Fitzhugh, William (1399 - 1452)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 1
Properties - 4
Total events naming patron - 5
Troupes - 2
Bibliographic Sources - 2
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Born / Died

Birth Date: ca. 1399 ('aged 26 and more at his father's death' [CP])
Death Date: 1452-10-22

Siblings

Female

Fitzhugh, Eleanor ( - 1457)

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. , (n.d.)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: before 1406-11-18
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

Mother unknown

  1. Female offspring: Fitzhugh, Joan (d. 1470)

Primary Title

4th Baron FitzHugh

Titles

  • 4th Baron FitzHugh
    Assumed 1424/5-01-11
    Vacated 1452-10-22

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1431/2 1433
Commissioner of Array, Yorkshire: North Riding 1434 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1436/7 n.d.
Privy Councillor, England 1438/9-2-24 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1440 1443
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1448 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1451 n.d.

General Lands Note

Received livery of lands 9 Aug. 1425

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Ravensworth, Yorkshire: North Riding

Lands

  • London (city-county)
  • Northumberland
  • Yorkshire: North Riding

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1449-1449 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire Lord FitzHugh's Minstrel
Performance 1447-1447 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire Lord FitzHugh's Minstrels
Performance 1448-1448 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire Lord FitzHugh's Minstrels
Performance 1449-1449 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire Lord FitzHugh's Minstrels
Performance 1449-1449 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire Lord FitzHugh's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord FitzHugh's Minstrel Fitzhugh, William (1399 - 1452) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord FitzHugh's Minstrels Fitzhugh, William (1399 - 1452) Entertainers/Minstrels 4

Bibliographic Sources

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The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)