366 FITZ-JOHN — FITZ-PAYNE. Barony by Richard FiTz-JonN, son of John(») Fitz-John-Fitz- Writ. Geoffrey, of Berkhatnpstead, Herts, &c, and br. and h. of John Fitz-John (next above named) sue. his said brother in 1276, being I. 1295, then aged 24. He was in the wars in Wales and France, and was to sum. as a Baron [LORD FITZ-JOHN] by writ, directed " Rico. fil. 1297. Johu." 23 June (1295), 23 Ed. I.( b ) He m. Emma. He rf., B.p. in France (1297), 25 Ed. I., when the Barony became extinct. His widow was living 1298.( c ) Mattiiew FjTz-JoHN( d ) was sum. 26 Jan. (1296/7), 25 Ed. I., to attend the King at Saliabury.( 0 ) He was one of the Barons whose signature is appended (as " Malt's fil. Joliis, D'n's tic Stoheham ") to the celebrated lettor in 1301 to the Pope.O and hud previously been Governor of Exeter (128S), Sheriff of Devon (1288 and 1294) Warden of the forests of Melksham and Chippenham (1301), &c. He (/. s.p. (1309-10), 3 Ed. II., having left all his laud to the Kiug. His widow Eleanor living 1310. FFTZ-MARMADUKE, see Tiiweng. F1TZ-MAURICE. i.e., " Fitz-Waurice," Viscountcy [L] (Fiiz-Maurice Petty), er. 1751. See " SnELBOn:<E," Earldom [I.], cr. 1753. FITZ-OSBERT. Roger Fitz-Osrert was sum. (with about CO other persons) 8 June (1294), 22 Ed. I., to attend the King wherever ho might be to advise on the affairs of the realm.(e) He <l. s.n. about 1306. FITZ-PAYNE. 1. Robekt Fitz-Payne, s. and h. of Robert Fitz- Barony by Payne, sue. his father, in 1280, in very considerable estates in Dorset, ■Writ Somerset, Wilts, Devon, &c., was in the Welsh wars, 1282, was sum. 26 Jan. (1296/7), 25 Ed. I., to attend the King at Salisbury(») and I. 1299. was sum. to Pari, as a Baron [LORD FITZ-PAYNE] by writs directed " Robo. fil. Pagani" from 6 Feb. (1298/9), 27 Ed. I., to 23 Oct, (1314), 8 Ed. IL He was in the Scotch wars, 1303 ; K.B., 1306 ; was at the (») This John who d. 1258), was s. and h. of John Fitz-Geoffrey-Fitz- Piers, who was a yr. s. of Geoffrey (Fitz-Pif.ks), Earl of Essex (the said John being the Baid Earl Geoffrey's son by a second wife) and was br. of the half-blood and heir to some of the estates of William (de Mandeville), Earl of Essex (the said Eurl's son by a first wife) who d. 1227. See p. 281, note " d," si<& " Essex." (t>) His name occurs in the rolls of Pari, before the record of writs of summons commenced. ( c ) His estates devolved on his sisters or their issue, whose names, as also the property they inherited, are very fully given in " Dugdale." (a) His pedigree is in Dugdale (vol. i, p. 625), sub " Fitz-Herbert." He is said to be s. of John who was s. of Matthew, a yr. s. of Herbert Fitz-Herbert, Chamberlain to King Stephen. See Banks' " Bar. Angl.," vol. ii, p. 81. (») See vol i, p. Ill, note " b," sub " Ap-Adam," aB to the summons of 1297 not having the effect of a rogular writ of summons to Pari. (f) See full account of this letter and the signatories thereto in " Nicolas," pp. 761—809. (e) See vol. i, p. 259, note " c," sub " Basset de Sapcote," as to the summons of 1294 not having the effect of a regular writ of summons to Pail.
