Medieval English families on the internet: F
Fairfax
- The Fairfax Family
(continued in following chapters; Adrian and Gill Smith, APL-385)
The Yorkshire Fairfaxes, 15th century and later, from John Marwood's History of Gilling
Farthing
- The Origins of the Farthing Surname (Ben Farthing) [not available, 16 June 2020; see the Internet Archive's copy of this page, from September 2015]
Long and detailed discussion of the origin of the surname, arguing that it derived from a Scandinavian personal name, Farthegn, and giving numerous occurrences of both the personal name and the surname, from pre-conquest times onwards.
Fauntleroy
- The Fauntleroy Family
[formerly at http://members.aol.com/varow48/varow48/faunt2.htm;
not available, 30 April 2003; see the Internet Archive's
copy
of this page, from February 2002]
(Robert H. Fauntleroy)
Pedigree with brief notes, 14th century onwards, originally from Devon
Ferre
Ferrers
-
Ferrers Line (Earls of Derby) (Homer Beers James/Paul McBride)
Narrative pedigree, 11th-14th centuries;
this material, based on older secondary sources, should be treated with caution
- Henry de Ferrers (Pat Patterson)
Biography, from J.R.Planché's The Conqueror and His Companions (1874); to be used with caution, as indicated by the transcriber
Fettiplace
- Beatrice Fettiplace (ancestress of Gov. Thomas Dudley): a summary (Nathaniel L. Taylor; PDF file)
Discussion of the ancestry of Beatrice, wife of Gilbert, Lord Talbot (d. 1418) and Thomas Fettiplace.
- J. Rentyon Dunlop, The Fettiplace Family
(David Nash Ford's Royal Berkshire History)
Text, with illustration, of an article from Proceedings of the Newbury and District Field Club (1911); there is also
a list of Fettiplace Manors
from the same source
- J.R. Planch�, Remarks on the Monument of
A Supposed Princess of Portugal
in East Shefford Church, Berkshire
(David Nash Ford's Royal Berkshire History)
Text from a booklet of 1889 on the ancestry of Beatrice, wife of Gilbert, Lord Talbot (d. 1418) and Thomas Fettiplace,
with a Pedigree
of the Souzas from the same source. For a recent discussion of the same problem, see Nat Taylor,
Beatrice Fettiplace (ancestress of Gov. Thomas Dudley): a summary
Fiennes: see Dacre
Fillery
Finch
Finnimore
- W. P. W. Phillimore, Genealogy of the family of Phillimore (1922) (Phil Finnimore)
Partial text, some in HTML and some in PDF format, of Part 1 of the work, with the introduction of Part 2. Despite the title, this text is mainly a detailed account of the family of Finemere, of Finmere in Oxfordshire, in the 12th century and later. See also County and local history: Finmere.
- W. P. W. Phillimore, Memorials of the Family of Fynmore (1886) (Phil Finnimore)
HTML version, in progress, with introduction and appendix in PDF format.
Fiske
- Fiske Family Papers (Hugh Fiske)
Extensive collection of annotated pedigrees, linked to wills and other source material (13th century and later);
based partly on Fiske Family Papers by Henry ffiske (1901)
- Fisk/Fiske Family History (John Fisk)
In addition to modern records, the resources include a list of Fisk wills from Essex (from the late 15th century onwards), an image and translation of a will of 1464, and abstracts of two 15th-century charters.
Fitch
-
Fitch: Early Generations (continued on following pages; Baronage Press) [not available, 10 December 2022; see the Internet Archive's copy of this page]
Essex, 15th and 16th centuries; extracted from English Ancestors of the Fitches of Colonial Connecticut by
John T. Fitch (1994)
fitzAlan
- The Origin of the Stewarts
(Mary Kifissia/Rick Eaton, this site)
Text of the first part of J.H. Round's (1901) paper, tracing the Breton origins
of Alan, the son of Flaald, who ancestor of both the FitzAlan family in England and the
Stewart family in Scotland.
-
Fitz Alan Line (Earls of Arundel) to Mowbray and Berkeley (Homer Beers James/Paul McBride)
Narrative pedigree, 11th-15th centuries;
this material, based on older secondary sources, should be treated with caution
Foljambe
Fones/Fownes
Fougères
- Raoul de Fougères (Pat Patterson)
Biography, from J.R.Planché's The Conqueror and His Companions (1874); to be used with caution, as indicated by the transcriber
Fowler
-
Genealogy of the Fowlers in England and America
(Wharton Dickinson) [formerly at http://members.aol.com/wtgmike/genealogy/Fowlers_in_england.html;
not available, 13 February 2006; see the Internet Archive's
copy
of this page, from July 2004]
Narrative pedigree; originally from Berkshire (13th century and later)
- Fowler Family (continued on linked pages; Mike Fowler)
[formerly at http://www.uftree.com/UFT/WebPages/Mike_Fowler/FOWLERS/i0001085.htm#s184;
not available, 26 May 2003; see the Internet Archive's
copy
of this page, from December 2001]
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Gloucestershire, 13th century and later;
the digression on the supposed pre-Conquest history of the family is best ignored
Foxley
- The Foxley Family
(David Nash Ford, Royal Berkshire History)
Extract from Montague Burrows, The Brocas Family of Beaurepaire (1886),
concerning the Foxleys of Bray, Berkshire, and Bramshill, Hampshire, 14th century and later
Freeman
Freer
- Early Freers in England (Stan Freer)
Occurrences of the surname in Leicestershire, 13th century and later, from
Leicestershire Yeoman Families and Their Pedigrees by W. G. Hoskins
(reprinted from the Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society, 1946)
Frowick
Fulton
- Fulton Data (Ken Mitchell)
Extracts relating to the surname Fulton from miscellaneous sources, some medieval