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Fitz Alan, Richard (1346 - 1397)

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1346
Death Date: 1397-09-21

Notes

Pardoned & exempted for life from parliament and from being made a JP or commissioner of the king against his will 30 April 1394. Arrested 10 or 11 July 1397; charged with treason 5 Aug. 1397; tried, attainted & beheaded

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: 1359-9
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Type: marriage
    Union began: 1390-8-13
    Union ended: n.d.

Siblings

Male

Female

Primary Title

  • 15th Earl of Arundel

Titles

  • 15th Earl of Arundel
    Assumed: 1375/6-01-24
    Vacated: 1397-09-21 (date attainted)
  • 10th Earl of Surrey
    Assumed: 1375/6-01-24
    Vacated: 1397-09-21 (date attainted)
  • Knight of the Garter
    Assumed: 1386
    Vacated: 1397-09-21

Details of Offices

Began Ended
JP, Surrey 1376/7 1397
JP, Sussex 1376/7 1397
Admiral of the West & South, England 1377 -12 -5 1378 -09 -10
Commissioner of Array, Surrey 1377
Commissioner of Array, Sussex 1377
King's Councilor, England 1377 -7 -20
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Surrey 1378
Commissioner of Array, Surrey 1378/9
Commissioner of Array, Sussex 1378/9
Commissioner of Array, Surrey 1380
Commissioner of Array, Sussex 1380
JP, Shropshire 1380 1397
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1382
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Sussex 1382
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Surrey 1382 1383
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Sussex 1384
Admiral of England, England 1386 -10 1389 -05 -18
Admiral of the West & South, England 1386 -12 -10
Commissioner of Array, Sussex 1386
Commissioner of Array, Surrey 1386
Capt-gen & Lieut of the Army, England 1386/7 -2 -26
Admiral & Lieut on the Sea, England 1387 -5 -12
Capt-gen & Lieut of the Fleet, England 1388 -5 -12
Commissioner of Array, Sussex 1388
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1388
Governor, France 1388
Lieut, France 1388 -4 -9
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, South Wales 1388/9
Privy Councillor, England 1389 -12 -10
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1391
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Sussex 1392
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Sussex 1394
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Surrey 1394
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1394
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1396
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Sussex 1397

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Norfolk
  • Shropshire
  • Surrey
  • Sussex

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Shrewsbury (Unknown), Shrewsbury, Shropshire Earl of Arundel's Entertainers
Performance - Abbot's House, Battle Abbey, Battle, Sussex Earl of Arundel's Minstrel/s

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Arundel's Entertainers Fitz Alan, Richard (1346 - 1397) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Arundel's Minstrel/s Fitz Alan, Richard (1346 - 1397) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Arundel Castle Sussex Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

  • The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.