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.

Family background

The FitzWarin family took its name from Guarine (or Warin) de Meez, said to have been a member of the

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who came to England after the

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. Fulk FitzWarin, the first baron, was the fifth of his family to bear the name Fulk, though some chronicles conflate two of his ancestors together."Untitled English Nobility D-K"
Foundation for Medieval Genealogy His father, Fulk (IV) FitzWarin, was appointed by King

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to defend the Welsh Marches, later rebelled against (and was outlawed by) King

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, and, having made his peace with King Henry III, drowned in a river during the

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in royal service during the

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. Burke, John
"A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages of England, Scotland, and Ireland"
pp. 210-211 His grandfather was Fulk (III) FitzWarin.

Welsh wars

FitzWarin became entangled in the strife between the Welsh princes

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and

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. FitzWarin's father had held the manor of Bausley, which had previously been held by the

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, and which was subsequently taken by Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn. When FitzWarin married Gruffydd's daughter, the latter restored the manor to his new son-in-law. During the conflict between the two princes, Llywelyn seized Bausley (along with other lands of Gruffydd), and after he was driven out another of the Corbet family, Peter Corbet of Cans, claimed it. It is not clear whether FitzWarin petitioned King Edward I to decide the issue, or whether the king stepped in to prevent a deadly feud; regardless, the king sent the Earl of Lincoln to resolve the case, which he decided in FitzWarin's favor."Collections Historical and Archaeological Relating to Montgomeryshire, Vol. 8"
pp. 87-89 Like his father-in-law, FitzWarin sided with the king in the

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. For his service, FitzWarin was summoned to Parliament in 1295 as the first Baron FitzWarin.

Later life

FitzWarin continued to serve the crown, fighting in the Scottish Wars and in Flanders. He was made a

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. He died in 1315.

Marriage and issue

FitzWarin married Margaret, daughter of Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn, Prince of

Powys Wenwynwyn Powys Wenwynwyn or Powys Cyfeiliog was a Welsh kingdom which existed during the high Middle Ages. The realm was the southern portion of the former princely state of Powys which split following the death of Madog ap Maredudd of Powys in 1160: the ...

. They had a son, also named Fulk, who succeeded him as Baron FitzWarin."Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society"
pg. 294

References

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