Eleanor Fitzhugh

Female - 1457


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Eleanor Fitzhugh (daughter of Henry, Lord Fitzhugh and Elizabeth Grey); died 30 Sep 1457.

    Eleanor married Thomas Tunstall Bef Feb 1426/27. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Tunstall

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Henry, Lord Fitzhugh was born Abt 1363 (son of Henry Fitzhugh and Joane Scrope); died 11 Jan 1423/24; was buried Yorkshire, England.

    Notes:

    Henry FitzHugh, 3rd Baron FitzHugh KG (c. 1363 - 11 January 1425) was an English administrator and diplomat who served under Henry IV and Henry V.

    Royal service

    Summoned to parliament in 1388, FitzHugh became active in public affairs following Henry IV's succession. He was engaged in Anglo-Scottish diplomacy, taking part in the Battle of Humbleton Hill in 1402 and negotiating the surrender of his uncle, Archbishop of York Richard le Scrope, in 1405. The next year he travelled to Denmark as part of the escort of Philippa, Henry's daughter, for her marriage to Eric of Pomerania, king of Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

    At the coronation of Henry V in 1413, FitzHugh was Constable. During Henry's reign, he served as Chamberlain of the Household (1413-1425, into the reign of Henry VI), and Treasurer of England (1416-1421). He participated in the Battle of Agincourt in 1415 and subsequent diplomacy with the French, which led to the Treaty of Troyes in 1420. He travelled with the king to France, and he escorted the king's remains back to England following his death in 1422. He was an executor of Henry's will and was a feoffee of lands in the will.

    He became a Knight of the Garter about 1409.

    After his death on 11 January 1425, FitzHugh was buried at Jervaulx Abbey in Yorkshire at his request.

    Religion

    During his travels to the Scandinavian Peninsula in 1406, he visited the Bridgettine Vadstena Abbey in Sweden, where he volunteered to help establish a Bridgettine community in England, including the promise of a manor at Cherry Hinton in Cambridgeshire. An English order was established in 1415 at Twickenham with the assistance of Henry V. He was also attended the Council of Constance in 1415.
    Family

    A descendant of Akarius Fitz Bardolph, FitzHugh was the first son of Hugh FitzHugh, 2nd Baron FitzHugh, and Joan, daughter of Henry Scrope, 1st Baron Scrope of Masham. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Robert Grey and his wife, Lora St Quentin. They had eight sons and six daughters, including: William, who succeeded as fourth Baron; Robert, Bishop of London; and Eleanor, wife of Philip Darcy, 6th Baron Darcy de Knayth and Henry Bromflete, 1st Baron Vesci.

    Henry — Elizabeth Grey. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Elizabeth Grey (daughter of Robert Grey and Lora St Quentin).
    Children:
    1. 1. Eleanor Fitzhugh died 30 Sep 1457.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Henry Fitzhugh (son of Henry FitzHugh and Joane Fourneys); died 24 Aug 1386.

    Henry married Joane Scrope Abt Sep 1350. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Joane Scrope (daughter of Henry Scrope, 1st Lord of Masham and Joan).
    Children:
    1. 2. Henry, Lord Fitzhugh was born Abt 1363; died 11 Jan 1423/24; was buried Yorkshire, England.

  3. 6.  Robert Grey (son of John de Grey, 2nd Baron Grey de Rotherfield).

    Robert — Lora St Quentin. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Lora St Quentin
    Children:
    1. 3. Elizabeth Grey


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Henry FitzHugh (son of Henry FitzHugh and Eve Bulmer).

    Henry — Joane Fourneys. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Joane Fourneys (daughter of Richard Fourneys).
    Children:
    1. 4. Henry Fitzhugh died 24 Aug 1386.

  3. 10.  Henry Scrope, 1st Lord of Masham was born Abt 1312 (son of Geoffrey Scrope and Ivetta de Roos); died 31 Jul 1391; was buried Aug 1391, York, Yorkshire, England.

    Other Events:

    • Birth: 1315
    • Name: Henry Le Scrope Baron Scrope of Masham

    Notes:

    Henry Scrope, 1st Baron Scrope of Masham (c1312-31 July 1392) was an English soldier and administrator.

    He was the elsest son of Geoffrey Scrope and his first wife, Ivetta. He succeeded his father in 1341.

    In early life he served in the Scottish campaign of 1333 and was knighted at Berwick, where he fought at the Battle of Halidon Hill. He served in Scotland again in 1335 and in 1340 took part in the sea Battle of Sluys at the start of the Hundred Years War. In 1342 he served in Brittany and was present at the sieges of Vannes and Morlaix. He was in Flanders in 1345 and in 1346 fought as a banneret both at the Battle of Crécy and the Battle of Nevilles Cross. In 1347 he was at the siege of Calais and in 1350 in the sea battle off Winchelsea.

    In November 1350 he was summoned to the House of Lords as Lord Scrope, later Lord Scrope of Masham and in 1354 he was one of the ambassadors to Pope Innocent VI seeking to arbitrate between England and France.

    He served Edward III in Picardy in 1355 and at the siege of Berwick in 1357. In 1357 he was a member of the commission to treat with the Scots for the liberation of David II, king of Scots, and for a truce. In 1359 he served under John of Gaunt in the great chevauchée toward Rheims, and in 1361 he was appointed Warden of Calais and Guînes until 1370. In 1369 he served under John of Gaunt in France; and in 1371 was for a year warden of the western march towards Scotland and also steward of the king's household.

    He died on 31 July 1392. He had married twice; firstly to Agnes and secondly to Joan (both surnames are uncertain). With Joan he had five sons:

    Geoffrey, who was killed on crusade in Prussia in 1362
    William, who fought against the Turks at Satalia in 1361 and died in the East
    Stephen, who likewise went on crusade and who ultimately succeeded him as Stephen Scrope, 2nd Baron Scrope of Masham
    Richard, who became Archbishop of York and was executed in 1405
    John.

    He had two daughters:

    Joan, who married Henry, Lord Fitzhugh
    Isabel, who married Sir Robert Plumpton (1341-1407) of Plumpton

    Henry — Joan. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Joan
    Children:
    1. 5. Joane Scrope

  5. 12.  John de Grey, 2nd Baron Grey de Rotherfield was born 1320 (son of John de Grey, 1st Baron Grey de Rotherfield); died 1375.
    Children:
    1. 6. Robert Grey