General Notes

Name Prefix:<NPFX> Earl
Note: Tenth Earl of Arundel and Surrey; admiral of the west
, 1377; executed by John of Gaunt; DNB.
Note: Richard Fitz Alan, born 1346, beheaded 21 Sep 1397, 1
0th Earl of Arundel and Surrey, son of Sir Richard Fitz Ala
n and Eleanor Plantagenet. [Magna Charta Sureties]
(Research):Note:
Richard Fitz Alan, 11th/4th Earl of Arundel and 11th Earl o
f Surrey, KG (1386); born 1346; Admiral of the West and Sou
th 1377, and of all England 1386; fought in the Hundred Yea
rs War, defeating a Franco-Spanish-Flemish fleet off Margat
e 1387;
Governor of Brest 1388; one of the Lords Appellant (cliqu
e of nobles opposed to Richard II's favourites) 1388; marri
ed 1st c28 Sep 1359 Elizabeth, daughter of William Bohun, 1
st Earl of Northampton of the March 1336/7 creation, and ha
d with another son (presumably but not necessarily by her)
, Sir Edmund de Arundel, later bastardised (owing to his fa
ther's attainder?), whose daughter Philippa was mother of A
vice, wife of the 11th Earl of Oxford; married 2nd 15 Aug 1
390 Lady Philippa Mortimer, daughter of 3rd Earl of March b
y Philippa, only daughter of Lionel Duke of Clarence (2nd s
on of Edward III), and widow of 5th Lord (Baron) Hastings
, and was attainted, his titles and lands being forfeited
, and beheaded 21 Sep 1397 for his opposition to Richard II
, having had no issue by her [Philippa]. [Burke's Peerage]
Note:  I think that the part of the above citation concerni
ng a son Edmund de Arundel, Philippa, and Avice, wife of th
e 11th Earl of Oxford, is explained by The Magna Charta Sur
eties. Edmund is not a son of this Richard, but his half-br
other Note:  Title: The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederi
ck Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edi
tion, 1999 Note: Page: 19-7, 27-7 Note: Title: Burke's Peer
age & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-C
hief, 1999 Note: Page: 2098 Note: Title: Complete Peerage o
f England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kin
gdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000 Note: Pa
ge: XII/1:251, XII/1:442 Note:
Knight of the Garter; Earl of Surrey; Admiral of the East a
nd South. In the 1st year of Richard II, he being constitut
ed admiral of the king's fleet in the westwards, and soon a
fter that to the southwards, was retained by indenture to s
erve the King at sea for one quarter of a year, in the comp
any of John, Duke of Lancaster. He was afterwards engaged f
or some years in Scotland; and was in the commission (9th y
ear of Edward II), for the trial of Michael de la Pole, an
d some others of the king's favorites, whom the Commons ha
d then impeached. He was appointed the next year admiral o
f the whole fleet, and putting to sea encountered and vanqu
ished the united fleets of France and Spain, taking no les
s than 100 ships, great and small, all laden with wines, co
mprising 19,000 tons. This gallant exploit he followed up b
y entering the port of Brest, and reducing one of the castl
es and burning the other. He now returned to England in gre
at triumph, but had to encounter the jealousy and hatred o
f the king's favorites, particularly the Duke of Ireland, w
hose influence over the King he strenuously resisted. His l
ordship afterwards entered into the confederation of the Ea
rls of Warwick and Derby, which assembled in arms at Haring
hay Park (now Hornsey), in Middlesex, and compelled the Kin
g to acquiesce in their views. He was then, by the genera
l consent of the parliament (11th year of Richard II), mad
e Governor of the castle and town of Brest, and shortly aft
er captain-general of the king's fleet at sea, with commiss
ion to treat of peace with John de Montfort, Duke of Britta
ny; whereupon hoisting his flag, soon after met with the en
emy, of whose ships he sunk and took fourscore; entered th
e Isle of Rhe, which he burnt and spoiled, and several othe
r ports which he likewise plundered, putting to flight