Adam Murimuth's Continuation and Robert of Avesbury’s 'The Wonderful Deeds of King Edward III'
This volume brings together two of the most important contemporary chronicles for the reign of Edward III and the opening phases of the Hundred Years’ War. Written in Latin by English clerical observers, these texts provide a vivid and authoritative window into the political, diplomatic, and military history of fourteenth-century England and its continental ambitions. Adam Murimuth Continuatio's Chronicarum continues an earlier chronicle into the mid-fourteenth century, offering concise but valuable notices on royal policy, foreign relations, and ecclesiastical affairs. Its annalistic structure makes it especially useful for establishing chronology and tracing the development of events year by year. Complementing it, Robert of Avesbury’s De gestis mirabilibus regis Edwardi tertii is a rich documentary chronicle preserving letters, treaties, and official records alongside narrative passages. It is an indispensable source for understanding Edward III’s claim to the French crown, the conduct of war, and the mechanisms of medieval diplomacy. Together, these works offer scholars, students, and enthusiasts a reliable and unembellished account of a transformative period in English and European history. Essential for anyone interested in medieval chronicles, the Hundred Years’ War, or the reign of Edward III.
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Paternal Family Tree: Fitzalan
Maternal Family Tree: Aoife ni Diarmait Macmurrough Countess Pembroke and Buckingham 1145-1188
1359 de Bohun Fitzalan Double Wedding
1377 Coronation of King Richard II
1379 Sinking of John Arundel's Fleet
1394 Death and Funeral of Anne of Bohemia
1397 Arrest and Execution of Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 11th Earl Arundel
On 9th February 1321 [his father] Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey [aged 15] and [his step-mother] Isabel Despencer Countess Arundel [aged 9] were married at Havering atte Bower, Essex [Map]. She by marriage Countess Arundel. He the son of [his grandfather] Edmund Fitzalan 2nd or 9th Earl of Arundel [aged 35] and [his grandmother] Alice Warenne Countess Arundel. They were half third cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King John of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
On 6th November 1330 John Beaumont 2nd Baron Beaumont [aged 12] and [his mother] Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey [aged 12] were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster [aged 49] and [his grandmother] Maud Chaworth. He the son of Henry Beaumont Earl Buchan [aged 51] and Alice Comyn 4th Countess Buchan. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. She a great granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
14th December 1344 [his father] Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey [aged 38] and [his step-mother] Isabel Despencer Countess Arundel [aged 32] marriage annulled by Pope Clement VI on the grounds that he had never freely consented to marry Isabel. He, at this time, is believed to be having an affair with her first cousin [his mother] Eleanor [aged 26] who he married four months later.
On 5th April 1345 [his father] Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey [aged 39] and [his mother] Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey [aged 26] were married at Ditton Church, Stoke Poges. She by marriage Countess Arundel. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster [aged 64] and [his grandmother] Maud Chaworth. He the son of Edmund Fitzalan 2nd or 9th Earl of Arundel and Alice Warenne Countess Arundel. They were half third cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King John of England. She a great granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
In 1346 Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel was born to Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey [aged 40] and Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey [aged 27]. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry III of England.
In June 1347 John Warenne 7th Earl of Surrey [aged 60] died. His nephew [his father] Richard [aged 41] succeeded 8th Earl Surrey. [his mother] Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey [aged 28] by marriage Countess Surrey. Conisbrough Castle [Map] reverted to the Crown.
On 17th February 1359 [his brother] John Fitzalan 1st Baron Arundel Baron Maltravers [aged 11] and [his sister-in-law] Eleanor Maltravers 2nd Baroness Maltravers Baroness Arundel and Cobham [aged 14] were married. He the son of [his father] Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey [aged 53] and [his mother] Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey [aged 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.
In September 1359, a case of Marriage of Two Sets of Siblings, siblings from the de Bohun family, children of William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton [aged 49], his only children, and the Fitzalan family, children of , were married:
Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel [aged 13] and Elizabeth Bohun Countess Arundel and Surrey [aged 9] were married. She the daughter of William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton and Elizabeth Badlesmere Countess Northampton. He the son of Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey [aged 53] and Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey [aged 40]. They were third cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
Humphrey Bohun 7th Earl Hereford 6th Earl Essex 2nd Earl of Northampton [aged 18] and Joan Fitzalan Countess Essex, Hereford and Northampton [aged 12] were married. She the daughter of Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey and Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey. He the son of William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton and Elizabeth Badlesmere Countess Northampton. 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.
On 26th February 1360 [his brother-in-law] Roger Mortimer 2nd Earl March [aged 31] died. He was buried at Wigmore Abbey [Map]. His son Edmund [aged 8] succeeded 3rd Earl March, 5th Baron Mortimer of Wigmore.
On 16th September 1360 [his father-in-law] William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton [aged 50] died. He was buried either in the Courtenay Chantry Chapel at Exeter Cathedral [Map] or at Waldon Priory and Abbey [Map]. His son [his brother-in-law] Humphrey [aged 19] succeeded 2nd Earl of Northampton. [his sister] Joan Fitzalan Countess Essex, Hereford and Northampton [aged 13] by marriage Countess of Northampton.
Before 1361 [his half-brother] Henry Beaumont 3rd Baron Beaumont [aged 20] and [his sister-in-law] Margaret Vere Baroness Devereux and Beaumont were married. She by marriage Baroness Beaumont. She the daughter of John de Vere 7th Earl of Oxford and Maud Badlesmere Countess of Oxford [aged 52]. He the son of John Beaumont 2nd Baron Beaumont and [his mother] Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey [aged 42]. They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 15th October 1361 Humphrey Bohun 6th Earl Hereford 5th Earl Essex [aged 52] died. His nephew [his brother-in-law] Humphrey [aged 20] succeeded 7th Earl Hereford, 6th Earl Essex. [his sister] Joan Fitzalan Countess Essex, Hereford and Northampton [aged 14] by marriage Countess Essex, Countess Hereford.
Around 1365 [his daughter] Eleanor Fitzalan was born to Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel [aged 19] and [his wife] Elizabeth Bohun Countess Arundel and Surrey [aged 15]. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward I of England. She married 28th October 1371 her half third cousin Robert Ufford, son of William Ufford 2nd Earl Suffolk and Joan Montagu Countess Suffolk. She died aged ten in 1375.
Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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In 1366 [his daughter] Elizabeth Fitzalan Duchess Norfolk was born to Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel [aged 20] and [his wife] Elizabeth Bohun Countess Arundel and Surrey [aged 16]. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward I of England. She married (1) in or before 1383 her third cousin once removed William Montagu, son of William Montagu 2nd Earl Salisbury and Elizabeth Mohun Countess of Salisbury (2) before 17th September 1385 her second cousin Thomas Mowbray 1st Duke of Norfolk, son of John Mowbray 4th Baron Mowbray Baron Segrave and Elizabeth Segrave 5th Baroness Segrave Baroness Mowbray, and had issue (3) before August 1401 Robert Goushill and had issue.
On or before 17th June 1369 [his half-brother] Henry Beaumont 3rd Baron Beaumont [aged 29] died at Sempringham Priory [Map]. His son [his nephew] John [aged 8] succeeded 4th Baron Beaumont.
Before 13th October 1370 [his brother-in-law] Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent [aged 20] and [his sister] Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent [aged 20] were married. She by marriage Countess Kent. She the daughter of [his father] Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey [aged 64] and [his mother] Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey [aged 52]. He the son of Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent and Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales [aged 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.
On 28th October 1371 [his son-in-law] Robert Ufford and Eleanor Fitzalan [aged 6] were married. She the daughter of Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel [aged 25] and Elizabeth Bohun Countess Arundel and Surrey [aged 21]. He the son of William Ufford 2nd Earl Suffolk [aged 33] and Joan Montagu Countess Suffolk [aged 22]. They were half third cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
On 11th January 1372 [his mother] Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey [aged 53] died at Arundel [Map]. She was buried at Lewes Priory [Map].
On 13th August 1373 [his brother] Archbishop Thomas Fitzalan aka Arundel [aged 20] was appointed Bishop of Ely.
In 1375 [his daughter] Eleanor Fitzalan [aged 10] died.
On 24th January 1376 [his father] Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey [aged 70] died. He was buried at Lewes Priory [Map]. His son Richard [aged 30] succeeded 9th Earl Surrey, 4th or 11th Earl Arundel. [his wife] Elizabeth Bohun Countess Arundel and Surrey [aged 26] by marriage Countess Arundel, Countess Surrey.
On 16th July 1377 King Richard II of England [aged 10] was crowned II King of England at Westminster Abbey [Map] by Archbishop Simon Sudbury [aged 61].
Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel [aged 31] carried the Crown.
Guichard d'Angle 1st Earl Huntingdon was created 1st Earl Huntingdon for life.
John Mowbray 1st Earl Nottingham [aged 11] was created 1st Earl Nottingham.
Edward 2nd Duke of York 1st Duke Albemarle [aged 4] and Robert Harrington 3rd Baron Harington [aged 21] were knighted.
Roger Scales 4th Baron Scales [aged 23] attended.
On 16th December 1379 [his brother] John Fitzalan 1st Baron Arundel Baron Maltravers [aged 31] drowned. He was buried at Lewes Priory [Map]. His son [his nephew] John [aged 15] succeeded 2nd Baron Arundel.
The Chronica Majora reports "... that during the panic of the storm, Sir John murdered those of his men who refused to make for shore for fear of being shipwrecked upon the rocks. Subsequently, after safely arriving on an island off the Irish coast, Sir John and his boat captain were swept back into the sea and drowned".
Thomas Banastre [aged 45] drowned.
On 11th June 1381 King Richard II of England [aged 14] held council with his mother Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales [aged 52], Thomas Beauchamp 12th Earl Warwick [aged 43], William Montagu 2nd Earl Salisbury [aged 52], Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel [aged 35], Archbishop Simon Sudbury [aged 65] and Robert Hales [aged 56] at the Tower of London [Map].
On 13th October 1381 [his son] Thomas Fitzalan 10th Earl of Surrey 5th or 12th Earl of Arundel was born to Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel [aged 35] and [his wife] Elizabeth Bohun Countess Arundel and Surrey [aged 31]. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward I of England. He married 26th November 1405 his half fourth cousin once removed Beatrice Aviz Duchess Exeter.
In or before 1383 [his son-in-law] William Montagu and Elizabeth Fitzalan Duchess Norfolk [aged 16] were married. She the daughter of Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel [aged 36] and Elizabeth Bohun Countess Arundel and Surrey [aged 32]. He the son of William Montagu 2nd Earl Salisbury [aged 54] and Elizabeth Mohun Countess of Salisbury. They were third cousin once removed. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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Around 1383 Joan Maltravers died. Her sister [his former sister-in-law] Eleanor [aged 38] succeeded 2nd Baroness Maltravers. [his brother] John Fitzalan 1st Baron Arundel Baron Maltravers by marriage Baron Maltravers.
Patent Rolls. 12th February 1385. Commission to W. Bishop of Winchester [aged 65], Thomas, Bishop of Exeter, Richard, Earl of Arundel [aged 39], Robert, Earl of Oxford [aged 23], [his future son-in-law] Thomas, Earl of Nottingham [aged 16], Hugh de Segrave [aged 89], treasurer of England, Simon de Burley [aged 45], under-chamberlain, Nicholas Brembre, mayor of London, John Clanvowe and Robert Plesyngton, knights, Master Walter Skirlawe, keeper of the privy seal, John Waltham, keeper of the rolls of Chancery, John Appelby, dean of St. Paul's, London, Richard Rounhale and Thomas Bacton, clerks,
On 3rd April 1385 [his wife] Elizabeth Bohun Countess Arundel and Surrey [aged 35] died. She was buried at Lewes [Map].
Before 17th September 1385 [his son-in-law] Thomas Mowbray 1st Duke of Norfolk [aged 17] and Elizabeth Fitzalan Duchess Norfolk [aged 19] were married. She by marriage Countess Nottingham. She the daughter of Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel [aged 39] and Elizabeth Bohun Countess Arundel and Surrey. They were second cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
In 1386 Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel [aged 40] was appointed Admiral England.
In 1387 Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel [aged 41] was appointed 74th Knight of the Garter by King Richard II of England [aged 19].
In 1388 Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel [aged 42] was appointed Governor of Brest. He was buried at Church of Augustin Friars Bread Street.
Around 1388 John Hastings 3rd Earl Pembroke [aged 15] and [his future wife] Philippa Mortimer Countess Pembroke, Arundel and Surrey [aged 12] were married. She by marriage Countess Pembroke. She the daughter of Edmund Mortimer 3rd Earl March, Earl of Ulster and Philippa Plantagenet Countess March 2nd Countess Ulster. He the son of John Hastings 2nd Earl Pembroke and Anne Manny Countess Pembroke. They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 3rd April 1388 [his brother] Archbishop Thomas Fitzalan aka Arundel [aged 35] was appointed Archbishop of York at a time when Richard II was, in effect, suspended from rule.
After 30th December 1389 Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel [aged 43] and Philippa Mortimer Countess Pembroke, Arundel and Surrey [aged 14] were married. She by marriage Countess Arundel, Countess Surrey. The difference in their ages was 29 years. She the daughter of Edmund Mortimer 3rd Earl March, Earl of Ulster and Philippa Plantagenet Countess March 2nd Countess Ulster. He the son of Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey and Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey. They were first cousin twice removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke
Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson.
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On 23rd July 1392 [his son-in-law] William Beauchamp 1st Baron Abergavenny [aged 49] and Joan Fitzalan Baroness Bergavenny were married. She by marriage Baroness Abergavenny. She the daughter of Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel [aged 46] and Elizabeth Bohun Countess Arundel and Surrey. He the son of Thomas Beauchamp 11th Earl Warwick and Katherine Mortimer Countess Warwick. They were second cousin twice removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King John of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
Around 1394 William Ros 6th Baron Ros Helmsley [aged 24] and [his niece] Margaret Fitzalan Baroness Ros of Helmsley [aged 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 [aged 26] following the death of his wife Anne of Bohemia Queen Consort England [aged 27] in whose household she had been. She the sister of the Earl of Arundel [aged 48]. He the son of Thomas Ros 4th Baron Ros Helmsley and Beatrice Stafford Countess Desmond [aged 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.
On 3rd August 1394 Anne of Bohemia Queen Consort England was buried at Chapel of St Edward the Confessor, Westminster Abbey [Map] with Archbishop Thomas Fitzalan aka Arundel [aged 41] presiding. King Richard II of England [aged 27] attended. Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel [aged 48], brother of the presiding Archbishop, and his wife Philippa Mortimer Countess Pembroke, Arundel and Surrey [aged 18], arrived late causing Richard, in a rage, to snatch a wand and strike FitzAlan in the face drawing blood.
On 12th July 1397 Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel [aged 51] was arrested for his opposition to King Richard II of England [aged 30].
On 21st September 1397 Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel [aged 51] was tried at Westminster [Map].
He was beheaded at Tower Hill [Map] immediately thereafter. Earl Surrey and Earl Arundel forfeit.
Chronicle of Adam of Usk [~1352-1430]. [21st September 1397]. The king, out of respect for his blood, ordered that he only be beheaded. And his enemies, the Earl of Kent, his nephew, and others coveting his lands, carried him [Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel [aged 51]] off to the Tower Hill with the scourge of a wicked death, as will become clear below, and there they beheaded him. With whose soul I wish I might deserve to share, for I certainly do not doubt that he has been added to the company of the saints. His body, however, although at that time it was buried without reverence at the Augustinians in London, is now gloriously venerated with the highest reverence and with frequent offerings from the people.
Tune rex, ob reverenciam sanguinis sui, jussit eum tantum decollari. Et duxerunt eum emuli sui, comes Cancie, ipsius nepos, et alii terras suas sicientes, mala mortis peste, ut inferius liquebit, perempti, ad montem Turris, et ibi ipsum decollarunt. Cum cujus anima utinam me participem fieri mererer, quia pro certo ipsum sanctorum colegio non dubito aggregari. Corpus tamen suum, licet tunc irreverenter aput Augustinenses! Londonie tumulatum, modo cum summa reverencia et populi frequenti oblacione quam gloriose veneratum excistit.
Betrayal and Death of King Richard II. [Around 25th July 1397] Afterwards he [Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester [aged 42]] sent to the Earl Marshal,1 who was captain of Calais, to the Earl of Warwick, and to the [his brother] Archbishop of Canterbury [aged 44],2 and desired that they would come to Arundel on a certain day; and he also sent to the Earl of Arundel to say that he would come to dine there with him, and that he would bring with him all the other lords. The Earl of Arundel [aged 51] returned him answer, that he would be right welcome, and all the lords it would please him to bring with him in his company. It is true that the Duke of Gloucester arrived at Arundel the eighth day before the month of August in the year thirteen hundred fourscore and sixteen,3 as well as the Earl of Derby, the Earl Marshal, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Abbot of St. Albans, and the Prior of Westminster. As these lords were seated at dinner, there arrived the Earl of Warwick [aged 59];4 and when he joined the company of the lords, the Duke of Gloucester said to him, 'My brave man, you must take the same oath as we have taken:' and the Earl replied, 'My lord, what do you wish me to swear?' The Duke said, 'You will swear as we have done, if you please, to be true and faithful to the realm, and also to be true and faithful to each other.'
Note 1. [his son-in-law] Thomas of Mowbray [aged 29], Earl of Nottingham, the first hereditary Earl Marshal, shortly afterwards created Duke of Norfolk. He was then absent from Calais on furlough. His leave of absence is dated Oct, 3, 1396, extending for one year. The assigned reason is, that he might travel into Picardy for matters relating to the safe custody of the city. (Rymer, Fœdera,) Chastelnin's version calls him 'fustre cappitaine de Calleys.' I have not been able to obtain a satisfactory explanation of this word, The Earl could boast of royal descent by his mother Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of John Lord Segrave by Margaret Plantagenet, daughter and heiress of Thomas de Brotherton, Earl of Norfolk and Marshal of England, youngest son of Edward the First by his second consort, Margaret of France, (Dugdale, Baronage.)
Note 2. Thomas Fitzalan, third son of the Iate Earl of Arundel, he had been Bishop of Ely, and Chancellor, during the prosecution of Richard's favourites. He was afterwards translated to York, and succeeded Archbishop Courtenay in the see of Canterbury in August 1397, according to the Monk of Evesham, but in 1395 according to Spelman, (Concilia).
Note 3. As Brest was not given up till June 1397, this is undoubtedly a wrong date. It should have been August 1397, and I think it very probable that it was so in the original MS. The Monk of St. Denys in his chronicles corrects the error, 'At the head of the factions (anno 1397) was the King's uncle, the Duke of Gloucester, the Earl Arundel, and the Earl Warwick, who, as we have related, conspired the preceding year against the King.' (Chronicles of the Monk of St. Denys, chap. v. b. xviii.) (It must never be forgotten that the year commenced at Easter.) The London Chronicle places Gloucester's arrest on the 21st of July. The conspiracy was revealed before the middle of the month, and probably before the meeting at Arundel; for, on the 13th of July 1397, an order wns made out for the arrest of Gloucester, Arundel, and Warwick, (Rymer, Fœdera.) This order, agreed upon at Windsor, does not appear to have been issued, as a second order was made and published from Westminster on the 28th of the month, (Fœdera.)
Note 4. Thomas, son of Thomas Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, by Catherine, daughter of Roger Mortemer, first Earl of March. Perhaps the Earl was the more readily induced to join the conspirators, as he would naturally be incensed at the loss of the honour of Gower, recovered at this time by the Earl Marshal. See Otterbourne, Scriptores Veleres, p. 189.
Chronicle of Adam of Usk [~1352-1430]. [21st September 1397]. Also, on Friday, that is on the feast of Saint Matthew, the Earls of Rutland, Kent, Huntingdon, Nottingham, Somerset, and Salisbury, Lord Despenser, and Lord William Scrope, all dressed in matching robes of red silk with white silk and gold-embroidered letters, presented the appeal that they had previously made to the king at Nottingham. In it, they accused Thomas, Duke of Gloucester, Richard, Earl of Arundel [aged 51], Thomas, Earl of Warwick, and Sir Thomas Mortimer of the aforementioned treasons and also of the armed insurrection treasonously carried out against the king at Haringey Park. After they had given security for the prosecution of their appeal, Richard, Earl of Arundel, was brought to trial, dressed in a red robe and scarlet hood. Immediately, the Duke of Lancaster said to Lord Neville, 'Take from him his belt and hood,' and so it was done. After the charges were presented to the Earl, he denied being a traitor with great resolve, and requested the benefit of the pardon that had been previously granted to him, declaring that he never wished to depart from the grace of his king. The Duke of Lancaster said to him, 'Traitor, that pardon has been revoked.' The Earl responded, 'You are lying! I have never been a traitor!' Then the Duke of Lancaster said, 'Why did you seek a pardon then?' The Earl replied, 'To silence the tongues of my enemies, of whom you are one; and certainly, as far as treason is concerned, you are in more need of a pardon than I am.' The king then said to him, 'Respond to your appeal.' The Earl answered, 'I see clearly that these people are accusing me of treason by presenting these appeals. Truly, they are all lying! I have never been a traitor! I continue to request the benefit of my pardon, which you granted me within the last six years, in your full age and of your own free will.'
Item, die Veneris, scilicet in festo Sancti Mathei contingente, de Rotlond, de Kent, de Huntington, de Notyngham, de Somerset, de Sarum, comites, dominus de Spenser et dominus Wyllelmus Scroppe, in una secta rubiarum togarum de cerico, rotulatarum et albo cerico, literis aureis immixtarum, appellacionem per eos regi prius aput Notingham edditam proposuerunt; in qua accusabant Thomam ducem Gloucestrie, Ricardum comitem Arundellie, Thomam comitem Warwyci, et Thomam Mortimer, militem, de premissis prodicionibus et eciam de insurrexione armata aput Haryncay Parke contra regem prodittorie facta. Prestitaque caucione de prosequendo appellacionem suam, Ricardus comes Arundellie scistebatur in judicio in rubra toga et capicio de scarleto. Et statim dux Lancastrie dixit domino de Nevyll: " Tollas sibi zonam et capicium"; et factum est ita. Expositisque eidem comiti articulis, forti animo negando se proditorem, peciit sue perdonacionis beneficium alias concessum, protestando quod nunquam a regis? sui gracia vellet recedere. Dux Lancastrie sibi dixit: "Proditor, illa perdonacio est revocata." Comes respondit: "Vere mentiris! Nunquam fui proditor!" Item dux Lancastrie dixit: "Quare tunc impetrasti perdonacionem?"' Comes respondit: "Ad obturandum linguas emulorum meorum, quorum tu es unus; et pro certo, quantum ad prodiciones, tu magis indiges perdonacione quam ego." Rex dixit sibi: ''Respondeas appellacioni tue." Comes respondit: " Bene video quod ille persone accusant me de prodicione, ostendendo appellaciones. Vere mentiuntur omnes! Nunquam fui proditor! Ego semper peto beneficium perdonacionis mee, quam mihi infra vj. annos ultimo elapsos, in plena etate et libera voluntate vestris, ex proprio motu concessistis.
On 29th September 1397 King Richard II [aged 30] rewarded his relations with Dukedoms, possibly for their part in downfall of Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester [deceased], Thomas Beauchamp 12th Earl Warwick [aged 59] and Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel [deceased]...
His older half-brother John Holland 1st Duke Exeter [aged 45] was created 1st Duke Exeter. Elizabeth Lancaster Duchess Exeter [aged 34] by marriage Duchess Exeter.
His nephew Thomas Holland 1st Duke Surrey [aged 23] was created 1st Duke Surrey.
His first cousin once-removed Margaret was created 1st Duchess Norfolk - for life only. On the same day her grandson Thomas [aged 29] was also created Duke of Norfolk - see below.
His second cousin once removed Thomas Mowbray 1st Duke of Norfolk was created 1st Duke Norfolk. Elizabeth Fitzalan Duchess Norfolk [aged 31] by marriage Duchess Norfolk.
His first cousin Edward 2nd Duke of York 1st Duke Albemarle [aged 24] was created 1st Duke Albemarle. Beatrice Burgundy Countess Rutland and Cork [aged 24] by marriage Duchess Albemarle.
His illegitimate first cousin John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset [aged 24] was created 1st Marquess Somerset, 1st Marquess Dorset. Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence [aged 12] by marriage Marchioness Somerset, Marchioness Dorset.
Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland [aged 33] was created 1st Earl of Westmoreland. Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland [aged 18] by marriage Countess of Westmoreland.
In April 1398 Thomas Poynings 5th Baron St John of Basing [aged 47] and [his former wife] Philippa Mortimer Countess Pembroke, Arundel and Surrey [aged 22] were married. She by marriage Baroness St John of Basing. The difference in their ages was 24 years. She the daughter of Edmund Mortimer 3rd Earl March, Earl of Ulster and Philippa Plantagenet Countess March 2nd Countess Ulster.
On 16th January 1400 John Holland 1st Duke Exeter [aged 48] was executed at Pleshey Castle [Map]. Duke Exeter, Earl Huntingdon forfeit. [his sister] Joan Fitzalan Countess Essex, Hereford and Northampton [aged 53] arranged for the children of her dead brother Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel, who had been executed on the orders of John Holland 1st Duke Exeter three years before, to witness the execution.
On 26th September 1400 [his former wife] Philippa Mortimer Countess Pembroke, Arundel and Surrey [aged 24] died.
[his daughter] Joan Fitzalan Baroness Bergavenny was born to Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel and Elizabeth Bohun Countess Arundel and Surrey. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward I of England. She married 23rd July 1392 her second cousin twice removed William Beauchamp 1st Baron Abergavenny, son of Thomas Beauchamp 11th Earl Warwick and Katherine Mortimer Countess Warwick, and had issue.
[his daughter] Alice Fitzalan Baroness Cherleton was born to Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel and Elizabeth Bohun Countess Arundel and Surrey. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward I of England. She married before 19th October 1401 her third cousin once removed John Charleton 4th Baron Cherleton, son of John Charleton 3rd Baron Cherleton and Joan Stafford Baroness Cherleton and Talbot.
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[his daughter] Margaret Fitzalan was born to Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel and Elizabeth Bohun Countess Arundel and Surrey. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
[his son] William Fitzalan was born to Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel and Elizabeth Bohun Countess Arundel and Surrey. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward I of England.
Parliament Rolls Richard II. 5. The following are assigned to be triers of petitions from England, Ireland, Wales, and Scotland:
[his brother] The archbishop of Canterbury.
The duke of Guyenne and duke of Lancaster.
The Earl of Arundel.
William Thirning.
William Rickhill.
John Wadham.
to act all together, or at least six of the aforesaid prelates and lords; consulting with the chancellor, treasurer, steward, and chamberlain, and also the king's serjeants when necessary. And they shall hold their session in the chamberlain's room near the Painted Chamber [Map].
Kings Wessex: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 7 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 13 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 8 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 2 Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 16 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 10 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 13 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Fitzalan 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Fitzalan 6th Earl of Arundel 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel D'Aubigny 
3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Fitzalan 7th Earl of Arundel 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Theobald Butler 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Verdun Countess Arundel 
Great x 4 Grandmother: Rohesia Verdun
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 1st or 8th Earl of Arundel 3 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Mortimer 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Mortimer 1st Baron Mortimer of Wigmore Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gwladus verch Llewelyn "Dark Eyed" Aberffraw Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabella Mortimer Countess Arundel 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William de Braose 9th Baron Abergavenny 7th Baron Bramber 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud de Braose
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eva Marshal 
GrandFather: Edmund Fitzalan 2nd or 9th Earl of Arundel 4 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Manfred III Marquess Saluzzo 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas I Marquess Saluzzo 5 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Amedeo Savoy IV Count Savoy
Great x 3 Grandmother: Beatrice Savoy Marchioness of Saluzzo 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Burgundy Countess Savoy 
3 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Alice Saluzzo Countess Arundel 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Father: Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hamelin Warenne Earl of Surrey 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Warenne 5th Earl of Surrey
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Warenne Countess Boulogne 4th Countess of Surrey 
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Warenne 6th Earl of Surrey
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Marshal Countess Norfolk and Surrey
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke 
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Warenne
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh IX of Lusignan IV Count of La Marche 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh X of Lusignan V Count La Marche
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Lusignan Countess of Surrey
Great x 4 Grandfather: Aymer Angoulême I Count Angoulême
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Courtenay Countess Angoulême
GrandMother: Alice Warenne Countess Arundel
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert de Vere 3rd Earl of Oxford 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh de Vere 4th Earl of Oxford
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel de Bolebec Countess of Oxford
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert de Vere 5th Earl of Oxford
Great x 4 Grandfather: Saer Quincy 1st Earl Winchester
Great x 3 Grandmother: Hawise Quincy Countess Oxford
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Beaumont Countess Winchester 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Joan Vere
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Sanford Countess of Oxford
Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: King John of England Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England
Great x 2 Grandfather: King Henry III of England Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Aymer Angoulême I Count Angoulême
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Courtenay Countess Angoulême
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edmund "Crouchback" Plantagenet 1st Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Lancaster Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alfonso Barcelona II Count Provence 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Raymond IV Count Provence
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gersenda II Sabran Countess Provence
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy
Great x 3 Grandmother: Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy
GrandFather: Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Philip II of France 2 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Louis VIII of France 3 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabelle Flanders Queen Consort France
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Capet Count of Artois Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alfonso VIII King Castile 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Consort Castile Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Blanche Capet Queen Navarre 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Reginar II Duke Brabant Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Metz Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Matilda Reginar Countess Saint Pol 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip Swabia
Great x 3 Grandmother: Marie Swabia Duchess Brabant
Mother: Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey 
Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Patrick Chaworth 
Great x 1 Grandfather: Patrick Chaworth
GrandMother: Maud Chaworth
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Beauchamp 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Beauchamp
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Mortimer
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Beauchamp 9th Earl Warwick
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Maudit
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Maudit
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Beaumont
Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabella Beauchamp
Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Fitzpeter 1st Earl Essex
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Fitzgeoffrey
Great x 4 Grandmother: Aveline Clare Countess Essex
Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud Fitzjohn Countess Warwick
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Bigod 3rd Earl Norfolk 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Bigod
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Marshal Countess Norfolk and Surrey