Baron FitzWarin (also written FitzWaryn, FitzWarine, and other spellings) was a title in the
Peerage of England created by
writ of summons for Fulk V FitzWarin in 1295. His family had been magnates for nearly a century, at least since 1205 when his grandfather Fulk III FitzWarin obtained
Whittington Castle near
Oswestry, which was their main residence and the seat of a
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.
Fulk II FitzWarin (died after 1194), married Hawise, daughter and co-heiress of
Joceas de Dinan.[2] His younger son was William FitzWarin who obtained the Devon manor of
Brightley and adopted the last name of Brightley.[3]
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
Thomasine Hankford, daughter, (1423–1453), married Sir
William Bourchier (1407–1470). He was summoned to Parliament in her right as 9th Baron FitzWarin.[5]
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.
^briantimms.com, St George's Roll, part 1, no. E69
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abcG. 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
^
abG. 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.
Baron FitzWarin (also written FitzWaryn, FitzWarine, and other spellings) was a title in the
Peerage of England created by
writ of summons for Fulk V FitzWarin in 1295. His family had been magnates for nearly a century, at least since 1205 when his grandfather Fulk III FitzWarin obtained
Whittington Castle near
Oswestry, which was their main residence and the seat of a
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.
Fulk II FitzWarin (died after 1194), married Hawise, daughter and co-heiress of
Joceas de Dinan.[2] His younger son was William FitzWarin who obtained the Devon manor of
Brightley and adopted the last name of Brightley.[3]
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
Thomasine Hankford, daughter, (1423–1453), married Sir
William Bourchier (1407–1470). He was summoned to Parliament in her right as 9th Baron FitzWarin.[5]
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.
^briantimms.com, St George's Roll, part 1, no. E69
^
abcG. 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
^
abG. 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.