'Fleetwood01'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Fleetwood of Caldwick (Colwick), Fleetwood of Hesketh, Fleetwood of Leyland, Fleetwood of Penwortham (Penwarthen), Fleetwood of The Vache

                               
John Fleetwood of Plumpton Parva, Lancashire (a 1404)
1. Henry Fleetwood of Little Plumpton (a 1425)
A. Edward or Edmund Fleetwood of Hesketh, Lancashire (a 1474)
  m. Elizabeth Holland (dau of Roger or Robert Holland of Downholland)
  i. William Fleetwood of Hesketh
  m. Helen (Ellen) Standish (dau of Robert Standish, son of John of Standish)
a. John Fleetwood of Penwortham (Lancashire), later also of Newton (bur 13.10.1590) the first mentioned by Visitation
  m1. (1567) Catharine Christmas (dsp, dau of John Christmas of Colchester)
  m2. Jane Langton (dau of Thomas Langton (not Langford) of Walton & Newton)
  (1) Thomas Fleetwood of Caldwick or Calwick or Colwick, Staffordshire (bur 21.01.1623)
  m1. Mary Shirburne (bur 04.05.1595, dau of Sir Richard Shirburne or Sherborne of Stonyhurst)
  (A) Sir Richard Fleetwood, 1st Bart of Caldwick (d 1649)
  m. Anne Pershall (d 1650, dau of Sir John Pershall, Bart of Horsley)
  (i) Sir Thomas Fleetwood, 2nd Bart of Caldwick (b 1608-9, a 04.1663, 2nd son)
m. Gertrude Eyre (dau of Rowland Eyre of Hassop)
  (a) Sir Richard Fleetwood, 3rd Bart of Caldwick (b 1627-8, a 04.1663)
  m. Anne Golding (dau of Sir Edward Golding, Bart of Colston Basset)
  ((1)) Thomas Fleetwood of Bank (b 1659-60, dvp)
  m. (Anne) Bannister (dau of Christopher Bannister of Bank)
  ((A)) Elizabeth Fleetwood
  m. Thomas Leigh (d before 1723, brother of Peter of Lyme)
  ((2))+ other issue - Rowland (dvp unm), Edward (dvp unm), Gertrude, Eleanor, 3 daughters
  (b) Thomas Fleetwood (3rd son)
  m1. Elizabeth Coyney
  ((1)) Sir Thomas Fleetwood, 4th Bart of Caldwick (dsp 12.1739)
  m. Magdalen Berrington (dau of Thomas Berrington of Mott Hall)
  m2. ??
  ((2)) William Fleetwood (d unm)
  ((3)) Sir John Fleetwood, 5th Bart of Caldwick (d 1741)
  m. Philippa Berrington (dau of William Berrington of Shrewsbury)
  ((A)) Sir Thomas Fleetwood, 6th Bart of Caldwick (d unm 01.1780)
  (c) William Fleetwood
  m. ?? (widow of _ Pigot of Shropshire)
  (d) Anne Fleetwood
  m. either Edward Tildesley of The Lodge or Thomas Tildesley of Morleys
  (e)+ other issue - John (d young), Rowland of Prestwood (dsp), Andrew (d young), Prudence (d young), Martha (d young)
  (ii) Robert Fleetwood
  m. _ Colman (dau of John Colman of Canth = Coleman of Kank or Canok)
  (iii) Henry Fleetwood (d 1689)
  m. Agatha Gifford (d 1692, dau of Thomas Gifford or Giffard of Plardick or Plardwick)
  (iv) Elizabeth Fleetwood
  m. Thomas Broughton of Staffordshire
  (v) Dorothy Fleetwood
m. Thomas Barnesfield of Wolverhampton
  (vi)+ other issue - John (d young), Richard (dsp 1658), William (a 1663), Edward (d young), Mary (d young)
  (B) William Fleetwood
  m. Dorothy Cokaine (dau of Sir Edward Cockaine of Ashborne)
  (C) Jane Fleetwood
  m. William Kirby of Ratcliff
  (D) Elizabeth Fleetwood shown a generation earlier by Baine
  m. Roger Nowell of Read Hall (bpt 08.08.1582, dvp 23.11.1623)
(E) Anne Fleetwood
  m. Richard Kippax of London
  m2. (12.02.1602) Mary Nowell (dau of Roger Nowell of Read)
  (2) Richard Fleetwood of Penwortham (bur 06.04.1625)
  m. Margery Leghe (bur 30.04.1635, dau of Thomas Leghe of Eggerton = Leigh of Egginton)
(A) Edward Fleetwood in Preston (b 1586, dvp 31.07.1615)
  m. (27.08.1609) Margaret Norreys (dau of Sir William Norrreys of Speke)
  (i) John Fleetwood of Penwortham or Penwarthen (bpt 01.07.1610, bur 04.02.1657)
  m. (25.09.1627) Anne Farington (b 1609, bur 24.03.1657, dau of William Farington of Worden)
  (a) Edward Fleetwood of Penwortham (b 1635, dsp bur 13.04.1704, 3rd son)
  m. (23.05.1659) Anne Purefoy (dau of George Purefoy of Wadley)
  (b) Margaret Fleetwood
  m. (16.11.1652) Joseph Pennington of Muncaster (bpt 11.08.1615, d 1658)
  (c) Margery (Marjory) Fleetwood who apparently married ...
  m. Lawrence Rawstorne of Newhall (b 1619, a 1664)
  (d) Elizabeth Fleetwood
m. John Assheton (son of Ralph of Middleton)
  (e)+ other issue - Richard (d unm), William (d unm), John, Henry, Hannah (d infant), Mary
  (ii) Edward Fleetwood of Leyland (b 1618, bur 22.07.1667)
  m. Elizabeth
  (a) Margaret Fleetwood
m. (16.06.1674) Richard Fleetwood of Rossall and Leyland (d 21.12.1709)
  (iii)+ other issue - Richard (a 1642, d unm), Eleanor (a 1651)
  (B) Henry Fleetwood of Preston (a 1642, rd son)
  m. Anne Worden (dau of Peter Worden, relict of John Jenkinson)
  (i) Anne Fleetwood
  m. James Ashton of Preston
(ii) Katherine Fleetwood
  m. Henry Blackhurst (son of Seth of Preston)
  (C) Richard Fleetwood (bpt 06.03.1600, a 1642)
  m. (09.09.1621) Elizabeth Trafford (dau of Sir Edmund Trafford of Trafford)
  (i) Margery Fleetwood (bpt 02.10.1623, d 18.07.1629)
  (D) Anne Fleetwood (bpt 19.05.1591)
  m. (30.01.1616) Thomas Talbot of Bashall
  m2. (William) Westby of Mowbrook (Lancashire)
  (i) Catherine Wetsby apparently of this marriage
  m. Roger Scattergood of London (d 1681)
  (E) Katharine Fleetwood (bpt 12.10.1603) who appears to have married ...
m. William Ffarington of Worden & Shaw Hall (b 1612, d 27.02.1672)
  (F)+ other issue - John (bur 23.03.1595), Julia (d young), Dorothea (d young)
  (3) Anne Fleetwood called Elizabeth by Visitation (Staffordshire)
  m. Thomas Barton of Barton
  (4) Ellen Fleetwood called Dorothy by Visitation (Staffordshire)
  m. Robert Charnock of Astley and/or Charnock
  (5) Catherine Fleetwood
  m. William Milward of Easton or Eaton
(6) Joan Fleetwood
  m. William Bradborne of Lea Hill
  (7)+ other issue - Ralph in Preston, Mary
  b. Thomas Fleetwood of The Vache, Sheriff of Buckinghamshire (b c1518, d 01.11.1570, Master of the Mint)
  m1. Barbara Frances (dau of Andrew Frances or Francis of London)
  (1) Everard (probably not Edmund) Fleetwood (d c1629, MP)
  Baine appears to confuse Everard with his half-brother Edmund of Rossall (see below).
  m. (05.10.1573) Joan Cheney
  (A) John Fleetwood
(2) Margaret Fleetwood
  m. (1559) Peter Dormer of Lee Grange (Shipton Lee) & Purston (d 03.12.1583)
  (3)+ other issue - Robert, William
  m2. Bridget Spring (dau of Sir John Spring of Lavenham)
  (5) Sir George Fleetwood of The Vache (d 21.12.1620)
  m. Catherine Denny (dau of Sir Henry Denny of Cheshunt by Honora Grey)
  (A) Charles Fleetwood of The Vache (d 28.05.1628, 3rd son?)
  (i) George Fleetwood , last of The Vache (a 1681, Colonel, Regicide)
  (B) James Fleetwood, Bishop of Worcester (b c1602, d 17.07.1683, 7th son)
  (i) Arthur Fleetwood of Lichfield (d 1677, heir) probably of this generation
  m. Mary Archbold (dau/coheir of Sir Henry Archbold of Lichfield, m2. Sir John Floyer)
(a) Henry Fleetwood of Penwortham (b c1667, dsp 22.05.1746, MP)
  m. Sarah Sudell (dau of Roger Sudell of Preston)
  (C) Bridget Fleetwood
  Lipscomb shows Bridget as married to Sir William Smith of Thoydon Mount (c1550-1726) but it appears that he has mixed her up with the Bridget below. This was probably the Bridget who married ...
  m. Lawrence Ashburnham of Broomham (b c1583)
  (D) Honoria Fleetwood who married ...
m. Sir David Watkins of London & Middlesex (d 25.12.1657)
  (E)+ other issue - Arthur, Edward, George, Thomas, Henry, James (bur 07.07.1598), William (d 1621), Sibil, Anne, Elizabeth, Joyce
  (6) Sir William Fleetwood of Cranford
  Baine shows Sir William as husband of Bridget, dau of Oliver Cromwell, but her 2nd husband was his grandson Charles (see below). Sir William's wife was ...
  m. Joan Clifton (sister (sb aunt) of Gervase, Lord Clifton)
  (A) Sir Miles Fleetwood of Aldwinkle (d 03.03.1640-1)
  m. Anne Luke
  (i) Dorothy Fleetwood probably the Dorothy who married ...
  m. Sir Robert Cooke of Highnam (d 1643)
  (ii)+ other issue - George (Colonel), William, Roger, Charles, Anne, Martha, Elizabeth
  (B) George Fleetwood, Baron in Sweden (General)
  m. Gylentierna ("a Swede")
  (i) Gustavus Fleetwood, Baron in Sweden
  (C) Sir William Fleetwood (comptroller of Woodstock)
  m1. ??
  (i) Sir Miles Fleetwood of Ardwinkle or Aldwinkle, Northamptonshire
  (ii) (Sir) George (porbably not William) Fleetwood (Colonel, MP, regicide)
m2. Elizabeth Harvey or Hervey
  (iii) Charles Fleetwood (d 04.10.1692, General, CIC for Protector Richard Cromwell)
  BEB1841 (Fleetwood) mentions only 1 wife for the General, Bridget Cromwell, shown as Elizabeth's mother. However, BEB1841 (Hartopp) reports that her mother was the General's 1st wife, Frances Smith. Lipscomb shows 2 wives, Bridget Cromwell (dsp) & Frances Smith, but no children. Visitation (England & Wales, Notes vol 6, Pedigree of Cromwell) confirms that he married 3 times as shown.
  m1. Frances Smith (bur 24.11.1651, dau of Thomas Smith of Winston)
  (a) Elizabeth Fleetwood
  m. Sir John Hartopp (d 1722)
m2. Bridget Cromwell (b 1624, d 1681, dau of Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector)
  (b) Frances Fleetwood apparently of this generation, of this marriage
  m. _ Fennell of Cappagh (Captain)
  ((1)) Elizabeth Fennell
  m. Daniel Markham
  m3. Mary Coke (dau of Sir John Coke of Melburn, relict of Sir Edward Hartopp, Bart)
  (iv)+ other issue
  (D) Hester Fleetwood (d 12.03.1639) apparently of this generation
  m. Oliver Lambart, 1st Lord of Cavan (bur 10.06.1618)
  (7) Edmund Fleetwood of Rossall (d 30.03.1622, youngest son)
  m. (05.10.1573) Elizabeth Cheyne (dau of John Cheyne of Chesham Bois)
  (8) Bridget Fleetwood (bur 05.09.1633)
Lipscomb shows Bridget as married to La(urence) Ashburnham but it appears that he has mixed her up with the Bridget above. This was probably the Bridget who married Sir William Smith. MGH (NS2, vol 4 (1892), p24) suggests that, after William died, she m2. Edward Conway, Viscount Conway (d 03.01.1631) but that is not supported by TCP ('Conway').
  m. (1590) Sir William Smith of Smith Hall (b c1550, d 12.12.1626)
  (9) Joyce Fleetwood
  m1. Sir Hewett Osborne of Kiveton (bpt 13.03.1566-7, d 09.1599)
  m2. Sir Peter Frescheville of Staveley (d 07.04.1634)
  (10)+ other issue - Edward (rector of Wigan), Michael, Henry of Longby, Thomas, Francis
  Possibly of this generation, but (if so) of which marriage is not known, was ...
  (15) Anne Fleetwood
  m. (by 1580) Ashton Aylworth or Ayleworth of London (d by 1602, MP)
  c. Robert Fleetwood
  (1) Sir William Fleetwood of Missenden (d 28.02.1593/4, recorder of London)
  m. Marian Barley (dau of John Barley of Kingsey)
  d. Edmund Fleetwood (monk)
  e. Agnes Fleetwood
  m. Thomas (probably not John) Jellibrand or Jollibrand or Gillibrand of Chorley
  f. Janet Fleetwood
  m. John Blackledge of Leyland
2. Anne Fleetwood
  m. John Ethelston or Ethelstan of Ribleston (son of Roger)
3.+ other issue - Edward (a 1397), William (a 1415), Richard

Main source(s):
(1) BEB1841 (Fleetwood of Caldwick), BLG1937 (Fleetwood-Hesketh of North Meols)
(2) an extract, kindly provided to us by a contributor (CV, 14.05.09), from 'History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster' by Edward Baine showing the pedigree of 'Fleetwood of Heskin, Penwortham, and Rossall'
(3) Lipscomb (Bucks, vol 3, ' 'Pedigree of Fleetwood of the Vache, in Chalfont', p227+)
(4) Visitation (Staffordshire, 1614+1663-4, Fleetwood of Calwich) with a little support from Visitation (Staffordshire, '1664-1700', Fleetwood), Visitation (Dugdale, Lancashire, 1664-5, Fleetwood of Penwortham)
Back to top of page