When John Fitton was born in 1544, in Gawsworth, Cheshire, England, his father, Edward Fitton, was 44 and his mother, Mary Harbottle, was 37.
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Book of Common Prayer, a product of the English Reformation, was published in 1549 for assistance in the administration of the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the church according to the use of the Church of England. The book outlined morning, evening, and communion prayers and orders for baptism and marriage, thus making England a truly Protestant state.
The Act of Uniformity was passed by the Parliament of England and required all people to go to church once a week. The consequence of not attending church was a fine of 12 pence, which was a considerable amount for a poor person.
A State Lottery was recorded in 1569. The tickets were sold at St. Paul's Cathedral in London.
English (mainly Lancashire):
from Middle English fiton, fittin ‘lie, falsehood’, for a lier or cheat.
possibly a habitational name from Fitton Hall in Leverington, Cambridgeshire, named in Anglo-Scandinavian as ‘settlement by the meadow-land’, from Old English tūn + Old Norse fit, a term denoting grassland on the bank of a river.
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