Fleetwood is an

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Baronial family. The

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was introduced with number 49 in the

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, also known as the ''Riddarhuset''.Adelswapen: Friherrliga ätten Fleetwood nr 49
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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 ''

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''. The later, was

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and reigned in 1137 to his death in Nov.

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with ''Gwladys ap Llywarch'', a daughter and heir of ''L'Loworth''.

Rise to wealth

As such, the English family originates in

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, Lancashire, but it was of little importance until the 16th century, when

Thomas Fleetwood (of the Vache) Thomas Fleetwood (1517/18 – 1570), of London, The Vache, Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire and Rossall, Lancashire, was an English politician. He was a Member of Parliament, a judge, and Master of the Royal Mint under King Henry VIII. ...

and his three brothers moved south.The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham: Pedigree of Fleetwood of the Vache in Chalfont
/ref> 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, Edmund Fleetwood, entered the Charterhouse at Sheen and the younger, Robert Fleetwood, became a Clerk of the Petty Bag and was father of William Fleetwood,

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Family lines

A genealogy chart perused by

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, on June 19, 1632, is kept in deposit by the

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. It depicts lineal descents and portrays the

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of Sir

George Fleetwood (Swedish general) Sir George Fleetwood (1605–1667) was an Englishman who became a Swedish general and baron. He founded a cadet branch of the Fleetwood family in Sweden, with issue until the present time. English origins He was second son of Sir Miles Fleetw ...

, Edward Fleetwood of

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and Sir William Fleetwood of Misseden. An excerpt below starting on Edward Fleetwood (1466-). * Edward Fleetwood (1466-) married Elisabeth (1468-), daughter to Roger of Holland of

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(1418-1494). ** William Fleetwood of Hesketh married Ellenor, daughter to Robert Standish ***John Fleetwood (1516-1591) married Joane (1528-1607), daughther to

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, Baron of Walton and Lord of Newton (1497-1569) **** Richard Fleetwood of

, married Margery daughter to Sir Thomas Leigh of Eginton. ***** Edward Fleetwood of

, married Margery eldest daughter to

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. With issue. ***** Richard Fleetwood, married to Elisabeth daughter to Edmund Trafford. With issue. **** Sir Thomas Fleetwood,

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, son of James I.''The Baronetage of England'' Vol I. Rev.

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(1801). pp120-123 Google Books Clerk of the Petty Bag. Married the daughter of

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. ***** William Fleetwood,

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and

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, married Dorothye, daughter to Sir

William Cockayne Sir William Cockayne (Cokayne) (1561 – 20 October 1626) was a seventeenth-century merchant, alderman, and Lord Mayor of the City of London. Life He was the second son of William Cokayne of Baddesley Ensor, Warwickshire, merchant of London, so ...

. With issue. ***** Sir Richard Fleetwood, 1st Baronet of Caldwick, married Anne, daughther to Sir John Penhall. With issue. *** Thomas Fleetwood of

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in Chalfont 1518-1570 married Barbara Andrews (1525-) then Bridget daughter to Robert Spring. **** Edvard Fleetwood of

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married Christina daughther to

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. With issue to be the baronets of Rossall Hall **** Sir

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of Cranford, married Jane daughter to Sir Gervase Clifton of

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. ***** Sir

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, married Anne daughter to Sir Nicholas Luke. ******Sir

of High Lodge, Woodstock Park. Married Francis daughter to Henry Steere, Esquire. With issue. ******

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(c. 1618–1692), was a

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soldier and politician,

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. Married Birdget, daughter to

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of the

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. ****** Sir George Fleetwood Introduced in Sweden's

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as a

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. Married Brigitta Gÿllenstierna, with issue. **** Sir George Fleetwood of the Vache, married Katherine sister to the

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. With issue. ****

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James Fleetwood James Fleetwood (baptised 25 April 1603, Chalfont St Giles; died 17 July 1683, Hartlebury Castle) was an English clergyman and Bishop of Worcester. Life He was descended from the old Lancashire family of Fleetwood and was the seventh son of Sir ...

*** Robert Fleetwood Clerk of the Petty Bag ****

. ***** Sir William Fleetwood of Misseden, married Anne daughter to Robert barton of Smythels. ******

Swedish nobility

Riddarhuset

Sir George was

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3 June 1632 by the Swedish king

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; created Swedish

1 June 1654 at

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by Queen

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, and was introduced into the

on 19 June 1654 as Baronial family N:o 49 with the following

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: Descendants of George Fleetwood, the Swedish general and baron, include the former member of the Swedish parliament,

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Elisabeth Fleetwood and

, painter.

Notes

References

* * * * * * Cohn, Ronald: Swedish Heraldry, Säarbrucken Boockvika Publishing (english) * Dahlby, Frithiof: Svensk heraldisk uppslagsbok, Stockolm, Bonniers 1964 * Boneauschiold, Gustav: Sweriges Rikes ridderskaps och adels wapenbok Stockolm, Lars Salvio, 1940 * Linnaeus, Folke: Swedish Nobility, Stockolm, Hepphaestus Boocks (Amazon) 2011 * Stjernstedt, AW Sveriges ridderskaps och adels wapenbok (escudos de armas de los caballeros y la nobleza sueca). Estocolmo, Suecia: Lewertin y Sjöstedt, 1865-187 * Wasling, Jesper: Svenska Herladiska for Föreningen, skriftserie. 48 Utgivningsår: 2005 {{Authority control Swedish noble families European families of English ancestry