William FitzHugh, 4th Baron FitzHugh ( 1399 – 22 October 1452) was an

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and Member of Parliament. Born at

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, England. He was the son of

Henry FitzHugh, 3rd Baron FitzHugh Henry FitzHugh, 3rd Baron FitzHugh ( – 11 January 1425) of Ravensworth Castle in North Yorkshire, was an administrator and diplomat who served under Kings Henry IV and Henry V. Origins FitzHugh was the first son of Hugh FitzHugh, 2nd Baron ...

and Elizabeth Grey. He served as a peer in

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from 1429 to 1450. FitzHugh married, before 18 November 1406, at

, Margery Willoughby, daughter of William Willoughby, 5th Baron Willoughby de Eresby, and Lucy le Strange, by whom he had a son and seven daughters: *

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 FitzHu ...

, who married Lady Alice Neville, daughter of

Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury KG PC (1400 – 31 December 1460) was an English nobleman and magnate based in northern England who became a key supporter of the House of York during the early years of the Wars of the Roses. He ...

and Alice Montacute (Montague), 5th Countess of Salisbury, daughter and heiress of

Thomas de Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury Thomas Montagu, 4th Earl of Salisbury, KG (13 June 1388 – 3 November 1428) of Bisham in Berkshire, was an English nobleman and one of the most important English commanders during the Hundred Years' War. Origins He was the eldest son of John ...

and Lady Eleanor Holland. They were great-grandparents to Queen Consort

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. *Elizabeth FitzHugh, who married Ralph Greystoke, 5th Baron Greystoke. *Eleanor FitzHugh, who married Ranulph Dacre, 1st

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of Gilsland. *Maud FitzHugh, who married Sir William Bowes (d. 28 July 1466) of Streatlam, Durham, by whom she was the grandmother of Sir Robert Bowes. *Lora FitzHugh, who married Sir John Constable of

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. *Lucy, who became a nun. *Margery FitzHugh, who married John Melton. *Joan FitzHugh, who married

John Scrope, 5th Baron Scrope of Bolton John Scrope, 5th Baron Scrope of Bolton, KG (22 July 1437 – 17 August 1498) was an English Yorkist nobleman. Early life Born at Bolton Castle, Yorkshire, the eldest son of Henry Scrope, 4th Baron Scrope of Bolton, and Elizabeth Scrope, he inhe ...

Coat of arms

The

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of FitzHugh – ''Azure, three chevrons interlaced in base or a chief of the last''. These arms were quartered by Queen Katherine Parr and later by the Herbert family, Earls of Pembroke, and are visible in

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References

Bibliography

* * *Douglas Richardson. ''Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families,'' 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. II, pp. 632–633, FITZHUGH 15 {{DEFAULTSORT:Fitzhugh, William Fitzhugh, 4th Baron 1390s births 1452 deaths People from Ravensworth English MPs 1429 4 English MPs 1450