FitzAlan of England

ALAN FITZALAN m. Aveline or Adeline, sister of Ernulf de Heading. Alan received from the extensive fiefs of King Henry I in Shropshire, England and in Norfolk. He had two sons, Walter FitzAlan (d. 1177), ancestor of the royal house of Stuart.

WILLIAM FITZLAN, rebel, b. ca 1105, who d. 1160. He succeeded his father ca 1114. He witnessed Stephen's charter to Shrewsbury Abbey in 1136. He was acting castellan of Shrewsbury and Sheriff of Shropshire in 1138 he he joined the revolt against Stephen. He m. a niece of the Earl of Gloucester, and upon leaving his castle to be defended by his uncle Ernulf (who surrendered and was hanged). 1130-1138 he founded Haughmond Abbey. With the accession of Henry as king, he regained his paternal fief on the fall of Hugh de Mortimer in July 1155. He m. (1) Christiana (deceased by 1155), and (2) Isabel de Say, heiress of the barony of Clun, together with the shrievalty of Shropshire. by his first wife he had a daughter, Christiana who m. Hugh Pantulf. Issue by second wife:

WILLIAM FITZALAN successor of Shropshire estates. Issue:

JOHN FITZALAN, d. 1240, one of the barons who confederated against King John, m. (1) Isabella, sister and one of the four coheiresses Or Hugh de Albini, last earl of Arundel. Other wives: (2) Matilda, daughter of Theobald le Botiler (3) Rohese de Verdun. Issue by first wife:

JOHN FITZALAN, Lord of Arundel, heir to the great Shropshire estates, b. 1223, d. 1267 m. Isabella, daughter of Roger Mortimer of Wigmore. he did not attain majority until 1244, and his estates remained in the custody of John 1'Estrange, sheriff of Shropshire. I, 1243 he received his mother's share of onefourth of the inheritance of the Albinis, including the town and Castle of Arundel. he was known to have quarreled with Archbishop Boniface in 1258 about the right of hunting in Arundel Forest, and feuded in 1263 with peter of Aquablanc, the Poitevin bishop of Hereford. As a result he seized and plundered bishop's Castle. He participated in the baronial dissent against King Henry III, but in Dec. of 1261 he was the only lord still unreconcilled with the king. In 1258 and 1260 he acted as chief Captain of the English troops against Llewelyn of Wales, who was on the barons side. FitzAlan joined the royal army in April of 1264, and with Earl Warenne besieged in Rochester Castle. He was taken prisoner at the battle of Levee. Montfort's government required him to either surrender his son or Arundel Castle as a pledge of his faithfulness. he d. 10/1267, leaving a LWT, ordering his body to be buried in the family foundation at Haughmond, Shropshire. His son, John, b. 1246 d. 1272, succeeded him. Another son:

RICHARD FITZALAN, Earl of Arundel, b. 2/8/1267 Sussex, England d. 1302 m. Alisona de Saluzzo b. in Italy. his father d. when he was five years old, and his estates were scandalously wasted by hi" grandmother, Matilda, and her second husband, Richard de Amundville. Richard became the ward of his grandfather, Roger Mortimer and his mother who successively held his castle of Arundel. In 1287 he received a writ of summons gainst the rebel Rhys ap Maredudd and was enjoined to reside on his Shropshire estate until the revolt was put down. Issue:

EDMUND FITZALAN, Knighted in 1306 by King Edward I, Earl of Arundel, b. 5/1/1285 Arundel Castle, Sussex, d. 11/17/1326 Herefordshire, England (beheaded) m. in 1305 Alice de Warren (Warrenne), b. 1287 Sussex, England, a daughter of William de Warren (Warrenne), b. Ca 1265 d. 12/15/1285 Sussex, England, and his wife, Lady Joan de Vere b. 1264 Sussex, England, d. 1296 Sussex England, a daughter of Robert de Vere, Earl of Oxford, and his wife, Alice de Sanford. Alice de Warren was a sister and ultimately heiress of John, Earl Warenne. He served in the campaign against the Scots. At King Edward II's coronation, he was bearer of the royal robes.

12/2/1307 he was beaten at the Wallingford tournament by Gaveston, the favorite, thus becoming his enemy. In 1312 he was one of the five earls who formed a league against Gaveston he was captured at Scarborough and murdered. He was one of the last to be reconciled with the king for this treachery.

He was involved in a political disaster when his son married a daughter of Hugh Despenser. He supported the royal cause in 1321 when he joined with Edward at the siege of Leeds Castle.

In 1322 he persuaded the Mortimers to surrender to the king at Shrewsbury, acting as one of the judges of Thomas of Lancaster at Pontefract, receiving large grants from the forfeited estates of Badlesmere and the Mortimers. In 1326 he and his brother-in-law, Earl Warenne, were the only earls who adhered to the king after the invasion of Hortimer and Isabella.

He was appointed chief captain of an army in Wales, captured at Shropshire by John Charlton, first lord Charlton of Powys and led to the queen at Hereford where, on November 17th, he was executed without a trial. His estates were forfeited, and a London mob plundered his treasures. Ultimately, however, his son, Richard, succeeded to his title and estates.

ISSUE OF EDMUND FITZALAN:

EDMUND FITZALAN

ALEYNE FITZALAN d. After 1375 Sussex, England.

JANE FITZALAN m. Lord Lisle.

OLIVE FITZALAN b. ca 1314/1326 Arundel, Sussex, England, d. 1386 m. Roger le Strange.

RICHARD FITZALAN, Earl of Arundel and Surrey, Knight of the Garter, b. 1307 Sussex, England, d. 1/24/1376 Arundel, Sussex, bur.1/1376 at Chapter-House, Lewes Priory, St. George Chapel, Arundel Castle m. 2/9/1320/1321 Isabel le Despencer at the King's Chapel, Havering, Arte Bower, England. This alliance cemented his relationships between his father and the favourites (Despencers) of King Edward II. Indeed, the Despencers had great influence over the king Richard, thus, took part in almost every important aspect of the king's reign.

In 1331 he obtained the castle at Arundel from the heirs of Edmund, earl of Kent. And in 1334 he acquired the castle belonging to the Mortimers, Chirk, and was made justice of North Wales. Later this office was confirmed for life, thus giving him considerable influence. He was also made life-sheriff of Carnarvonshire and governor of Carnavon Castle. In 1336 he was made joint commander of the English army in the north, later acquiring sole command. In 1340 he was made admiral of the ships at Portsmouth.

In 1345 Richard Fitzhlan repudiated his wife on the ground that he had never consented to the marriage. Their divorce was sanctioned by the Pope. This couple had only one daughter. Afterwards, he m. 2/5/1344/1345 Eleanor plantagenet, widow of Lord Deaumont, daughter of Henry, third Earl of Lancaster and his wife, Lady Maud de Chaworth. Eleanor d. 1/11/1372 Arundel, Sussex, England, bur. 1372 Lewes priory.

In 1346 Richard Fitzhlan be accompanied King Edward on his great expedition to northern Frnnce and commanded the second of the three divisions into which the English host was divided at Crecy. Afterwards, he fought at the siege of Calais, Normandy. In 1354 he was one of the negotiators of a proposed peace treaty with France. lie was very wealthy, having succeeded by right of his mother, to the earldom of Warenne and found favour by the king. His last act was to become with Bishop William of Wykeham a general attorney for John of Gaunt during his journey to Spain. The LWT of Richard FitzAlan dated 12/5/1375 directed that his body be buried without pomp and ceremony in the chapter-house at Lewes priory beside his second wife. Issue:

1. John FitzAlan, Marshal of England, b. ca 1338 Arundel, Sussex, England, d. 1371 at sea m. Eleanor Mautravers on 2/17/1358/1353. Issue:

(a) Lady Joan FitzAlan m. Sir William Echyngham, d. 1412

(b) John FitzAlan m. (2) Katherine, widow of William Stafford, of Frome, dau of Sir John Chideneck, heir to the barony of FitzPayne. Issue:

1. Sir Thomas Arundel, alias Fitz Alan, Knight, his LWT dtd 10/3/1485 (Nichols' Testamenta Vetusta, p. 378) m. Katherine, daughter of Sir John Dynham. Issue:

a. Lady Eleanor FitzAlan m. Sir Thomas Browne, Knight, treasurer of the household of King Henry VI.

2. Thomas FitzALan, Archbishop of Canterbury.

3. Joan FitzAlan b. 1348 Arundel, Sussex, England m. Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford. Sussex, England.

4. Alice FitzALan b. ca 1352 Arundel, 1416 m. after 4/10/1364 Thomas de Holland, second Earl of Kent.

5. Mary FitzAlan d. bef 1376 Sussex, England m. John le Strange, Baron.

6. Eleanor FitzAlan d. bef 1376 Sussex, England.

7. Sir Richard FitzAlan, Knight, Earlof Arundel and Surrey, b. 1346 Arundel, Sussex, England d. 1398 (beheaded) Sussex, England m. (1) 9/2/1359 Elizabeth de Dohun (d. 1385), daughter of William de Dohun, Earl of Northampton. He m. (2) 8/15/1330 Philippa de Mortimer. In 1376 he succeeded to his fathers estates and cities. At Richard II's coronation he acted as chief butler. chief butler.

In 1377 he was appointed admiral of the west, being credited with having saved Southampton from French assault.

In 1378 he attacked Harfleur, but was driven out to sea. Later chat year he and the Earl of Salisbury were defeated by a Spanish fleet. He accompanied John of Gaunt on his expedition to Malo where his negligence on the watch gave the French an opportunity to destroy a mine and so compel the raising of the seige. tie barely escaped with his life. he joined the barons in their opposition, taking part in the attack on the royal favorites in 1386. In 1387 Richard II obtained a declaration of judgment of the illegality of the commission of which Richard FitzAlan was a member. Northumberland was sent to seize Arundel at Reigate, but, fearing the number of his retainers, retired without accomplishing the mission.

Warned, FitzAlan escaped by night, joining Gloucester Harringhay where they took arms. On Dec. 12th, FitzAlan urged the capture and disposition of the king, but his contemporaries rejected this new plan. King Richard was later offended when FitzAlan attended the Queen's funeral late, asking him to leave the ceremony. he king struck him with a cane, shedding blood. On August 3rd, Arundel was sent to the Tower, but released on Aug. 10th.

Ultimately he was brought before parliament labeled as a traitor. He was dressed in scarlet. He protested that he was a traitor. A long and angry altercation took place between him and John of Gaunt and Henry of Derby, an old associate, he refused to answer the charges, saying that his accusers were liars. He was condemned to be executed. He was hurried through the streets of London to Tower Hill. lie rebuked his treacherous kinsfolk and exhorted the hangman to sharpen wall his axe. Slain with a single stroke, he was buried in the church of the Augustinian friars. The people regarded him a martyr and went on a pilgrimage to his tomb. King Richard ordered all traces of his place of burial removed. Issue of Sir Richard FitzAlan by his first wife:

1. Elizabeth FitzAlan b. ca 1366 Derbyshire, England d. 7/8/1425 Heveringham, Nottinghsmshire, England m. 8/1401 Sir Robert Goushill at Arundel, Sussex, England.

2. Alice FitzAlan, baroness, b. 1378 Arundel, Sussex, England, d. bef 1416.

3. Thomas FitzAlan, Earl of Arundel and Surrey, b. 10/13/1381 Sussex, England d. 10/3/1415 Sussex, England m. 11/26/1405 Brites bastard at Proc, Lisboa, Portugal. Deprived by his father's sentence of the family titles and estates, he was given to the custody John Holland, Duke of Exeter, half brother to King Richard II, who received a large portion of ehe Arundel estates.

In later years, FitzAlan resented the indignities suffered by himself and his sister at the Duke of Exeter's hands. Once, he remembered, that he had blacked the Duke's boots for him. We was confined in his father's old castle at Reigate under the custody of Sir John Shelley, the steward of the Duke of Exeter, who also compelled him to submit to great humiliations. He later escaped, joining his uncle, the deposed Archbishop Arundel, at Utrecht. In 1399 he was again in England. Upon the capture of John Holland, Earl of Huntingdon, by the followers of the Countess of Hereford, in Easer, FitzAlan hastened to join his aunt to plot revenge. He recalled his former ill-treatment by Holland, procuring his immediate execution. He then marched through the streets of London bearing Holland's head on a pole.

4. Joan FitzAlan b. ca 1375 Sussex, England d. 11/14/1435 m. Lord William Charlton.