Sir William FitzWilliam, of Sprotborough

Abt 1352 - 1398  (~ 46 years)

• Name	William FitzWilliam
  Relationship	with Marion Murdoch Johnson
  Gender	Male
  Born	Abt 1352  [1]
  Died	8 Apr 1398  [1, 2]
  Siblings	2 Siblings
  1. Edmund FitzWilliam, of Wadworth           b. 1360           d. 5 Feb 1430  (Age 70 years) └─Matilda Hotham     2. Joan FitzWilliam           b. Between 1348 and 1385
  Last Modified	15 Feb 2021

  
  

  Father	John FitzWilliam, of Sprotborough           b. Abt [J] Feb 1328           d. Abt [J] 19 Jan 1385, Howden, East Riding of Yorkshire, England  (Age ~ 56 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Clinton           b. Abt 1333           d. Between 1401 and 1420  (Age ~ 68 years)

  
  

  Wife	Maud Cromwell           b. Abt 1360
  Married	Bef 1377  [1]
  Age at Marriage	He was 24, she was 16
  Children	1. Sir John FitzWilliam, of Sprotborough           b. 25 Jul 1377           d. 5 Jul 1417  (Age 39 years)   2. Elizabeth FitzWilliam           b. Abt 1385
  Last Modified	12 Aug 2021

  
  

• Notes

  Early Life William FitzWilliam was born c. 1352, the eldest son of Sir John FitzWilliam of Sprotborough in Yorkshire and Elizabeth de Clinton, the daughter of William de Clinton, Earl of Huntingdon. Through his mother, William FitzWilliam was a direct descendent of the Magna Carta Baron Robert FitzWalter. Family Life William married Maud Cromwell, coheiress of Ralph, Lord Cromwell of Tattershall; they had two sons and two daughters: John, born c. 1377 and who married Eleanor Green Ralph Joan, who married Sir Henry Sothill Elizabeth, who married Sir Robert Rockley Death William died on the 8th of April 1398, aged about 46. Footnotes [1] Magna Carta Ancestry, Douglas Richardson, Volume II, Salt Lake City (2011); FitzWilliam, pages 215-224

  
  

• 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] Baildon and the Baildons, a History of a Yorkshire Manor and Family, W Paley Baildon, Chapter 11; Fitzwilliams of Emley and Sprotborough, of Volume 1, pages 343+. [S0491] Magna Carta Ancestry, Douglas Richardson, Ed. by Kimball G. Everingham, (2011), FitzWilliam; Vol. 2, pages 215-224.