Biography of Eleanor Maltravers 2nd Baroness Maltravers Baroness Arundel and Cobham 1345-1405

Around 1345 Eleanor Maltravers 2nd Baroness Maltravers Baroness Arundel and Cobham was born to John Maltravers and Gwenllian Unknown at Etchingham Lewes.

In or before 1350 [her father] John Maltravers and [her mother] Gwenllian Unknown were married.

On 13th October 1350 [her father] John Maltravers died.

On 17th February 1359 John Fitzalan 1st Baron Arundel Baron Maltravers (age 11) and Eleanor Maltravers 2nd Baroness Maltravers Baroness Arundel and Cobham (age 14) were married. He the son of Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey (age 53) and Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey (age 40). They were fifth cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King John of England.

Around 1360 [her daughter] Joan Fitzalan was born to [her husband] John Fitzalan 1st Baron Arundel Baron Maltravers (age 12) and Eleanor Maltravers 2nd Baroness Maltravers Baroness Arundel and Cobham (age 15). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.

On 16th September 1360 William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton (age 50) died. He was buried either in the Courtenay Chantry Chapel at Exeter Cathedral [Map] or at Waldon Priory and Abbey [Map]. His son Humphrey (age 19) succeeded 2nd Earl of Northampton. [her sister-in-law] Joan Fitzalan Countess Essex, Hereford and Northampton (age 13) by marriage Countess of Northampton.

On 15th October 1361 Humphrey Bohun 6th Earl Hereford 5th Earl Essex (age 52) died. His nephew Humphrey (age 20) succeeded 7th Earl Hereford, 6th Earl Essex. [her sister-in-law] Joan Fitzalan Countess Essex, Hereford and Northampton (age 14) by marriage Countess Essex, Countess Hereford.

On 3rd November 1364 [her son] John Fitzalan Baron Maltravers 2nd Baron Arundel was born to [her husband] John Fitzalan 1st Baron Arundel Baron Maltravers (age 16) and Eleanor Maltravers 2nd Baroness Maltravers Baroness Arundel and Cobham (age 19). He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry III of England.

On 16th February 1365 [her grandfather] John Maltravers 1st Baron Maltravers (age 75) died. He was buried at Lytchett Maltravers, Dorset. Baron Maltravers abeyant between Eleanor Maltravers 2nd Baroness Maltravers Baroness Arundel and Cobham (age 20) and [her sister] Joan Maltravers.

In 1366 [her son] Richard Fitzalan was born to [her husband] John Fitzalan 1st Baron Arundel Baron Maltravers (age 18) and Eleanor Maltravers 2nd Baroness Maltravers Baroness Arundel and Cobham (age 21). He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry III of England.

In 1368 [her future husband] Reginald Cobham 2nd Baron Cobham (age 19) and Elizabeth Stafford Baroness Cobham, Ferrers and Strange (age 28) were married at Lingfield, Surrey. She by marriage Baroness Cobham. She the daughter of Ralph Stafford 1st Earl Stafford (age 66) and Margaret Audley Countess Stafford. They were third cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King John of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

In 1369 [her son] William Fitzalan was born to [her husband] John Fitzalan 1st Baron Arundel Baron Maltravers (age 21) and Eleanor Maltravers 2nd Baroness Maltravers Baroness Arundel and Cobham (age 24). He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry III of England.

Before 13th October 1370 Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent (age 20) and [her sister-in-law] Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent (age 20) were married. She by marriage Countess Kent. She the daughter of [her father-in-law] Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey (age 64) and [her mother-in-law] Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey (age 52). He the son of Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent and Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales (age 42). They were third cousins. He a great grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.

In 1372 [her daughter] Margaret Fitzalan Baroness Ros of Helmsley was born to [her husband] John Fitzalan 1st Baron Arundel Baron Maltravers (age 24) and Eleanor Maltravers 2nd Baroness Maltravers Baroness Arundel and Cobham (age 27). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.

On 13th August 1373 [her brother-in-law] Archbishop Thomas Fitzalan aka Arundel (age 20) was appointed Bishop of Ely.

On 24th January 1376 [her father-in-law] Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey (age 70) died. He was buried at Lewes Priory [Map]. His son [her brother-in-law] Richard (age 30) succeeded 9th Earl Surrey, 4th or 11th Earl Arundel. Elizabeth Bohun Countess Arundel and Surrey (age 26) by marriage Countess Arundel, Countess Surrey.

On 4th August 1377 [her husband] John Fitzalan 1st Baron Arundel Baron Maltravers (age 29) was created 1st Baron Arundel by writ of summons. Eleanor Maltravers 2nd Baroness Maltravers Baroness Arundel and Cobham (age 32) by marriage Baroness Arundel.

In 1380 Reginald Cobham 2nd Baron Cobham (age 31) and Eleanor Maltravers 2nd Baroness Maltravers Baroness Arundel and Cobham (age 35) were married. She by marriage Baroness Cobham. They were second cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King John of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King John of England.

In 1381 [her son] Reginald Cobham 3rd Baron Cobham was born to [her husband] Reginald Cobham 2nd Baron Cobham (age 32) and Eleanor Maltravers 2nd Baroness Maltravers Baroness Arundel and Cobham (age 36) at Sterborough Castle, Kent. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.62%.

Around 1383 [her sister] Joan Maltravers died. Her sister Eleanor (age 38) succeeded 2nd Baroness Maltravers. [her former husband] John Fitzalan 1st Baron Arundel Baron Maltravers by marriage Baron Maltravers.

Before 1st August 1385 [her son] John Fitzalan Baron Maltravers 2nd Baron Arundel (age 20) and [her daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Despencer Baroness Zouche, Harringworth, Maltravers and Arundel were married. She by marriage Baroness Maltravers, Baroness Arundel. They were half third cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

On 14th August 1390 [her son] John Fitzalan Baron Maltravers 2nd Baron Arundel (age 25) died. He was buried at Missenden Abbey [Map]. His son [her grandson] John (age 5) succeeded 3rd Baron Arundel.

Around 1394 [her son-in-law] William Ros 6th Baron Ros Helmsley (age 24) and [her daughter] Margaret Fitzalan Baroness Ros of Helmsley (age 22) were married. She by marriage Baroness Ros Helmsley. She brought a 40 mark annuity to the marriage awarded to her by King Richard II of England (age 26) following the death of his wife Anne of Bohemia Queen Consort England (age 27) in whose household she had been. She the sister of the [her former brother-in-law] Earl of Arundel (age 48). He the son of Thomas Ros 4th Baron Ros Helmsley and Beatrice Stafford Countess Desmond (age 53). They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.

In 1400 [her son] William Fitzalan (age 31) died.

On 6th July 1403 [her husband] Reginald Cobham 2nd Baron Cobham (age 55) died. His son [her son] Reginald (age 22) succeeded 3rd Baron Cobham.

On 1st September 1404 [her daughter] Joan Fitzalan (age 44) died.

On 12th January 1405 Eleanor Maltravers 2nd Baroness Maltravers Baroness Arundel and Cobham (age 60) died at Sussex. She was buried at Lewes Priory [Map]. Her grandson [her grandson] John (age 19) succeeded 3rd Baron Maltravers.

Effigy of John Fitz-Alan, Lord Maltravers and Earl of Arundel. [her great grandson] JOHN FITZ-ALAN was descended directly, in the third degree, from [her former husband] John the second son of [her former father-in-law] Richard Earl of Arundel, noticed at p. 83, who [Note. John.] married Eleanor daughter of [her father] Lord Maltravers, he was the eldest son of [her grandson] John Fitz-Alan, Lord Maltravers, by his wife [her granddaughter-in-law] Eleanor (age 54), daughter of Sir John Berkeley, and was born in 1407. His father had previously succeeded to the estates of his kinsman, Thomas Earl of Arundel, grandson of Richard before mentioned, by the elder branch; but it does not appear that he ever bore the title of Earl of Arundel. In 1432 John Fitz-Alan preferred a petition to the Parliament that he might be admitted to his due place in all public councils, inasmuch as he was seised of the Castle and Honour of Arundel, to which the title of Earl had, by peculiar custom, time out of mind, been annexed.