About David Flitwick
Lived 1281 – 1353 (aged 71–72). David Flitwick was a politician.
Sir David Flitwick (1281–1353), of Flitwick, Bedfordshire, was an English politician and soldier of the Anglo-Scots Wars who followed in the footsteps of his grandfather, also David Flitwick.
Life Flitwick joined Edward I of England in the invasion of Scotland and was made a Knight of the Bath at the Feast of the Swans alongside 266 other men including his brother-in-law William Marmion (a candidate to be the Knight of Norham Castle and inspiration for Walter Scott's poem "Marmion").
Flitwick was summoned to Parliament for the Bedfordshire constituency on 8 July 1313 and again on 23 September 1313.
Family Flitwick was succeeded by Eleanor. His sister, Lucy, married William Marmion.
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Who was David Flitwick?
14th-century English noble and member of Parliament
When was David Flitwick born?
David Flitwick was born in 1281 in Flitwick.
When did David Flitwick die?
David Flitwick died in 1353.
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David Flitwick was a politician.
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