Walter FITZ WALTER

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Walter Fitz Walter, 5th Lord Fitz Walter, younger son, was born at Woodham Walter and Baptised there on 22 June 1401, and brother and heir of humphrey Fitz Walter. He was actively employed in the French wars of King Henry V, and was taken prisoner at Bauge on 22 Mar 1421. He was Master of the King's Dogs and Harthounds on 16 July 1425. He was summoned to Parliament from 12 July 1429 by writs directed 'Waltero fitz Wauter chivaler'.

Walter married Elizabeth CHIDIOCK before 1430. Elizabeth died on 14 Jun 1464. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Elizabeth FITZ WALTER was born on 28 Jul 1430; died before 22 Aug 1485.

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Walter Fitz Walter, 4th Lord Fitz Walter, second but first surviving son and heir by first marriage, was born at Henham on 5 Sep. 1368. he was summoned to Parliament from 12 Sep 1390 by writs directed 'Waltero fitz Wauter'. In passing by sea from Rome to Naples, he was captured by Saracens and taken prisoner to Tunis. Having been ransomed by some Genoese merchants, Walter Fitz Walter, Lord Fitz Walter, died aged thirty-seven at Venice on 16 May 1406.

Walter married Joan DEVEREUX. Joan (daughter of Sir John DEVEREUX and Margaret DE VERE) was born about 1380; died between 10 and 11 May 1409; was buried in Dunmow Priory. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]