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Richard "Copped Hat" Fitz Alan, Earl of Arundel and Earl of Surrey^[1]

Abt 1314 - 1376

• Suffix	Earl of Arundel and Earl of Surrey
  Nickname	Copped Hat
  Born	Abt 1313-1314	of, Arundel, Sussex, England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  AFN	8MLT-WJ
  Name AKA	Richard Fitz Alan  [3]
  Name AKA	Richard FitzAlan  [4]
  Died	24 Jan 1375-1376	Arundel, Sussex, England   [5]
  Buried	Lewes, Sussex, England   [6]
  Notes	KINSHIP: Son and heir. KINSHIP: 1/2 3nd cousin once removed to 2nd wife. KINSHIP: Nephew and heir to his maternal uncle, John de WARENNE, Earl of Surrey, 1347. BIRTH: Date Approximated> Being about 7 years in 1320/1321 {marriage date); in his 70th year (age 69) in 1375/1376 [death year]. MILITARY: Admiral of the West 1340-1341, 1345-1347. MILITARY: Battles and Wars> Took a part in the wars with France; commanded the 2nd division at the battle of Cr?ecy; was at the fall of Calai, 1347. OFFICE: Justiciar of North Wales, 1334 till death. OFFICE: Governor of Carnarvon Castle, 1339. OFFICE: Sheriff of Shropshire, 1345 till death. TITLES: Fully restored in blood and honors in 1331, and obtained restitution of the Castle and Honour of Arundel, thus became the Earl of Arundel, title created 1272, 1289, or 1291. TITLES: Succeeded his maternal uncle, John WARENNE, Earl of Surrey, in 1347, but did not assume the title Earl of Surrey until after the death of Joan, Dowager Countess of Surrey in 1361, title created 1088. PROPERTY: Obtained restitution of the Castle and honor of Arundel, Sussex {Arundel, Sussex, England}, 1331. PROPERTY: Baron of Oswestry, Shropshire, England. PROPERTY: Following his marriage, his father-in-law settled on him, his wife, and their issue, the manor of Keevil, Wiltshire PROPERTY:Following his marriage, his father-in-law settled on him, his wife, and their issue, the manor of Blakewell, Buckinghamshire PROPERTY: Succeeded to the vast WARENNE estates upon the death of his maternal uncle, John WARENNE, Earl of Surrey, 1347. PROBATE: Will dated 5 Dec 1375. [7]
  Person ID	I258	British Isles. Peerage, Baronetage, and Landed Gentry families with extended lineage
  Last Modified	31 Mar 2012

  
  

  Father	Edmund Fitz Alan, Earl of Arundel,   b. 1 May 1285, Marlborough Castle, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England ,   d. 17 Nov 1326, Hereford, Herefordshire, England
  Mother	Alice de Warenne,   d. Between 1330 and 23 May 1338
  Married	1305
  Family ID	F710	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Isabel le Despenser,   b. Abt 1312-1313,   d. Aft 1351-1352
  Married	9 Feb 1321	King's Chapel, Havering-atte-Bower, Essex, England   [2, 8, 9]
  	Type: Annulled
  	MARRIAGE: Date> 9 Feb 1320/1321. AGE: At time of marriage, husband about 7 years and wife about 8 years. STATUS: 1st marriage for husband. STATUS: Annulment> Husband obtained a Papal mandate for an annulment, on the grounds of his minority, and of never having willingly consented to the marriage, 4 Dec 1344. CONDITION: 1 son and 1or 2 daughters of this marriage (issue bastardized upon annulment).
  _STAT	4 Dec 1344
  	Annulled
  Children	1. Sir Edmund de Arundel, Knight,   b. Cal 1327,   d. Aft 1377   2. Mary FitzAlan,   d. 29 Aug 1393-1396
  Last Modified	2 Aug 2010
  Family ID	F401	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Eleanor of Lancaster,   d. 11 Jan 1372, Arundel, Sussex, England
  Married	5 Feb 1345	Ditton, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, England   [10, 11, 12]
  	MARRIAGE: Date> 5 Feb 1344/1345. MARRIAGE: Papal Dispensation> 4 Mar 1344/1345 to Richard, Earl of Arundel, to remain in marriage contracted with Eleanor, daughter of Henry, Earl of Lancaster, at Ditton. STATUS: 2nd marriage for husband; 2nd marriage for wife. CONDITION: 3 sons and 2 daughters of this marriage.
  Children	1. Richard Fitz Alan, Earl of Arundel and Earl of Surrey,   b. Bef 1347, of, Arundel Castle, Arundel, Sussex, England ,   d. 21 Sep 1397, Cheapside, London, Middlesex, England   2. John d'Arundel, Lord Arundel, of, Buckland, Surrey, England ,   d. Dec 1379, Irish Sea   3. Thomas de Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury,   b. Cal 1352,   d. 19 Feb 1413-1414   4. Joan FitzAlan,   d. 7 Apr 1419   5. Alice FitzAlan,   d. 17 Mar 1415 or 1416
  Last Modified	2 Aug 2010
  Family ID	F166	Group Sheet

  
  

  Married	Type: Not Married
  	CONDITION: 1 daughter by an unknown mistress.
  Children	1. Eleanor de Arundel,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2009
  Family ID	F14183	Group Sheet

  
  

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