Sir Henry FitzLewis, of Bromford & Horndon

Biography

"Sir Henry FitzLewis married Elizabeth Beaufort, daughter of Sir Edmund Beaufort, Marquis of Dorset, Duke Somerset, Constable of England and Eleanor Beauchamp, before 1474; His 1st marriage. They had 1 daughter:[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

1. Mary, wife of Sir Anthony Wydeville, 2nd Earl of Rivers, 8th Lord Scales, & of Sir George Neville

Sir Henry FitzLewis married Eleanor Hungerford, daughter of Sir Robert Hungerford, 2nd Lord Hungerford and Margaret Botreaux, after 1475; No issue.[1][2][3][4][5][8][9][10][11][12]

Sir Henry FitzLewis died in May 1480 at of Bromfords, Nevendon, Essex, England.[1][2][4][9][11]

Origins

Rev. H.L. Elliot (1898) "Fitz Lewes, of West Horndon, and the brasses at Ingrave" Transactions of the Essex Archaeological Society vol.4 New Series. Page 35. < Archive.Org >

"Sir Lewes John, in his Will, makes provision for the following children : Lewes, Henry, John, Philip, Edmond, Margaret, Elizabeth, Alice, and another Margaret. In this document all the sons are called by the surname of Fitz Lewes, and were probably the first of the family to bear it.”

Page 37

Sir Henry Fitz Lewes, or Lewes, the second son of Sir Lewes John and Alice de Vere, was also an active supporter of the House of Lancaster. He was made a Knight at the battle of Northampton, 9th July, 1460 ; and died 9th May, 1480, seised of the manors of Tey Hall, and Bromfords in Essex, and advowson of the Rectory of Nevendon. These, as he had no male issue, reverted, in accordance with the provision of his father's Will, to the heir of his father, viz., to Richard Fitz Lewes, son of Lewes Fitz Lewes, son of Sir Lewes John. …

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Sources

1. https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1469.htm... Cites
   1. Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 603.
   2. Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 47.
   3. Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 271.
   4. Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 652
   5. Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 261.
   6. Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 427-428.
   7. Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 543-544.
   8. Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 430.
   9. Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 501-502.
   10. Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 361.
   11. Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 444-446.
   12. Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 62.
   13. "Royal Ancestry" 2013, Douglas Richardson Vol. IV. p. 655"
2. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Fitz_Lewes-3
3. “JOHN, Lewis (d.1442), of London and West Horndon, Essex.” Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421, ed. J.S. Roskell, L. Clark, C. Rawcliffe., 1993 < link >
4. http://www.celtic-casimir.com/webtree/18/34215.htm (dead link)

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This is probably the same Sir Henry FitzLewis who had a daughter Mary who became the second wife of Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers.

Sir Henry was also married to Elizabeth Beaufort, but Mary was apparently a "wild oat" from before he was married at all. .