FITZ-WARREN

This name seems to refer to the Fitz-Warines, who deduced from Guarine de Meez, a member of the House of Lorraine. Of this Guarine it is recorded that, having heard that William, a valiant knight, sister's son to Pain Peverell, Lord of Whittington, in Shropshire, had two daughters, one of whom, Mallet, had resolved to marry none but a knight of great prowess; and that her father had appointed a meeting of noble young men, at Peverel's Place, on the Peke, from which she was to select the most gallant, he came thither; when entering the lists with a son of the King of Scotland, and with a Baron of Burgundy, he vanquished them both, and won the fair prize, with the Lordship and Castle of Whittington. At this place he subsequently took up his abode and founded the Abbey of Adderbury. The last male representative, Fulke, seventh Baron Fitz-Warine, died in minority, in 1429, leaving his daughter ELIZABETH his heir. This lady became the wife of Richard Hankford, Esq., and the mother of Thomasine Hankford, who married Sir William Bourchier, Knt.

--(This name appears on the Battle Abbey Roll).