In 1517 John Fleetwood was born.
In 1535 John Fleetwood [aged 18] was appointed Dean of the Chancery which office he held until 1570.
Around 1538 John Fleetwood [aged 21] was appointed Usher of Change of Money in the Tower.
Around 1543 John Fleetwood [aged 26] purchased Calwich Abbey, Staffordshire [Map] following its dissolution. The resulting transformation was described by the contemporary historian Erdeswick: "the chancel had been made into a parlour, the church into a hall and the steeple into a kitchen".
In 1548 and 1568 John Fleetwood [aged 31] was appointed High Sheriff of Staffordshire.
In 1560 John Fleetwood [aged 43] puchased Wootton Lodge, Staffordshire [Map] from William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley [aged 39].
Around 1560 [his son] Thomas Fleetwood was born to John Fleetwood [aged 43].
In 1572 John Fleetwood [aged 55] was elected MP Staffordshire.
In 1577 and 1586 John Fleetwood [aged 60] was appointed High Sheriff of Lancashire.
Between 6th October 1590, when he made his will, and 13th October 1590, when he was buried, John Fleetwood [aged 73] died. He had intended to be buried at St Peter's Church, Ellastone where he had a tomb prepared but died in Lancashire and was buried there. The tomb is believed to contain the remains of his son Thomas Fleetwood [aged 30]. His son Thomas Fleetwood inherited Wootton Lodge, Staffordshire [Map].
Thomas Fleetwood: Around 1560 he was born to John Fleetwood. In 1603 he died. His son Richard Fleetwood 1st Baronet inherited Wootton Lodge, Staffordshire [Map].