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NOTES AND QUERIES. [ii s. vi. JULY 20, 1912.
' The Registers of Admissions to Gray's
Inn ' show that three Henrys belonged to
it:
"Henry Fleetwood, admitted 21 Nov., 1580; called to the Bar 1586 (' Pension Book of Gray's Inn,' 73).
" Henry Fleetwood, second son of Richard oi Penwortham [and Margery (Leigh)], admitted 15 March, 1605/6.
"Henry Fleetwood, second son of Henry Fleet- wood, now reader, admitted 14 March, 1608/9."
A Henry Fleetwood, gent., of Gray's Inn, bachelor, 31, was to marry Elizabeth Haynes, spinster, 27 ; Marr. Allegation, 3 June, 1631 (Chester's ' London Marr. Licences ').
Henry Fleetwood, admitted 1580, was no doubt the Henry who purchased Oxey Lodge, Herts, and other property, 23 July, 43 Eliz. (1601), from Francis Heydon,
- and in the ensuing year conveyed same
to Robert Bowyer and Richard Fusse (Fust) of London (Clutterbuck's ' Herts,' i. 248). This Henry was lord of the manors of Bever- stone and Hill, co. Gloucester, in 1608 ; he sold Beverstone soon after to Richard Fust of London (Rudder's ' Gloucestershire,' 283, 499). Was he the Henry Fleetwood of Longby,* Bucks, who married Elizabeth (born 31 Jan., 1577), daughter of Edward Fust of London, who married Jane Singleton about 1564? (Burke's 'Extinct Baronetcies,' 2nd ed. 211.) Richard, ^brother of Elizabeth Fust, purchased the manor of Hill or Hull, co. Gloucester, temp. 2 Eliz. (ibid.).
Henry Fleetwood, " formerly Reader of Grayes-Inne," was part author of ' The Per- fect Conveyancer . . . . ' sold by Abel Roper jn 1655.
One of these Henry Fleetwoods was
- guilty of corrupt practices, for which he
was fined twice in 1609 (' Pension Book of Gray's Inn,' 186, 189).
Fleetwood of Missenden, Bucks, and the Founding of Virginia. Two sons of the Recorder were among the adventurers in this undertaking. Sir William Fleetwoodf was a member of the Virginia Company under the third charter (dated 12 March, 9 James I., 1612), and subscribed and paid
- Longby is neither in the Directory nor in the
Post Office Guide. Can it be identified ?
t The Whites and Dormers, kinsmen of the Fleetwoods, were also interested in the Virginia enterprise. A Sir Fleetwood Dormer, of Arle Court, co. Gloucester, emigrated to Virginia.
37Z. 10s. He was one of the Council. His
brother Edward was a member under the
second charter (dated 23 May, 1609), and
paid 62Z. Ws. Edward made his will 9 Nov.,
1608, with a memorandum entitled " A
remembrance of such things as I lefte with
Mr. Robert Brett at my departure for
Virginia, 8 May, 1609." He makes several
bequests to relatives, and appoints his
brother Sir William executor, who proved
the will 19 Dec., 1609, P.C.C. Dorsett, 116
(Virginia Mag. of History and Biography.
xiii. 405-6, and ' The Genesis of the United
States,' by Alex. Brown, 218, 544).
On 7 March, 1589, Sir Walter Ralegh, Chief Governor of Virginia, transferred the colony by indenture to a number of persons, among them being Henry Fleetwood, a merchant of London and adventurer to Virginia (' Genesis of the United States,' 20).
There is reason for presuming that Francis Fleetwood, another son of the Recorder, went to Virginia and died there, as admon. was granted to his brother Sir William, 7 June, 1627 (P.C.C.). He was sixth son of the Recorder ; of Balliol College, Oxford, matric. 28 June, 1604, cet. 17 ; B.A. 23 April, 1607 ; and of the Middle Temple, 1605.
Another Francis Fleetwood had a cer- tificate, dated 11 Nov., 1661, for 50 acres for John Mouth, and assigned by Thomas Harding ('Certificates of Head Rights in the County Court of Lower Norfolk, Virginia,' New Eng. Hist, and Genealogical Register, xlvii. 198). It was the custom to grant 50 acres of land for every person imported.
Fleetwood of Calwich, co. Stafford. Sir Thomas Fleetwood, sixth baronet, died at 9, Alfred Street, Bath, 3 Dec., 1802. The house now forms part of a large drapery business. He was buried in Bath Abbey (M.I.).
Fleetwood of Sweden. The following were naturalized by Bill 8 June, 1657 : Gustavus Miles Fleetwood, George William Fleet- wood, and Adolphus Jacobus Fleetwood 'sons of George Fleetwood, General and Baron of Sweden). The Bill was signed by Dliver Cromwell on 9 June (Huguenot Society, vol. xviii.).
Fleetwood of Madras. Edward Fleet- wood was a trustee of the wills of Gulston and Mary Addison (11 S. ii. 103, 210). He was also to act as trustee of the will of Sarah Pitt, widow of John Pitt of Masulipatam, hould Gulston Addison die. Her will is dated Fort St. George, 4 May, 1706.
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