Fitzwilliam CONINGSBY

Abt 1589 - Bef 1666  (~ 77 years)

• Name	Fitzwilliam CONINGSBY
  Birth	Abt 1589	Hampton Court, Herefordshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	Bef 23 Aug 1666
  Person ID	I5696	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 May 2016

  
  

  Father	Thomas CONINGSBY,   b. 9 Oct 1550, Hampton Court, Herefordshire, England d. 30 May 1625 (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Phillipa FITZWILLIAM,   b. Melton, Northants, England
  Family ID	F2136	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Cecelia NEVILLE,   b. Abergavenny, d. Aft 1652
  Marriage	12 Jul 1617	St. Alphage, London, England
  Children	1. Cecelia Fitzwilliam CONINGSBY,   b. 1621   d. Oct 1689 (Age 68 years)   2. Phillipa CONINGSBY,   b. Bef 24 Apr 1621   3. Humphrey CONINGSBY,   b. Bef 22 Sep 1622, Hampton Court, Herefordshire, England d. Aft 1692 (Age > 71 years)   4. Thomas CONINGSBY,   b. 17 Apr 1628   bur. 15 Mar 1682/1683 (Age ~ 54 years)   5. Henry CONINGSBY,   b. Bef Jun 1629   d. 1692 (Age > 62 years)
  Family ID	F1515	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 May 2016

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1589 - Hampton Court, Herefordshire, England Marriage - 12 Jul 1617 - St. Alphage, London, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  High Steward of Leominster. His office was to preside in conjunction withthe Bailif in the Leet or Great Law Court of the Borough. MP 1620/21 and 1640-41, when he was expeled as a monopolist. He fought for the King throughout the Civil War till in 1646 he is fouindat the siege of Worcester, protesting against the surrender of the cityby the Royalist commander . Fitzwilliam then went into exile and sufferedheavilly in the sequestration of his estates, , his wife Cecilly and hischildren being reduced to comparative poverty. His petitions and those ofhis wife and of his sons, with the counter petitions of his tennants andof Sir Thomas Allen to whom the bulk of his estates had been grantedoccupy six pages (2064-71) of the Callendar of the Committe forCompounding, etc., and in 1653 he was still desparatly pleading "thestarving condition" of himself and his family. At the restorationFitzwiliam recovered his estates. High Sherrif of Herefordshire 1627 Fitzwilliam Conningsby leaves his beloved Cousin Thomas Coningsby Esq ofHampton, Howton Riffens's Mill and all his fee simple estate will dated 25 Feb 1666, proved at C.P.C. 1 Dec 1666 Only surviving Son; mentioned by S Wyse in his will as his fathers inLaw. Will dated 25 Feb 1665 B.A, Lincoln College Oxon 1612,