John FITZ ALAN, II

1223 - Bef 1267  (44 years)

• Name	John FITZ ALAN  [2, 3]
  	John Fitz-Alan, feudal Lord of Clun and Oswaldestre, co. Salop, s. and h. of John Fitz-Alan of the same by his first wife, Isabel, da. of William and 2nd sister and, in her issue, coheir of Hugh (De Albini), Earls of Sussex, &c., abovenamed sux. his father (whom his mother had predeceased) in 1240. To him, by writ dat. 27 Nov. 1243, was awarded (in right of his deceased mother) the Castle and Honour of ARUNDEL, whereby (according to the admission of 1433 abovenamed) he became Earl of ARUNDEL, and, though still a minor, obtained possession of Arundel (as well as of his paternal estates co. Salop) on payment of 1000 pounds. By the title, however, of Earl of Arundel he never appears to have been known (either in his lifetime or afterwards), although he lived 28 years after the acquisition of that Castle and Honour. He took part in the Welsh war 1258, and though sometime he leagued with the Barons against the Crown, was, while fighting on the Royal side, taken prisoner at the battle of Lewes in 1264 together with the King. [1]
  Suffix	II
  Birth	May 1223	Arundel, Sussex, England
  Gender	Male
  Fact	1243	Lord of Clun and Oswestry   [3]
  Death	Bef 10 Nov 1267  [2, 3]
  Person ID	I22324	Main Tree
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2022

  
  

  Father	John FITZ ALAN,   b. Abt 1164, Arundel, Sussex, England d. Mar 1240, England (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Isabel D'AUBIGNY
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F00162	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Maud DE BOTILLER,   b. England d. 27 Nov 1283
  Children	1. John FITZ ALAN, III,   b. 14 Sep 1246, Arundel, Sussex, England d. 18 Mar 1271/2 (Age 25 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F03249	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - May 1223 - Arundel, Sussex, England Fact - 1243 - Lord of Clun and Oswestry  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3173] George Edward Cokayne, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and The United Kingdom Vol. I. [S03483] The Spear and the Spindle: Ancestors of Sir Francis Bryan (d. 1550), Kt. [S5840] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonist Who Came to America before 1700.