONG WIFE MARGARET WILLOUGHBY SHOULD BE HER SISTER MARGERY WILLOUGHBY
William “4th Baron” FitzHugh
Birth 1399
Death 22 Oct 1452 (aged 52–53)
Burial Burial Details Unknown
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 196837592
Family Members
Parents
Sir Henry FitzHugh
1359–1425

Elizabeth de Gray FitzHugh
1363–1427

Spouse
Margaret Willoughby Oldhall
1398–1455

Siblings
Maud "Matilda" FitzHugh Eure
1391–1467

Elizabeth FitzHugh Grey
1410–1445

Eleanor FitzHugh Bromflete

Children
Maud FitzHugh Bowes
1428–1466

Margery FitzHugh Melton Constable
1428–1475

Henry "5th Baron" FitzHugh
unknown–1472
From: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/196837592/william_fitzhugh
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Bedford, England. Parents were Henry Fitzhugh (1614-1664) and Mary King. He left Bedford in about 1670 . Many details: Fitzhugh Family History and Annandale History. William was an attorney, tobacco plantation owner, burgess, and militia officer in Stafford County, Virginia

It appears that his son or grandson Baron Henry Fitzhugh was the Lord Hgh Treasurer of England. They were married inti/allied with the Greystoke Family.
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