Sir Richard II Copped Hat FITZ ALAN

Male Abt 1313 - 1376  (63 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Sir Richard II Copped Hat FITZ ALAN was born about 1313 in Arundel, Sussex, England; died on 24 Jan 1375/6 in Arundel, Sussex, England; was buried in Lewes, Sussex, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact: 9th Earl of Arundel and Warenne
    • Name: Richard Fitz-Alan II

    Notes:

    In 1345 Richard repudiated his wife, Isabella, on the ground that he had never consented to the marriage; he received "papal recognition of the nullity of the union."

    Name:
    Isabel Le Despener, was born about 1312. She was married in the King's Chapel at Havering-atte-Bower on 9 Feb 1320/1, she being about eight years of age, to Richard Fitz Alan (Copped Hat), 3rd Earl of Arundel and 4th Earl of Surrey, son and heir of Edmund Fitz Alan, 8th Earl of Arundel, Baron of Oswestry, co. Salop, Baron of Clun, co. Salop, by Alice, daughter of William de Warenne. He was born about 1313, and was about seven years of age at time of marriage. In 1330-1 he was fully restored in blood and honours and obtained restitution of the Castle and honour of Arundel, becoming Earl of Arundel. Their marriage was annulled by Papal mandate on 4 Dec 1344 on the ground of his minority and of his never having willingly consented to the match. He took a distinguished part the wars with France, was Admiral of the West 1340-41 and 1345-47, commanded the second division at the Battle of Crecy, and was at the fall of Calais in 1347.

    Richard married Isabel LE DESPENSER on 09 Feb 1320/1 in King's Chapel at Havering-atte-Bower. Isabel (daughter of Sir Hugh LE DESPENSER, Knt. and Alianor DE CLARE) was born about 1312. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Sir Edmund FITZ ALAN  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1327; died after 1377.
    2. 3. Isabel FITZ ALAN  Descendancy chart to this point died on 29 Aug 1396.

    Richard married Alianor Of LANCASTER on 05 Feb 1344/5 in Ditton. Alianor (daughter of Henry Of LANCASTER and Maud DE CHAWORTH) was born about 1318 in Grismond Castle, Monmouthshire, England; died on 11 Jan 1372 in Arundel, Sussex, England; was buried in Lewes Priory. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. Eleanor FITZ ALAN  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1354.
    2. 5. Alice FITZ ALAN  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Arundel, Sussex, England; died on 17 Mar 1415/6.
    3. 6. Joan FITZ ALAN  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1347 in Arundel, Essex, England; died on 07 Apr 1419 in Saffran Walden, Essex, England; was buried in Walden Abbey.
    4. 7. Richard FITZ ALAN  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1346 in Arundel, Essex, England; died on 21 Sep 1397 in Executed at Cheapside; was buried in Church of the Augustin Friars, London, England.
    5. 8. Sir John DE ARUNDEL  Descendancy chart to this point was born in of Betchworth, Surrey; died on 15 Dec 1379 in Perished at sea; was buried in Priory, Lewes, Sussex, England.
    6. 9. Thomas FITZ ALAN  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1353 in Arundel, Sussex, England; died on 19 Feb 1414; was buried in Canterbury Cathedral, London, Middlesex, England.
    7. 10. Mary FITZ ALAN  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1356 in Arundel, Sussex, England; died before 24 Jan 1376.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Sir Edmund FITZ ALAN Descendancy chart to this point (1.Richard1) was born about 1327; died after 1377.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Also Known As: Edmund D'Arundel
    • Fact 1: Bastardized by the annulment of his parents\' marriage
    • Fact: 1352, Knighted

    Edmund married Sibyl DE MONTAGU before Jul 1349. Sibyl (daughter of William DE MONTAGU and Katherine GRANDISON) died on 30 Jan 1343/4. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 11. Alice D'ARUNDEL  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 12. Phillipa FITZ ALAN  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Arundel, Sussex, England; died on 13 Sep 1399 in Sussex, England.

  2. 3.  Isabel FITZ ALAN Descendancy chart to this point (1.Richard1) died on 29 Aug 1396.

    Family/Spouse: John LE STRANGE. John (son of John LESTRANGE and Ankaret BOTELER) was born about 1332 in Whitchurch; died on 12 May 1361. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 13. Ankaret LE STRANGE  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1361; died on 01 Jun 1413.

  3. 4.  Eleanor FITZ ALAN Descendancy chart to this point (1.Richard1) was born about 1354.

    Notes:

    Eleanor died in the lifetime of her father.


  4. 5.  Alice FITZ ALAN Descendancy chart to this point (1.Richard1) was born in Arundel, Sussex, England; died on 17 Mar 1415/6.

    Alice married Sir Thomas DE HOLAND, K.G. after 17 Mar 1364. Thomas (son of Sir Thomas DE HOLAND, K.G. and Joan The Fair Maid Of KENT) was born in 1350; died on 25 Apr 1397; was buried in Abbey of Bourne, co. Lincoln. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 14. Alianor I DE HOLAND  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1373; died on 23 Oct 1405 in in childbed.
    2. 15. Thomas DE HOLAND  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1374; died between 07 and 08 Jan 1400 in Executed; was buried in Abbey of Cirencester.
    3. 16. Joan DE HOLAND  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1380; died on 12 Apr 1434.
    4. 17. Edmund DE HOLAND  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 06 Jan 1382/3; died on 15 Sep 1408 in From wounds at the Seige Briant Castle in Britany.
    5. 18. Margaret DE HOLAND  Descendancy chart to this point died on 30 Dec 1439 in London; was buried in Chapel of St. Michael in Canterbury Cathedral.
    6. 19. Elizabeth HOLAND  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Bourne, England; died between 04 Jan 1422 and 1423; was buried in Grey Friars, Winchester.
    7. 20. John HOLAND  Descendancy chart to this point died in young.
    8. 21. Thomas HOLAND  Descendancy chart to this point died in young.
    9. 22. Alianor II DE HOLAND  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1387; died after 1413.

  5. 6.  Joan FITZ ALAN Descendancy chart to this point (1.Richard1) was born in 1347 in Arundel, Essex, England; died on 07 Apr 1419 in Saffran Walden, Essex, England; was buried in Walden Abbey.

    Joan married Humphrey IX DE BOHUN, K.G. after 09 Sep 1359 in Norfolk, England. Humphrey (son of Sir William DE BOHUN and Elizabeth DE BADLESMERE) was born on 25 Mar 1342; died on 16 Jan 1372/3; was buried in Walden Abbey, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 23. Mary DE BOHUN  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1366 in Hereford, England; died on 04 Jul 1394 in Peterborough Castle, Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England; was buried on 06 Jul 1394 in Leicester.
    2. 24. Alianor DE BOHUN  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1366 in Hereford, England; died on 03 Oct 1399 in Minoresess Convent, Aldgate, Middlesex, England; was buried in Chapel of St. Edmund, Westminster Abbey.

  6. 7.  Richard FITZ ALAN Descendancy chart to this point (1.Richard1) was born in 1346 in Arundel, Essex, England; died on 21 Sep 1397 in Executed at Cheapside; was buried in Church of the Augustin Friars, London, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact: 10th Earl of Arundel and Surrey
    • Fact: 15th Earl of Arundel and Surrey
    • Fact 1: Knight of Garter

    Notes:

    Name:
    Richard Fitz Alan distinguished himself in the French wars, and 'won a brilliant naval victory over the French, Spanish and Flemish fleets off Margate in 1387'. Later with the Duke of Gloucester he later took an active part in the opposition to King Richard, becoming one of the five Lords Appellant in the Parliament of 1388. Richard Fitz Alan, Earl of Arundel, obtained a pardon in 1394, but was treacherously seized, tried at Westminster, and beheaded at Cheapside on 21 Sep 1397, buried at Austin Friars', in Bread Street, London, and having been attainted, all his honours were forfeited.

    Richard married Elizabeth DE BOHUN about 28 Sep 1359. Elizabeth (daughter of Sir William DE BOHUN and Elizabeth DE BADLESMERE) was born in Derbyshire, England; died on 03 Apr 1385; was buried in Lewes Priory. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 25. Eleanor FITZ ALAN  Descendancy chart to this point died about 01 Aug 1375.
    2. 26. William FITZ ALAN  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1370 in Arundel, Essex, England; died on 13 Oct 1415.
    3. 27. Lady Alice FITZ ALAN  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1373/5 in Arundel, Essex, England; died in Oct 1415.
    4. 28. Margaret FITZ ALAN  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1382 in Arundel, Essex, England.
    5. 29. Elizabeth FITZ ALAN  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1375; died on 08 Jul 1425 in Heveringham, Nottingham, England.
    6. 30. Joan FITZ ALAN  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1375; died on 14 Nov 1435; was buried in Black Friars, Badlesmere, Kent, England.
    7. 31. Richard FITZ ALAN  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1368 in Arundel, Essex, England; died in 1399.
    8. 32. Thomas FITZ ALAN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Oct 1381 in Arundel, Essex, England; died on 13 Oct 1415; was buried in Chapel of Arundel, Sussex, England.

    Richard married Philippa DE MORTIMER before 15 Aug 1390. Philippa (daughter of Edmund DE MORTIMER, II and Philippa Of CLARENCE) was born on 21 Nov 1375 in Ludlow; died on 24 Sep 1401 in Halnaker, Susses; was buried in Boxgrove near Lewes. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  7. 8.  Sir John DE ARUNDEL Descendancy chart to this point (1.Richard1) was born in of Betchworth, Surrey; died on 15 Dec 1379 in Perished at sea; was buried in Priory, Lewes, Sussex, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Also Known As: Lord Mautravers
    • Fact: Marshal of England
    • Fact: 1st Lord Arundel
    • Fact: 1377-1379, Member of Parliament

    Notes:

    Name:
    In consequences, probably, of the marriage, he was summoned to Parliament from 4 Aug 1377 by writs directed 'Johanni de Arundell', whereby he may be held to have become Lord Arndel.

    He was marshal of England in 1377. Being in command of a naval expedition in aid to the Duke of Brittany, he defeated the French fleet off the coast of Cornwall. John De Arundel died testate at sea on 15 Dec 1379, being wrecked and drowned in the Irish Sea, and was buried in Lewes Priory.

    John married Alianor MAUTRAVERS on 17 Feb 1358/9. Alianor (daughter of Sir John MAUTRAVERS and Gwenthlin) was born about 1345; died on 12 Jan 1404/5. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 33. Sir John DE ARUNDEL  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 Nov 1364; died on 14 Aug 1390.
    2. 34. Joan DE ARUNDEL  Descendancy chart to this point died on 01 Sep 1404.
    3. 35. Margaret DE ARUNDEL  Descendancy chart to this point died on 3 Jul 1438.
    4. 36. Richard DE ARUNDEL, Knt.  Descendancy chart to this point was born in of Wychampon, Dorset; died on 3 Jun 1419.

  8. 9.  Thomas FITZ ALAN Descendancy chart to this point (1.Richard1) was born about 1353 in Arundel, Sussex, England; died on 19 Feb 1414; was buried in Canterbury Cathedral, London, Middlesex, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Thomas Arundel

    Notes:

    Thomas was Archbishop of Canterbury.

    He died " following of a sudden attack of some complaint in the throat". He was buried in his own cathedral, where he had caused a tomb to be erected in his own lifetime, but it has been since destroyed.


  9. 10.  Mary FITZ ALAN Descendancy chart to this point (1.Richard1) was born about 1356 in Arundel, Sussex, England; died before 24 Jan 1376.

    Notes:

    Mary died in the lifetime of her father.