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William Fitzwilliam (died 1534)
Sir William Fitzwilliam (c. 1460 – 9 August 1534) was a Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors, Merchant Taylor, List of Sheriffs of London, Sheriff of London, servant of Cardinal Wolsey, and a member of the council of Henry VII of England, Henry VII. Biography William Fitzwilliam was the second son of John Fitzwilliam, esquire, of Greens Norton, Northamptonshire, and Helen Villiers, the daughter of William Villiers, esquire, of Brooksby, Leicestershire, by Joan Bellers, the daughter of John Bellers of Eye Kettleby in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. William Fitzwilliam had four brothers, John, Bartholomew, Richard and Thomas, and two sisters, Mary, who married Thomas Waddington and Richard Ogle, and Katherine, who married Thomas Rowlston and Richard Francis. Two of his brothers, John and Richard, were London merchants. Fitzwilliam began his career as a London merchant in the service of Sir John Percyvale. He was admitted to the livery of the Worshipful Company of Merchan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Thomas The Apostle (London)
St Thomas the Apostle was a parish church in St Thomas Apostle Street in the City of London. In existence by the late twelfth century, it was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666 and not rebuilt. History The patronage of the church belonged to the canons of St Paul's and it is mentioned in the register of the Dean and Chapter as early as 1181. John Stow implies that was rebuilt some time in the late fourteenth century, describing John Barnes, Lord Mayor in 1371 as "a great builder of S. Thomas Apostles parish church as appeareth by his armes there both in stone and glasse". The parish was staunchly Royalist in the years leading up to the Civil War In 1642, the rector, named Cooper, was sequestered and imprisoned in Leeds Castle owing to his loyalty to the king. St Thomas' was destroyed by the Great fire in 1666. Following the fire, a Rebuilding Act was passed and a committee set up under Sir Christopher Wren to decide which buildings would be rebuilt. Fifty-on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
