'FZmisc05'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Fitz of Fitzford, Fitz of Tavistock, Foorde of Horkesley, Fineux of Herne, Fineux of Hougham, Fineux of Swingfield, Fissacre of Fissacre (Fisacre or Fishacre), Fissacre of Wadeton

                               
John Fitz of Fitzford, Devon
1. John Fitz of Fitzford (dsp?)
2. Walter Fitz of Fitzford
  m. Mary Sampson
  A. John Fitz of Fitzford 'of Tavistock' (d 09.03.1555-6)
  m. Agnes Grenvile (dau of Roger Grenvile or Greenfeild of Stow)
i. John Fitz of Fitzford (b c1528, d 1589)
  m. Mary Sydenham (dau of Sir John Sydenham of Brimpton (Brampton))
  a. Sir John Fitz of Fitzford 'of Tavistock' (d 09.08.1605)
  m. Bridget (probably not Mary) Courtenay (a 1589, dau of Sir William Courtenay of Powderham)
  (1) (Mary) Fitz (bpt 01.08.1596)
  m1. (1608) Sir Alan Percy (dsp 1613, son of Henry, Earl of Northumberland)
  m2. Thomas Darcy (dvpsp, son/heir of Thomas, Lord Darcy of Chiche, Viscount Colchester)
  m3. Sir Charles Howard (son of Earl of Suffolk)
  m4. (10.1629) Sir Richard Grenville or Granville, Bart
  ii. Margaret Fitz
  m. Richard (not Robert) Arscot
  iii. Grace Fitz
  m1. John Eliot of Plymouth
m2. Edmund Langford
  iv. Honor Fitz
  m. William Carnsewe
  v. Katharine Fitz
  m1. (27.03.1557) William Bond of Earth
  m2. (12.10.1579) John Marshall
  vi. Mary Fitz
  m. (07.04.1567) Thomas Arscott
  vii.+ other issue - Edward, George, Francis
  B. Robert Fitz
  m1. Mary of Saltashe
  m2. Agnes Rowe (dau/coheir of Nicholas Rowe of Lamerton)
3. Roger Fitz
4. Marion Fitz possibly fits here
  m. William Honychurch of Tavistock

 

 

John Foorde of St. Owses (St. Osyth)
m. _ Tye
1. John Foorde of Horsley or Horkesley, 'of Frating & Great Horkesley'
  m. Katherin Johnson (dau of Thomas Johnson of Stoke)
  A. John Foorde of Horsley or Horkesley, 'of Thorpe' had issue
  m. Audrey Morris (dau of Henry Morris)
  B. Anne Foorde
  m. John Parker
  C. Ellenor Foorde
  m. Thomas Bendishe (b c1540, d 23.02.1603)
  D. Margery Foorde
  m. Richard Howell alias Smithe (d 01.12.1611)
2.+ other issue - William (dsp), Anne, Alice

 

 

The name of this family is spelt variously (including Fyneux and Fyneaulx). For simplicity's sake we keep to 'Fineux'.
William Fineux of Swingfield, Kent
m. (Jane?) Moynings or Moyne
1. Sir John Fineux of Swingfield, later of Haw House in Herne (b c1441, d 1525-6, Lord Chief Justice)
m1. Elizabeth Apulderfield (dau of Sir William Apulderfield (by Catherine, dau of Thomas St. Lawrence?))
  A. William Fineux of Herne
  m. Frisold Norton (dau of Sir John Norton)
  i. John Fineux of Herne
  m. _ Morley of Sussex
  a. Elizabeth Fineux
m. (1578) Sir John Smythe of Osterhanger (b 1556, d 29.11.1608)
  ii. Christopher Fineux
  B. Mildred Fineux
  m. James Digges of Barham
  C. Jane Fineux
  1/2. John Roper of Eltham
  Possibly the Joan who (also) married ...
  m2/1. Anthony Sands of Throwley
  D. Sarah Fineux (dsp?)
  m. John Crispe
  E. Ann Fineux possibly fits here?
  m. Henry Hobart or Hobert of Hayles
  It appears that Sir John also married ...
  m2. Elizabeth Paston (dau of Sir John Paston of Paston & Oxnead)
2. William Fineux of Southcourt in Hougham (dsp)
3. Richard Fineux of Dover (d 1520, Mayor of Dover?)
  m. _ Ellys
  A. William Fineux of Southcourt in Hougham
m. Elizabeth Warren of Dover
  i. Thomas Fineux of Hougham
  m1. Elizabeth Boone (dau of William Boone)
  m2. Anne Ramsay (dau of John Ramsay of Canterbury)
  a. Thomas Fineux of Hougham
  m. (1604) Elizabeth Rooke (dau of Lawrence Rooke of Horton)
  (1) Thomas Fineux of Dover, last of Hougham (b c1609)
  (2) George Fineux (b c1612)
  m. Margaret Montfort
  (A) Pearce Fineux of Canterbury (d 1653?)
  m. Catherine Denners
  (B) Ursula Fineux
  m. John Pearce
  (3) Ursula Fineux
  b. Henry Fineux (3rd son)
  m. (1614) Mary Gillett
  c. Anna Fineux
  m. Arick (Richard?) Sparke
  d.+ other issue - John, Katharine, daughter
  B. Thomas Fineux had issue

 

 

The name of the following family is variously spelt Fisacre, Fissacre, Fishacre, and similar. For simplicity, we keep below to 'Fissacre' but cross-references to the family may vary.
Sir Martin de Fissacre of Fissacre & Wadeton, Devon (a temp King John who r. 1199-1216) @@ see here @@
m. Isabel de Wadeton (dau/heir of William de Wadedon of Fishacre)
1. Sir William de Fissacre of Fishacre & Wadeton
  A. Sir Giles de Fissacre of Fishacre & Wadeton (d before 04.09.1305)
i. William de Fissacre of Fishacre & Wadeton
  a. Ivo de Fissacre of Fishacre & Wadeton (a 1331)
  (1) Sir Martin de Fissacre of Fishacre & Wadeton
Ravilious shows Martin as father of Alice & Joan but does not name his wife. However, Visitation (J.L. Vivian (1895), Devon, 1531+1564+1620+additions, 'Holway of Waton', p477) and 'Collections towards a description of the County of Devon' (identified further on the Speke page) support the following, making it clear that she was ....
  m. Agnes Speke (dau/coheir of William Speke)
  (A) Alice Fissacre
  m. John Ufflet
  The following comes from the 'Collections' book mentioned above.
  (i) Edmond Ufflet
  (a) John Ufflet (dsp)
  (ii) Alis Ufflet
m. John Walrond of Bradfield
  (B) Joan Fissacre
  m1. John Holway of Wadeton (a temp Edward III who r. 1327-1377)
  m2. John Maynard
2. Peter de Fissacre of Moreleigh, Devon
  A. Sir Peter de Fissacre of Moreleigh (a 1312, dsp)
  m. Isabel de Okeston
  B. Sir Martin de Fissacre of Moreleigh (a 1315, dsp)
  C. Martin de Fissacre of Moreleigh
  m. Sir Richard de Hydon
  i. Margaret de Hydon of Hemyock (d 15.05.1357)
  m. (before 23.04.1292) Josce de Dinham, 2nd Lord (b by 1274, d 30.03.1300/1)

Main source(s):
(1) For Fitz of Fitzford (uploaded 14.05.10, reviewed 19.03.18) : "A View of Devonshire in MDCXXX, with a Pedigree of most of its Gentry" (Thomas Westcoteas edited by Rev. George Oliver & Pitman Jones, 1845), Visitation (J.L. Vivian (1895), Devon, 1531+1564+1620+additions, 'Fitz of Fitz-Ford', p342)
(2) For Foord (uploaded 03.11.11) : Visitation (Essex, 1558, Foord)
(3) For Fineux (uploaded 03.07.13) : Visitation (Kent, 1574, Fyneaulx), Visitation (Kent, 1619, Fineux), BHO ('The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent', various - including vol 9, 'Parishes: Hougham'), with support and just a little input (shown in italics) from various web sites
(4) For Fissacre (uploaded 21.02.23) : an article by John P. Ravilious dated 01.02.2004 (found here) called 'Ancestry of the Lords Dinham: Fiss(h)acre of Morleigh, Devon', with thanks to a contributor (DCS, 21.02.23) for bringing that to our attention
[The section on Faussett has been absorbed by Faussett1; that on Farmer by Farmer02.]
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