Richard Fitz-Simon

Sir Richard Fitz-Simon KG, of Pensthorpe, Bawsey, and Glosthorpe (in Bawsey), Norfolk, Letheringham, Suffolk, etc. was a founder member and 15th Knight of the Order of the Garter in 1348.
==Career==
Richard Fitz-Simon is recorded as having taken part in a tournament at Dunstable in 1334. He later served in Flanders. In 1344, he was part of a diplomatic mission to Castile and in 1345-6 he served with Henry of Grosmont in Aquitaine. In 1346, he served as the standard bearer of Edward, the Black Prince at the Battle of Crecy. In 1348, he was appointed to the Order of the Garter.*Barber, Richard W. Edward III and the Triumph of England: The Battle of Crécy and the Company of the Garter. London: Allen Lane, 2013. p.513 
==Marriage==
He married before Hilary term 1345 (date of lawsuit) Ada Botetourt, widow of Sir John de Saint Philibert.Year Books of Edward III: Years XVIII–XIX 12 (Rolls Ser. 31b) (1905): 438–443; Court of Common Pleas, CP40/341, image 157d (http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT1/E3/CP40no341/bCP40no341dorses/IMG_0157.htm) They had no issue. 
Richard's wife Ada Botetourt was the daughter of Sir John Botetourt, 1st Lord Botetourt, by his wife, Maud, daughter of Sir Thomas Fitz Otes and great-granddaughter of William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury the son of Henry II of EnglandComplete Peerage (1st Edition).
==Death==
Sir Richard Fitz Simon died in 1348 or 1349, but the actual date is unknown.
==References==
==Further reading==
*Elias Ashmole: Institution, Laws and Ceremonies of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. 1672.
Category:Garter Knights appointed by Edward III
Category:1340s deaths