Fleetwood (baronial family)
Fleetwoods | |
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| Landed gentry then swedish nobility 49th Baronial Family | |
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| Founded | 1320 |
| Founder | William Fleetwood |
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| Estate(s) | Calwich Abbey The Vache Missenden Abbey Wootton Lodge Rossall Hall |
| Website | Riddarhuset, arms database |
Fleetwood is an Anglo-Swedish Baronial family.
The lineage was introduced with number 49 in the House of Nobility (Sweden), also known as the Riddarhuset.[5][6]
English origins
Descent and claims
The House was founded in the 14th century by William Fleetwood from whom all members descend.[7] Married to Gwlladis in 1320, only daughter and heir to Meredith, son of Canuan, son of Conan, son of Owain Gwynedd. The later, was King of Gwynedd and reigned in 1137 to his death in Nov. 1169 with Gwladys ap Llywarch, a daughter and heir of L'Loworth.[6]
As such, the English family originates in Heskin, Lancashire, but it was of little importance until the 16th century, when Thomas Fleetwood (of the Vache) and his three brothers moved south.[8] The eldest, John Fleetwood, a clerk of Chancery by 1535, acquired a large estate mainly in Staffordshire and Lancashire, in each of which counties he was twice High sheriff, and of the two others the elder, Edmund Fleetwood, entered the Charterhouse at Sheen and the younger, Robert Fleetwood, became a Clerk of the Petty Bag and was father of William Fleetwood, Recorder of London.[9]
Family lines
A genealogy chart leeaned and perused by William Segar,[10]Garter Principal King of Arms, on June 19th 1632, is kept in deposit by the Nordic Museum.[11]
It depicts lineal descents and portrays the Achievement (heraldry) of Sir George Fleetwood (Swedish general), Edward Fleetwood of Penwortham and Sir William Fleetwood of Misseden.
- Edward Fleetwood married Elisabeth, daughter to Roger of Holland of Upholland
- William Fleetwood of Hesketh married Ellenor, daughter to Robert Standish
- John Fleetwood married Joane, daughther to Thomas Langton, Baron of Walton and Lord of Newton
- Richard Fleetwood of Penwortham, married Margery daughter to Sir Thomas Leigh of Eginton.
- Edward Fleetwood of Penwortham, married Margery eldest daughter to William Norreys. With issue.
- Richard Fleetwood, married to Elisabeth daughter to Edmund Trafford. With issue.
- Sir Thomas Fleetwood, Attorney General to Prince Henry, son of James I.[12] Clerk of the Petty Bag. Married the daughter of Richard Sherborn.
- William Fleetwood, Cup bearer to James I and Charles I,[13] married Dorothye, daughter to Sir William Cockayne. With issue.
- Sir Richard Fleetwood, 1st Baronet of Caldwick, married Anne, daughther to Sir John Penhall. With issue.
- Richard Fleetwood of Penwortham, married Margery daughter to Sir Thomas Leigh of Eginton.
- Thomas Fleetwood of the Vache in Chalfont.[7] married Bridget daughter to Robert Spring.
- Sir William Fleetwood of Cranford, married Jane daughter to Sir Gervase Clifton of Clifton.[12]
- Sir Miles Fleetwood of Aldwinkle, married Anne daughter to Sir Nicholas Luke.
- Sir William Fleetwood of High Lodge, Woodstock Park. Married Francis daughter to Henry Steere, Esquire. With issue.
- Lord Charles Fleetwood (c. 1618–1692), was a Parliamentary soldier and politician, Lord Deputy of Ireland. Married Birdget, daughter to Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland.
- Sir George Fleetwood Introduced in Sweden's Riddarhuset as a Baron. Married Brigitta Gÿllenstierna, with issue.[5]
- Sir Miles Fleetwood of Aldwinkle, married Anne daughter to Sir Nicholas Luke.
- Sir George Fleetwood of the Vache, married Katherine sister to the Earl of Norwich. With issue.[14] [12]
- Edvard Fleetwood of Rossall Hall married Christina daughther to Paul Wentworth. With issue to be the baronets of Rossall Hall
- Lord Bishop James Fleetwood
- Sir William Fleetwood of Cranford, married Jane daughter to Sir Gervase Clifton of Clifton.[12]
- Robert Fleetwood Clerk of the Petty Bag
- William Fleetwood Recorder of London.[15][16]
- Sir William Fleetwood of Misseden, married Anne daughter to Robert barton of Smythels.
- William Fleetwood Recorder of London.[15][16]
- John Fleetwood married Joane, daughther to Thomas Langton, Baron of Walton and Lord of Newton
- William Fleetwood of Hesketh married Ellenor, daughter to Robert Standish
Swedish nobility
Riddarhuset
Sir George was knighted 3 June 1632 by the Swedish king Gustav II Adolf;[5] created Swedish Baron 1 June 1654 at Uppsala Castle by Queen Christina of Sweden,[18] and was introduced into the Riddarhuset on 19 June 1654 as Baronial family N:o 49 with the following Blazon:
[..] Quarterly with an inescutcheon with the former Fleetwood weapon; in the uppermost quarter on the left and lowest on right an upright standing lion of red color in a field argent; In the upper one on the right and the last Shield on the left a crown in gold in field azure. [..] [5]
Descendants of George Fleetwood, the Swedish general and baron, include the former member of the Swedish parliament, Riksdagen Elisabeth Fleetwood and William Fleetwood, painter.
See also
Notes
- ^ (not 3 and 3 as per Burke)
- ^ Memoirs of the Protectoral-house of Cromwell: Deduced from an Early Period, and Continued Down to the Present Time, Volumen 2, Page 348. Fleetwoods Arms and Crest
- ^ A topographical, statistical, & historical account of the borough of Preston. By Marmaduke Tulket Page 168. Fleetwoods Arms and Crest
- ^ The English Baronets: Being a Genealogical and Historical Account of Their Families by T. Wotton, 1727. nº79 - Fleetwoods Arms and Crest
- ^ a b c d Riddarhuset's arms database: Fleetwood. (in Swedish)
- ^ a b Adelswapen: Friherrliga ätten Fleetwood nr 49 (in Swedish)
- ^ a b Burke 1838, p. 522.
- ^ The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham: Pedigree of Fleetwood of the Vache in Chalfont
- ^ The History of Parliament: FLEETWOOD, Thomas (1517/18-70)
- ^ Fletwood pedigree chart «The Genealogie,Pedegre, or Lyneall Defcent of the Ancient and worthy family & Sr name of Fletwood Shoing there Matches and Aliances into diuers Princelie and Noble Famillies with there Seurall Howses and branches. Drawne down to the perlon of the honorable Sr. George Fletwood, Knight, Colonell of an English Regement under his Maieftie of Sweden, faithsully Draune and Colected out of Athentick Bookes and venerable Recordes of this Kingdome and the Principalitie of Wales.»
- ^ Fleetwood, släkt «Denne erhöll 1632 från England en vackert illustrerad stamtavla, vari släkten ledes tillbaka till 1300-talets början, men säkrare uppgifter föreligger först från 1500-talet.» (Svenskt biografiskt lexikon)
- ^ a b c The Baronetage of England Vol I. Rev. William Betham (1801). pp120-123 Google Books
- ^ The English Baronetage Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the English Baronets ... Illustrated with Their Coats of Arms, Volumen 1, Page 195. Ref. Fleetwood of Calwiche
- ^ Durston 2004
- ^ The House of Commons, 1509-1558
- ^ A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 6. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1911. The Manor of Heskin, footnote 14.
- ^ "Fleetwood, William (FLTT675W)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Derby 1889, p. 266.
References
- Derby, Charles Henry (1889). . In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 19. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 266.
- Durston, Christopher (2004). "Fleetwood, George, appointed Lord Fleetwood under the protectorate (bap. 1623, d. in or after 1664)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press.
Firth, Charles Harding (1889). "Fleetwood, George". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 19. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 265, 266.- Burke, John (1838). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland Enjoying Territorial Possessions Or High Official Rank: But Uninvested with Heritable Honours. Vol. 4. Colburn. p. 522.