a district in the north riding of Yorkshire in England, from whence the noble family of Fitzroy took the title of duke, but which is now extinct.

John, an English poet of some eminence in his time, who during the civil war under Charles I. engaged as a literary champion in the royal cause against the parliamentarians. He died in 1658, and was much extolled by his party. His works, which consist of poems, characters, orations, epistles, &c., were printed in octavo in 1677.