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 Baron FitzWarin (also written FitzWaryn, FitzWarine, and other spellings) was a title in the Peerage of England created by writ of summons for Fulk V FitzWarin in 1295. His family had been magnates for nearly a century, at least since 1205 whe ...

in 1295, during the reign of King

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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. His father, Fulk (IV) FitzWarin, was appointed by King

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to defend the

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, 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 Corbet family, 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

to decide the issue, or whether the king stepped in to prevent a deadly feud; regardless, the king sent the

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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 Welsh Wars. 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

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. They had a son, also named Fulk, who succeeded him as

."Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society"
pg. 294 he also had a daughter named Hawise FitzWarin who married Robert Hoo "The Younger" ancestor of

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References

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