Edmund (FitzAlan) de Arundel (1285 - 1326)

Born 1 May 1285 in Marlborough Castle, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Alice (Warenne) de Arundel — married after 30 Dec 1304 in England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 17 Nov 1326 at age 41 in Hereford, Herefordshire, England

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Biography

Edmund FitzAlan, 9th or 2nd Earl of Arundel^[1][2]

Edmund FitzAlan was the son and heir of Richard FitzAlan and Alasia Saluzzo.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

He was born on 01 May 1285, in the Castle of Marlborough, Wiltshire. His wardship was obtained by John, Earl of Surrey and Sussex (whose granddaughter, Alice de Warenne, he subsequently married).^[1][7]

Marriage

His wife Alice de Warenne (c. 1287 - 23 May 1338), was the daughter of William de Warenne, son and heir of John, Earl of Surrey and Sussex.^{[1][2][3][4][6][8][9][10]}

They were not yet married as of 30 December 1304, as on that date there was a grant to Alesia, daughter of William de Warenne .. touching the marriage of Edmund son and heir of Richard, son of Alan, sometime earl of Arundel, ... to whom the king granted the marriage of the heirs of the earl of Arundel, having offered her to the said Edmund, who refused her.^[11]

Alice survived Edmund. She was living in 1330 but had died before 23 May 1338.^[2]

Children

Alice and Edmund had four sons and six daughters:^[2][12]

• Richard, Knt., Earl of Arundel and Surrey, aka "Copped Hat", son and heir, born about 1314, died 24 January 1375/6, married first Isabel le Despenser and second to Eleanor of Lancaster^{[3][4][6][8][13]}
• John occurs 1373^[6]
• Edmund, Treasurer of Chichester, Warden of the Hospital at of St. Nicholas, Portsmouth, clerk, died before 24 March 1348
• Michael, clerk
• Eleanor, died before 30 March 1347, married first William de St. John, second Sir Gerard de Lisle, 1st Lord Lisle
• Alice, married Sir John de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex, Constable of England^[6][14]
• Katherine, married first Sir Henry Hussee (or Huse), 2nd Lord Husee, second to Sir Andrew Peverel; she died before 23 May 1376^[15]
• Aline, married Sir Roger le Strange, 5th Lord le Strange of Knockin^[6]
• Elizabeth, died 11 March 1384, married William le Latimer, K.G., 4th Lord Latimer
• Mary, married Sir John le Strange, 4th Lord le Strange of Blackmere^[16]

Career

He was knighted on 22 May 1306.^[1][10]

9 November 1306: summoned to Parliament as Earl of Arundel and took part in the Scottish wars of that year^[1]

1323: Chief Justiciar of North and South Wales.^[1]

1325: Warden of the Welsh Marches.^[1]

He was initially in opposition to Edward II but in 1312 changed sides and became one of the few nobles who supported the King. However, the insurrection by Edward II's estranged wife Isabella and Roger de Mortimer resulted in his capture and death in 1326.

Death

Having been captured near Shrewsbury, Shropshire, by the Queen's party, he was, without trial, beheaded at Hereford, 17 November 1326, in his 42nd year.^{[1][10][17][18]} The honor and castle were given to Edmund, Earl of Kent, who was beheaded 30 Sep 1330.^[1]

Edmund, Earl of Arundel's body was initially buried in the Franciscan church at Hereford. However, he had bequeathed his body to the abbey at Haughmond, Shropshire, and at the request of the abbot and convent, his body was later reburied at Haughmond Abbey.^[19]

Provision was also made for 6 candles to burn around his tomb at Haughmond (this entry was dated 1 March 1325/6, before Edmund's execution).^[20]

Research Notes

Fitz Alan / de Arundel: Richardson^[21] states: "Earl Richard Fitz Alan above, his father and grandfather all employed the surname Fitz Alan. In the 1270's, Earl Richard's father was styled John "Fitz Alan de Arundel" in several records [see C.P.R. 1272-1281 (1901): 11, 96, 161, 331]. In 1291 Earl Richard received a grant addressed to him as "Richard de Arundel, Earl of Arundel" [see C.P. 1 (1910): 241].... Following the Earl Richard's death in 1302, the family dropped the surname Fitz Alan in favor of de Arundel (or simply Arundel ). The last known use of the name Fitz Alan by any member of this family dates c.1312–3, when Earl Richard's son, Edmund, brought a writ as "Edmund Fitz Alan [see Year Books of Edward III 12 (Rolls Ser. 31b) (1905): 518–521]. . . ."

Richardson^[2] indicated that Edmund de Arundel had six daughters but wasn't persuaded that there was also a daughter named Jane who allegedly married a Warrin Gerrard. Jane as a possible daughter of Edmund appears to have originated from the works of Tierney^[7] and Eyton.^[6]

See also: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1077389/could-someone-look-this-up-in-richardson

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9} The Complete Peerage. Vol. I, Ab-Adam to Basing. 1910, pp 240-241 Edmund Earl of Arundel Internet Archive.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5} Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), Vol. II, pages 603-606 FITZ ALAN.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} The Visitation of Yorkshire in the years 1563 and 1564. Publications of the Harleian Society. Vol. XVI, 1881, pp 336-338 Warren Pedigree Internet Archive.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} The Complete Peerage. Vol. IV, Dacre to Dysart. 1916, Appendix H, p 670 Chart II Internet Archive.
5. ↑ Martin, E H. History of the Manor of Westhope, County Salop. 1909, pp 15-33 Internet Archive.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6} Eyton, Rev. R W. The Antiquities of Shropshire. Vol VII, 1858, p 229 HathiTrust.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Tierney, Rev. M A. The History and Antiquities of the Castle and Town of Arundel; including the biography of its earls, from the conquest to the present time. Vol. I, 1834, p 212 HathiTrust.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} The Chartulary of the Priory of St. Pancras of Lewes. Part II. Sussex Record Society, Vol XL, 1934, p 20 HathiTrust.
9. ↑ Clay, J W. The Extinct and Dormant Peerages of the Northern Counties of England. London, 1913, pp 236-238 Warenne Internet Archive.
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2} The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215, 4th ed., Weis, Frederick Lewis Publication: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore 1991 Weis: p 134.
11. ↑ Calendar of the Patent Rolls. Edward I. AD 1301-1307. HMSO, 1898, p 308 HathiTrust.
12. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, (2011), Vol. II, pages 178-185 FITZ ALAN 5: Alice de Warenne.
13. ↑ The Complete Peerage. Vol. I, Ab-Adam to Basing. 1910, pp 242-244 Richard, Earl of Arundel Internet Archive.
14. ↑ The Complete Peerage. Vol VI, Gordon to Hurstpierpoint. 1926, pp 470-471 Hereford Family Search.
15. ↑ The Complete Peerage. Vol. VII, Husee to Lincolnshire. 1929, p 4 Husee Family Search.
16. ↑ Blore, T. The History and Antiquities of the County of Rutland. Vol. I, Part II, 1811, p 228 Family Search.
17. ↑ Some corrections and additions to the Complete Peerage: Volume 1: Arundel medgen.
18. ↑ Burtscher, M. The Martyrdom of Edmund FitzAlan Earl of Arundel (1285-1326). The Coat of Arms. Third Series Vol II Part 2, 2006, pp 83-96 pdf.
19. ↑ M J Angold, G C Baugh, Marjorie M Chibnall, D C Cox, D T W Price, Margaret Tomlinson and B S Trinder, 'Houses of Augustinian canons: Abbey of Haughmond', in A History of the County of Shropshire: Volume 2, ed. A T Gaydon and R B Pugh (London, 1973), pp. 62-70. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/salop/vol2/pp62-70 [accessed 23 September 2021] quoting the text of a Manuscript at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, MS 339, f.46, continuation of the chronicle of Peter of Ickham.
20. ↑ Una Rees, (ed.), The Cartulary of Haughmond Abbey, 1985, p 227.
21. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), Vol. II, notes for Edmund's father (footnote 25, p 599).

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• Dictionary of National Biography, Vol 1-20, 22.Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed. 1921 1922. London
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• Marlyn_Lewis