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Published March 2025. The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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Baron Fitzwalter is in Baronies of England Alphabetically.
There have been two creations of Baron Fitzwalter:
1st. 1295. Robert Fitzwalter 1st Baron Fitzwalter 1247-1326. Extant Baronies of England.
2nd. 1868. Brook William Bridges 1st Baron FitzWalter 1801-1875. Extinct. 1875.
Baron Fitzwalter (1st Creation)
Baron Fitzwalter is also in Baronies of England Chronologically, Succeeded Baronesses of England, Abeyant Baronies of England, Extant Baronies of England.
1st: Robert Fitzwalter 1st Baron Fitzwalter. Died 1326. Son
2nd: Robert Fitzwalter 2nd Baron Fitzwalter. Died 1328. Son
3rd: John Fitzwalter 3rd Baron Fitzwalter. Died 1361. Son
4th: Walter Fitzwalter 4th Baron Fitzwalter. Died 1386. Son
5th: Walter Fitzwalter 5th Baron Fitzwalter. Died 1406. Son
6th: Humphrey Fitzwalter 6th Baron Fitzwalter. Died 1415. Brother.
7th: Walter Fitzwalter 7th Baron Fitzwalter. Died 1431. Daughter.
8th: Elizabeth Fitzwalter Baroness Dinham 8th Baroness Fitzwalter. Died 1485. Son
9th: John Radclyffe 9th Baron Fitzwalter. Died 1496. Son
10th: Robert Radclyffe 1st Earl of Sussex. Died 1542. Son
11th: Henry Radclyffe 2nd Earl of Sussex. Died 1557. Son
12th: Thomas Radclyffe 3rd Earl of Sussex. Died 1583. Brother.
13th: Henry Radclyffe 4th Earl of Sussex. Died 1593. Son
14th: Robert Radclyffe 5th Earl of Sussex. Died 1629. Half First Cousin.
15th: Henry Mildmay 15th Baron Fitzwalter. Died 1654. Grandson.
16th: Henry Mildmay 16th Baron Fitzwalter. Died 1662. Brother.
17th: Benjamin Mildmay 17th Baron Fitzwalter. Died 1679. Son
18th: Charles Mildmay 18th Baron Fitzwalter. Died 1728. Brother.
19th: Benjamin Mildmay 1st Earl Fitzwalter. Died 1756. Abeyant. First Cousin Six times Removed.
20th: Henry FitzWalter Plumptre 20th Baron FitzWalter. Died 1932. Abeyant. Nephew.
21st: FitzWalter Brook Plumptre 21st Baron FitzWalter. Died 2004. Son
On 24th June 1295 King Edward I of England (age 56) created new baronies through writs for summons to his 36th Parliament
John Montfort 1st Baron Montfort (age 31) was created 1st Baron Montfort. Alice Plaunche Baroness Montfort by marriage Baroness Montfort.
Walter Fauconberg 1st Baron Fauconberg (age 75) was created 1st Baron Fauconberg.
Thomas Furnival 1st Baron Furnivall (age 35) was created 1st Baron Furnivall. Joan Despencer Baroness Furnivall (age 37) by marriage Baroness Furnivall.
Robert Fitzwalter 1st Baron Fitzwalter (age 48) was created 1st Baron Fitzwalter. Eleanor Ferrers Baroness Fitzwalter by marriage Baroness Fitzwalter.
Ralph Basset 1st Baron Basset Drayton (age 31) was created 1st Baron Basset Drayton. Hawise Grey Baroness Basset Drayton (age 40) by marriage Baroness Basset Drayton.
The following Baronies may have been created at the 36th Parliament or the 37th Parliament summoned on 30th September 1295.
John Wake 1st Baron Wake of Liddell (age 27) was created 1st Baron Wake of Liddell.
Andrew Astley 1st Baron Astley (age 49) was created 1st Baron Astley.
Thomas Berkeley 6th and 1st Baron Berkeley (age 49) was created 1st Baron Berkeley. Joan Ferrers Baroness Berkeley by marriage Baroness Berkeley.
Reginald Grey 1st Baron Grey of Wilton (age 55) was created 1st Baron Grey of Wilton. Maud Fitzhugh Baroness Grey Wilton (age 73) by marriage Baroness Grey of Wilton.
John Hastings 13th Baron Abergavenny 1st Baron Hastings (age 33) was created 1st Baron Hastings by a summons to Parliament. Isabel Valence Baroness Bergavenny Baroness Hastings by marriage Baroness Hastings.
Ralph Neville 1st Baron Neville of Raby (age 32) was created 1st Baron Neville Raby. Euphemia Clavering Baroness Neville Raby (age 28) by marriage Baroness Neville Raby.
John Beke 1st Baron Beke (age 72) was created 1st Baron Beke (although there is some doubt whether he was created Baron).
Fulk Fitzwarin 1st Baron Fitzwarin (age 43) was created 1st Baron Fitzwarin.
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After 10th May 1308 Robert Fitzwalter 1st Baron Fitzwalter (age 61) and Alice Montfort Baroness Fitzwalter were married. She by marriage Baroness Fitzwalter.
On 18th January 1326 Robert Fitzwalter 1st Baron Fitzwalter (age 79) died. His son Robert (age 26) succeeded 2nd Baron Fitzwalter. Not clear why his father Robert Fitzwalter 2nd Baron Fitzwalter didn't succeed? Joan de Multon Baroness Fitzwalter (age 22) by marriage Baroness Fitzwalter.
On 6th May 1328 Robert Fitzwalter 2nd Baron Fitzwalter (age 28) died. His son John (age 13) succeeded 3rd Baron Fitzwalter.
In or before 1345 John Fitzwalter 3rd Baron Fitzwalter (age 29) and Eleanor Percy Baroness Fitzwalter (age 8) were married. She by marriage Baroness Fitzwalter. The difference in their ages was 21 years. They were third cousin twice removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 18th October 1361 John Fitzwalter 3rd Baron Fitzwalter (age 46) died. He was buried at Little Dunmow Priory [Map]. His son Walter (age 16) succeeded 4th Baron Fitzwalter.
In 1386 Walter Fitzwalter 4th Baron Fitzwalter (age 41) died. His son Walter (age 18) succeeded 5th Baron Fitzwalter.
In 1406 Walter Fitzwalter 5th Baron Fitzwalter (age 38) died. His son Humphrey (age 8) succeeded 6th Baron Fitzwalter.
In 1415 Humphrey Fitzwalter 6th Baron Fitzwalter (age 17) died. In 1415 His brother Walter (age 15) succeeded 7th Baron Fitzwalter.
On 25th November 1431 Walter Fitzwalter 7th Baron Fitzwalter (age 31) drowned at sea in a storm whilst returning from France.
Elizabeth Fitzwalter Baroness Dinham 8th Baroness Fitzwalter (age 2) succeeded 8th Baroness Fitzwalter. Note. Chronicle of Gregory 1432 states 24th November 1432 or, more specifically, "on Syn Kateryn ys eve" - St Katherine's feast day is 25 Nov.
Before 27th October 1444 John Radclyffe Baron Fitzwalter (age 18) and Elizabeth Fitzwalter Baroness Dinham 8th Baroness Fitzwalter (age 14) were married. He by marriage Baron Fitzwalter. They were third cousins.
On 22nd August 1485 Elizabeth Fitzwalter Baroness Dinham 8th Baroness Fitzwalter (age 55) died. Her son John (age 33) succeeded 9th Baron Fitzwalter.
On 24th November 1496 John Radclyffe 9th Baron Fitzwalter (age 44) was beheaded at Calais [Map] for trying to bribe his jailers. His son Robert (age 13) succeeded 10th Baron Fitzwalter.
After 23rd July 1505 Robert Radclyffe 1st Earl of Sussex (age 22) and Elizabeth Stafford Countess Sussex (age 26) were married. She by marriage Baroness Fitzwalter. She the daughter of Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Catherine Woodville Duchess Buckingham and Bedford. They were fifth cousin once removed. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 27th November 1542 Robert Radclyffe 1st Earl of Sussex (age 59) died. His son Henry (age 35) succeeded 2nd Earl of Sussex, 2nd Viscount Fitzwalter, 11th Baron Fitzwalter. Anne Calthorpe 2nd Countess Sussex (age 21) by marriage Countess of Sussex.
On 17th February 1557 Henry Radclyffe 2nd Earl of Sussex (age 50) died. He was buried at St Lawrence Pountney Church. His son Thomas (age 32) succeeded 3rd Earl of Sussex, 3rd Viscount Fitzwalter, 12th Baron Fitzwalter. Frances Sidney Countess Sussex (age 26) by marriage Countess of Sussex.
On 9th June 1583 Thomas Radclyffe 3rd Earl of Sussex (age 58) died. His brother Henry (age 51) succeeded 4th Earl of Sussex, 4th Viscount Fitzwalter, 13th Baron Fitzwalter. Honora Pound Viscountess Fitzwalter by marriage Countess of Sussex.
On 14th December 1593 Henry Radclyffe 4th Earl of Sussex (age 61) died. He was buried at Boreham, Essex [Map]. His son Robert (age 20) succeeded 5th Earl of Sussex, 5th Viscount Fitzwalter, 14th Baron Fitzwalter.
On 22nd September 1629 Robert Radclyffe 5th Earl of Sussex (age 56) died at Clerkenwell [Map]. His first cousin once removed Edward (age 70) succeeded 6th Earl of Sussex, 6th Viscount Fitzwalter. His half first cousin Henry (age 44) de jure 15th Baron Fitzwalter.
In 1654 Henry Mildmay 15th Baron Fitzwalter (age 69) died. His grandson Henry (age 9) de jure 16th Baron Fitzwalter. His title was recognised in August 1660
Before 24th March 1662 Henry Mildmay 16th Baron Fitzwalter (age 17) died. He was buried on 24th March 1662. His brother Benjamin (age 16) succeeded 17th Baron Fitzwalter.
In 1679 Benjamin Mildmay 17th Baron Fitzwalter (age 33) died. His son Charles (age 9) succeeded 18th Baron Fitzwalter.
On 8th June 1693 Charles Mildmay 18th Baron Fitzwalter (age 23) and Elizabeth Bertie Baroness Fitzwalter (age 17) were married. She by marriage Baroness Fitzwalter.
In 1728 Charles Mildmay 18th Baron Fitzwalter (age 58) died without issue. His brother Benjamin (age 55) succeeded 19th Baron Fitzwalter. Frederica Schomberg Countess Holderness and Fitzwalter (age 41) by marriage Baroness Fitzwalter.
On 29th February 1756 Benjamin Mildmay 1st Earl Fitzwalter (age 83) died. Earl Fitzwalter, Viscount Harwich Essex extinct. Baron Fitzwalter abeyant between the issue of his aunt Mary Mildmay. The abeyance was terminated 30 Sep 1924 after nearly 169 years in favour of one of the co-heirs Henry FitzWalter Plumptre 20th Baron FitzWalter.
On 11th June 1765 Brook Bridges 3rd Baronet (age 31) and Fanny Fowler (age 18) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She an heiress to Baron Fitzwalter through her maternal grandmother Frances Mildmay who was a daughter of Mary Mildmay who was sister of Henry Mildmay 16th Baron Fitzwalter and Benjamin Mildmay 17th Baron Fitzwalter, and aunt of Benjamin Mildmay 1st Earl Fitzwalter who was the 19th and last Baron Fitzwalter on whose death the Barony became abeyant.
In 1841 Brook William Bridges 1st Baron FitzWalter (age 39) claimed Baron Fitzwalter which had been in abeyance since 1756. The House of Lords, for unknown reasons, decided against terminating the abeyance in his favour.
On 30th September 1924 Henry FitzWalter Plumptre 20th Baron FitzWalter (age 63) abeyance terminated 20th Baron Fitzwalter.
The London Gazette 32980. Crown Office, House of Lords, S:W. 1, 6th October, 1924.
A Writ dated the 30th day of September, 1924, directed to Henry FitzWalter Plumptre (age 10), summoning him to the Upper House of Parliament by the name, style and title of Henry FitzWalter Plumptre de FitzWalter, Chevalier, has been passed under the Great Seal, pursuant to Warrant under His Majesty's Royal Sign Manual
On 12th September 1932 Henry FitzWalter Plumptre 20th Baron FitzWalter (age 71) died. Baron Fitzwalter abeyant.
On 28th May 1953 FitzWalter Brook Plumptre 21st Baron FitzWalter (age 39) abeyance terminated 21st Baron Fitzwalter.
On 14th October 2004 FitzWalter Brook Plumptre 21st Baron FitzWalter (age 90) died. His son Julian (age 52) succeeded 22nd Baron Fitzwalter.
Baron Fitzwalter of Woodham Walter in Essex (2nd Creation)
Baron Fitzwalter of Woodham Walter in Essex is also in Baronies of England Chronologically, Extinct Baronies of England.
In 1868 Brook William Bridges 1st Baron FitzWalter (age 66) was created 1st Baron Fitzwalter of Woodham Walter in Essex.
On 6th December 1875 Brook William Bridges 1st Baron FitzWalter (age 74) died. Baron Fitzwalter of Woodham Walter in Essex extinct. His brother Brook (age 73) succeeded 6th Baronet Bridges of Goodneston in Kent.