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Paternal Family Tree: Fitzalan
Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Bettershorne 1353-1427
1455 First Battle of St Albans
1457 John Neville married Isabel Ingaldsthorpe
12th October 1459 Battle of Ludford Bridge
1461 Second Battle of St Albans
1461 Battles of Ferrybridge and Dintingdale
1462 Warwick becomes Kingmaker
Before 1407 [his father] John Fitzalan 6th or 13th Earl of Arundel (age 21) and [his mother] Eleanor Berkeley Countess Arundel (age 24) were married. They were second cousin twice removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King John of England.
On 23rd November 1417 William Fitzalan 9th or 16th Earl of Arundel was born to John Fitzalan 6th or 13th Earl of Arundel (age 32) and Eleanor Berkeley Countess Arundel (age 35).
Around April 1421 [his step-father] Richard Poynings (age 21) and [his mother] Eleanor Berkeley Countess Arundel (age 39) were married at Beverstone, Tetbury. They were fourth cousin twice removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King John of England.
On 21st April 1421 [his father] John Fitzalan 6th or 13th Earl of Arundel (age 35) died. His son [his brother] John (age 13) succeeded 6th or 14th Earl Arundel, 4th Baron Maltravers, 4th Baron Arundel. Constance Cornwall Countess of Arundel by marriage Countess Arundel.
Around 1425 [his step-father] Walter Hungerford 1st Baron Hungerford (age 46) and [his mother] Eleanor Berkeley Countess Arundel (age 43) were married.
On 24th April 1438 Humphrey Fitzalan 8th or 15th Earl of Arundel (age 9) died. His uncle William (age 20) succeeded 9th or 16th Earl Arundel, 6th Baron Maltravers, 6th Baron Arundel.
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The 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. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Before 1450 William Fitzalan 9th or 16th Earl of Arundel (age 32) and Joan Neville Countess Arundel (age 26) were married. She by marriage Countess Arundel. She the daughter of Richard Neville Earl Salisbury (age 49) and Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury (age 42). He the son of John Fitzalan 6th or 13th Earl of Arundel and Eleanor Berkeley Countess Arundel (age 67). They were third cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
In 1450 [his son] Thomas Fitzalan 10th or 17th Earl of Arundel was born to William Fitzalan 9th or 16th Earl of Arundel (age 32) and [his wife] Joan Neville Countess Arundel (age 27). He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England.
On 26th July 1450 [his sister-in-law] Cecily Neville Duchess Warwick (age 26) died.
On 22nd May 1455 the Wars of the Roses commenced with the First Battle of St Albans. Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke of York (age 43) commanded with [his brother-in-law] Richard "Kingmaker" Neville Earl Warwick, 6th Earl Salisbury (age 26), [his father-in-law] Richard Neville Earl Salisbury (age 55), Edward Brooke 6th Baron Cobham (age 40) and Walter Strickland (age 44).
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Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset (age 49) was killed. His son Henry (age 19) succeeded 2nd Duke Somerset, 2nd Marquess Dorset, 5th Earl Somerset, 2nd Earl Dorset. Note his father is frequently incorrectly referred to as the second Duke and Henry as the third Duke. His father's Dukedom, however, was a new creation.
Henry Percy 2nd Earl of Northumberland (age 62) was killed. His son Henry (age 33) succeeded 3rd Earl of Northumberland, 6th Baron Percy of Alnwick, 14th Baron Percy of Topcliffe. [his half-sister] Eleanor Poynings Countess Northumberland (age 33) by marriage Countess of Northumberland.
Thomas Clifford 8th Baron Clifford (age 41) was killed. His son John (age 20) succeeded 9th Baron de Clifford, 9th Lord Skipton. Margaret Bromflete Baroness Clifford (age 21) by marriage Baroness de Clifford.
William Cotton (age 45) and Richard Fortescue (age 41) were killed.
Humphrey Stafford 1st Duke of Buckingham (age 52) was wounded and captured.
King Henry VI of England and II of France (age 33), John Sutton 1st Baron Dudley (age 54) and Edmund Sutton (age 30) were captured.
Henry Beaufort 2nd or 3rd Duke of Somerset was wounded. James Butler 1st Earl Wiltshire 5th Earl Ormonde (age 34) and John Wenlock 1st Baron Wenlock (age 55) fought.
Richard Cotton of Hampstall Ridware (age 51) and his son William Cotton of Connington in Huntingdonshire (age 27) were killed.
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After 25th May 1455 [his brother-in-law] Richard "Kingmaker" Neville Earl Warwick, 6th Earl Salisbury (age 26) was appointed Captain of Calais.
On 1st August 1455 [his mother] Eleanor Berkeley Countess Arundel (age 73) died.
On 25th April 1457 [his brother-in-law] John Neville 1st Marquess Montagu (age 26) and Isabel Ingaldsthorpe (age 16) were married by Cardinal Thomas Bourchier (age 39) at Canterbury Cathedral [Map]. She the heir of her father Edmund Ingaldsthorpe who had died the previous year. Eight manors were settled on them in jointure. He the son of [his father-in-law] Richard Neville Earl Salisbury (age 57) and [his mother-in-law] Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury (age 50). They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
In 1460 a petition noted "The Nevilles state that Isabel was found to be Ingoldisthorpe's daughter and heir. When they requested livery of the estates from the chancellor in Chancery, he refused on the grounds that the king had granted the marriage and wardship to the queen (age 29). The Nevilles disputed this as Isabel was 14, and not a minor at common law. John Neville made recognizances in £1,000 to the queen on the understanding that if it was found that such a grant to the queen was not available, then she would not take any money from Neville. The Nevilles are unable to have a day in their law, and the queen has still levied part of the £1,000, and they are forced to sue a special livery at great expense. They request that the recognizances by annulled, and that women of the age of 14 when their ancestors die should have no problem of obtaining livery of their lands and tenements." See National Archives UK John Nevyll (Neville), knight; Isabel Neville, wife of John Neville, knight. SC 8/28/1398 1460.
In 1458 [his brother-in-law] Archbishop George Neville (age 26) was appointed Bishop of Exeter.
On 3rd December 1458 [his brother-in-law] Archbishop George Neville (age 26) was consecrated as Bishop of Exeter.
In 1459 [his brother-in-law] John Neville 1st Marquess Montagu (age 28) was appointed Steward of the Honour of Pontefract.
On 12th October 1459 the Battle of Ludford Bridge nearly took place at Ludlow [Map]. In the event a large number of the Calais garrison led by Andrew Trollope refused to fight against King Henry VI of England and II of France (age 37) who was present.
The Yorkist Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke of York (age 48), the future King Edward IV of England (age 17), Edmund York 1st Earl of Rutland (age 16), [his brother-in-law] Richard "Kingmaker" Neville Earl Warwick, 6th Earl Salisbury (age 30), [his father-in-law] Richard Neville Earl Salisbury (age 59) left overnight before the battle.
John Dynham 1st Baron Dynham (age 26) and Thomas Parr (age 52) were present.
The Lancastrian army included Humphrey Stafford 1st Duke of Buckingham (age 57) and William Fitzalan 9th or 16th Earl of Arundel (age 41).
Richard Grey 3rd Earl Tankerville (age 22) was present on the Yorkist side for which he was subsequently attainted. Earl Tankerville forfeit.
On 10th July 1460 the Yorkist army led by the future King Edward IV of England (age 18) and including [his brother-in-law] Richard "Kingmaker" Neville Earl Warwick, 6th Earl Salisbury (age 31), [his brother-in-law] Archbishop George Neville (age 28), William Neville 1st Earl Kent (age 55), Edward Brooke 6th Baron Cobham (age 45) and John Scrope 5th Baron Scrope of Bolton (age 22) defeated the Lancastrian army at the 1460 Battle of Northampton.
Edmund Grey 1st Earl Kent (age 43) had started the day as part of the Lancastrian army but did nothing to prevent the Yorkist army attacking.
King Henry VI of England and II of France (age 38) was captured.
Humphrey Stafford 1st Duke of Buckingham (age 57) was killed. His grandson Henry (age 5) succeeded 2nd Duke of Buckingham, 7th Earl Stafford, 8th Baron Stafford.
John Talbot 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury (age 42) was killed. His son John (age 11) succeeded 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury, 3rd Earl Waterford, 8th Baron Furnivall, 12th Baron Strange Blackmere, 9th Baron Talbot.
Thomas Percy 1st Baron Egremont (age 37) was killed. [Baron Egremont of Egremont Castle in Cumberland extinct. Some authoirities state, however, that he left a son, Sir John Percy, who never assumed the title.]
John Beaumont 1st Viscount Beaumont (age 50) was killed. His son William (age 22) succeeded 2nd Viscount Beaumont, 7th Baron Beaumont.
William Lucy (age 56) was killed apparently by servants of a member of the Stafford family who wanted his wife Margaret Fitzlewis (age 21).
Thomas Tresham (age 40) fought.
William Beaumont 2nd Viscount Beaumont and William Norreys (age 19) were knighted.
Thomas "Bastard of Exeter" Holland was executed following the battle.
The battle was fought south of the River Nene [Map] in the grounds of Delapré Abbey.
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On 25th July 1460 [his brother-in-law] Archbishop George Neville (age 28) was appointed Lord Chancellor.
In January 1461 [his brother-in-law] John Neville 1st Marquess Montagu (age 30) was created 1st Baron Montagu.
On 17th February 1461 the Lancastrian army defeated the Yorkist army at Second Battle of St Albans and rescued King Henry VI of England and II of France (age 39). The Lancastrian army was commanded by Henry Holland 3rd Duke Exeter (age 30) and included Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland (age 39), John Mowbray 3rd Duke of Norfolk (age 45), Henry Grey 4th or 7th Baron Grey of Codnor (age 26), Henry Roos and Richard Welles 7th Baron Welles, Baron Willoughby (age 33).
Thomas Ros 9th Baron Ros Helmsley (age 33), William Tailboys 7th Baron Kyme (age 46), John Talbot 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury (age 12) and Thomas Tresham (age 41) were knighted.
The Yorkist army included [his brother-in-law] Richard "Kingmaker" Neville Earl Warwick, 6th Earl Salisbury (age 32), William Fitzalan 9th or 16th Earl of Arundel (age 43), John Wenlock 1st Baron Wenlock (age 61) and Henry Bourchier 2nd Count of Eu 1st Earl Essex (age 57). [his brother-in-law] John Neville 1st Marquess Montagu (age 30) was captured. Robert Poynings (age 42) and James Luttrell (age 34) were killed.
John Grey (age 29) was killed fighting for Lancaster. A death that was to have far reaching consequences; his widow Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England (age 24) subsequently married King Edward IV of England (age 18).
During the battle William Bonville 1st Baron Bonville (age 68) and Thomas Kyriell (age 65) were assigned to the protection of the King Henry VI. After the battle both were beheaded against all decent laws of battle.
William Bonville 1st Baron Bonville was beheaded. His great granddaughter Cecily succeeded 2nd Baroness Bonville.
Thomas Kyriell was beheaded.
William Cotton (age 21) was killed.
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The 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. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Chronicle of Gregory [1400-1467]. Ande the xvij day nexte folowynge Kyng Harry (age 39) roode to Synt Albonys [Map], and the Duke of Northefolke (age 45) with hym, the [his brother-in-law] Erle of Warwycke (age 32), the Erle of Arundelle (age 43), the [his brother-in-law] Lord Bouser (age 30), the Lord Bonvyle (age 68), with many grete lordys, knyghtys, and squyers, and commyns of an C [Hundred] Ml men. And there they hadde a grete batayle whythe the Quene (age 30), for she come ever on fro the jornaye of Wackefylde tylle sche come to Synt Albonys, with alle the lordys a fore said; and her mayny and every lord is men bare her lordys leverey, that every man mighte knowe his owne feleschippe by his lyverey. And be-syde alle that, every man and lord bare the Pryncys (age 7) levery, that was a bende of crymesyn and blacke with esteryge is fetherys. The substance that gate that fylde were howseholde men and feyd men. I wene there were not v Mlmen that fought in the Quenys party, for [t]emoste parte of Northeryn men fledde a-way, and some were take and spoylyd out of her harnysse by the way as they fledde. And some of them robbyd evyr as they yede, a petyffulle thynge hit is to hyre hit. But the day before that batayle there was a jornay at Dunstapyl [Map]; but the kyngys mayny lackyd good gydyng, for some were but newe men of warre, for the chevyste captayne was a boucher of the same towne; and there were the kyngys mayny ovyr throughe only by the Northeryn men. And son aftyr the bocher, for schame of his sympylle gydynge and loste of the men, the nombyr of viij C, for very sorowe as it is said, hynge him selfe; and some men said that it was for loste of his goode, but dede he ys-God knowythe the trought.
And in the myddys of the batayle King Harry wente unto his Quene and for-soke alle his lordys, ande truste better to her party thenne unto his owne lordys. And then thoroughe grete labur the Duke of Northefolke and the Erle of Warwycke a schapyd a-waye; the [his brother-in-law] Byschoppe of Exceter (age 29), that tyme Chaunceler of Ingelond, and brother unto the Erle of Warwycke, the Lord Bouser, whythe many othyr knyghtys, squyers, and comyns fledde, and many men slayne in bothe partys. And the Lord Bonevyle was be-heddyd, the common sayynge that his longage causyd him to dye. The Prynce was jugge is owne sylfe. Ande ther was slayne that manly knyght Syr Thomas Keryel (age 65). The nomber of ded men was xxxv C an moo [t]at were slayne. The lordys in Kyng Harrys party pycchyd a fylde and fortefyd it full stronge, and lyke unwyse men brake her raye and fyld and toke a-nothyr, and or that they were alle sette a buskyd to batayle, the Quenys parte was at hond whythe them in towne of Synt Albonys [Map], and then alle [t]yng was to seke and out of ordyr, for her pryckyers come not home to bryng no tydyng howe ny that the Quene was, save one come and sayd that she was ix myle of. And ar the goners and borgeners couthe levylle her gonnys they were besely fyghtyng, and many a gynne of wer was ordaynyd that stode in lytylle a-vayle or nought; for the burgeners hadde suche instrumentys that wolde schute bothe pellettys of ledde and arowys of an elle of lenghthe with vj fetherys, iij in myddys and iij at the othyr ende, with a grete mighty hedde of yryn at the othyr ende, and wylde fyre with alle. Alle thes iij thyngys they might schute welle and esely at onys, but in tyme of nede they couthe not schut not one of thes, but the fyre turnyd backe a-pon them that wold schute this iij thyngys. Also they hadde nettys made of grete cordys of iiij fethem of lengthe and of iiij fote brode, lyke unto an haye, and at every ij knott there was an nayl stondyng uppe ryght, that there couthe no man passe ovyr it by lyckely hode but he shulde be hurte. Alle so they hadde pavysse bore as a dore i-made with a staffe foldynge uppe and downe to sette the pavys where the lykyd, and loupys with schyttyng wyndowys to schute out at, they stondyng by hynde [t]e pavys, and the pavys as full of iijdnayle aftyr ordyr as they might stonde. And whenn her schotte was spende and done they caste the pavysse by-fore hem, then there might noo man come unto them ovyr the pavysse for the naylys that stode up-ryghte, but yf he wolde myschyffe him sylfe. Alle so they hadde a thynge made lyke unto a latysse full of naylys as the net was, but hit wolde be mevyd as a man wolde; a man might bryse it to-gedyr that the lengythe wolde be more then ij yerdys long, and yf he wolde he might hale it a brode, then hit wolde be iiij square. And that servyd to lye at gappys there at horsemen wolde entyr yn, and many a caltrappe. And as the substaunce of men of worschyppe that wylle not glose nor cory favyl for no parcyallyte, they cowthe not undyrstond that alle this ordenaunce dyd any goode or harme but yf it were a mong us in owre parte with Kyng Harry. There fore it is moche lefte, and men take them to mallys of ledde, bowys, swyrdys, gleyvys, and axys. As for speremen they ben good to ryde be-fore the foote men and ete and drynke uppe her vetayle, and many moo suche prety thyngys they doo, holde me excusyd thoughe I say the beste, for in the fote men is alle the tryste.
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On 28th March 1461 a skirmish occurred near Ferrybridge. [his brother-in-law] Richard "Kingmaker" Neville Earl Warwick, 6th Earl Salisbury (age 32) fought. John Radclyffe Baron Fitzwalter (age 35) was killed.
John "Butcher" Clifford 9th Baron Clifford (age 25) was killed at Dintingdale. His son Henry (age 7) succeeded 10th Baron de Clifford, 10th Lord Skipton.
William Neville 1st Earl Kent (age 56) fought for York.
Before 26th June 1462 [his mother-in-law] Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury (age 55) died. Her son [his brother-in-law] Richard (age 33) succeeded 6th Earl Salisbury, 5th Baron Montagu, 8th Baron Montagu, 7th Baron Monthermer adding to the earldom of Warwick he had already acquired through his wife some fourteen years previously. The combined earldoms of Warwick and Salisbury made Warwick the second most powerful man in the Kingdom making him Kingmaker. The date based on an entry in the Patent Rolls in which he is referred to as "Richard, Earl of Warwick and Salisbury".
On 9th September 1462 [his wife] Joan Neville Countess Arundel (age 39) died.
On 17th February 1466 [his son] Thomas Fitzalan 10th or 17th Earl of Arundel (age 16) and [his daughter-in-law] Margaret Woodville Countess Arundel (age 12) were married. See Woodville Marriages. She the daughter of Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers (age 61) and Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford (age 51). He the son of William Fitzalan 9th or 16th Earl of Arundel (age 48) and [his former wife] Joan Neville Countess Arundel.
Patent Rolls. 24th September 1466. Licence for the king's sister Anne, duchess of Exeter (age 27), to grant the manors of Rachfonl, Lye, Pakeleshnm and Folncsse, co. Essex, Ardyngton, co. Berks, Barford St. Martin, co. Wilts, and Thorpwatcrvyle, Aldwynkle, Achirch, Chelveston and Cnldeote, co. Northampton, with all other lands, rents, reversions and services of her tenants in the towns and manors aforesaid, held in chief, to the king's kinsman Thomas, archbishop of Canterbury (age 48), Robert, Bishop of Bath and Wells (age 46), John, duke of Norfolk (age 41), John, duke of Suffolk (age 23), William, Earl of Arundel (age 48), Henry, Earl of Essex (age 62), Richard, earl Ryvers (age 61), Antony Widevill, lord of Scales and Newselles (age 26), John Say, knight, Thomas Colt, Thomas Decoue and Robert Isham, esquires, and their heirs and assigns. By K.
Grant to the said archbishop and others and their heirs and assigns of all the king's-estate and title in the manors of Wodham Ferreres and other lands in the same town, co. Essex, and the manors of Newebotell and Brynton and the advowson of the church there and other lands in the same town, co. Northampton, which the king holds in the title and possession of his consort Elizabeth, Queen of England, with advowsons, knights' fees, rents and services. By K.
On 14th June 1467 the Tournament ended with a great banquet attended by King Edward IV of England (age 25) and Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England (age 30) at the Grocer's Hall. John "Butcher of England" Tiptoft 1st Earl of Worcester (age 40) and William Fitzalan 9th or 16th Earl of Arundel (age 49) were present.
In 1471 William Fitzalan 9th or 16th Earl of Arundel (age 53) was appointed 202nd Knight of the Garter by King Edward IV of England (age 28).
In 1471 William Fitzalan 9th or 16th Earl of Arundel (age 53) was appointed Warden of the Cinque Ports.
English Historical Literature in the Fifteenth Century Appendix 13. On the 21st day of the same month of May [1471], King Edward (age 29) returned to the City of London in noble triumph, having Margaret (age 41), formerly queen, led before his army in a chariot. He rode through the middle of the city, with banners and standards unfurled, as though on a campaign or expedition undertaken against the aforementioned Kentish rebels. In his company at that time were: His brothers, the Dukes of Clarence (age 21) and Gloucester (age 18); the Dukes of Norfolk (age 46), Suffolk (age 28), and Buckingham (age 16); the Earls of Northumberland (age 22), Shrewsbury (age 22), Rivers (age 31), Essex (age 67), Wiltshire (age 43), and Pembroke (age 20). Among the barons and lords: Audley (age 45), Stanley (age 36), Grey of Ruthin (age 17), the son and heir of the Earl of Kent (age 54), Grey of Codnor (age 36), Berners (age 55), Cromwell1, Dacre2, Hastings (age 59), Howard (age 28)3, Dynham (age 38), Cobham (age 23), [his son] Mautravers (age 21), the son and heir of Arundel (age 53), Bourchier, Dudley (age 70), Scrope (age 33), and Ferrers (age 16), along with many other nobles, knights, and esquires, and a greater number of mounted men than had ever been seen before.
Eodem mensis Maii die xxj rediit Rex Edwardus ad ciuitatem London, cum nobili triumpho, faciens secum adduci dictam Margaretam, olim reginam, in curru precedente exercitui. Et equitauit per medium ciuitatis, vexillis et standardis displicatis, tanquam in itinere et expedicione capta aduersus prefatos Kentenses, In cuius comitiva tune fuerunt duces de Clarence et Gloucester ipsius fratres; item duces de Northfolke et Southfolk, et de Bukyngham; item comites de Northumberland, de Shrovesbury, de Ryuers, de Essex, de Wyltshyre, de Pembroke; Barones, domini de Audeley, de Stanley, de Grey Ruthyn, films et heres de Comitis Cancie, de Grey Cotenor, de Barreners, de Cromwell, de Dacres, de Hastynges, de Howard, de Dynham, de Cobham, de Mautravers, filius et heres de Arundell, de Bourgcher, de Dudley, de Scrope, de Ferrers, cum aliis nobilibus, militibus et armigeris, ac multitudine equitum maiore quam ante sit visa.
Note 1. Unclear as to who this refers to since Ralph Cromwell 3rd Baron Cromwell died in 1456.
Note 2. Unclear as to who this refers to since Thomas Dacre 6th Baron Dacre Gilsland died in 1458, Ralph Dacre 1st Baron Dacre Gilsland died in 1461 and Humphrey Dacre 1st Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 47) was created Baron Dacre in either 1473 or 1482.
Note 3. We take this to refer to Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk, son of John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk, referring to his subsiduary title.
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In 1483 William Fitzalan 9th or 16th Earl of Arundel (age 65) was appointed Warden of the Cinque Ports.
On 24th September 1486 Prince Arthur Tudor was christened at Winchester Cathedral [Map] by Bishop John Alcock (age 56).
Cecily "Rose of Raby" Neville Duchess York (age 71) held the child. His godparents included Thomas Stanley 1st Earl of Derby (age 51), William Fitzalan 9th or 16th Earl of Arundel (age 68), John de Vere 13th Earl of Oxford (age 44), [his son] Thomas Fitzalan 10th or 17th Earl of Arundel (age 36), Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England (age 49) and Cecily York Viscountess Welles (age 17). Richard Woodville 3rd Earl Rivers (age 33) was present.
His grandmother Margaret Beaufort Countess Richmond (age 43) has written the Ordinances as to what Preparation is to be made for the Christening of the Child of which she shall be delivered that describe the form of the Christening.
In 1488 William Fitzalan 9th or 16th Earl of Arundel (age 70) died. He was buried at Fitzalan Chapel, Arundel Castle [Map]. His son [his son] Thomas (age 38) succeeded 10th or 17th Earl Arundel, 7th Baron Maltravers, 7th Baron Arundel. [his daughter-in-law] Margaret Woodville Countess Arundel (age 34) by marriage Countess Arundel.
Effigy of William Fitzalan, Earl of Arudel. The tomb, placed within a chantry (on the south side of the chancel) of the richest architecture, consists of two stages in the same taste, and of like material, Sussex marble; at the West end or the lower stage, sufficient space is left for the altar, where the service was performed for the souls of the deceased. The figures, which lie loose upon the tomb, are carved in a softer stone, and possess considerable merit; the draperies being executed in the angular style of Albert Durer. The earl [William Fitzalan 9th or 16th Earl of Arundel] is represented in his robes of creation, with a coronet upon his head. The headdress of his countess [[his former wife] Joan Neville Countess Arundel] is remarkable for its splendid decorations, and the singular manner in which the coronet is introduced upon ita: beneath her surcoat appears a rich robe wrought with gold, the cuffs are long and turned back from the hands, which are broken, round her neck is a splendid necklace.
Details:— Pl. 2. Fig. 1. The Earl's coronet:— 2. Profile of the ladies head-dress, with the painting and gilding:— 3. The necklace formed of roses and suns, connected by oak leavesb, the ornament pendant from it is defaced:—4 and 5. Girdle and painting on the robe beneath the surcoat.
Note a. The same head-dress is represented in a very curious portrait at Kensington, of Margaret of Denmark, Queen of James III, King of Scotland.
Note b. The suns and roses were the cognizances or badges of Edward IV.; the oak-leaves refer to the cognizance of the Fitz-Alans.
Joan Neville Countess Arundel: In 1423 she was born to Richard Neville Earl Salisbury and Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. Before 1450 William Fitzalan 9th or 16th Earl of Arundel and she were married. She by marriage Countess Arundel. She the daughter of Richard Neville Earl Salisbury and Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury. He the son of John Fitzalan 6th or 13th Earl of Arundel and Eleanor Berkeley Countess Arundel. They were third cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. On 9th September 1462 Joan Neville Countess Arundel died.
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[his son] George Fitzalan was born to William Fitzalan 9th or 16th Earl of Arundel and Joan Neville Countess Arundel. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England.
[his son] John Fitzalan was born to William Fitzalan 9th or 16th Earl of Arundel and Joan Neville Countess Arundel. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England.
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The 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. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
[his son] William Fitzalan was born to William Fitzalan 9th or 16th Earl of Arundel and Joan Neville Countess Arundel. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England.
[his daughter] Mary Fitzalan was born to William Fitzalan 9th or 16th Earl of Arundel and Joan Neville Countess Arundel. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
[his son] Thomas Fitzalan was born to William Fitzalan 9th or 16th Earl of Arundel and Joan Neville Countess Arundel. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England.
Kings Wessex: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 9 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 15 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 10 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 5 Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 8 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 12 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 16 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 1st or 8th Earl of Arundel 3 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Fitzalan 2nd or 9th Earl of Arundel 4 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Saluzzo Countess Arundel 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: 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: William Warenne
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Warenne Countess Arundel
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Vere
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Fitzalan 1st Baron Arundel Baron Maltravers 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund "Crouchback" Plantagenet 1st Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Lancaster Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Blanche Capet Queen Navarre 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Patrick Chaworth
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Chaworth
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Beauchamp
GrandFather: John Fitzalan Baron Maltravers 2nd Baron Arundel 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Maltravers
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Maltravers 1st Baron Maltravers
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Gorges
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Maltravers 4 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Maurice Berkeley 7th and 2nd Baron Berkeley 2 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Milicent Berkeley 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eva Zouche
Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Maltravers 2nd Baroness Maltravers Baroness Arundel and Cobham 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Gwenllian Unknown
Father: John Fitzalan 6th or 13th Earl of Arundel 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh "Elder" Despencer 1st Earl Winchester 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh "Younger" Despencer 1st Baron Despencer 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Beauchamp
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Despencer Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Clare Baroness Zouche Mortimer Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan of Acre Countess Gloucester and Hertford Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Despencer 1st Baron Despencer, Baron Burghesh 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Ferrers 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Ferrers 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Despencer 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Ferrers 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Segrave 2nd Baron Segrave
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ellen or Margaret Segrave Baroness Ferrers Groby
Great x 4 Grandmother: Christiana Plessey Baroness Segrave
GrandMother: Elizabeth Despencer Baroness Zouche, Harringworth, Maltravers and Arundel 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Burghesh 1st Baron Burghesh
Great x 3 Grandfather: Bartholomew "The Elder" Burghesh 1st Baron Burghesh
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Badlesmere Baroness Burghesh
Great x 2 Grandfather: Bartholomew "The Younger" Burghesh 2nd Baron Burghesh 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Theobald Verdun 2nd Lord Verdun
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Verdun Baroness Burghesh 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Mortimer Lady Verdun 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Burghesh 3rd Baron Burghesh 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John de Weyland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard de Weyland 3 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary de de Braose 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Cecily Weyland 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
William Fitzalan 9th or 16th Earl of Arundel 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Maurice Berkeley 5th Baron Berkeley
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Berkeley 6th and 1st Baron Berkeley Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Plantagenet Baroness Berkeley Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Maurice Berkeley 7th and 2nd Baron Berkeley 2 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Ferrers 5th Earl of Derby 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Ferrers Baroness Berkeley 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Quincy Countess Derby 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Berkeley 8th and 3rd Baron Berkeley 3 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Zouche
Great x 3 Grandfather: Eudo Zouche
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Bisset
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eva Zouche
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cantilupe
Great x 3 Grandmother: Millicent Cantilupe
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eva de Braose
GrandFather: John Berkeley 4 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Clivedon
Great x 1 Grandmother: Katherine Clivedon Baroness Berkeley
Mother: Eleanor Berkeley Countess Arundel 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
GrandMother: Elizabeth Bettershorne