Walter 5Th Baron FITZWALTER, Of Woodham, Sir^[1]

1400 - 1431  (31 years)

• Name	Walter 5Th Baron FITZWALTER  [2]
  Suffix	Of Woodham, Sir
  Birth	22 Jun 1400	Woodham Walter, Malden, Essex, England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Walter FITZWAUTER
  _UID	6CA749FFCE00473F8CFD262E7D015667C73E
  Death	25 Nov 1431	Henham, Bishop's Stortford, Essex, England (Dspm)   [2]
  Burial	Dunmow Priory, Essex, England
  Person ID	I6419	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	5 Jan 2006

  
  

  Father	Walter 4Th Baron FITZWALTER, Of Henham, Sir,   b. 5 Sep 1368, Henham, Bishop's Stortford, Essex, England d. 16 May 1406, Venice, Italy (Age 37 years)
  Mother	Joan 3Rd Baroness DEVEREUX,   b. Bef 1380, Lyonshall, Kington, Herefordshire, England d. 11 May 1409, Acton Burnell Castle, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England (Age ~ 29 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1397	1st Husband   [3]
  Family ID	F6713	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth CHIDIOK,   b. Abt 1410, Chideock, Bridport, Dorsetshire, England d. 14 Jun 1464 (Age ~ 54 years)
  Marriage	Aft 1425	2ND Husband   [2]
  Children	1. Elizabeth Baroness FITZWALTER,   b. 28 Jul 1430, Henham, Bishop's Stortford, Essex, England d. Bef 22 Aug 1485 (Age 55 years)
  Family ID	F3252	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

• Notes

  BARONY OF FITZWALTER (V, 7) 1415 WALTER (FITZWALTER), LORD FITZWALTER, next brother and heir, born at Woodham Walter and baptized in the Church there, 22 June 1400 or 1401. He obtained the office of Master of the King's hart-hounds, 29 July 1420, and was appointed Captain of Vire 14 January 1420/1, when he was already a knight. He was at the siege of Melun, July to November 1420, and was taken prisoner at the battle of Baugé, 22 March 1420/1. On 5 July 1423 he had livery of his father's lands, his homage and fealty being respited. In January 1425/6 he was sent---with 500 men---by the Duke of Gloucester to assist he Duke's wife, Jacqueline, Countess of Hainault, but his army was defeated by the Duke of Burgundy at Brouvershaven in Zeeland, and chased back to their ships. In 1431 he was a commander in the war with France. He was summoned to Parliament from 12 July 1429 to 27 November 1430I, by writs directed Waltero fitz Wauter chivaler. He married Elizabeth, widow of William MASSY, King's esquire (who was living 16 May 1425), and daughter of Sir John CHIDIOK, of Chideock, Dorset, [5th Lord FitzPayn], by Alianore, daughter and heir of Sir Ioun FITZWARIN, of Caundle Haddon, Dorset, Isle Brewers, Somerset, &c. He died s.p.m., 25 November 1431, aged 30 or 31, and was buried in Dunmow Priory. On 5 June 1432 his widow had livery of the manors of Woodham Walter, Burnham, Lexden, Henham, Little Dunmow, Essex, Hempnall, Diss with the hundred, Norfolk, and the manors and advowsons of Wimbish and Sheering, Essex, Shimpling, Suffolk, &c., of which she and her husband had been jointly enfeoffed, the King having taken her fealty therefor. She married, 3rdly, before 5 November 1438, as 1st wife, Sir Thomas COBHAM, [5th Lord Cobham], of Sterborough, Surrey. She died 14 June 1464, and was buried in Dunmow Priory. He died 26 April 1471, and was buried in Lingfield Church. [Complete Peerage V:482-4, XIV:326, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

  
  

• Sources

  [S579] Jim Weber. [S63] Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000, V:482-4 (Reliability: 3). [S63] Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000, II:435 (Reliability: 3).