Henry FitzHugh, 3rd Baron FitzHugh KG ( – 11 January 1425) of Ravensworth Castle in North Yorkshire, was an administrator and diplomat who served under Kings Henry IV and

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Origins

FitzHugh was the first son of

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(A descendant of Akarius Fitz Bardolph,), by his wife Joan Scrope, daughter of

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Royal service

He was summoned by writ to parliament in 1388, and became active in public affairs following the succession of Henry IV to the throne. He was engaged in Anglo-Scottish diplomacy and took part in the

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in 1402 and in the negotiation of the surrender of his uncle,

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, in 1405. In 1406 he travelled to

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as part of the escort of Princess

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, daughter of King Henry IV, for her marriage to

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, king of Denmark,

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and

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. At the coronation of King

in 1413, FitzHugh served as

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. During the reign of Henry V, he served as Chamberlain of the Household (1413–1425, and into the reign of Henry VI), and as

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(1416–1421). He participated in the

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in 1415 and subsequent diplomacy with the French, which led to the

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in 1420. He travelled with the king to France, and escorted the king's remains back to England following his death in 1422. He was an executor of Henry's will and was a

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of various lands in the will. He was appointed a

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in about 1409.

Religious foundations

During his travels to the

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in 1406, he visited the Bridgettine

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in Sweden, where he volunteered to help establish a Bridgettine community in England, and to donate for that purpose his manor of

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. The result was

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, established by Henry V in 1415 at

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. He attended the

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in 1415.

Marriage and children

He married Elizabeth Grey (born c. 1363), daughter of Sir Robert de Grey (a son of

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and his second wife the heiress Avice Marmion) by his wife Lora St Quentin. In the next generation the FitzHugh family thenceforth quartered the arms of Marmion and St Quentin, as shown later in the arms of Queen

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and later still by Herbert,

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, visible in

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. By his wife he had eight sons and six daughters, including: *

William FitzHugh, 4th Baron FitzHugh William FitzHugh, 4th Baron FitzHugh ( 1399 – 22 October 1452) was an English nobleman and Member of Parliament. Born at Ravensworth, North Riding of Yorkshire, England. He was the son of Henry FitzHugh, 3rd Baron FitzHugh and Elizabeth Gre ...

, eldest son and heir, who married Margery Willoughby, a daughter of

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. His son was

Henry FitzHugh, 5th Baron FitzHugh Baron FitzHugh, of Ravensworth in North Yorkshire, is an abeyant title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1321 for Sir Henry FitzHugh. The title passed through the male line until the death in 1513 of George FitzHugh, 7th Baron FitzH ...

who married

Alice Neville Alice Neville, Baroness FitzHugh (c. 1430 – after 22 November 1503) was the wife of Henry FitzHugh, 5th Baron FitzHugh. She is best known for being the great-grandmother of queen consort Catherine Parr and her siblings, Anne and William, as we ...

, sister of

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"The Kingmaker". By his marriage to Lady Alice Neville; the 4th Baron was the great-grandfather of Queen

. *

Robert FitzHugh Robert FitzHugh (d.1436) was Bishop of London and Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. Origins FitzHugh was the second son of Henry FitzHugh, 3rd Baron FitzHugh (-1425), KG, of Ravensworth Castle in North Yorkshire, by his wife Elizabet ...

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; *Eleanor FitzHugh, who married three times; firstly to Philip Darcy, 6th Baron Darcy of Knayth and was the mother of Elizabeth Darcy, wife of Sir James Strangeways. Eleanor married secondly to Thomas Tunstall and thirdly to Henry Bromflete, 1st Baron Vesci. *Elizabeth FitzHugh, a lady-in-waiting to queen consort

Margaret of Anjou Margaret of Anjou (french: link=no, Marguerite; 23 March 1430 – 25 August 1482) was Queen of England and nominally Queen of France by marriage to King Henry VI from 1445 to 1461 and again from 1470 to 1471. Born in the Duchy of Lorrain ...

, who married twice; firstly on 10 December 1427 to Sir Ralph Gray of Chillingham (d.17 March 1442/3) and secondly, in 1445, to Sir Edmund Montfort. Her only issue was by her first husband. *Maud FitzHugh, wife of Sir William Eure of Witton. *Laura (''alias'' Lora) FitzHugh, wife of Sir Maurice de Berkeley of

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in Gloucestershire.

Death and burial

He died on 11 January 1425 and was buried in

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, as he requested.

References

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