Fleetwood (noble Family)
Fleetwood is an Anglo-Swedish Baronial family. The lineage was introduced with number 49 in the House of Nobility (Sweden), also known as the ''Riddarhuset''. English origins Descent and claims The House was founded in the 14th century by William Fleetwood from whom all members descend. Married to ''Gwlladis'' in 1320, only daughter and heir to ''Meredith'', son of ''Canuan'', son of ''Conan'', son of ''Owain Gwynedd''. The later, was King of Gwynedd and reigned in 1137 to his death in Nov. 1169 with ''Gwladys ap Llywarch'', a daughter and heir of ''L'Loworth''. Rise to wealth As such, the English family originates in Heskin, Lancashire, but it was of little importance until the 16th century, when Thomas Fleetwood (of the Vache) and his three brothers moved south. The eldest, John Fleetwood, a clerk of Chancery by 1535, acquired a large estate mainly in Staffordshire and Lancashire, in each of which counties he was twice High sheriff, and of the two others the elder, Edm ...
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