William Fitzwilliam

William married Maud Cromwell before 1377. Maud (daughter of Ralph de Cromwell and Maud de Bernake) died after 1414. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John Fitzwilliam was born on 25 Jul 1377 in of Sprotborough, Yorkshire, England; died on 5 Jul 1417.

John married Elizabeth de Clinton. Elizabeth (daughter of William de Clinton and (Unknown wife or mistress of William de Clinton)) died after 1399. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died of the plague.

John married Joan Reresby. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 25 Aug 1354

Notes:

Earl of Huntingdon. Constable of Halton Castle, 1326; Chief Justice of Chester, 1330; Constable of Dover Castle and Warden of the Cinque Ports, 1330; Privy Councillor, 1333; Captain and Admiral of the Cinque Ports, 133-35; Captain and Admiral from the Thames to Portsmouth, 1340; Captain and Admiral of the West, 1341-42; Joint Warden of the Marches toward Scotland, 1342; Justice of the Forest South of Trent, 1343-45; Joint Warden in Kent, 1352.

William married (Unknown wife or mistress of William de Clinton). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: of Emley, Yorkshire, England

Notes:

Fought at the battle of Falkirk, 22 Jul 1298. He was an adherent of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster. In 1321 he was pardoned for actions against Hugh le Despenser, senior and junior, of testimony of his cousin Richard de Grey, 2nd Lord Grey of Codnor.

William married Isabel Deincourt. Isabel (daughter of Edmund Deincourt) died after 26 Jul 1348; was buried in Sprotborough, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Bef 29 May 1348

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Bef 7 Jan 1311

Notes:

Knight of the shire for Warwickshire, 1300; Constable of Wallingford Castle; Seneschal of Ponthieu.

"John de Clinton, 1st Baron Clinton, so created according to later doctrine by writ of summons to Parliament 6 Feb 1298/9 (though never again thereafter); the peerage is heritable by heirs general, which can include females); Lord of the Manor of Maxstoke, Warwicks, through his wife; served Scottish and French Wars of Edward I, MP Warwicks 1300-01, Constable of Wallingford Castle 1308." [Burke's Peerage]

"John de Clinton (son and heir of Thomas de Clinton by Maud, daughter of Sir Ralph Bracebridge of Kinsbury, co. Worcester), b. c 1258, d.1310, 1st Lord Clinton; m. c 1290 Ida, daughter of Sir William de Odingsells of Maxstoke by Ela, daughter of Walter Fitz Robert. She was 1st daughter, b. c 1270, living 1321." [Ancestral Roots]

"John de Clinton, of Amington and Maxstoke, co. Warwick, 2nd but 1st surviving son and heir of Thomas de Clinton, of Amington (died v.p., before 1264), by Maud, daughter of Sir Ralph Bracebridge, of Kinsbury, co. Warwick, was born probably in 1258. He served, or was called upon to serve, in the Scottish and French wars. He was summoned to Parliament 6 February 1298/9 by writ directed Johanni de Clinton, whereby he is held to have become Lord Clinton. He was never again so summoned. He was 2 years later (12 March 1300/1), summoned with more than a thousand others cum equis et armis, being then denominated as of Maxstoke. He appears to have been Knight of the shire for co. Warwick 1300-01. Constable of Wallingford Castle, 1308." [Complete Peerage III:312-13]

[footnote in CP to the above:] "The name is said to be from the manor of Glinton, afterwards Clinton, Northants near Market Deeping, but the Clintons were Oxfordshire people as early as 1230. In N. & Q., 7th Series, vol.viii, p. 486, it is stated that the 1st Earl of Lincoln 'obtained a grant of this very district of Glinton,' no doubt because of the similarity of name. Lower, in his Family Names, states it to be "from Glimpton, anciently written Clinton, co. Oxford. The founder of the family, Geoffrey de Clinton, Treasurer and Chamberlain to King Henry I, is said, by Ordericus (who, as a contemporary, probably can be trusted), to have been of mean parentage, though, according to some accounts he was of the noblest Norman extraction."

John married Ida de Odingsells after 29 Sep 1286. Ida (daughter of William de Odingsells and Ela fitz Walter) was born about 1265 in of Solihull, Warwickshire, England; died after 1 Mar 1322. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1270
• Alternate death: Aft 8 Apr 1325

Notes:

Dugdale's Monasticon Anglicanum (1846) says that this Ida, widow of John de Clinton, was a prioress of Wroxhall and died in 1300. VCH Warwick 2 says that "Lady Isabel Clinton" succeeded Agnes as prioress of Wroxhall and died in 1325. The register of Thomas Cobham, Bishop of Worcester, 1317-1327, names "the noble lady Ysabella de Clyntone" as one of the several parties to a dispute he adjudicated at Wroxhall in 1323, but says nothing about Isabel becoming prioress, nor anything to identify her as the Ida who was the widow of John de Clinton who died in 1311. Additionally, while several records exist of the widow Ida in the 1320s, none of them make any reference to her being at Wroxhall, as a prioress or not. As John Watson pointed out on SGM, 8 and 9 Sep 2017, the likeliest solution to the above is that Dugdale was mistaken, and that the Clinton widow of Wroxhall priory was someone else, perhaps the otherwise-unknown widow of John de Clinton of Coleshill who died in 1316.

"He [John Clinton] married, probably about 1290, Ida, sister and coheir of Edmund d'Odingsells, 1st daughter of William d'Odingsells, of Maxstoke, by Ela, daughter of Walter Fitz Robert, of Woodham Walter, with whom he acquired the Lordship and Castle of Maxstoke and other considerable possessions. He died late in 1310. His widow accompanied the Queen Consort to France in 1312-13. She, who was born about 1270, was living 1 March 1321/2." [Complete Peerage III:12-13]

Douglas Richardson in a post to SGM, 27 Sep 2001, adds a first husband for Ida:

From: Douglas Richardson (royalancestry@msn.com)
Subject: Ida de Odingsells's Herdeburgh and Clinton Marriages: Further Evidence
Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.medieval
Date: 2001-09-27 08:31:32 PST

Dear Newsgroup:

Two days ago I announced the discovery that Ida de Odingsells, a descendant of King Henry II, married (lst) Roger de Herdeburgh (died c. 1284), by whom she had a daughter, Ela de Herdeburgh, who left many descendants. Previously Ida was only known to have had a marriage about 1290 to John de Clinton, 1st Lord Clinton (died c. 1310). Following my post, Rosie Bevan kindly provided a citation which confirmed that Roger de Herdeburgh's wife was in fact named Ida.

Since my first post, I've located an informative article on the Herdeburgh family which appeared in Norfolk Archaeology, 30 (1952): 19-25. That article cites two documents, one dated 1284, the other 1286, which establish beyond doubt that Roger de Herdeburgh's wife was named Ida and that Ida, as Roger's widow, held the manor of Prilleston, Norfolk (a Herdeburgh manor) following his death. The article further states that Prilleston was eventually conveyed by Ida de Herdeburgh's heirs to her grandson, Walter de Hopton, Knt. This confirms that that Prilleston stayed in the family past Ida's death about 1328.

As for other evidence that widow Ida de Herdeburgh married John de Clinton, I found elsewhere that Prilleston, Norfolk was held in 1316 by "Idonia de Clynton" [Reference: Feudal Aids, 6 (1920): 478]. Idonia de Clynton can be none other than Ida de Clinton, then a widow for the second time.

Best always,
Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah

William married Agnes de Grey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From Complete Peerage:

Sir Edmund Deincourt, of Blankney and Branston, co. Lincoln, Holmesfield and Elmton, co. Derby, Granby, Notts, Duddington, Northants, &c., s. and h. of Sir John Deincourt, of Blankney, &c. (who d. before 14 Oct. 1257), by Agnes, da. of Sir Geoffrey de Neville, of Raby, co. Durham. The King took his homage, though he was still a minor, on or before 8 Jan. 1268/9. He was in the Army of Wales in 1277, 1282, and 1294, and in the Army of Scotland in 1299. He was sum. for Military Service from 16 Apr. (1291) 19 Edw. I to 1 May (1325) 18 Edw. II, to attend the King wherever he might be, 8 June (1294) 22 Edw. I, to attend the Coronation, 18 Jan. (1307/8) 1 Edw. II, to Councils from 8 Jan. (1308/9) 2 Edw. II to 20 Feb. (1324/5) 18 Edw. II, and to Parl. from 6 Feb. (1298/9) 27 Edw. I to 3 Dec. (1326) 20 Edw. II, by writs directed Edmundo Deyncurt or Deyncourt, whereby he is held to have become Lord Deincourt. He did homage for his lands in Burnby, co. York, to three successive Archbishops of York, 1299, 18 July 1300, and 3 May 1310. As Edmundus de Eyncourt dominus de Thurgerton, he took part in the Barons' Letter to the Pope, 12 Feb. 1300/1. He was one of those ordered, 3 Sep. 1312, to prohibit the Earl of Lancaster and others from repairing to the King with horses and arms. By a fine, levied in the octaves of St. Michael II Edw. II, he conveyed the manor and soke of Blankney, with the advowson of the chapel there, the manors of Branston, Mere, and Granby, a messuage in the bail of Lincoln, the advowsons of the Priory of Thurgarton and the Hospital of St. Leonard at Stoke, and the manors of Holmesfield and Elmton, save a messuage, &c., in Elmton, to himself for life: rem. to William s. of John Deincourt, rem. to John br. of the same William, in successive tail general: rem. to his own right heirs. By another fine, of the same date, he conveyed the said messuage, &c., in Elmton, to himself for life: rem. to Hamon de Mascy and Joan his wife [late the wife of Edmund s. of John Deincourt], for her life: rem. to Isabel da. of Edmund s. of John Deincourt, in tail male: rem. to his own right heirs. He m. Isabel, da. of Sir Reynold de Mohun, of Dunster, Somerset, by his 2nd wife, Isabel, da. of William (de Ferrers), Earl of Derby. He d. 6 Jan. 1326/7.

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Note that despite CP's assertion that he married "Isabel, da. of Sir Reynold de Mohun, of Dunster, Somerset, by his 2nd wife, Isabel, da. of William (de Ferrers), Earl of Derby," there is no clear evidence that this Isabel was the mother of his children. Moreover, Royal Ancestry doesn't even list an Isabel among the children of Reynold de Mohun and Elizabeth de Ferrers.

Thomas married Maud Bracebridge. Maud (daughter of Ralph Bracebridge) died after 1275. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1235, of Maxstoke, Warwickshire, England
• Alternate death: 19 Apr 1295

Notes:

Justiciar of Ireland 19 Oct 1294 - 19 Apr 1295.

William married Ela fitz Walter. Ela (daughter of Walter fitz Robert and Ida Longespée) died after 2 Jul 1295. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Aft 7 Jan 1311

Notes:

Also called Ela Fitz Robert.

Incorrectly shown by Blomefield (citation details below) as a daughter of her grandparents, William Longespee and Ela of Salisbury.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: of Elmeley, Yorkshire, England

Thomas married Agnes Bertram. Agnes (daughter of Roger Bertram and Agnes) died after 1266. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Governor of the Channel Islands; Seneschal of Gascony and Poitou; Constables of Devises, Dover, and Kenilworth Castles; Warden of the Cinque Ports.

Richard married Lucy du Hommet before 19 Jun 1223. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Or Humez.

Notes:

"This John had livery of his lands, 19 Sep. 1246, and was s. and h. of Oliver (who had livery in 1217), by Nichole, to whom Nichole (1st da. and co. of Richard de la Haye, and wife of Gerard de Caunville) gave Duddington in free marriage; which Oliver was s. and h. of Oliver (aged 24 in 1186, m. Amabel, and d. in or before 1201), son and heir of John (who had livery in 1167-8, and d. 6 Nov. 1183), by Alice, sister of Ralph Murdac. John was s. and h. of Walter, s. and h. of Ralph (who m. Basilie), s. and h. of Walter d'Aincurt, the Domesday lord of Blankney." [Complete Peerage IV:118, note (c).]

John married Agnes de Neville after 1244. Agnes (daughter of Geoffrey de Neville and Margaret) was born in of Raby, Durham, England; died before 20 Jul 1293. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"This Agnes was widow of Richard de Percy, of Topcliffe, co. York, who d. shortly before 18 Aug. 1244. She was his 2nd wife. The Lady Agnes de Percy gave the manor of Steeping, co. Lincoln, to Edmund d'Eyncourt her s. and h., and his heirs, by deed dated 20 Edw. I. She d. before 20 July 1293. The effigy on her seal wears a dress charged with billets and a fesse dancette (Deincourt), and holds up two shields, the dexter charged with 5 fusils conjoined in fesse (Percy), the sinister with a saltire (Neville of Raby)." [Complete Peerage IV:118, note (d).]

Thomas married Mazera de Bisege. Mazera (daughter of James de Bisege and Matilda) was born in of Baddesley, Warwickshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Keeper of Montgomery Castle.

William married Joan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Walter married Ida Longespée. Ida (daughter of William I Longespée and Ela of Salisbury) died after 1261. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Aft 11 May 1262