The Fettiplace Baronetcy, of Childrey

Childrey

Childrey is a village and civil parish about west of Wantage in the Vale of White Horse. The parish was part of the Wantage Rural District in Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred the whole of the Vale of White Horse from Berkshire to Oxfordshire.Childrey was originally an island...

 in the County of Berkshire

Berkshire

Berkshire is a historic county in the South of England. It is also often referred to as the Royal County of Berkshire because of the presence of the royal residence of Windsor Castle in the county; this usage, which dates to the 19th century at least, was recognised by the Queen in 1957, and...

 (now Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire

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), was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 30 March 1661 for John Fettiplace as a reward for the support given by members of the family, particularly John's uncles John and Edmund, to the Royalist

Royalist

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 cause in the Civil Wars. The title became extinct on the death of the fifth Baronet in 1743.

Fettiplace

Fettiplace

Fettiplace is an English family name of Norman descent, with at least 800 years of history. They were landed gentry, chiefly in the counties of Berkshire and Oxfordshire.-Origin:...

Baronets, of Childrey (1661)

• Sir John Fettiplace, 1st Baronet (d. 1672)
• Sir Edmund Fettiplace, 2nd Baronet (c. 1654-1707)
• Sir Charles Fettiplace, 3rd Baronet (d. 1713)
• Sir Lorenzo Fettiplace, 4th Baronet (c. 1662-1725)
• Sir George Fettiplace, 5th Baronet (1668-1743)