Alain was a crusader in 1097 and was Dapifer to the Archbishop of Dol, near Mont-Saint-Michel. Alan, dapifer is found as a witness in a 1086 charter relating to Mezuoit, a cell of St. Florent, near Dol.
14III. CHRISTIANA- m. HUGH PANTOLF (d. 1224)
6II. JOHN (ALAIN 1, FLAAD 2, ALAN 3, WILLIAM 4, WILLIAM 5)
b.c.1200
m. ISABEL d'AUBIGNY d. 1240
Clun Castle
John succeeded his brother William as Lord of Clun and Oswestry in 1216. He
was one of the feudal barons who became a target for the anger of King John of England, whose
forces attacked Oswestry town and burned it in 1216. John Fitzalan was close to
Llywelyn ap Iorwerth until 1217. He was also a representative of the Crown in a
dispute between King Henry III of England and the Welsh leader,
Llywelyn the Great in 1226. In the same year he mediated between a neighbour,
William Pantulf, Lord of Wem in Shropshire and Madog ap Gruffydd (died 1236),
Lord of Powys and a cousin to Llywelyn ap Iorwerth. In 1233/4 during the
conflict between King Henry III, the Earl Marshal, and Llywelyn the Great, John
Fitzalan sided firmly with the Crown and Oswestry was again attacked, this time
by Welsh forces.
Issue-
�� 7I. JOHN- b. 1223, m. MAUD le
BOTILLER, d. 1267
Ref:
New Complete Peerage- Vol. V, pp. 391-2
Some Aspects of the History of the Lordship of Oswestry- D.C.
Roberts, thesis in the National Library of Wales
Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before
1700 - Frederick Lewis Weis
7I. JOHN (ALAIN 1, FLAAD 2, ALAN 3, WILLIAM 4, WILLIAM 5, JOHN 6)
b. 1223
m. MAUD le BOTILLER, d. of Theobald le Botiller
d. 1267
In 1257 the Welsh Lord of Gwenwynwyn, in the southern realm of the Welsh
Kingdom of Powys, sought the aid of the Lord of Oswestry against Llywelyn ap
Gruffydd and John Fitzalan was a member of the English force that was defeated
at the hands of the Welsh at Cymerau in Carmarthenshire, which he survived. In
1258 he was one of the key English military commanders in the Welsh Marches and
was summoned yet again in 1260 for further conflict against the Welsh. John
vacillated in the conflicts between Henry III and the Barons, and fought on the
King's side at the Battle of Lewes in 1264, where he was taken prisoner. From
1278 to 1282 his son was also engaged in Welsh border hostilities, attacking
the lands of Llywelyn the son of Gruffydd ap Madog.
Momument at the site of the Battle
of Lewes
After the death without direct heirs of his mother's brother Hugh d'Aubigny,
5th Earl of Arundel, John inherited jure matris the castle and honour of
Arundel in 1243, which, according to the admission of 1433, he was held to have
become de jure Earl of Arundel.
Arundel Castle
Issue-
�� 8I. JOHN- b. 14 Sept. 1246, m. ISABELLA
MORTIMER (d. 1292), d. 18 Mar. 1272
Ref:
New Complete Peerage- Vol. V, p. 392
Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before
1700 - Frederick Lewis Weis
8I. JOHN (ALAIN 1, FLAAD 2, ALAN 3, WILLIAM 4, WILLIAM 5, JOHN 6, JOHN 7)
b. 14 Sept. 1246
m. ISABELLA MORTIMER (d. 1292) d. 18 Mar. 1272
John was the 7th Earl of Arundel and Lord of Clun and Oswestry in the Welsh
Marches.
Issue-
�� 9I. RICHARD- b. 3 Feb. 1266/7, m. ALICE
di SALUZZO, d. 9 Mar. 1301/2
Ref:
Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before
1700 - Frederick Lewis Weis
9I RICHARD (ALAIN 1, FLAAD 2, ALAN 3, WILLIAM 4, WILLIAM 5, JOHN 6, JOHN
7, JOHN 8)
b. 3 Feb. 1266/7
m. ALICE di SALUZZO, d. of Thomas di Saluzzo, Italy
d. 9 Mar. 1301/2
Richard was feudal Lord of Clun and Oswestry in the Welsh Marches. After
attaining his majority in 1289 he became the 8th Earl of Arundel, by being
summoned to Parliament by a writ directed to the Earl of Arundel. He was
knighted by King Edward I of England
in 1289.
Richard fought in the Welsh wars, 1288 to 1294, when the Welsh castle of Castell y Bere (near modern day Towyn)
was besieged by Madog ap Llywelyn. He commanded the force sent to relieve the
siege and he also took part in many other campaigns in Wales and in Gascony 1295-97 and in the Scottish wars
from 1298 to 1300.
Issue-
�� 10I. EDMUND- b. 1 May 1285, m. ALICE
de WARENNE (b. June 1287, d. 23 May 1338), executed 17 Nov. 1326
�� II. John- a priest
�� III. Alice-
m. Stephen de Segrave
�� IV. Margaret- m. William le Botiller
�� ?V. Eleanor- m. Henry de Percy
Ref:
Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before
1700 - Frederick Lewis Weis
10I. EDMUND (ALAIN 1, FLAAD 2, ALAN 3, WILLIAM 4, WILLIAM 5, JOHN 6, JOHN
7, JOHN 8, RICHARD 9)
b. 1 May 1285
m. ALICE de WARENNE (b. June 1287, d. 23 May 1338) executed 17 Nov. 1326
Edmund succeeded to his father's estates and titles upon his death in 1302.
He was summoned to Parliament 9 Nov. 1306 as Earl of Arundel and took part in
the Scottish wars of that year.
Edmund bore the Royal robes at Edward II's coronation, but he soon fell out
with the King's favorite Piers Gaveston. In 1310 he was one of the Lords
Ordainers, and he was one of the 5 Earls who allied in 1312 to oust Gaveston.
Arundel resisted reconciling with the King after Gaveston's death, and in 1314
he along with some other Earls refused to help the King's Scottish campaign,
which contributed in part to the English defeat at Bannockburn.
A few years later Edmund allied with King Edward's new favorites, Hugh le
Despenser and his son of the same name, and had his son and heir, Richard,
married to a daughter of the younger Hugh le Despenser. He reluctantly
consented to the Despenser's banishment in 1321, and joined the King's efforts
to restore them in 1321. Over the following years Edmund was one of the King's
principal supporters, and after the capture of Roger Mortimer in 1322 he
received a large part of the forfeited Mortimer estates. He also held the two
great offices governing Wales,
becoming Justice of Wales in 1322 and Warden of the Welsh Marches, responsible
for the array in Wales,
in 1325 and Constable of Montgomery Castle, his official base.
Montgomery Castle
After Mortimer's escape from prison and invasion of England in
1326, amongst the Barons only Edmund and his brother-in-law John de Warenne
remained loyal to the King. Their defensive efforts were ineffective, and
Edmund was captured and executed at the behest of Queen Isabella. His estates
and titles were forfeited when he was executed, but they were eventually
restored to his eldest son Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel.
Issue-
�� 11I. RICHARD- m.1. Isabel Despenser,
2. 5 Feb. 1344/5 ELEANOR PLANTAGENET (m.1.
John, Lord Beaumont (d. May 1342), d. 11 Jan. 1371/2), d. 24 Jan. 1375/6
�� II. Alice-
m. John de Bohun
Ref:
The Royal Ancestry Bible Royal Ancestors of 300 Colonial American
Families- Michael L. Call- chart 28
King Edward II: His Life, His Reign, and Its Aftermath, 1284-1330
- Roy Martin, McGill-Queen's Press, 2003
Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before
1700 - Frederick Lewis Weis
11I. Sir RICHARD (ALAIN 1, FLAAD
2, ALAN 3, WILLIAM 4, WILLIAM 5, JOHN 6, JOHN 7, JOHN 8, RICHARD 9, EDMUND 10)
m.1. Isabel Despenser (marriage annulled by Pope Clement VI)
2. 5 Feb. 1344/5 ELEANOR PLANTAGENET
(m.1. John, Lord Beaumont (d. May 1342), d. 11 Jan. 1371/2
d. 24 Jan. 1375/6
Around 1321, Richard's father allied with King Edward II's favorites, Hugh
le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester and his namesake son, and Richard was
married to Isabel le Despenser, daughter of Hugh the Younger. Fortune turned
against the Despenser party, and on 17 November 1326, Richard's father was
executed, and he did not succeed to his father's estates or titles.
However, political conditions had changed by 1330, and over the next few
years Richard was gradually able to reacquire the Earldom of Arundel as well as
the great estates his father had held in Sussex and in the Welsh Marches.
Beyond this, in 1334 he was made Justiciar of North Wales (later his term in
this office was made for life), Sheriff for life of Caernarvonshire, and
Governor of Caernarfon Castle. He was one of the most trusted supporters of
Edward the Black Prince in Wales.
Caernarfon Castle
Despite his high offices in Wales,
in the following decades Richard spent much of his time fighting in Scotland (during the Second Wars of Scottish
Independence) and France
(during the Hundred Years' War). In 1337, Richard was made Joint Commander of
the English army in the north, and the next year he was made the sole
Commander. In 1340 he fought at the Battle of Sluys, and then at the siege of
Tournai. After a short term as Warden of the Scottish Marches, he returned to
the continent, where he fought in a number of campaigns, and was appointed
Joint Lieutenant of Aquitaine
in 1340. Richard was one of the three principal English commanders at the
Battle of Cr�cy. He spent much of the following years on various military
campaigns and diplomatic missions.
The Battle
of Crecy from
Froissarts Chronicles
In 1347 he succeeded to the Earldom of Surrey (or Warenne), which even
further increased his great wealth. He did not however use the additional title
until after the death of the Dowager Countess of Surrey
in 1361. He made very large loans to King Edward III but even so on his death
left behind a great sum in hard cash.
Issue- first child by Isabel, last seven by Eleanor.
�� I.
Edmund- m. Sybil Montacute
�� 12II.
RICHARD- b.c.1346, m.c.28 Sept. 1359 ELIZABETH De BOHUN (d. 3 Apr. 1385) beheaded 21 Sept. 1397
�� III. John- drowned 1379. 1st Baron Maltravers
�� IV. Thomas- Archbishop of Canterbury
�� V. Joan- m. Humphrey de Bohun, d. 7 Apr. 1419
�� VI. Alice- m. Thomas Holland, Earl of Kent, d. 17
Mar. 1416
�� VII. Mary- m. John Le Strange of Blackmere,
d. 29 Aug. 1396
�� VIII. Eleanor- d. before 1366
Ref:
New Complete Peerage- Vol. II, p. 61; I, 243-4
Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants-
Vol.II, pp.95,204
Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before
1700- Frederick Lewis Weis
12I. RICHARD ((ALAIN 1, FLAAD 2,
ALAN 3, WILLIAM 4, WILLIAM 5, JOHN 6, JOHN 7, JOHN 8, RICHARD 9, EDMUND 10, RICHARD 11)
b.c.1346
m.1. contract 28 Sept. 1358 ELIZABETH De
BOHUN (d. 3 Apr. 1385)
2. 15 Aug. 1390 Phillipa Mortimer (m.1. John Hastings, d. 24 Sept. 1401), d. of
Edmund de Mortimer, Earl of March
beheaded 21 Sept. 1397
The Coronation of Richard II- from
Jean de Wavrin's Chroniques d'Angleterre
At the coronation of Richard II, Richard FitzAlan carried the crown. In 1377
he was Admiral of the West and South. In this capacity, he attacked Harfleur at
Whitsun 1378, but was forced to return to his ships by the defenders. Later, he
and John of Gaunt attempted to seize Saint-Malo
but were unsuccessful.(1)
Richard was closely aligned with Thomas, Duke of Gloucester who was an uncle
of King Richard II. Thomas was opposed to Richard II's desire for peace with France in the Hundred Years War and a power
struggle between Gloucester
and Richard II ensued. In late 1386, Gloucester
forced Richard II to name both himself and Richard FitzAlan to Richard's
Council.(2) This Council was to all intents and purposes a
Regency Council for Richard II, however Richard limited the duration of the
Council's powers to be one year.
In 1386 Richard II named him Admiral of all England, as well as being knighted
a Knight of the Garter. As Admiral of All England, he defeated a
Franco-Spanish-Flemish fleet off Margate
in March 1387, along with Thomas de Mowbray, Earl of Nottingham.(3)
In August, the King dismissed Gloucester and FitzAlan from the Council and
replaced them with his own favourites - including the Archbishop of York,
Alexander Neville, the Duke of Ireland, Robert de Vere, Michael de la Pole the
Earl of Suffolk, Sir Robert Tresilian who was the Chief Justice, and the former
Mayor of London Nicholas Brembre.(4)
The King summoned Gloucester and FitzAlan to
meet with the King, but instead of coming, they raised troops and defeated the
new Council at Radcot
Bridge, taking the
favorites prisoner. The Merciless Parliament the next year condemned the
favorites. FitzAlan was one of the Lords Appellant who accused and condemned
Richard II's favorites. He made himself particularly odious to Richard by
refusing, along with Gloucester
to spare the life of Sir Simon Burley who had been condemned by the Merciless
Parliament, even though the queen, Anne of Bohemia went down on her knees
before them to beg for mercy. Richard never forgave this humiliation and
planned and waited for his moment of revenge. In 1394 he further antagonized
the King by arriving late for the queen's funeral. Richard, in a rage snatched
a wand and struck him in the face and drew blood. Shortly after that, Richard
feigned a reconciliation but he was only biding his time for the right moment
to strike. Arundel was named Governor of Brest in 1388.
Peace was concluded with France
in 1389, however Richard FitzAlan followed Gloucester's lead and stated that he would
never agree with the peace that had been concluded.
On July 12, 1397 he was arrested for his opposition to Richard II, as well
as plotting with Gloucester
to imprison the king. He stood trial at Westminster
and was attainted. He was beheaded on September 21, 1397 and was buried in the
church of the Augustin Friars, Bread
Street, London.
Tradition holds that his final words were said to the executioner,
"Torment me not long, strike off my head in one blow". In October of
1400, the attainder was reversed, and Richard's son Thomas succeeded to his
father's estates and honors.(5)
Issue- All children by Elizabeth
�� I.
Thomas- b. 1381, d.s.p. 13 Oct. 1415
�� 13II. ELIZABETH-m. before 19 Aug. 1401
Sir ROBERT GOUSHILL, Knt. of Hoveringham,
b.c. 1374, m.1. Sir William Montague, 2. July 1384 Thomas de Mowbray, Duke of
Norfolk (d. 22 Sept. 1399 Venice)d.
8 July 1425
�� III. Joan- m. William Beauchamp, Baron
Bergavenny
�� IV. Margaret- m. Sir Rowland Lenthall
�� V. Alice- m. John Cherleton, Baron Cherleton
Ref:
(1) The Hundred Years War: The English
in France, 1337-1453- Desmond Seward, New York Atheneum- pp. 124-5
(2) Ibid- pp.136-9
(3) The House of Lords in the Middle Ages: A History of the
English House of Lords to 1540- J. Enoch Powell, Keith Wallis,
Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1968- pp.400-1
(4) Ibid- p. 404
(5) New Complete Peerage- Vol. I, pp.244-5; VI,
pp.467-70; IX, pp.664-7
Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants-
Vol.II, pp.95,204
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