- FitzMartin
FitzMartin was the
surname of a Norman family based inEngland andWales between1085 and1342 .Family origins
The first known member of the family was an obscure man called Martin, who appears to have died prior to
1085 . Little is known for certain of him; he was husband to Geva de Burci, and by her was father to a son called Robert. In his lifetime, Martin's son would be known asRobert fitz Martin , and this patronymic would develop into the surname FitzMartin.In the
Domesday Book of1086 , Geva's new husband,William de Falaise , is listed as a landowner inDevon ,Dorset andSomerset , as was her father,Serlo de Burci . The bulk of these estates, includingBlagdon andDartington , would later devolve on Robert.Robert fitz Martin The Lords of Cemais
The Crusaders
The Lords Martin
End of the Line
The last of the senior line of the family, Eleanor, died in
1342 . By this stage, junior branches of the family were already established in Waterston, Dorset (later ofAthelhampton );St. David's ,Wales ; and by1365 ThomasMartyn had settled in the town ofGalway ,Ireland .Family tree 1085 - 1342
Serlo de Burcy
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Martin = Geva = William de Falaise Nun of Shaftsbury
Robert, d.1159 Emma = William Fitz Humphry (ancestors ofJohn de Courcy ) =Maud Peverel, alive 1133. =Alice de Nonant, d. 1194.
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| | Robert, d. 1162? Sibyl, alive 1198 William, d. 1209 =Warin de Morcells =Angharad ferchThe Lord Rhys , d. August 1226.
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| William, d. by 15th Feb. 1216. Martin Fitz William =Avice de Breaute, alive 1246. (illegitimate; existence uncertain)
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Sir Nicholas, d. 1282. Robert Fitz Martin, alive 1235. =? ?, d. before 1260. (issue) =Isabelle Fitz William
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| | | | | | Sir Nicholas, d. 1260. Sir Robert Sir Warin Avice Bishop David John William =Maud de Brian fl. 1303 d. 1328 d. 1327 fl. 1268 fl. 1326
issue issue
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| William, Lord Martin; d. by Oct. 1324. Mary Martin =Eleanor Fitz Piers; marr. by Jan. 1282. =Richard Le Fleming, Lord of Slane, Ireland.
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| | | Edmund, fl. 1297 Eleanor, 1285-1342 William, Lord Martin, d.1326 Joan, d. 1322. =Joan Hastings =William Hastings =Margaret Hastings =Earl of Lincoln no issue =Phillip de Columbers no issue =Nicholas Audley no issue
James, Lord Audley (1313-86) (Baron Audley )References
* "The Baronial Martins", Lionel Nex, 1987.
* "The Lords of Cemais", Dilwynn Miles, Haverfordwest, 1996.
* "The Tribes of Galway",Adrian J. Martyn , Galway, 2001.
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