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Fitz Alan, Thomas (1381 - 1415)

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1381-10-13
Death Date: 1415-10-13

Notes

Committed into the custody of John Holand, Duke of Exeter after father's attainder and execution on 21 Sept. 1397; fled to the Continent, joining his uncle Thomas Arundel (or Fitz Alan), Archbishop of Canterbury and later, Henry of Bolingbroke; returned to England with Henry 24 June 1399

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: 1405-11-26
    Union ended: n.d.

Siblings

Female

Male

  • Fitz Alan, Richard ( - )
  • Fitz Alan, William ( - )

Primary Title

  • 17th Earl of Arundel

Titles

  • 17th Earl of Arundel
    Assumed: 1400-10
    Vacated: 1415-10-13
  • 11th Earl of Surrey
    Assumed: 1400-10
    Vacated: 1415-10-13
  • Knight of the Garter
    Assumed: 1400

General Lands Note

Livery of father's estates Oct. 1400

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Privy Councillor, England
Commissioner of Array, Surrey 1399 1400
Commissioner of Array, Southampton 1399
JP, Surrey 1399
JP, Shropshire 1399
JP, Sussex 1399 1401
JP, Shropshire 1401
JP, Surrey 1401
Commissioner of Array, Sussex 1402
Lieut, North Wales 1402 -7 -26
JP, Surrey 1402/3
JP, Sussex 1402/3
Commissioner of Array, Shropshire 1403
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1405
Constable of England, England 1405 -6 -6
Keeper, Shropshire 1405 -10 -3
Keeper, Shropshire 1405 -10 -3
JP, Sussex 1405/6 1407
JP, Surrey 1405/6 1407
JP, Shropshire 1406/7 1408
JP, Wiltshire 1409/10
JP, Shropshire 1409/10
JP, Surrey 1411 1414
JP, Wiltshire 1411/12 1414
Constable, Kent 1412/13 -3 -22
JP, Sussex 1412/13
JP, Shropshire 1412/13
Treasurer of the Exchequer, England 1412/13 -3 -21
Warden of the Cinque Ports, Kent 1412/13 -3 -22 Cinque Ports also in Sussex
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, North Wales 1413
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Marches of Wales 1413
Keeper, Surrey 1413 -10 -9
JP, Kent 1413/14

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Essex
  • Hertfordshire
  • Wales
  • Surrey
  • Sussex

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Earl of Arundel's Entertainer/s
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Earl of Arundel's Entertainers
Performance - Blackmere, near Whitchurch, Shropshire Earl of Arundel's Harper
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Earl of Arundel's Minstrel/s
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Earl of Arundel's Minstrel/s
Performance - Blackmere, near Whitchurch, Shropshire Earl of Arundel's Minstrels
Performance - Shrewsbury (Unknown), Shrewsbury, Shropshire Earl of Arundel's Servant/s (Players?)

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Arundel's Minstrel/s Fitz Alan, Thomas (1381 - 1415) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Arundel's Minstrel/s Fitz Alan, Thomas (1381 - 1415) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Arundel's Servant/s (Players?) Fitz Alan, Thomas (1381 - 1415) Players 1
Earl of Arundel's Harper Fitz Alan, Thomas (1381 - 1415) Musicians 1
Earl of Arundel's Entertainers Fitz Alan, Thomas (1381 - 1415) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Arundel's Minstrels Fitz Alan, Thomas (1381 - 1415) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Arundel's Entertainer/s Fitz Alan, Thomas (1381 - 1415) 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.