FITZWILLIAM

Married: Margaret CLARELL(b. ABT 1397) (dau. of Thomas Clarell and Matilda Montgomery) (m.2 Robert Waterton - m.3 William Gascoigne) ABT 1416, Aldwark, Yorkshire, England

Children:

1. William FITZWILLIAM of Sprotborough (Sir)

2. Eleanor FITZWILLIAM

3. Clara FITZWILLIAM

4. Isabel FITZWILLIAM

Eleanor FITZWILLIAM

Born: ABT 1420, Sprotborough, Yorkshire, England

Father: John FITZWILLIAM of Sprotborough (Sir Knight)

Mother: Margaret CLARELL

Married: William RHYTHER of Harwood Castle (b. 1405?) (son of William Ryther and Maud De Umfreville) (m.2 Isabella Gascoine)

Children:

1. Isabel (Margaret) RHYTHER (b. 1446) (m. Sir Guy Fairfax)

2. Ralph RHYTHER

3. Elizabeth RHYTHER (b. 1447) (m. Robert Babthorpe)

Isabel FITZWILLIAM

Born: ABT 1415

Father: John FITZWILLIAM of Sprotborough (Sir Knight)

Mother: Margaret CLARELL

Married: Richard WENTWORTH

Children:

1. Matthew WENTWORTH of Bretton

2. John WENTWORTH

3. William WENTWORTH

4. Robert WENTWORTH

5. Amor WENTWORTH

6. Thomas WENTWORTH

7. Cecilia WENTWORTH

8. Alice WENTWORTH

Clara FITZWILLIAM

Born: ABT 1421, Sprotborough, Yorkshire, England

Father: John FITZWILLIAM of Sprotborough (Sir Knight)

Mother: Margaret CLARELL

Married: Hugh ANNESLEY (son of Hugh Annesley and Benedicta Babington)

Children:

1. John ANNESLEY (b. 1449 - d. 15 Jul 1487)

2. Thomas ANNESLEY (b. 1451 - d. BEF 1514)

William FITZWILLIAM of Sprotborough (Sir)

Died: 1 Dec 1474, Haddesley, Yorkshire, England

Father: John FITZWILLIAM of Sprotborough (Sir Knight)

Mother: Margaret CLARELL

Married: Elizabeth CHAWORTH

Children:

1. William FITZWILLIAM of Sprotborough (Sir)

2. Catherine FITZWILLIAM

Catherine FITZWILLIAM

Father: William FITZWILLIAM of Sprotborough (Sir)

Mother: Elizabeth CHAWORTH

Married: Thomas WORSLEY

William FITZWILLIAM of Sprotborough (Sir)

Born: ABT 1449 / 1458, Conyers, Yorkshire, England

Father: William FITZWILLIAM of Sprotborough (Sir)

Mother: Elizabeth CHAWORTH

Married: Elizabeth CONYERSABT 1466, Conyers, Yorkshire, England

Children:

1. John FITZWILLIAM of Sprotborough

2. Richard FITZWILLIAM

3. William FITZWILLIAM

4. Margery FITZWILLIAM

5. Dorothy FITZWILLIAM

¿Married 2: Joan ORMONDE (dau. of John Ormonde and Joan Chaworth)?

Margery FITZWILLIAM

Born: ABT 1485

Father:William FITZWILLIAM of Sprotborough (Sir)

Mother:Elizabeth CONYERS

Married:Thomas SOOTHILL

Dorothy FITZWILLIAM

Died: BEF 10 Jun 1529

Father: William FITZWILLIAM of Sprotborough (Sir)

Mother: Elizabeth CONYERS

Married: William COPLEY (Sir) (b. ABT 1472 - d. 28 Apr 1556) (son of John Copley and Agnes Pigot) (m.2 Margaret Savage) ABT 1521

Children:

1. Phillip COPLEY of Sprotsborough (m. Mary Hastings)

2. Elizabeth COPLEY

3. Anne COPLEY

4. Dorothy COPLEY

John FITZWILLIAM of Sprotborough

Father: William FITZWILLIAM of Sprotborough (Sir)

Mother: Elizabeth CONYERS

Married: Elizabeth FITZWILLIAM

Children:

1. William FITZWILLIAM of Sprotborough

William FITZWILLIAM of Sprotborough

Notes: d.s.p.

Father: John FITZWILLIAM of Sprotborough

Mother: Elizabeth FITZWILLIAM

Married: Margery BROUGHTON

IV. GAINSPARK and MILTON LINE

John FITZWILLIAM of Milton

Born: 1411, Greens Norton, England

Notes: Fitzwilliam data was put together as near as could be remembered after family records were destroyed by a jealous in law.

Father: John FITZWILLIAM (Sir Knight)

Mother: Eleanor GREENE

Married: Ellen VILLERS (b. ABT 1415) (dau. of William Villers of Brokysby) ABT 1440

Children:

1. William FITZWILLIAM of Milton (Sir Knight)

William FITZWILLIAM of Milton (Sir Knight)

Born: ABT 1440, Gainspark Hall, Essex, England

Died: 9 Aug 1534, Milton, Northamptonshire, England

Notes: made his fortune in London as a merchant tailor, alderman and sheriff of London. Treasurer and Chamberlain to Wolsey. Purchased Milton in 1506.

Father: John FITZWILLIAM of Milton

Mother: Ellen VILLERS

Married: Anne HAWES

Children:

1. William FITZWILLIAM of Gainspark (Sir Knight)

2. Elizabeth FITZWILLIAM

3. Anne FITZWILLIAM

4. Richard FITZWILLIAM of Milton

Elizabeth FITZWILLIAM

Father: William FITZWILLIAM of Milton (Sir Knight)

Mother: Anne HAWES

Married: Thomas BRUDENELL (Sheriff of Rutland)

Anne FITZWILLIAM

Born: ABT 1504, Milton, Northamptonshire, England

Died: 5 Jun 1588

Father: William FITZWILLIAM of Milton (Sir Knight)

Mother: Anne HAWES

Married 1: Anthony COOKEof Gidea Hall (Sir)BEF 1523, Gidea Hall, Romford, Essex, England

Children:

1. Mildred COOKE (B. Burghley)

2.Anne COOKE

3.Elizabeth COOKE (B. Russell)

4. Anthony COOKE (b. 1535)

5. William COOKE (MP)

6. Richard COOKE of Gidea Hall

7. Edward COOKE

8. Catherine COOKE

9. Margaret COOKE

Married2:John HAWES

Richard FITZWILLIAM of Milton

Born: 1494, Ringsted, Northamptonshire, England

Father: William FITZWILLIAM of Milton (Sir Knight)

Mother: Anne HAWES

Married: Elizabeth KNYVETT

Children:

1. John FITZWILLIAM

2. Rachel FITZWILLIAM

Rachel FITZWILLIAM

Born: ABT 1518, Ringsted, Northamptonshire, England

Father: Richard FITZWILLIAM of Milton

Mother: Elizabeth KNYVETT

Married: Richard HUDDLESTON

John FITZWILLIAM

Born: ABT 1520, Ringsted, Northamptonshire, England

Died: Dec 1568

Father: Richard FITZWILLIAM of Milton

Mother: Elizabeth KNYVETT

Married: Margaret HUDDLESTON

William FITZWILLIAM of Gainspark (Sir Knight)

Born: ABT 1490, Gainspark Hall, Essex, England

Died: Dec 1576

Buried: 21 Dec 1576, Massachusettsrham, Essex, England

Father: William FITZWILLIAM of Milton (Sir Knight)

Mother: Anne HAWES

Married 1: Mildred SACKVILLE BEF 1506 / ABT 1514, Buckhurst, England

Children:

1. ChristopherFITZWILLIAM

2. FrancisFITZWILLIAM

3. ThomasFITZWILLIAM

4. Mary FITZWILLIAM

5. Elizabeth FITZWILLIAM

6. EllenFITZWILLIAM

Married 2: Anne SAPCOTE (d. 1576) (dau. of Richard Sapcote of Elton)

Children:

7.William FITZWILLIAM of Gainspark (Sir Knight)

8. Christian FITZWILLIAM

9.Anne FITZWILLIAM

10. John FITZWILLIAM of Kingsley

Christian FITZWILLIAM

Died: ABT 1559

Father: William FITZWILLIAM of Gainspark (Sir Knight)

Mother: Anne SAPCOTE

Married 1: Richard WINGFIELD (Capt. of Portsmouth)

Children:

1. Richard WINGFIELD (1° V. Powerscourt) (b. ABT 1550 - d. AFT 30 Nov 1631)

2. John WINGFIELD (Rev.) (d. 25 Jul 1621)

Married 2: George DELVES (Sir) (b. ABT 1545 - d. 1604) (See his Biography)

Children:

3. Son DELVES

4. Dau. DELVES

Ellen FITZWILLIAM

Born: ABT 1523, Milton, Northamptonshire, England

Father: William FITZWILLIAM of Gainspark (Sir Knight)

Mother: Mildred SACKVILLE

Married: Nicholas Le STRANGE of Hunstanton (Sir) 1536, Milton, Suffolk, England

Children:

1. Hamon Le STRANGE of Hunstanton (Sir)

2. Robert Le STRANGE

3. Elizabeth Le STRANGE

4. John Le STRANGE

5. Mary Le STRANGE

6. Richard Le STRANGE

Mary FITZWILLIAM

Born: ABT 1515, Milton, Kent, England

Father: William FITZWILLIAM of Gainspark (Sir Knight)

Mother: Mildred SACKVILLE

Married 1: John SHELLEYof Michelgrove (Sir) (b. 1506 - d. 16 Dec 1550) (son of William Shelley and Alice Belknap)

Children:

1. John SHELLEY (m. Eleanor Lovell)

2. Bridget SHELLEY (b. 1536) (m.Sir Anthony Hungerford)

3. Alice SHELLEY (m. Thomas Randall)

4. Eleanor SHELLEY (m. Thomas Norton Conyers)

5. Anne SHELLEY

6. James SHELLEY

7. Elizabeth SHELLEY (m. Sir Thomas Guildford)

8. Margaret SHELLEY

9. Richard SHELLEY

10. William SHELLEY

Married 2:John GUILDFORD (Sir)AFT 1549

Children:

11. Richard GUILDFORD

William FITZWILLIAM of Gainspark (Sir Knight)

Born: 16 Sep 1526, Gainspark Hall, Essex, England

Died: 16 Sep 1599

Notes: See his Biography.

Father:William FITZWILLIAM of Gainspark (Sir Knight)

Mother:Anne SAPCOTE

Married:Anne (Agnes) SIDNEY 4 Jan 1543

Children:

1. William FITZWILLIAM of Gainspark (Sir Knight)

2. Mabel FITZWILLIAM

3. John FITZWILLIAM (b. 1554 - d. 1612)

4. Anne FITZWILLIAM

5. Phillipa FITZWILLIAM

6. Elizabeth FITZWILLIAM

7. Margaret FITZWILLIAM

Mabel FITZWILLIAM

Born: 1550

Father: William FITZWILLIAM of Gainspark (Sir Knight)

Mother: Anne (Agnes) SIDNEY

Married: Thomas BROWNE (Sir) 1568, Beechworth Castle, Surrey, England

Children:

1. Matthew BROWNE

2. Elizabeth BROWNE

Phillipa FITZWILLIAM

Died: 1596

Father:William FITZWILLIAM of Gainspark (Sir Knight)

Mother:Anne (Agnes) SIDNEY

Married: Thomas CONNINGSBY (Sir) (b. 1551 - d. 1625) (son of Humphrey Conningsby and Anne Englefield)

Children:

1. Thomas CONNINGSBY (b. 1588 - d. b 22 May 1602)

2. Fitzwilliam CONNINGSBY (b. ABT 1604 - d. 23 Aug 1666) (m. Cecily Neville)

3. Elizabeth CONNINGSBY (bur. 30 Jun 1665)

4. Anne CONNINGSBY

5. Ursula CONNINGSBY (d. ABT 1635)

6. Sidney CONNINGSBY (d. 4 May 1627)

7. Humphrey CONNINGSBY (b. 26 Nov 1585)

8. Catherine CONNINGSBY (d. 1632)

9. Robert CONNINGSBY

10. Phillipa CONNINGSBY

Lady Phillipa Fitzwilliam

by George Gower, 1578

Sir Thomas Conningsby

by George Gower, 1572

Margaret FITZWILLIAM

Born: ABT 3 Mar 1559, Milton, Northamptonshire, England

Died: 7 Mar 1623, Colewick, Nottinghamshire, England

Father: William FITZWILLIAM of Gainspark (Sir Knight)

Mother: Anne (Agnes) SIDNEY

Married: John BYRON ABT 1580

Chidren:

1. John BYRON of Newstead (Sir)(m. Anne Molyneux)

2. Alice BYRON

3. Margaret BYRON

4. Nicholas BYRON

William FITZWILLIAM of Gainspark (Sir Knight)

Born: ABT 1543, Gainspark Hall, Essex, England

Died: 5 Aug 1618

Notes: See his Biography.

Father:William FITZWILLIAM of Gainspark (Sir Knight)

Mother:Anne (Agnes) SIDNEY

Married:Winifred MILDMAY

Children:

1. William FITZWILLIAM (1º B. Fitzwilliam)

2. Walter FITZWILLIAM

3. Dau. FITZWILLIAM

William FITZWILLIAM (1º B. Fitzwilliam)

Born: ABT 1588

Died: 6 Jan 1644, London, England

Father: William FITZWILLIAM of Gainspark (Sir Knight)

Mother: Winifred MILDMAY

Married: Catherine HYDE (d. BEF 11 Feb 1643) ABT 1608

Children:

1. William FITZWILLIAM (b. ABT 1609)

William Fitzwilliam, first Baron Fitzwilliam of Lifford

by William Segar

John FITZWILLIAM of Kingsley

Born: 1528, Gainspark Hall, Essex, England

Father: William FITZWILLIAM of Gainspark (Sir Knight)

Mother: Anne SAPCOTE

Married: Elizabeth (Maud) CLIFFORD ABT 1548, Kingsley, Hampshire, England

Children:

1. William FITZWILLIAM

2. Henry FITZWILLIAM

3. Anthony FITZWILLIAM

4. John FITZWILLIAM

V. ALDWARK and WADWORTH LINE

Edmund FITZWILLIAM of Wadworth

Born: ABT 1360, probably Aldwark, Yorkshire, England

Died: 5 Feb 1429/30, probably Wadworth, Yorkshire, England

Father: John FITZWILLIAM (Sir Knight)

Mother: Elizabeth CLINTON

Married: Maud HOTHAM(b. ABT 1365 - d. 18 May 1433)(dau. of John De Hotham)

Children:

1. Edmund FITZWILLIAM (Esq.)

2. Catherine FITZWILLIAM

Catherine FITZWILLIAM

Born: ABT 1400, Aldewark, England

Father: Edmund FITZWILLIAM of Wadworth

Mother: Maud HOTHAM

Married: Richard SUTTON

Children:

1. Robert SUTTON

Edmund FITZWILLIAM (Esq.)

Born: ABT 1382 / 1392

Died: 24 Dec 1465, probably Wadworth, Yorkshire, England

Father: Edmund FITZWILLIAM of Wadworth

Mother: Maud HOTHAM

Married: Catherine CLIFTON(b. ABT 1394 - d. 13 Mar 1434/35) (dau. of John Clifton and Catherine De Cressey)

Children:

1. Richard FITZWILLIAM (Sir Knight)

Richard FITZWILLIAM (Sir Knight)

Born: ABT 1398 / ABT 1412, Aldwark / Emley, Yorkshire, England

Died: 22 Sep 1478/9, Ecclesfield

Buried: BEF 5 Sep 1480, Austin Friars, Tickhill, Yorkshire, England

Father: Edmund FITZWILLIAM (Esq.)

Mother: Catherine CLIFTON

Married: Elizabeth CLARELL(ABT 1415 - 23 Apr 1503)(dau. of Thomas Clarell and Elizabeth Scrope) ABT 1424 / BEF 1 May 1442

Children:

1. Isabel FITZWILLIAM

2. Margaret FITZWILLIAM

3. Thomas FITZWILLIAM of Aldwark (Sir)

4. Edmund FITZWILLIAM

5. Richard FITZWILLIAM (d. 1521)

6. Edward FITZWILLIAM

7. George FITZWILLIAM

8. Humphrey FITZWILLIAM

9. Catherine FITZWILLIAM

10. Anne FITZWILLIAM

11. Elizabeth FITZWILLIAM

Isabel FITZWILLIAM

Born: ABT 1442, probably Aldwark, Yorkshire, England

Father:Richard FITZWILLIAM (Sir Knight)

Mother:Elizabeth CLARELL

Married:William WENTWORTH(Esq.) AFT 15 Oct 1460

Children:

1. Thomas "Golden Thomas" WENTWORTH (Sir Knight)

2. Ralph WENTWORTH

3. George WENTWORTH

4. William WENTWORTH

5. Elizabeth WENTWORTH

Margaret FITZWILLIAM

Father:Richard FITZWILLIAM (Sir Knight)

Mother:Elizabeth CLARELL

Married:Ralph RERESBY (d. 25 Jul 1505)

Children:

1. Isabel RERESBY (m. Robert Eure)

Catherine FITZWILLIAM

Born: ABT 1462

Father:Richard FITZWILLIAM (Sir Knight)

Mother:Elizabeth CLARELL

Married1:Thomas WAKERLEY

Married 2: John SKIPWITH (High Sheriff of Lincolnshire) (son of William Skipwith and Agnes Constable) 1480, Wadsworth, England

Children:

1. Catherine SKIPWITH (b. ABT 1484 - d. AFT 10 Jan 1571) (m.Sir Thomas Heneage of Hainton)

2. William SKIPWITH of South Ormsby (Sir)(b. 1488 - d. 7 Jul 1547)(m.1 Elizabeth Tyrwhitt - m.2 Alice Dymoke)

3. Margaret SKIPWITH (m. Richard Yarborough)

4. Mary SKIPWITH

5. Elizabeth SKIPWITH (m.1 Anthony Riggs - m.2 Mathew Thimbleby)

6. Agnes SKIPWITH (m. Charles Yarborough)

Anne FITZWILLIAM

Father: Richard FITZWILLIAM (Sir Knight)

Mother: Elizabeth CLARELL

Married: William MIRFIELD

Elizabeth FITZWILLIAM

Father: Richard FITZWILLIAM (Sir Knight)

Mother: Elizabeth CLARELL

Married 1: John WORTLEY (Sir)

Married 2: John FITZWILLIAM of Sprotborough

Children:

1. William FITZWILLIAM of Sprotborough

Edmund FITZWILLIAM

Father: Richard FITZWILLIAM (Sir Knight)

Mother: Elizabeth CLARELL

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. Elizabeth FITZWILLIAM

Elizabeth FITZWILLIAM

Father: Edmund FITZWILLIAM

Mother: ¿?

Married: Thomas BOROUGH (Sir)

Thomas FITZWILLIAM of Aldwark (Sir)

Born: 13 Jan 1448, Aldwark, Yorkshire, England

Died: BEF 1490 / 29 May 1495

Father: Richard FITZWILLIAM (Sir Knight)

Mother: Elizabeth CLARELL

Married: Lucy NEVILLE ABT 1473, Wiltshire, England

Children:

1. Thomas FITZWILLIAM of Aldwark

2. Richard FITZWILLIAM

3. Anthony FITZWILLIAM

4. Elizabeth FITZWILLIAM

5. Edmund FITZWILLIAM

6. John FITZWILLIAM

7. William FITZWILLIAM (1º E. Southampton)

8. Margaret FITZWILLIAM

Elizabeth FITZWILLIAM

Born: BEF 1491, Aldwark, Yorkshire, England

Father: Thomas FITZWILLIAM of Aldwark (Sir)

Mother: Lucy NEVILLE

Married 1: Thomas MAULEVERER (Sir)

Married 2: Nicholas HARVEY of Ickworth (Sir Knight) (See his Biography)

Children:

1.Anne HARVEY(m. Sir George Carew)

2. Thomas HARVEY (b. BEF 1512 - AFT 1577)

John FITZWILLIAM

Born: ABT 1488, Aldwark, Yorkshire, England

Died: 9 Sep 1513, Flodden Field, Kirknewton, Northumberland, England

Father: Thomas FITZWILLIAM of Aldwark (Sir)

Mother: Lucy NEVILLE

Margaret FITZWILLIAM

Born: ABT 1494, Aldwark, Yorkshire, England

Father: Thomas FITZWILLIAM of Aldwark (Sir)

Mother: Lucy NEVILLE

Married 1: William GASCOIGNE ABT 1529, Canterbury, Kent, England

Children:

1. Barbara GASCOIGNE

2. William GASCOIGNE

3. Thomas GASCOIGNE

4. Dorothy GASCOIGNE

5. Francis GASCOIGNE

6. Bridget GASCOIGNE

7. Swythe GASCOIGNE

Married 2: Peter STANLEY

William FITZWILLIAM (1º E. Southampton)

Born: ABT 1490, Aldwark, Yorkshire, England

Died: 15 Oct 1542, Newcastle Tyne, Northumberland, England

Notes: See his Biography.

Father: Thomas FITZWILLIAM of Aldwark (Sir)

Mother: Lucy NEVILLE

Married: Mabel CLIFFORD (C. Southampton)Nov 1513, Skipton, Yorkshire, England

Associated with: ¿?

Children:

1. Son FITZWILLIAM

Thomas FITZWILLIAM of Aldwark

Born: ABT 1474, Aldwark, Yorkshire, England

Died: 9 Sep 1513, Flodden Field, Kirknewton, Northumberland, England

Notes: killed at the battle of Flodden.

Father: Thomas FITZWILLIAM of Aldwark (Sir)

Mother: Lucy NEVILLE

Married: Anne PACKENHAM (d. 22 Oct 1554) (dau. of Sir Hugh Packenham and Anne Clement) (m.2 Sir William Sidney)

Children:

1. Alice FITZWILLIAM

2. Margaret FITZWILLIAM

3. William FITZWILLIAM (b. 1510 - d. AFT 17 Jan 1515)

4. John FITZWILLIAM (b. ABT 1512 - AFT 28 Aug 1513)

Alice FITZWILLIAM

Born: ABT 1506, Aldwark, Yorkshire, England

Died: 1535/6

Buried: Chesterfield

Notes: co-heiress of her brother, William Fitzwilliam, and of her uncle, William, Earl of Southampton.

Father: Thomas FITZWILLIAM of Aldwark

Mother: Anne PACKENHAM

Married: James FOLJAMBE (Sir)(b. ABT 1511 - d. ABT 1558) (son of Godfrey Foljambe and Catherine Leke) 1524

Children:

1. Godfrey FOLJAMBE (Sir)(b. 4 Mar 1526/7 - d. 22 Dec 1584) (m. Troth Tyrwhitt)

2. George FOLJAMBE (Esq.) (b. 1528) (m. Ursula Whalley)

3. James FOLJAMBE

4. Frances FOLJAMBE (m.1 John Thorne - m.2 Henry Fitzwilliam of Scampton)

5. Mary FOLJAMBE (m. Vincent Fearne)

6. Lucy FOLJAMBE (b. 1535) (m. Roger Greenhalgh)

Margaret FITZWILLIAM

Born: ABT 1508, Aldwark, Yorkshire, England

Died: 7 Feb 1557

Notes: co-heiress of her brother, William Fitzwilliam, and of her uncle, William, Earl of Southampton.

Father: Thomas FITZWILLIAM of Aldwark

Mother: Anne PACKENHAM

Married: Godfrey FOLJAMBE (Esq.) (d. 25 May 1559) 1524

VI. MERRION LINE (Ireland)

Richard FITZWILLIAM of Ballymon

Notes: perhaps Ballymun, N Co.Dublin, fl temp Edward II (reigned 1307-27)

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. William FITZWILLIAM of Moreton

William FITZWILLIAM of Moreton

Notes: not of Swords Castle, built Wicklow Castle, Constable of Wicklow, fought at Saggard against the O'Byrnes, local Irish enemies of the Pale, his family would still be fighting the O'Byrnes two hundred years later, granted Dundrum Castle and lands, Co.Dublin in 1365 [Ball, vol.2, 1903]. The Fitzwilliams of Dundrum came into possession of Mount Merrion (where they would later have their seat) about the same time as Dundrum Castle, "probably under the name of Owenstown" [Ball, vol.2, 1903], from 1379 to 1400 he occupied Baggotrath Castle.

Father:Richard FITZWILLIAM of Ballymon

Mother: ¿?

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. John FITZWILLIAM of Merrion

John FITZWILLIAM of Merrion

Father: William FITZWILLIAM of Moreton

Mother: ¿?

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. William FITZWILLIAM of Merrion

William FITZWILLIAM of Merrion

Died: ABT 1452

Notes: Ismaia's mother had inherited Baggotrath Castle, and after her death it was taken possession of by an executor to her will 1441, on 28 Sep 1442, Fitzwilliam seized it back for himself and his wife's family, murdering the executor, see [Ball, vol.2, 1903], pardoned.

Father: John FITZWILLIAM of Merrion

Mother: ¿?

Married: Ismaia PERRERS

Children:

1. Thomas FITZWILLIAM of Merrion

Thomas FITZWILLIAM of Merrion

Notes: died in his father's lifetime.

Father: William FITZWILLIAM of Merrion

Mother: Ismaia PERRERS

Married: Rosia BELLEW (dau. of Sir John Bellew)

Children:

1. Richard FITZWILLIAM of Merrion

Richard FITZWILLIAM of Merrion

Died: ABT 1465

Father: Thomas FITZWILLIAM of Merrion

Mother: Rosia BELLEW

Married: Margery HOLYWOOD(or "Genet Hollywood", perhaps of the family of De Hollywood of Artane Castle, N Co.Dublin, castle now gone, Artane Castle was occupied by St.Lawrence temp 1534)

Children:

1. Thomas FITZWILLIAM of Merrion

Thomas FITZWILLIAM of Merrion

Born: ABT 1465

Died: 1517

Notes: of Dundrum, Bray, Baggotrath, Merrion and Thorncastle [now Booterstown and surrounds, down to Blackrock and up to Mount Merrion, the Thorn Castle building itself prob. stood near Blackrock, this estate would have included Booterstown Castle], all in Co.Dublin [the castles of Merrion, Thorncastle and Dundrum included the lands of Booterstown, Mount Merrion, Kilmacud, Ballinteer, Donnybrook, Ringsend, Irishtown and Sandymount)

Father: Richard FITZWILLIAM of Merrion

Mother: Margery HOLLYWOOD

Married: Eleanor DOWDALL

Children:

1. Richard FITZWILLIAM of Merrion

2. William FITZWILLIAM (Sir)

3. Alison FITZWILLIAM

Alison FITZWILLIAM

Notes: by this marriageDonnybrook(then only lands, no castle) passed into the Ussher family, though the Fitzwilliams retained the profitable mill of Donnybrook. See USSHER in [Burkes Irish, 1976].

Father: Thomas FITZWILLIAM of Merrion

Mother: Eleanor DOWDALL

Married 1: Christopher USHER(Mayor of Dublin) (d. 15 Jan 1526) 1524

Children:

1. John USHER

Married 2: James FITZSIMON (Sir Mayor of Dublin)

Children:

2. Catherine FITZSIMON (m. Andrew Brereton of Lecale)

William FITZWILLIAM (Sir)

Died: ABT 1560

Notes: started in service ofWilliam Fitzwilliam, 1° E. Southamptongranted the manor of Celbridge, Co.Kildare, 1537, member of the Privy Council, knighted byEdward VI, spoken of byElizabeth Ias a person who stood high in her esteem [Ball, vol.2, 1903], lived at Windsor.

Father: Thomas FITZWILLIAM of Merrion

Mother: Eleanor DOWDALL

Married: Jane TRAVERS (sister of Sir John Travers)

Children:

1. Catherine FITZWILLIAM

Catherine FITZWILLIAM

Father: William FITZWILLIAM (Sir)

Mother: Jane TRAVERS

Married 1: James PLUNKETT (b. 1550) (son of John Plunkett of Dunsoghly and Catherine Luttrell) ABT 1578, Meron, Dublin, Ireland

Children:

1. Elizabeth PLUNKETT

2. Margaret PLUNKETT

3. Christopher PLUNKETT

Married 2: Christopher PRESTON (4° V. Gormanston) (son of Jenico Preston, 3º V. Gormanston, and Catherine Fitgerald) 1582, Great Park, Windsor, Ireland

Children:

4. Eleanor PRESTON (m. Thomas Luttrell)

5. Catherine PRESTON

6. Christopher PRESTON

7. Robert PRESTON

8. Thomas PRESTON (5° V. Gormanston)

9. William PRESTON

10. Genet PRESTON

11. Mary PRESTON

12. Elizabeth PRESTON

13. Jenico PRESTON

Richard FITZWILLIAM of Merrion

Died: 1528, Baggotrath

Buried: White Friars' Monastery, Dublin (between Aungier St and St. Patrick's Cathedral)

Notes: supporter of his 1st cousinGarret Og Fitzgerald, 9th Earl of Kildare, died when still a young man [Ball, vol.2, 1903], at death left bequest to the Church of Merrion.

Father: Thomas FITZWILLIAM of Merrion

Mother: Eleanor DOWDALL

Married: Catherine BATHE

Children:

1. Thomas FITZWILLIAM of Merrion (Sir Knight)

2. Michael FITZWILLIAM of Donamore

3. CatherineFITZWILLIAM

Catherine FITZWILLIAM

Died: 1574, Baggotrath

Notes: living as widow at Baggotrath by 1568. See [Ball, vol.2, 1903], which quotes her will.

Father: Richard FITZWILLIAM of Merrion

Mother: Catherine BATHE

Married: John CASHELL

Michael FITZWILLIAM of Donamore

Father: Richard FITZWILLIAM of Merrion

Mother: Catherine BATHE

Married: Mary PRESTON(dau. of Jenico Preston, 3º V. Gormanston, and Catherine Fitgerald) 1559

Children:

1. Elizabeth FITZWILLIAM (m. Gerald FitzGerald (unidentified, executed after rebellion)

Thomas FITZWILLIAM of Merrion (Sir Knight)

Born: ABT 1519

Died: 9 Nov 1592

Notes: of Merrion, Baggotrath, Booterstown andSimmonscourt. Lived initially at Baggotrath, but later moved the seat of the family to Merrion Castle, seems to have left Baggotrath and rented it out by 1547, Member of Parliament for Co.Dublin 1559, Vice-Treasurer of Ireland 1559, Sheriff for Co.Dublin as at 1564, the Lord Deputy Sir Henry Sidney visited him in 1565 after arriving in Ireland and before entering Dublin, fought against Shane O'Neill 1560 and 1566 (after Sidney knighted him), the family conformed to Protestantism at the Reformation, but their conversion was only nominal and by 1600 they were Catholic again (although they were always loyal to the crown in Ireland), Constable of Wicklow Castle, at the edge of the Pale facing the hostile natives (whose traditional leaders were the O'Byrnes), fixed the boundaries of Wicklow county (as Sir Henry Sidney did with Clare county in 1565), in 1580 at Glenmalure (nr Glendalough, Winland from Wicklow town, in heart of Wicklow mountains), Co.Wicklow, the forces of the Crown underLord Grey De Wiltonwere defeated by the Irish under Feach Mac Hugh O'Byrne, the traditional songFollow me up to Carlowcelebrates this defeat of the British and their ally `black Fitzwilliam'.

Father: Richard FITZWILLIAM of Merrion

Mother: Catherine BATHE

Married: Genet FINGLAS

Children:

1. Richard FITZWILLIAM of Merrion (Sir Knight)

Richard FITZWILLIAM of Merrion (Sir Knight)

Died: 1595, Merrion

Buried: Donnybrook Church

Notes: Constable of Wicklow Castle. Succ 1592, rebuilt Dundrum Castle 1590s, chapel attached to the old church, Jane's will dated at Merrion, Nov 1597.

Father: Thomas FITZWILLIAM of Merrion (Sir Knight)

Mother: Genet FINGLAS

Married: Jane PRESTON

Children:

1. Thomas FITZWILLIAM (1º V. Merrion)

2. Mary FITZWILLIAM

3. William FITZWILLIAM of Dundrum

Mary FITZWILLIAM

Father: Richard FITZWILLIAM of Merrion (Sir Knight)

Mother: Jane PRESTON

Married: Matthew PLUNKETT (5º B. Louth)

William FITZWILLIAM of Dundrum