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Sir George Fermor of Easton Neston (died 1612) was an English soldier and landowner.
George Fermor was the son of Sir John Fermor (d. 1571) and his wife, Maud (d. 1579), a daughter of
Nicholas Vaux, 1st Baron Vaux of Harrowden
Nicholas Vaux, 1st Baron Vaux of Harrowden (c. 1460 – 14 May 1523) was a soldier and courtier in England and an early member of the British House of Commons, House of Commons. He was the son of House of Lancaster, Lancastrian loyalists Sir Wil ...
. George Fermor fought in the Netherlands and was knighted by the
Earl of Leicester
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Early creations ...
in 1586. He was
Sheriff of Northamptonshire
This is a list of the High Sheriffs of Northamptonshire.
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in 1589.
On 27 June 1603, he entertained the courts of
James VI and I
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and
Anne of Denmark
Anne of Denmark (; 12 December 1574 – 2 March 1619) was the wife of King James VI and I; as such, she was Queen of Scotland
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, who had travelled separately from Scotland, at
Easton Neston
Easton Neston is situated in south Northamptonshire, England. Though the village of Easton Neston which was inhabited until around 1500 is now gone, the parish retains the name. At the 2011 Census the population of the civil parish remained le ...
near
Towcester
Towcester ( ) is an affluent market town in Northamptonshire, England. It currently lies in West Northamptonshire but was the former administrative headquarters of the South Northamptonshire district council.
Towcester is one of the oldest ...
. The king knighted his eldest son, Hatton Fermor.
Lady Anne Clifford
Lady Anne Clifford, Countess of Dorset, Pembroke and Montgomery, ''suo jure'' 14th Baroness de Clifford (30 January 1590 – 22 March 1676) was an English peeress. In 1605 she inherited her father's ancient barony by writ and became ''suo jure'' ...
described the day; "From
Althorpe
Althorpe is a small village in North Lincolnshire, England, west of Scunthorpe and the same distance south-east of Crowle, on the A18 road. The population details are included in the civil parish of Keadby with Althorpe.
History
The ''Dome ...
the Queen went to Sir Hatton Fermor's where the King met her, where there were an infinite company of Lords and Ladies, and other people, such that the country could scarce lodge them." The royal party went next to
Grafton Regis
Grafton Regis is a village and civil parish in the south of the English county of Northamptonshire. The population of the civil parish (including Alderton) at the 2001 census was 152. This increased to 253 at the 2011 census. The village is ea ...
next.
Family
In 1572, he married Mary Curzon (d. 1628), a former lady-in-waiting to
Elizabeth I of England
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, and daughter of Thomas Curzon of
Addington and Agnes Hussey. Their children included:
[Arthur Collins & Egerton Brydges, ''Collins's peerage of England'', vol. 4 (London, 1812), pp. 202–205.]
* Hatton Fermor (d. 1640), who married Elizabeth Anderson, daughter of
Edmund Anderson,
Chief Justice of the Common Pleas
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, and secondly, Anna Cockayne, daughter of
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 ...
,
Lord Mayor of London
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. Their eldest son was
Sir William Fermor, 1st Baronet
Sir William Fermor, 1st Baronet (sometimes written as Farmer or Fermour) (1621 – 14 May 1661), was an officer in the Royalist army during the English Civil War. He stood for election as a Member of Parliament after the restoration of the monar ...
.
* Robert Fermor (b c1582 d 1616), who married Mary Bolles(b. ca. 1582 – d ca. 1616), had family estates in Ireland, one next door to William Penn. Son, Major Jasper Farmar Sr. (1610-1685), emigrated from Ireland with his family to Pennsylvania in 1685 but died on the voyage along with son Jasper Farmar Jr. Rest of the family established themselves in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
*
Agnes Fermor (d. 1617), who married
Sir Richard Wenman of
Thame Park
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.
* Elizabeth Fermor, who married Sir William Stafford of
Blatherwycke
Blatherwycke is a village and civil parish in the North Northamptonshire, England. It is about north-east of Corby. It is near Blatherwycke Lake, on the Willow Brook.
Demographics
The population is grouped with the nearby village of Laxton ...
, and secondly
Sir Thomas Chamberlayne,
Chief Justice of Cheshire.
* Jane Fermor (d. 1638), who married and subsequently divorced, after a bitter decade-long battle, Sir John Killigrew of
Falmouth Castle
* Catherine Fermor, who married William Hoby of
Hailes
* Anne (or Mary) Fermor, who married
Robert Crichton, 8th Lord Crichton of Sanquhar
Robert Crichton, 8th Lord Crichton of Sanquhar, (d. 1612) was a Scottish peer executed for the murder of a fencing teacher. He was the son of Edward, Lord Sanquhar. Robert is often styled "6th Lord Sanquhar."
Career
In October 1590 Robert Crich ...
(d. 1612), and secondly,
Barnabas O'Brien, 6th Earl of Thomond
Barnabas O'Brien, 6th Earl of Thomond (1590-November 1657), son of Donogh O'Brien, 4th Earl of Thomond; succeeded his brother as earl, 1639; was lord-lieutenant of Clare, 1640–41: had his rents seized, 1644; admitted a parliamentary garrison to ...
. She was the patron of the author
Owen Feltham Owen Feltham (1602 – 23 February 1668) was an English writer, author of a book entitled ''Resolves, Divine, Moral, and Political'' (c. 1620), containing 146 short essays. It had great popularity in its day. Feltham was for a time in the household ...
.
References
Sources
* ''Genealogies of Pennsylvania Families from the Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine''. Volume I: Arnold-Hertzel Farmar of Ardevalaine, County Tipperary, Ireland, and of Whitemarsh, Philadelphia County, PA.
External links
''Portrait of man called Sir George Fermor'', Royal Collection Trust, RCIN 406184
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1612 deaths
16th-century English people
High Sheriffs of Northamptonshire