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Richard II "Copped Hat" Fitzalan, Earl Arundel

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

Male 1306 - 1376  (70 years)

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  • Name Richard II "Copped Hat" Fitzalan 
    Suffix Earl Arundel 
    Born 1306  Arundel, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9
    Gender Male 
    Died 24 Jan 1376  Arundel, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11
    Age 70 years 
    Buried Lewes, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Nov 1326, Herefordshire, England beheaded Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 41 years) 
    Mother Alice , Countess of Arundel De Warenne,   b. 1285/1287, Arundel, Sussec, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 23 May 1338, Arundel, Sussec, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age < 51 years) 
    Married 1305  , AURENDEL, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F938  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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

    Family 2 Isabel Le Despencer, Countess of Aru,   b. Abt 1312, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jan 1371/1372, Arundel, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 60 years) 
    Married 9 Feb 1320/1321  King's Chapel, Havering Bower, divorced, 1345 Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 12, 13, 14
    Divorced Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
     1. Sir Edmund Fitz Alan, Earl of Salisbury, Sir Knight,   b. 1327, Arundal, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1377, Arundal, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 51 years)
     2. Mary (Isabel) Fitz Alan,   b. Abt 1332, Corfham, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   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 Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Phillippa Fitzalan,   b. Abt 1333, Arundel, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F937  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1306 - Arundel, Sussex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 5 Feb 1345 - Ditton, Stoke Poges, Buckingham, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 24 Jan 1376 - Arundel, Sussex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Lewes, Sussex, England Link to Google Earth
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