On 27 June 1603, he entertained the courts of
James VI and I and
Anne of Denmark, who had travelled separately from Scotland, at
Easton Neston near
Towcester.[2] The king knighted his eldest son, Hatton Fermor.[3]Lady Anne Clifford described the day; "From
Althorpe the Queen went to Sir Hatton Fermor's where the King met her, where there were an infinite company of Lords and Ladies, and other people, such that the country could scarce lodge them." The royal party went next to
Grafton Regis next.[4]
Family
In 1572, he married Mary Curzon (d. 1628), a god-daughter and
maid of honour of
Mary I of England, and daughter of Thomas Curzon of
Addington and Agnes Hussey. She owned the manor of
Westoning.[5] Their children included:[6]