Richard "Copped Hat" Fitzalan [EARL OF ARUNDEL 
Richard "Copped Hat" was born in 1306 in Of,ARUNDEL,Sussex,England.1 Richard "Copped Hat"'s father was Edmund FitzAlan Earl of Arundel and his mother was Alice De Warren. His paternal grandparents were Richard FitzAlan Earl of Arundel and Alasia de Saluzzo; his maternal grandparents were WILLIAM De Warenne and Joan De Vere. He had three brothers and four sisters, named Edmund, Edward, John, Katherine, Alice, Jane and Elizabeth. He was the second oldest of the eight children. He died at the age of 69 on January 24th, 1375 in ,ARUNDEL,Sussex,England. He was buried in ,Lewes,Sussex,England.2 1 General Notes
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]
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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]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1172 in Oswestry Castle,Shropshire,England d.Mar 1240 in Clun,Shropshire,England
- b.May 1223 in Arundel,Sussex,England d.<10 Nov 1267
- b.1190 in Arundel,Sussex,England d.Between 1230-1240
- b.14 Sep 1246 in Arundel,Sussex,England d.18 Mar 1272 in Clun,Shropshire,England
- b.1200 in Arklow,Ireland d.19 Jul 1230 in Poitou,Aquitaine,France
- b.1225 in Lincoln,Lincolnshire,England d.27 Nov 1283
- b.<1200> in <Lincoln,Lincolnshire,England> d.1247 in Staffordshire,England
- b.03 Feb 1267 in Arundel,Sussex,England d.09 Mar 1302
- b.~ 1190 in Wigmore,Herefordshire,England d.06 Aug 1246 in Wigmore,Herefordshire,England
- b.1221 in Cwmaron Castle,Radnorshire,Wales d.<10 Oct 1282 in Kingsland,Herefordshire,England
- b.~ 1194 in ,Gwynedd,Wales d.1251 in Windsor,Berkshire,England
- b.1248 in Wigmore,Herefordshire,England d.> 1300
- b.1198/1204 in Brecknock,Surrey,England d.02 May 1230 in ,,Wales
- b.<1224> in ,Breconshire,Wales d.~Mar 1301
- b.~ 1198 in Of,Pembroke,Pembrokeshire,Wales d.< 1246 in ,,,England
- b.01 May 1285 in Marlborough,Sussex,England d.17 Nov 1326 in Hereford,Herefordshire,England
- b.1183 in Saluzzo-Cuneo,Italy d.1212
- b.1210 in Saluzzo-Cuneo,Italy d.29 Oct 1244
- b.~ 1180 in Torres,Sardinia d.1264
- b.1234 in Saluzzo-Cuneo,Piedmont,Italy d.23 Dec 1296
- b.1197 in Savoie,France d.24 Jun 1253
- b.1214 in Savoy,France d.10 May 1259 in Saluzzo-Cuneo,Italy
- b.1192 in Bourgogne,Francia d.1242
- b.~ 1271 in Saluzzo-Cuneo,Italy d.25 Sep 1292
- b.~ 1180 d.1219
- b.~ 1210 d.1268
- b.1180 in Saluzzo-Cuneo,Italy d.1260
- b.1240 in Saluzzo-Cuneo,Piedmont,Italy d.22 Aug 1291
- b.1210 d.1300
- b.1306 in Of,ARUNDEL,Sussex,England d.24 Jan 1375 in ,ARUNDEL,Sussex,England
- b.1130 in ,,Normandy,France d.1202 in ,,,England
- b.1166 in ,,Surrey,Eng d.27 May 1240 in Surry.,Eng.
- b.1137 in ,,Surrey,Eng d.13 Jul 1199 in ,Lewes,Sussex,England
- b.~ 1231 in Warren,Sussex,Eng. d.27 Sep 1305 in ,Surrey,Eng.
- b.1144/1146 in Of,Pembroke,Pembrokeshire,Wales d.14 May 1219 in Caversham Manor,England
- b.~ 1192 in of Pembroke,Pembrokeshire,Wales d.27 Mar 1248 in Framlingham,co. Norfolk,England
- b.~ 1172 in Of,Pembroke,Pembrokeshire,Wales d.1220 in ,Pembroke,Pembrokeshire,Wales
- b.~ 1260 in Of,Warren,Sussex,England d.15 Dec 1286 in VP,Croydon,Surrey,England
- b.1163 in Lusignan,Vienne,France d.Nov 1219 in Damietta,Egypt
- b.~ 1183 in Of,LUSIGNAN,Vienne,France d.~06 Jun 1246 in Surry.,Eng.
- b.~ 1165 in Preuilly,Poitou,France d.Deceased
- b.~ 1225 in Lusignan,Vienne,France d.09 Feb 1255 in Warren,Sussex,England
- b.~ 1160 in Of,Angouleme,Charente,France d.1218 in L'Abbey La Couro
- b.~ 1188 in Of,Angouleme,Charente,France d.31 MAY 1245/1246 in ,Fontevrault L'Ab,Maine-Et-Loire,France
- b.~ 1160 in Of,COURTENAY,Galinois,France d.1218 in France
- b.~ 1277 in Warren,Sussex,England d.<23 May 1338
- b.1164 in ,Hatfield,Essex,England d.25 Oct 1221 in England
- b.1223 d.23 Dec 1262
- b.~ 1164 in Hatfield,Essex,England d.13 FEB 1247/1248 in England
- b.1240 in Essex,England d.22 Sep 1296
- b.~ 1150 in of,Winchester,Hampshire,England d.3 NOV 1219/1220 in On Way Holy Land
- b.~ 1178 in of,Winchester,Hampshire,England d.11 FEB 1262/1263 in ,,,England
- b.~ 1154 in of,,Hampshire,England d.12 JAN 1234/1235 in ,,England
- b.1264 in Oxford,Oxfordshire,England d.21 Nov 1293
- b.~ 1210 in Saunford,England
- b.1242 in Hertford,England d.07 Sep 1312
- b.~ 1205 in Essex,England
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Richard "Copped Hat" and Eleanor were married in a religious ceremony in ,Ditton,,England. They had two sons and two daughters, named Richard Fitz Alan XI Earl of, John, Joan and Alice.
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Children
Richard Fitz Alan XI Earl of Arundel
Richard Fitz Alan XI Earl of was born in 1330 in Arundel,Sussex,England. He died at the age of 67 on September 18th, 1397 in London,England.
Sir John FitzAlan of Arundel
John was born about 1348 in Arundel,Sussex,England. He died on December 16th, 1379 in the Irish Sea - drowned.
Lady Alice FitzAlan of Arundel
Alice was born about 1350 in Arundel Castle,Sussex,England.3 She died on March 17th, 1416 in Brockenhurst,Hampshire,England.4
Richard "Copped Hat" and Isabel were married in a religious ceremony in Kings Chapel,Havering-Atte-Bower,Essex,England. They had two sons and three daughters, named Sir Edmund, Edmund, Mary Fitz, Alice and Aline.
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Children
Mary Fitz Alan
Mary Fitz was born in 1332 in Corfham,Shropshire,England. She died at the age of 64 on August 29th, 1396.
1 {Weber, Jim}
2 SKC
3 {Directory of Royal Genealogical Data}
4 Directory of Royal Genealogical Data
Further sources/citations:
DeVries-Porter Family Tree, The Phillips, Weber, Kirk & Staggs families of the Pacific Northwest, G304.ged
2 SKC
3 {Directory of Royal Genealogical Data}
4 Directory of Royal Genealogical Data
Further sources/citations:
DeVries-Porter Family Tree, The Phillips, Weber, Kirk & Staggs families of the Pacific Northwest, G304.ged
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