Baron FitzWarin (also written FitzWaryn, FitzWarine, and other spellings) was a title in the

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created by

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for Fulk V FitzWarin in 1295. His family had been magnates for nearly a century, at least since 1205 when his grandfather Fulk III FitzWarin obtained

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near

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, which was their main residence and the seat of a

marcher lordship A Marcher lord () was a noble appointed by the king of England to guard the border (known as the Welsh Marches) between England and Wales. A Marcher lord was the English equivalent of a margrave (in the Holy Roman Empire) or a marquis (in Fran ...

. All the male heirs were given the first name Fulk, and the barony with the castle and lordship of Whittington descended from father to son until 1420. It then passed to an heiress, Elizabeth FitzWarin, and from her to the Bourchier family, with John Bourchier being created

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in 1536. The line ended with the death of

Edward Bourchier, 4th Earl of Bath Edward Bourchier, 4th Earl of Bath (baptised 1 March 1590Cokayne, ''The Complete Peerage'', new edition, Vol II, p. 18 – died 31 March 1636). Origins He was born in Somerset, the eldest son and heir of William Bourchier, 3rd Earl of Ba ...

in 1636. In 1913 the title was unsuccessfully claimed by Sir Robert Wrey, a distant relative who had acquired parts of what had been the FitzWarin estate.

Predecessors of barons

Fulk I FitzWarin Fulk I FitzWarin ( born 1115, died 1170/1) (''alias'' Fulke, Fouke, FitzWaryn, FitzWarren, Fitz Warine, etc., Latinised to ''Fulco Filius Warini'', "Fulk son of Warin") was a powerful marcher lord seated at Whittington Castle in Shropshire in En ...

(died before 1172), a supporter of King Henry II, of

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in Shropshire and

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in Gloucestershire, son of the "shadowy or mythical" Warin of

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.G. E. Cokayne, ''New Complete Peerage'', vol. 5, p. 495, note c *Fulk II FitzWarin (died after 1194), married Hawise, daughter and co-heiress of Joceas de Dinan. His younger son was William FitzWarin who obtained the Devon manor of Brightley and adopted the last name of Brightley. * Fulk III FitzWarin (died after 1250), held Whittington Castle in 1204 and was the subject of a legend ''Romance of Fouke le Fitz Waryn'' *Sir Fulk IV FitzWarin (died 1264), drowned in the River Ouse while fleeing from the

Battle of Lewes The Battle of Lewes was one of two main battles of the conflict known as the Second Barons' War. It took place at Lewes in Sussex, on 14 May 1264. It marked the high point of the career of Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, and made h ...

.G. E. Cokayne, ''New Complete Peerage'', vol. 5, p. 495

Barons FitzWarin (1295)

Fulk FitzWarin, 1st Baron FitzWarin Fulk FitzWarin, 1st Baron FitzWarin (14 September 1251 – 24 November 1315), sometimes styled as Fulk V FitzWarin, was an English landowner and soldier who was created the first Baron FitzWarin in 1295, during the reign of King Edward I. Fa ...

(1251–1315), summoned to Parliament as Lord Fitzwarine 23 June 1295. *Fulk FitzWarin, 2nd Baron FitzWarin (c.1280–1336), son *Fulk FitzWarin, (c.1310–1349), son *Fulk FitzWarin, (1341–1374), son *Fulk FitzWarin, (1365–1391), son *Fulk FitzWarin,(1389–1407), son *Fulk FitzWarin, (1406–1420), son *Elizabeth FitzWarin,(c.1404–1427), sister, married Sir

Richard Hankford Sir Richard Hankford (c. 1397–1431) was holder by right of his wife (''jure uxoris'') of the feudal barony of Bampton and part of the feudal barony of Barnstaple in Devon, England. Biography He was the son of Richard Hankford (died 1419), MP fo ...

G. E. Cokayne, ''New Complete Peerage'', vol. 5, pp. 504-507 of Annery in Devon, *Thomasine Hankford, daughter, (1423–1453), married Sir William Bourchier (1407–1470). He was summoned to Parliament in her right as 9th Baron FitzWarin. *

Fulk Bourchier, 10th Baron FitzWarin Fulk Bourchier, 10th Baron FitzWarin (25 October 1445 – 18 September 1479) was the son and heir of William Bourchier, 9th Baron FitzWarin (1407–1470) and the father of John Bourchier, 1st Earl of Bath. He was feudal baron of Bampton in Devon. ...

(1445–1479) * John Bourchier, 11th Baron FitzWarin (1470–1539) created

in 1536 *

John Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Bath John Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Bath, (1499 in Devon – 10 February 1560/61) was an Earl in the peerage of England. He also succeeded to the titles of 12th Baron FitzWarin, Baron Daubeney and 4th Count of Eu. Origins He was the son of John Bourc ...

(1499–1561), 12th Baron FitzWarin *

William Bourchier, 3rd Earl of Bath William Bourchier, 3rd Earl of Bath (29 Sep 1557 – 12 July 1623) was Lord Lieutenant of Devon. His seat was at Tawstock Court, three miles south of Barnstaple in North Devon, which he rebuilt in the Elizabethan style in 1574, the date being ...

(bef. 1557–1623), 13th Baron FitzWarin *

(1590 – 1636), 14th Baron FitzWarin. On his death, the barony of FitzWarin fell into

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between his daughters Anne, Elizabeth, and Dorothy.

References

*P. Brown, P. King, and P. Remfrey, 'Whittington Castle: The marcher fortress of the Fitz Warin family', ''Shropshire Archaeology and History'' LXXIX (2004), 106–127. {{DEFAULTSORT:FitzWarin Baronies by writ Marcher lords ! 1295 establishments in England Noble titles created in 1295 Abeyant baronies in the Peerage of England

Predecessors of barons

Barons FitzWarin (1295)

See also

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