John Fettiplace (politician died 1580)

Mural monument with recumbent effigy of John Fettiplace (erected in 1593) in St Laurence's Church, Appleton, Oxfordshire. Showing the arms of Fettiplace: Gules, two chevrons argent[1] quartering Three bezants (possibly canting arms of Besil) and Gules, a lion statant guardant argent crowned or (Lisle of Kingston Lisle, Sparsholt, Berkshire)
Arms of Fettiplace: Gules, two chevrons argent

John Fettiplace (1527 – 28 December 1580)[2] of Besils-Leigh[3] (modern: Besselsleigh) in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), was a member of the landed gentry and of the prominent Fettiplace family who served as a Member of Parliament for Berkshire in 1558[4] and twice served as Sheriff of Berkshire, in 1568 and 1577.

  1. ^ Guillim, John, The banner display'd: or, An abridgment, Volume 1, p. 141 [1]
  2. ^ "Royal Berkshire History: Ford's Landed Gentry of Berkshire Database". www.berkshirehistory.com.
  3. ^ History of Parliament biography
  4. ^ Browne Willis Notitia parliamentaria, or, An history of the counties, cities, and boroughs in England and Wales: ... The whole extracted from mss. and printed evidences 1750