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The Fettiplace Baronetcy, of Childrey
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in the County of Berkshire
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(now Oxfordshire
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), was a title in the Baronetage of England
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Baronetage of England (1611–1705)
King James I ...
. It was created on 30 March 1661 for John Fettiplace as a reward for the support given by members of the family, particularly John's uncles John and Edmund, to the Royalist
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cause in the English Civil War
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. The title became extinct on the death of the fifth Baronet in 1743.
Their highly unusual grave in Swinbrook
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Parish Church was carved by William Bird of Oxford
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in 1686.Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851 by Rupert Gunnis
Fettiplace baronets, of Childrey (1661)
*Sir John Fettiplace, 1st Baronet (died 1672) *Sir Edmund Fettiplace, 2nd Baronet (–1707) *Sir Charles Fettiplace, 3rd Baronet (died 1713) *Sir Lorenzo Fettiplace, 4th Baronet (c. 1662–1725) *Sir George Fettiplace, 5th Baronet (1668–1743)References
* {{Use dmy dates, date=March 2012 Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of England 1661 establishments in England