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http://www.berkshirehistory.com/bios/afettiplace.htmlAnthony was the second son of John Fettiplace, citizen anddraper of London and Lord of the Manor of East Shefford(Berkshire), by his wife, Joan Fabian, widow of Alderman RobertHorne. His father died when he was a toddler. He would have beenbrought up in East Shefford and Letcombe Regis by his mother andand step-father, John Estbury. Anthony's family were essentially Lancastrians and one wonderswhether he joined Henry Tudor at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485,when he snatched the Crown to become King Henry VII. Very soonafterwards, he was appointed keeper, for life, of the parks ofBerley and Cornbury (Oxfordshire), with the usual wages paid outof the lordship of Woodstock, and about the same time wasgranted the office of launderer of the Laund of Burford, in theForest of Wychwood, with wages out of the Lordships of Langley,Burford and Shipton. He was also made Esquire of the Body toKing Henry, receiving an annuity of 50 marks from the Exchequerfor his services. In 1488 - along with his half-brother, John Horne,half-brother-in-law, Sir William Norreys and his friend, SirWilliam Stonor - Anthony was commissioned "to summons all Earls,Barons, Knights and other Nobles in the County of Oxfordshire,to examine how many archers each is bound to find for the King'sarmy, and to take the numbers of those archers preparatory tothe expedition for the relief of Brittany, and to make return ofthe premises to the King in person." Four years later, Anthonywas appointed, with others, to met and ride with the FrenchAmbassador upon peace being made with France. He was madeSheriff of Oxfordshire and Berkshire in 1497 and, in 1500, wasin attendance at the King's meeting with Phillip the Handsome,the Duke of Burgundy. Five years later, his offices had broughtenough reward to allow him to purchase the manor of Swinbrook,near Burford in Oxfordshire. Around the same time, he marriedMary, daughter of Sir John Fortescue of Ponsbourne Park inHertfordshire and widow of John Stonor (d.1499) of Stonor Park(Oxfordshire), the son of his old friend. She was the sister ofthe Blessed Adrian Fortescue, who, after being for many years ingreat favour with King Henry VIII, was beheaded on Tower Hillfor alleged conspiracy, but in reality for his refusal toacknowledge the supremacy of the King over the Church of Englandin place of that of the Pope. Maternally, Mary and Adrian werecousins to Anne Boleynís father, the Earl of Wiltshire & Ormond.In 1509, Anthony was appointed Master of the Hunt in EwelmePark, as held by Robert Harcourt, and Steward of the OxfordshireManors of Minster Lovell, Cogges, Burford, Shipton, Spellesburyand the hundred of Chadlington, and of the Berkshire Manors ofBuckland, Hatford, Langley, Aston Tirrold and West Compton,forfeited by attainder of the claimant to the Throne, Edmund,Duke of Suffolk. He died the following year, leavinginstructions that he was to be buried in the Church of "Swynbrokafore our Lady in the Chauncell," in which spot is still to beseen a brass bearing his engraved effigy and representing him ashabited in armour and tabard of arms. He left two sons and twodaughters and was succeeded in his estates by the eldest,Alexander.
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