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Lady Joan FitzWilliam 1329–1384 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1329

Birth Location: Spotborough Castle, Wakefield, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England

Death Date: 22 Feb 1384

Death Location: Howden, Yorkshire, England

Father: Sir Fitzwilliam

Mother: Lady DeReresby

Spouse(s): Sir II

Children(s): Sir Sothill, Sir Sothill

Lady Joan FitzWilliam was born in 1329 in Spotborough Castle, Wakefield, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, the child of Sir Knight John Lord Emley Fitzwilliam And Lady Joan Dereresby. Lady Joan FitzWilliam married Sir Henry Sothill Ii, and had children including Sir Gerard Sothill, Sir Henry Iii De Sothill. Lady Joan FitzWilliam passed away in 1384 in Howden, Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

  • Lady Joan FitzWilliam was born in 1329 in Spotborough Castle, Wakefield, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, the child of Sir Knight John Lord Emley Fitzwilliam And Lady Joan Dereresby.
  • Lady Joan FitzWilliam married Sir Henry Sothill Ii, and had children including Sir Gerard Sothill, Sir Henry Iii De Sothill.
  • Lady Joan FitzWilliam passed away in 1384 in Howden, Yorkshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Fitzwilliam
1298–1349
Birth Location: Sprotborough, Yorkshire, England
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Lady DeReresby
1300–1342
Birth Location: Shelton, Yorkshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Sir II
1306–1369
Birth Location: Sothill Hall, Dewsbury, West Riding, Yorkshire, England
SI

Children(s)

Sir Sothill
1350–1392
Birth Location: Markenfield Hall, Ripon, Harrogate, West Riding, Yorkshire, England
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Sir Sothill
1352–1410
Birth Location: Yorkshire, England
SS

Lady FitzWilliam's Ancestors

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Lady FitzWilliam
1329–1384
Birth Place: Spotborough Castle, Wakefield, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England
Parents
Sir Knight John Lord Emley Fitzwilliam
1298–1349
Sprotborough, Yorkshire, England
Lady (Joan) DeReresby
1300–1342
Shelton, Yorkshire, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady FitzWilliam's Descendants

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Lady (Joan) FitzWilliam (1329–22 Feb 1384) m. Sir (Henry Sothill) II (1306–29 May 1369)
  1. 1. Sir (Henry III De) Sothill 1350–1392 m. Lady (Eleanor De) Mosely 1360–1424
    1. 1. Lady (Beatrice) Soothill 1373–1430 m. Sir (Thomas) Markenfield 1363–1415
      1. 1. Sir (John III De) Markenfield 1396–1448 m. Alianore Conyers 1398–1497 m. MARGARET HOPTON 1410–1451
        1. 1. Sir (Ninian) Markenfield 1453–1528 m. Lady (Dorothy) Gascoigne 1474–1486
        2. 2. Thomas ((Sir)) Markenfield 1430–1497
      2. 2. Isabel (De) Markenfield 1412–
      3. 3. Peter (De) Markenfield 1402–
      4. 4. Lady (Elizabeth of RiponYorkshire) Markenfield 1393–1450
      5. 5. Joanne (Markinfield) Lady 1401–1436
    2. 2. John (Sothill) III 1390–1425
  2. 2. Sir (Gerard) Sothill 1352–1410

Lady FitzWilliam's Timeline

2 Records

1329
1329
Birth of Lady Joan FitzWilliam in Spotborough Castle, Wakefield, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England
Spotborough Castle, Wakefield, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England
1384
22 Feb 1384
Age 55
Death of Lady Joan FitzWilliam in Howden, Yorkshire, England
Howden, Yorkshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1329
    Event Place: Spotborough Castle, Wakefield, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Feb 1384
    Event Place: Howden, Yorkshire, England
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