Sir John FitzWilliam, of Sprotborough

Abt 1290 - 1349  (~ 59 years)

• Name	John FitzWilliam
  Relationship	with Marion Murdoch Johnson
  Gender	Male
  Birth	Abt 1290
  Cause Of Death	Black Death (bubonic plague)  [1]
  Death	10 Aug 1349  [2]
  Last Modified	17 Mar 2021

  
  

  Father	Sir William FitzWilliam, of Emley and Sprotborough           b. Abt 1265             d. Between 12 Apr 1340 and 1342 (Age ~ 75 years)
  Mother	Maud Unknown           b. Between 1229 and 1274

  
  

  Wife	Joan Reresby           b. Between 1268 and 1311
  Children	1. John FitzWilliam, of Sprotborough           b. Abt [J] Feb 1328             d. Abt [J] 19 Jan 1385, Howden, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (Age ~ 56 years)
  Last Modified	2 Oct 2020

  
  

• Notes

  Early Life John FitzWilliam was born to William Fitzwilliam and Maud ___ (whose surname was possibly, but probably not, Deincourt), most likely in the 1290s. Note that this generation is skipped in Burke's Peerage (99th Edition, Fitzwilliam), but is shown in Burke's Extinct Peerage. Death Baildon1 says that he most likely died of the Black Death on the 10th of August 1349: The inquisition as to his Yorkshire property was held August 4, 1350. He died seised of the manors of of Darthyngton [Darrington], Emley and Sprotborough, and of a tenement in Dalton [probably Dalton in the parish of Kirkheaton]; the capital messuages of the three manors are stated to be ruinous, and all the lands are described as lying waste for lack of tenants, owing to the pestilence. John, his son and heir, was aged 22 years and 6 months. Footnotes [1] Baildon and the Baildons, a History of a Yorkshire Manor and Family, by W Paley Baildon, Volume 1, page 356

  
  

• Histories

  The Fitzwilliams of Yorkshire Some research on the Fitzwilliam family of Yorkshire (Sprotborough, Emley, Aldwarke) to try to reconcile the various unreliable sources.

  
  

• Sources

  [S0454] W Paley Baildon, Baildon and the Baildons, a History of a Yorkshire Manor and Family, Chapter 11; Fitzwilliams of Emley and Sprotborough, of Volume 1, pages 343+. [S0451] GE Cockayne, Complete Peerage, 2nd Edition, (London, 1926), Fitzwilliam; Volume 5, pages 518-520.