John FitzAlan, 1st Earl Arundel^[1]

1223 - 1267  (~ 44 years)

• Name	John FitzAlan  [2]
  Suffix	1st Earl Arundel
  Birth	May 1223	Arundel, Sussex, England
  Gender	Male
  _FSFTID	LZGV-L2K
  _FSLINK	https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&person=LZGV-L2K
  Death	10 Nov 1267
  Notes	In the 28th year of Henry III, upon the division made of the proper ty of Hugh de Albini, E. Arundel, then made, had the castle of Arundel ass igned to him for his principal seat, thus becoming the 5th E. Arundel; a nd soon after that, in consideration of 1,000 pounds fine, had livery of h is own castles of Clun, Blancminster, and Schrawurthen. In the 42nd ye ar of Henry III, he was made captain-general of all the forces designat ed for guarding the Welsh marches. He was on a commission to sign a tru ce with Llewellyn ap Griffith, Jun 1259. He was made Keeper of Salop and S tafford, Dec 1263. He fought at Lewes for the King on 14 May 126 4. On 18 Sep 1264, he and others besieged Pevensey Castle, and captured e nemies of the King. A mandate was issued to Simon de Montfort, son of t he E. Leicester, to take security from John Fitzalan, who was under suspic ion, either his son as hostage or Arundel Castle. This mandate insisted th at he deliver one or the other to Simon, 26 Apr 1265. He was made Keep er of Sussex, where he was to stay and arrest disturbers, 18 Apr 1266, a nd to repress disturbances there, 27 Jan 1267. In the baronial war, he app ears first to have sided with the barons, and afterwards with the Kin g. He held five knight's fees in Sussex, and lands as Oswestry, Salop, et c. His wife held in dower part of Arundel Forest, 5 Jul 1281. http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/FITZALAN.htm#John FITZALAN (1º E. Arundel) Notes: The Complete Peerage vol.V,p.392. http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal23558
  Person ID	I3707	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	5 Oct 2015

  
  

  Father	John FitzAlan, Baron of Cluny And Oswestry,   b. Abt 1164, Arundel, Sussex, England d. Mar 1239, England (Age ~ 75 years)
  Mother	Isabella (de Albini) d'Aubigny,   b. Abt 1196, Arundel, Sussex, England d. Bef 1240 (Age ~ 43 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1222
  Family ID	F1061	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Maud de Verdun,   b. Abt 1225   d. 27 Nov 1283 (Age ~ 58 years)
  Marriage	Type: Associated with
  _STAT	Associated with
  Children	1. John FitzAlan, 2nd Earl Arundel,   b. 14 Sep 1246, Arundel, Sussex, England d. Between 18 and 25 Mar 1272   2. Ralph de Arundel, Lord of Ablominster   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Matilda FitzAlan,   b. 1244   d. 1309 (Age 65 years)
  Family ID	F4586	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett). [S27] http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/.