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John Fettiplace (1527 – 28 December 1580) of Besils-Leigh
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biography (modern: Besselsleigh) in
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(now
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), was a member of the landed gentry and of the prominent Fettiplace family who served as a
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for
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in 1558 and twice served as
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, in 1568 and 1577.


Origins

He was the eldest son and heir of Edmund Fettiplace (c. 1505–1540) of Besils-Leigh by his wife Margaret Mordaunt, a daughter of
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. A
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with effigies of Edmund and his wife Margaret survive in Marcham Church, Berkshire. His younger brother was George Fettiplace (1531/2–1577), MP.


Early origins

Richard Fettiplace (c. 1456–1511) married Elizabeth Besil, only daughter and heiress of William Besil of Besils-Leigh in Berkshire, which he made his chief seat.Guillim Richard was buried in the chancel of
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within in the parish church of East Shifford ''"to keep an
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there for my soul and to yearly keep in order the said parish church and to maintain lights there"''.Leland, quoted by Tudor Place In January 1527, Edward Fetyplace, Treasurer to the
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, wrote to
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, upbraiding him with breaking his word as to granting him the site of the dissolved
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of Poughley. From this letter it is evident that Cromwell had been recently visiting the dismantled priory, as Fetyplace records a visit to Poughley, on 'the Thursday after our departing,' of one John Edden who came with a cart to carry off such stuff as was appointed to go to Wolsey's College at Oxford; the bedding was in Fetyplace's chamber, which was locked, but Edden 'with great oaths and with levers brak up the doors.' In 1564 he was
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of
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. The great-grandson of Richard Fettiplace (d. 1511) and Elizabeth Besil was Besil Fettiplace,
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in 1583. John Fettiplace of Chilbrey in Berkshire was created a
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in 1661. The Bessiles family had been settled at Besils-Leigh in Berkshire since the reign of King Edward I, but originated in Provence in France and were ''"men of activitye in feates of arms as it appearith in monuments at Legh; how he faught in listes with a straunge knyghte that challengyd hym, at the whitche deade the kynge and quene at that time of England were present"''.


Marriages and children

He married twice: *Firstly to Elizabeth Hungerford, a daughter of Sir Anthony Hungerford, MP, of
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; *Secondly to Jane Covert, a daughter of John Covert, MP, of
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and widow of Sir
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, MP, by whom he had two sons and two daughters, including: **Bessels Fettiplace, eldest son, whose daughter-in-law, Elinor Fettiplace, in 1604 wrote what is now known as '' Elinor Fettiplace's Receipt Book'', a rare manuscript on the subjects of household management and cooking, which became well known in later centuries. **Richard Fettiplace; **Margaret Fettiplace.


Death and burial

He died in 1580 and was buried in Appleton Church in Oxfordshire, where survives his fine mural
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with recumbent effigy.


Further reading

Dunlop, J. Rentyon, ''The Fettiplace Family'', published on website: ''David Nash Ford's Royal Berkshire History


References


FETTIPLACE. John (1526/27-80) of Besselsleigh, Berks
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fettiplace, John 1527 births 1580 deaths People from Vale of White Horse (district) Members of the Parliament of England for Berkshire English MPs 1558 High Sheriffs of Berkshire