1. ALAIN-
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.
Issue-
Ref:
Studies in Peerage and Family History- J. Horace Round, London, 1901- p. 122
Flaad and his son Alan had come to the favorable notice of King Henry I and
invited them to
Issue-
�� 3I. ALAN- d. after 1114
Ref:
The Normans in Scotland- R.L. Ritchie, Edinburgh University
Press, 1954- pp. 280-1
Studies in Peerage and Family History- J. Horace Round, London,
1901- pp. 120, 123, 127
3I. ALAN (ALAIN 1, FLAAD 2)
d. after 1114
Alan was a Breton knight who held the barony and
Issue-
�� 4I. WILLIAM- m.1. niece of Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, d.s.p., 2. ISABEL de SAY (m.2. before 1166 Geoffrey de Vere (d. 1170), 3. before 1188 William Boterel, d.c.1199), d. 1160
�� II. Walter- High Steward of
�� III. Simon-
�� IV.
Ref:
The Royal Families of England, Scotland, and Wales, and their
Descendants- John Burke, John Bernard, London, 1851- Vol. 2, p. xl
The Complete Peerage- G.E. Cockayne, Ed., London, 1926- Vol. V, p.
391
Caledonia- Chalmers, Edinburgh, 1807- Vol. I, pp. 572-5
The Normans in Scotland- R.L. Ritchie, Edinburgh University Press,
1954- pp. 280-1
Studies in Peerage and Family History- J. Horace Round, London,
1901- pp. 120, 123, 126-7
4I. WILLIAM (ALAIN 1, FLAAD 2, ALAN 3)
m.1. niece of Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, d.s.p.William was made High Sheriff of Shropshire by King Stephen in 1137.
Issue-
Ref:
The Complete Peerage- G.E. Cockayne, Ed., London, 1926- Vol. V, p. 392
The Normans in Scotland- R.L. Ritchie, Edinburgh University Press, 1954- p. 281
Studies in Peerage and Family History- J. Horace Round, London, 1901- p. 125
5I. WILLIAM FitzALAN of Oswestry (ALAIN 1, FLAAD 2, ALAN 3, WILLIAM 4)
m. _______, d. of Hugh de LACY, Lord of MeathIssue-
b.c.1200
m. ISABEL d'AUBIGNY d. 1240
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
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.
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
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
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,
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
Richard fought in the Welsh wars, 1288 to 1294, when the Welsh
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.
�� IV. Margaret- m. William le Botiller
�� ?V. Eleanor- m. Henry de Percy
Ref:
Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to
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
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
After Mortimer's escape from prison and invasion of
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.
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
Despite his high offices in
The
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
Issue- first child by Isabel, last seven by Eleanor.
�� 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
�� V. Joan- m. Humphrey de Bohun, d. 7 Apr. 1419
�� VI. Alice- m. Thomas Holland, Earl of
�� 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
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
In 1386 Richard II named him Admiral of all
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
Peace was concluded with
On July 12, 1397 he was arrested for his opposition to Richard II, as well
as plotting with
Issue- All children by
�� 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
�� 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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