Family and Education
bap. 20 July 1603, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir Miles Fleetwood of Aldwinkle All Saints, Northants. by Anne, da. of Nicholas Luke of Woodend, Beds.; bro. of Charles Fleetwood. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 1619. m. (1) bef. 1631, Frances, da. and h. of Henry Sture of Maridge, Devon, 3s. 1da.; (2) c.1638, Elizabeth, da. and h. of Thomas Harvey of Twycross, Leics., 4s. 3da. Kntd. 20 July 1624; suc. fa. 1641.Northants. N. and Q. n.s. i. 113-15.
Offices Held
Cup-bearer by 1624 – 46, May 1660 – d.; receiver-gen. of the court of wards 1641–3.
J.p. Northants. and Oxon. by 1634 – 46, Oxon. July 1660 d., Woodstock Aug. 1660 – d.; ranger, Woodstock Park by 1642 – ?50, May 1660 – d.; commr. of array, Northants. 1642, assessment, Oxon. Aug. 1660 – d., Northants. 1663 – d., Beds. 1665 – d., loyal and indigent officers, Oxon. 1662; freeman, Woodstock by 1662.
Capt. of ft. (royalist) 1642, col. by 1646.
Main residence: High Lodge, Woodstock Park, Oxon.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
FLEETWOOD, Sir William (1603-74)
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Oxford 1644
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Religion
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