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Sir Richard FitzWilliam

Birth
England
Death
22 Sep 1479
South Yorkshire, England
Burial
Tickhill, Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England Add to Map
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Knight of Wadworth, Yorkshire, in right of his wife, of Aldwark, Birkby and Haldenby, Yorkshire. Hereditary patron of Austin Friars, Tickhill, Yorkshire. Sheriff of Yorkshire.

Son and heir to Edmund FitzWilliam and Katherine Clifton, grandson of Edmund FitzWilliam and Maud Hotham, Sir John Clifton and Katherine de Cressey.

Richard married Elizabeth Clarell, daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Clarell of Aldwark and Elizabeth Scrope, descendant of King Edward I. They were married before 1448 and had seven sons and five daughters:
Thomas, Edmund, Richard, Edward, Humphrey, Humphrey II, George, Katherine, Margaret (wife of Ralph Reresby), Anne (wife of Sir William Mirfield), Elizabeth (wife of Sir Thomas Wortley), Elizabeth (wife of William Wentworth).
Knight of Wadworth, Yorkshire, in right of his wife, of Aldwark, Birkby and Haldenby, Yorkshire. Hereditary patron of Austin Friars, Tickhill, Yorkshire. Sheriff of Yorkshire.

Son and heir to Edmund FitzWilliam and Katherine Clifton, grandson of Edmund FitzWilliam and Maud Hotham, Sir John Clifton and Katherine de Cressey.

Richard married Elizabeth Clarell, daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Clarell of Aldwark and Elizabeth Scrope, descendant of King Edward I. They were married before 1448 and had seven sons and five daughters:
Thomas, Edmund, Richard, Edward, Humphrey, Humphrey II, George, Katherine, Margaret (wife of Ralph Reresby), Anne (wife of Sir William Mirfield), Elizabeth (wife of Sir Thomas Wortley), Elizabeth (wife of William Wentworth).


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