William 4th Baron FitzHugh , of Ravensworth, Sir 
William 4th Baron was born about 1399 in Ravensworth, Richmond, North Ride Yorkshire, England. William 4th Baron's father was Henry 3rd Baron FitzHugh , of Ravensworth, KG,Sir and his mother was Elizabeth de Grey. His paternal grandparents were Henry 2nd Baron FitzHugh , Sir and Joan le Scrope; his maternal grandparents were Robert de Grey , of Wilcote, Sir and Lora de St. Quintin. He had three sisters named Maud, Eleanor and Lora. He was the second youngest of the four children. He died on October 22nd, 1452.General Notes
BARONY OF FITZHUGH (IV, 5)
WILLIAM (FITZHUGH), LORD FITZHUGH, 3rd but 1st surviving son and heir, aged 26 and more at his father's death. He accompanied the King to France in 1415, 1417, and 1421, being then a knight. On 9 August 1425 he had livery of the manor of Kingston, and the manor of Carlton, his lands in cos. York and Northumberland, and his tenements in the city of London, were liberated to him, 8 and 9 August, the escheators in cos. Notts and York being ordered to take his fealty for the manor of Kingston and the moiety of the advowson of Burnsall, respectively. After his mother's death, he was obliged to bring actions to obtain the lands which he inherited from her, as the King, owing to some mistake, had granted the custody of them to various persons. He was appointed a commissioner to treat with the Scots, 14 August 1433. In 1438/9 he made an unsuccessful attempt to regain Masham and the other manors which John Lescrope had recovered in 1425; alleging, in his petition, that judgment had been obtained by representations which were false, and that the manors had really been held in fee simple. On 1 February 1446/7 he had licence to succeed to L'Aigle and the other lands in Normandy which his father had held, and which had hitherto been unjustly detained from him. He was summoned to Parliament from 12 July 1429 to 5 September 1450, by writs directed Willelmo fitz Hugh' chivaler.
He married, at Ravensworth, before 18 November 1406, Margery, daughter of Sir William DE WILLOUGHBY, of Eresby, co. Lincoln [LORD WILLOUGHBY], by his 1st wife, Lucy, daughter of Sir Roger LESTRAUNGE, of Knockin, Salop [LORD LESTRAUNGE]. He died 22 October 1452. His wife predeceased him. [Complete Peerage V:426-7, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]
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Sir William Fitz-Hugh, 4th baron, b. 1398, summoned to parliament from 12 July, 1429, to 5 September, 1450. This nobleman attained distinction in the lifetime of his father in the French wars, and after his accession to the title, he was in commission (11th Henry VI) [1433] to treat with the commissioners of King James I, of Scotland, regarding compensation for injuries inflicted by the Scots upon the English. In two years afterwards his lordship was joined with the Earls of Northumberland and Westmoreland, and the great northern Lords Dacre, Clifford, Greystoke, and Latimer, to repeal an irruption of the Scots. Lord Fitz-Hugh m. Margery, dau. of William, Lord Willoughby de Eresby, and had issue, Henry, his successor; Margery, m. to Sir John Melton, Knt., of Aston; Joane, m. to John, Lord Scrope, of Bolton; Eleanor, m. to Thomas, Lord Dacre; Maud, m. to William Bowes; Lora, m. 1st, to John Musgrave, and 2ndly, to John Constable, of Halsham; Lucy, a nun at Depford; and Elizabeth, m. Ralph, Lord Greystock. His lordship d. in 1452, and was s. by his son, Henry Fitz-Hugh, 5th baron. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, England, 1883, p. 207, FitzHugh, Barons FitzHugh]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1240 in Ravensworth, Richmond, North Ride Yorkshire, England d.12 MAR 1304/05 in Barwick, Stockton on Tees, Durham, England
- b.~ 1273 in Ravensworth, Richmond, North Ride Yorkshire, England d.1356
- b.~ 1242 in Brompton upon Swale, North Ride Yorkshire, England d.JAN 1302/03 in Hurworth on Tees, Darlington, Durham, England
- b.~ 1298 in Ravensworth, Richmond, North Ride Yorkshire, England d.29 Aug 1352 in (dvp)
- b.~ 1253 in Bulmer, North Ride Yorkshire, England d.14 MAR 1297/98 in Wilton, Guisborough, North Ride Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1274 in Bulmer, North Ride Yorkshire, England d.< 1337 in Ravensworth, Richmond, North Ride Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1253 in Morwick, Warkworth, Northumberland, England d.<28 Aug 1315
- b.~ 1338 in Ravensworth, Richmond, North Ride Yorkshire, England d.29 Aug 1386 in Jervaulx Abbey, Yorkshire, England
- b.1235 in Carleton, Lincolnshire, England d.< 1291
- b.1262 in Carleton-in-Lindrick, Nottinghamshire, England d.1308 in Beighton, Rotherham, Derbyshire, England (dvp)
- b.~ 1300 in Carleton-in-Lindrick, Nottinghamshire, England d.BET 15 AND 21 SEP 1349 in Ravensworth, Richmond, North Ride Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1270 in Bothamsall, East Retford, Nottinghamshire, England d.> 1329 in Carleton-in-Lindrick, Nottinghamshire, England
- b.~ 1358 in Ravensworth, Richmond, North Ride Yorkshire, England d.11 JAN 1424/25 in Ravensworth, Richmond, North Ride Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1250 in Bracewell, Skipton, West Ride Yorkshire, England d.> 1303 in Bolton, Wensley, North Ride Yorkshire, England
- b.< 1285 in Bolton, Wensley, North Ride Yorkshire, England d.Dec 1340 in Masham, Bedale, North Ride Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1255 in Newsom-on-Tyne, Yorkshire, England
- b.29 Sep 1312 in Masham, Bedale, North Ride Yorkshire, England d.31 Jul 1392
- b.~ 1240 in Ingmanthorpe, Kirk Deighton, Yorkshire, England d.<28 May 1310 in Grey Friars, York, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1285 in Ingmanthorpe, Kirk Deighton, Yorkshire, England d.< 1331 in Coverham Abbey, Ghent, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1250 in Greasley, Basford, Nottinghamshire, England d.< 1310 in Grey Friars, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1340 in Masham, Richmond, Yorkshire, England
- b.1317 in Clifton, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1399 in Ravensworth, Richmond, North Ride Yorkshire, England d.22 Oct 1452
- b.5 JAN 1245/46 in Rotherfield Greys, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England d.<27 May 1295
- b.1277 in Rotherfield Greys, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England d.17 Oct 1311 in Wilton, Wiltshire, England
- b.~ 1257 in Shabbington, Buckinghamshire, England d.<12 Nov 1312
- b.09 Oct 1300 in Rotherfield Greys Castle, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England d.01 Sep 1359
- b.~ 1250 in Maxtoke Castle, Warwickshire, England d.1294 in Solihull, Warwickshire, England
- b.~ 1280 in Maxtoke, Warwickshire, England
- b.1250 in Woodham-Walter, Essex, England
- b.~ 1345 in Wilcote, Oxfordshire, England d.<30 Nov 1367 in (dspm)
- b.< 1257 in Quinton, Shipston-on-Stour, Gloucestershire, England d.<07 May 1322 in Tanfield, North Ride Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1292 in Winteringham, Glanford Brigg, Lincolnshire, England d.30 Apr 1335 in Tanfield, North Ride Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1266 in England
- b.~ 1310 in Wethrington, Lincolnshire, England d.AFT 20 MAR 1378/79 in Cogges, Whitney, Oxfordshire, England
- b.~ 1270 in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England d.<18 Apr 1332 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1293 in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England d.> 1348 in West Tanfield, North Ride Yorkshire, England
- b.< 1266 in Ryhall, Rutlandshire, England d.1322 in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England
- b.~ 1367 in Wilcote, Oxfordshire, England d.BET 12 AND 14 DEC 1427 in Jervaulx Abbey, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1263 in Frome St Quintin, Dorsetshire, England d. in (dvp)
- b.~ 1283 in Frome St Quintin, Dorsetshire, England d.BEF 7 FEB 1338/39
- b.~ 1263 in Lytchett Matravers, Poole, Dorsetshire, England
- b.17 Jun 1303 in Brandsburton, East Ride Yorkshire, England d.<10 Jul 1347 in Frome St Quintin, Dorsetshire, England
- b.~ 1264 in Skelton, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1285 in Skelton, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1345 in Stanton St Quintin, Wiltshire, England d.1369 in Brandsburton, East Ride Yorkshire, England
- b.1246 in Mundford, Thetford, Norfolk, England d.<Nov 1288 in Kingston Lisle, Sparsholt, Berkshire, England
- b.< 1277 in Kingston Lisle, Sparsholt, Berkshire, England d.AFT 16 MAR 1321/22 in Drug by horses & hanged at Pontefract, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1248 in Stowe, Northamptonshire, England d.> 1290
- b.~ 1314 in Kingston Lisle, Sparsholt, Berkshire, England
- b.~ 1265 in Fritwell, Oxfordshire, England d.<Oct 1307 in Chilton Foliot, Wiltshire, England
- b.< 1297 in Fritwell, Oxfordshire, England d.02 Aug 1347 in Chilton Foliot, Wiltshire, England
- b.~ 1265 in Hardwell, Berkshire, England d.1322
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‌William 4th Baron and Margery de were married in a religious ceremony on November 14th, 1406 in Ravensworth, Yorkshire, England. They had a son and a daughter, named Henry 5th Baron and Lora.
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Children
Henry 5th Baron FitzHugh , of Ravensworth, Sir
Henry 5th Baron was born before 1429 in Ravensworth, Richmond, North Ride Yorkshire, England. He died on June 8th, 1472.
Lora FItzHugh
Lora was born about 1432 in Ravensworth, Richmond, North Ride Yorkshire, England. She died in 1472.
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