Richard II "Copped Hat" Fitzalan, Earl Arundel^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]}

1306 - 1376  (70 years)

• Name	Richard II "Copped Hat" Fitzalan
  Suffix	Earl Arundel
  Birth	1306	Arundel, Sussex, England   [8, 9]
  Gender	Male
  Death	24 Jan 1376	Arundel, Sussex, England   [10, 11]
  Burial	Lewes, Sussex, England
  Notes	! Complete Peerage I-24 I-244 Married Kings Chapel, Havering-atte-Bower, Essex, England According to John Young, the marriage of Richard "Copped Hat" FitzAlan and Isabel le Despencer was contracted at the age of 7 or 8 years of age. The Church annulled the marriage so that FitzAlan could marry his second wife, and Edmund and his two sisters were made ilegitimate, and could not inherit: The 3 children-Edmund and his 2 sisters were still properly born children (when they were married) of Earl Richard "Copped Hat" FitzAlan and Lady Despencer. This is the reasons that Edmund styled himself De Arundel- by heir right he should have become the next Earl. He was knighted though and was not cast fully aside . Burke in error shows him a brother of his father- Cokayne is correct and details it in his footnotes." Burke has death date 24 Jan 1375 for Richard Richard Fitz Alan, 10th/3rd Earl of Arundel, as which restored 1331 (confirmation 1351 and 1354), getting Arundel Castle back also Dec 1330-31 from the widow of Edmund Earl of Kent; after the death of his maternal uncle the 8th Earl of Surrey's widow 31 Aug 1361, Richard assumed the additional title of 9th Earl of Surrey; known as "Copped Hat"; born c1313; Justiciar of North Wales for life 1334, Governor of Carnarvon Castle 1339, Sheriff of Salop for life 1345; Admiral of the West 1340-41 and 1345-47; commanded 2nd division at Crecy 1346 and assisted at taking of Calais 1347; married 1st 9 Feb 1320/1 (annulled 4 Dec 1344) Isabel, daughter of 1st Lord (Baron) le Despenser of the 29 July 1314 creation, and had issue (bastardised by the papal annulment of 1344); married 2nd 5 Feb 1344/5 his mistress Eleanor, daughter of the 3rd Earl of Lancaster (ggs of Henry III) of the 1267 investiture (by his wife Maud de Chaworth) and widow of the 2nd Lord (Baron) Beaumont, and died 24 Jan 1375/6. [Burke's Peerage] Richard Fitz-Alan, b. 1306, who being restored by parliament, 4th Edward III [1331], had the castle of Arundel (which had been given to Edmund, Earl of Kent, the king's uncle) rendered to him, and thus became 9th earl. In the 7th Edward III [1334], this nobleman was constituted governor of Chirke Castle, co. Denbigh, and the ensuing year had a grant of the inheritance of that castle, with all the territories thereunto belonging, being part of the possessions of Roger Mortimer, the attainted Earl of March; he was soon afterwards made governor of Porchester Castle, and the same year had a command in the wars of Scotland, where he continued engaged for some years. After this he was constituted admiral of the western seas, and governor of Caernarvon Castle. In the 14th Edward III [1341], his lordship embarked in the French wars, and participated in the glories of the subsequent campaigns. He was at the siege of Vannes, the relief of Thouars, and the immortal battle of Cressy. Besides his great military services, the earl was frequently employed in diplomatic missions of the first importance, and was esteemed one of the most eminent generals and statesmen of the era in which he lived. His lordship, who, with his other honours, had the Garter, contracted in minority and under constraint, marriage with Isabel, dau. of Hugh le Despencer, and had issue by her, an only dau., Philippa, m. to Sir Richard Sergeaux, Knt., of Cornwall. In 1345, he was divorced from this lady, and m. Lady Eleanor Plantagenet, dau. of Henry, Earl of Lancaster, and widow of John, Baron Beaumont, by whom he had issue, Richard, his successor; John, marshal of England in 1377, summoned to parliament 1st to 3rd Richard II. he d. 1379, having m. Eleanor, grand-dau. and co-heir of John, Lord Maltravers, in whose right he bore that title; Thomas, called Arundel, successively bishop of Ely, archbishop of York, and archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Chancellor of England; Joane, m. to Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford; Alice, m. to Thomas Holland, Earl of Kent; Mary, m. to John, Lord Strange, of Blackmere; and Eleanor, m. to Robert, son of William de Ufford, Earl of Suffolk. His lordship d. in 1376, and was s. by his eldest son, Richard Fitz-Alan, 10th Earl of Arundel. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 200, Fitz-Alan, Earls of Arundel, Barons Maltravers]
  Person ID	I2077	Wilson-Maynard Family Tree
  Last Modified	30 Jan 2009

  
  

  Father	Sir Edmund FitzAlan, Knt., 8th Earl of Arundel FitzAlan,   b. 1 May 1285, Marlborou d. 17 Nov 1326, Herefordshire, England beheaded (Age 41 years)
  Mother	Alice , Countess of Arundel De Warenne,   b. 1285/1287, Arundel, Sussec, England d. Bef 23 May 1338, Arundel, Sussec, England (Age < 51 years)
  Marriage	1305	, AURENDEL, Sussex, England
  Family ID	F938	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Eleanor Lancaster Plantagenet, Countess Arundel,   b. ABT. 1318, Grismond Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales d. 11 Jan 1371/1372, Arundel Castle, Sussex, England (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	5 Feb 1345	Ditton, Stoke Poges, Buckingham, England   [10, 11]
  Children	1. John d' Arundel, Baron of Arundel Fitz Alan, Sir,   b. Abt 1348, Echingham, Sussex, England d. 16 Dec 1379, Irish Sea, Drowned (Age 31 years)   2. Thomas Fitz Alan, Archbishop of Canterbury,   b. Abt 1352, Arundal, Sussex, England d. 19 Feb 1413 (Age 61 years)   3. Eleanor Fitz Alan,   b. Abt 1354, Arundal, Sussex, England   4. Mary Fitz Alan, Baroness Strange,   b. Abt 1356, Arundal, Sussex, England d. Bef 24 Jan 1376, England (Age < 20 years)   5. Joane Fitz Alan, Countess Hereford,   b. Abt 1348, Arundal, Sussex, England d. 7 Apr 1419, Saffran Walden, Essex, England (Age 71 years)   6. Alice Fitz Alan, Countess of Kent,   b. Abt 1352, Arundal, Sussex, England d. 17 Mar 1415/1416, England (Age 64 years)   7. Joan /Fitzalan [Countess Of Hereford],   b. Abt 1345, Arundel, Essex, England d. 7 Apr 1419, Saffron Walden, Essex, England (Age 74 years)   8. Richard III Fitzalan, Kg, Earl Of Arundel&Surrey,   b. 25 Mar 1346, Arundel, Sussex, England d. 21 Sep 1397, Beheaded, Cheapside, England (Age 51 years)
  Family ID	F841	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Isabel Le Despencer, Countess of Aru,   b. Abt 1312, Gloucestershire, England d. 11 Jan 1371/1372, Arundel, Sussex, England (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	9 Feb 1320/1321	King's Chapel, Havering Bower, divorced, 1345   [10, 12, 13, 14]
  Divorce	Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Sir Edmund Fitz Alan, Earl of Salisbury, Sir Knight,   b. 1327, Arundal, Sussex, England d. Aft 1377, Arundal, Sussex, England (Age > 51 years)   2. Mary (Isabel) Fitz Alan,   b. Abt 1332, Corfham, Shropshire, England d. 29 Aug 1396 (Age 64 years)   3. Isabel Fitz Alan, Lady Strange,   b. Abt 1312   d. 29 Aug 1396 (Age 84 years)   4. PHILLIPPA FITZ ALAN,   b. Abt 1333, OF, ARUNDEL, SUSSEX, ENGLAND   5. Phillippa Fitzalan,   b. Abt 1333, Arundel, Sussex, England
  Family ID	F937	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1306 - Arundel, Sussex, England Marriage - 5 Feb 1345 - Ditton, Stoke Poges, Buckingham, England Death - 24 Jan 1376 - Arundel, Sussex, England Burial - - Lewes, Sussex, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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