William Fleetwood (died 1630)

Sir William Fleetwood (1563 – 13 December 1630) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1584 and 1628.

In 1584, Fleetwood was elected Member of Parliament for Preston where his father was the recorder.

[1] Fleetwood succeeded his father in 1594 to considerable estates, including the abbey of Great Missenden.

He was surveyor of lands in north parts, Duchy of Lancaster in 1603 and was knighted in the same year.

He was re-elected MP for Buckinghamshire in 1624 and again in 1628, and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.