950768.
Lord William FitzWilliam & 950769. Lady Maud de Cromwell
~1352, William son of William born in England, heir &
s/o 1901536. John Fitz William &
1901537. Elizabeth Clinton.
~1357, Maud born in England, 2nd d/o 5910026. Ralph de Cromwell & 5910027. Maud
de Bernak.
5/29/1373, Grant ... to Thomas, son and heir of Milo de
Stapilton, and Joan, his wife, daughter of Sir John Fitzwilliam. Manor of
Hathelsay and all lands in Easthathelsay, Middle Hathelsay, and West Hathelsay,
… Witnesses: Lord John Fitzwilliam, William Fitzwilliam, Thomas de Reresby,
knight, ..., Thomas de Wodehall, …” (S) UKNA.
~1375, William married Maud.
6/21/1377, Richard II, age 10, succeeded Edward III as King
of England.
1378-9, William, his brother Edmund, and their parents taxed
as residents of Sprotborough, Yorkshire.
Bef. 2/19/1384, William’s father died.
1384, William knighted.
5/5/1384, Richard Forster, clerk, to William Fitzwilliam,
knight, and Matilda, his wife. 6s. annual rent from their lands in Letwelle.[Sheffield]
(S) UKNA.
11/10/1384, Grant by William fitz William, knt., lord of
Emelay, to the abbot and convent of Byland of all which they held of his fee in
Emelay, Bentelay, and Denby. (S) Yorkshire Deeds, V5, Clay, 2013, P37.
11/10/1385, William de Birkyn, chaplain and John de Holmes,
clerk, servants of Lord Brian de Stapelton, knight, to William Fitzwilliam,
knight, Lord of Emley. Witnesses: Brian de Stapelton, knight, John Sayvyll,
sen, knight, ... [Sheffield] (S) UKNA.
11/10/1386, Letters patent granting licence to Sir William
Fitzwilliam, knight, to alienate in mortmain 17 marks of rent from the manor of
Haddesley [Yorkshire] to two chaplains of the chapel of St John the Baptist,
Middle Haddesley, to celebrate divine service daily for the soul of Thomas de
Stapleton [married to his sister Joan]. (S) UKNA.
1/27/1387, Confirmation by Alexander, archbishop of York, by
Inspeximus, - upon a licence obtained by William FitzWilliam, knight, to assign
17 marcs annual rent issuing from his manor of East, Midel, and Westhathelsay, held
of John, King of Castile and Duke of Lancaster, as of the honour of Pontefract
... [York]. (S) Desc. Cat. of Ancient Deeds, 1890, P50.
7/3/1387, Sir Ralph de Crumwelle the younger and Sir Thomas
Gray, lord of Hetton [Yorks., W.R.] and Sir Thomas Doumfrayville. On the
marriage of Sir Ralph and Lady Joan Heron, sister of Sir Thomas Gray, which is
to take place at Michaelmas next, Gray, Doumfrayville, John de Dranffeld and
Hugh de Mitford bound to Sir Ralph and Sir William fitzWilliam in a certain sum
of money. (S) UKNA.
4/10/1390 at Hathelsay, William Fitzwilliam, knight, son and
heir of John Fitzwilliam, knight to John de Clynton, Ralph de Cromwell, Robert
de Swilyngton, Robert de Rokley, knight, William Gascoigne … Manor of Hathelsay
... Witnesses: John Savyll, sen., John Savyll jun., Thomas de Reresby, knight,
John Everyngham de Birkyn, Thomas Mauncell. (S) UKNA.
4/8/1398, William, Lord of Elmley and Sprotborough, died.
(S) UKNA, IsPM: Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire.
5/6/1398, IPM of William FitzWilliam. York: He held Esthathelsay
jointly with Maud his wife … Emlay in his demesne as of fee. Esthathelsay. The
manor, … Emlay. The manor, … He died on 8 April last. John, aged 21 years and
more, being born on 25 July, 1 Richard II, is his son and heir. Lincoln: …
Nottingham: … (S) CIsPM.
[––Maud––]
4/6/1398, Order to the escheator in the counties of Nottingham
; York ; and Lincoln to take into the king’s hand and keep safely all the lands
of William Fitz William. (S) CFRs.
1/19/1399, John Fitzwiliam, son of William, knight, granted
to Maud, widow of William Fitzwilliam, knight, a rent of 50 marks from ...
manors in dower. (S) Son John’s IPM at Nottingham.
9/30/1399, Henry IV succeeded Richard II as King of England.
8/20/1411, “Matilda Fitzwilliam, lady of Hathilsay has
received from Sir John Fitzwilliam, her son, 50 marks, her dower …” (S) UKNA.
1413, Maud sued by Saint Leonard’s Hospital for not
receiving the “thrave of corn” due.
1415, Maud, Lady of Hathilsay, living.
Maud married 2nd
Thomas Darcy, knt.
4/4/1417, Sir Thomas Darcy leased the manor of Haddlesey (in
Birkin), Yorkshire (a Fitzwilliam family property) to his step-son, John
Fitzwilliam, Knt., the said John to pay to Maud, wife of the said Thomas,
paying 48 marks, 6 shillings, 8 pence p.a. ... Witnesses..., Thomas Clarell ...
(S) Sheffield Archives, WWM/D/81.
11/4/1417, Lease. Sir Thomas Darcy to Sir John Fitzwilliam.
7/7/1417, Maud’s son John, Lord of Sprotborough, died.
1419, Thomas Darcy and his wife, Maud, acting as executrix
of the will of William Fitz William, Knt., sued Richard Claypham, of Allerton,
Nottinghamshire, yeoman for a reasonable account during the time he was
receiver of money for the said William. (S) CCPs, CP40/634, 132f.
(S) Magna Carta Ancestry, P349. (S) The Peerage of Ireland,
Lodge, 1789, P166.
Child of William
and Maud: [2 sons, 2 daughters]
i. John Fitz William (475384), born 7/25/1377 in England.
