Baron FitzWarin
Differenced arms of Wiliam FitzWarin, per the Gelre Armorial
, c. 1370 – 1414: Quarterly per fess indented ermine and gulesBaron FitzWarin (also written FitzWaryn, FitzWarine, and other spellings) was a title in the
marcher lordship
.
All the male heirs were given the first name Fulk, and the barony with the castle and lordship of Whittington descended from father to son until 1420. It then passed to an heiress, Elizabeth FitzWarin, and from her to the Bourchier family, with John Bourchier being created Earl of Bath in 1536. The line ended with the death of Edward Bourchier, 4th Earl of Bath in 1636. In 1913 the title was unsuccessfully claimed by Sir Robert Wrey, a distant relative who had acquired parts of what had been the FitzWarin estate.
Predecessors of barons
- Fulk I FitzWarin (died before 1172), a supporter of King Henry II, of Whittington in Shropshire and Alveston in Gloucestershire, son of the "shadowy or mythical" Warin of Metz.[2]
- Fulk II FitzWarin (died after 1194), married Hawise, daughter and co-heiress of
- Fulk III FitzWarin (died after 1250), held Whittington Castle in 1204 and was the subject of a legend[2] Romance of Fouke le Fitz Waryn
- Sir Fulk IV FitzWarin (died 1264), drowned in the River Ouse while fleeing from the Battle of Lewes.[4]
Barons FitzWarin (1295)
- Fulk FitzWarin, 1st Baron FitzWarin (1251–1315), summoned to Parliament as Lord Fitzwarine 23 June 1295.
- Fulk FitzWarin, 2nd Baron FitzWarin (c.1280–1336), son
- Fulk FitzWarin, (c.1310–1349), son
- Fulk FitzWarin, (1341–1374), son
- Fulk FitzWarin, (1365–1391), son
- Fulk FitzWarin,(1389–1407), son
- Fulk FitzWarin, (1406–1420), son
- Elizabeth FitzWarin,(c.1404–1427), sister, married Sir Richard Hankford[5] of Annery in Devon,
- Thomasine Hankford, daughter, (1423–1453), married Sir William Bourchier (1407–1470). He was summoned to Parliament in her right as 9th Baron FitzWarin.[5]
- Fulk Bourchier, 10th Baron FitzWarin (1445–1479)
- John Bourchier, 11th Baron FitzWarin (1470–1539) created Earl of Bath in 1536
- John Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Bath (1499–1561), 12th Baron FitzWarin
- William Bourchier, 3rd Earl of Bath (bef. 1557–1623), 13th Baron FitzWarin
- Edward Bourchier, 4th Earl of Bath (1590 – 1636), 14th Baron FitzWarin. On his death, the barony of FitzWarin fell into abeyance between his daughters Anne, Elizabeth, and Dorothy.
See also
References
- ^ briantimms.com, St George's Roll, part 1, no. E69
- ^ a b c G. E. Cokayne, New Complete Peerage, vol. 5, p. 495, note c
- ^ Pole, Sir William (d.1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, Sir John-William de la Pole (ed.), London, 1791, pp.420-1
- ^ G. E. Cokayne, New Complete Peerage, vol. 5, p. 495
- ^ a b G. E. Cokayne, New Complete Peerage, vol. 5, pp. 504-507
- P. Brown, P. King, and P. Remfrey, 'Whittington Castle: The marcher fortress of the Fitz Warin family', Shropshire Archaeology and History LXXIX (2004), 106–127.