Fitz Alan, Thomas (1450 - 1524)

Biographical Overview

Other Last Names

Parents

Titles - 4
Properties - 5
Total events naming patron - 128
Troupes - 16
Venues - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 5
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Other Last Names

Mautravers

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1450
Death Date: 1524-10-25

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Wydevill, Margaret ( - 1490/1)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1464-10
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Wydevill, Margaret ( - 1490/1)

  1. Male offspring: Fitz Alan, William (1476 - 1544) (patron)
  2. Female offspring: Fitz Alan, Joan (n.d.)

Primary Title

22nd Earl of Arundel

Titles

  • Lord FitzAlan
    Assumed By 1461-16-27
    Vacated 1471 (date assumed the title Lord Mautravers)
  • Lord Mautravers
    Assumed 1471
    Vacated 1488
  • Lord Arundell de Mautravers
    Assumed 1482-11-15
    Vacated 1488
  • 22nd Earl of Arundel
    Assumed 1488
    Vacated 1524-10-25

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, n.d. n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Surrey 1469 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Sussex 1469 1470
Commissioner of Array, Southampton 1469 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Wiltshire 1469 1470
Commissioner of Array, Dorset 1470 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Sussex 1470 n.d.
JP, Southampton 1470 1504
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1471 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Southampton 1471/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Southampton 1472 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1472/3 1524
JP, Worcestershire 1472/3 1524
JP, Gloucestershire 1472/3 1514
JP, Herefordshire 1472/3 1496
Commissioner of Array, Southampton 1474/5 n.d.
JP, Wiltshire 1475 n.d.
JP, Dorset 1475 1482/3
JP, Sussex 1475/6 1524
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex 1477 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1478 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Surrey 1480 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Southampton 1484 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Sussex 1484 n.d.
JP, Surrey 1485 1524
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Surrey 1486 n.d.
Keeper, Hampshire 1486-7-18 n.d. Held solely, then jointly from 16 March 1509/10
Commissioner of Musters, Sussex 1488 n.d.
Warden, Hampshire 1489 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Sussex 1490 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London 1490/1 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Essex 1490/1 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Surrey 1490/1 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Southampton 1491 n.d.
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Worcestershire 1492/3 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1492/3 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1492/3 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Worcestershire 1492/3 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Marches of Wales 1492/3 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Herefordshire 1492/3 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Hertfordshire 1494/5 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1494/5 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex 1494/5 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Surrey 1494/5 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Oxfordshire 1494/5 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Essex 1494/5 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Worcestershire 1494/5 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1494/5 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Sussex 1494/5 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Staffordshire 1494/5 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Berkshire 1494/5 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1494/5 1496
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Herefordshire 1494/5 n.d.
Keeper, Wiltshire 1494/5-3-23 n.d. Held solely, then jointly from 16 March 1509/10
Commissioner of Array, Sussex 1496 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Sussex 1496 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Wiltshire 1501/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Southampton 1501/2 n.d.
JP, Hampshire 1509/10 1524
Commissioner of Array, Sussex 1511/12 1513

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Hampshire
  • Norfolk
  • Somerset
  • (city-county) in Hampshire

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1517-1518 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent Earl of Arundel's Bearward
Performance 1495-1495 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Earl of Arundel's Clarioners
Performance 1518-1519 Chichester (Unknown), Chichester , Sussex Earl of Arundel's Dancing Boy
Performance 1498-1499 Abbot's House, Battle Abbey, Battle , Sussex Earl of Arundel's Entertainer/s
Performance 1492-1493 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Earl of Arundel's Entertainers
Performance 1502-1503 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Earl of Arundel's Entertainers
Performance 1506-1507 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Earl of Arundel's Entertainers
Performance 1508-1509 Abbot's House, Battle Abbey, Battle , Sussex Earl of Arundel's Entertainers
Performance 1517-1518 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Earl of Arundel's Entertainers
Performance 1522-1523 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Earl of Arundel's Entertainers
Performance 1524-1525 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Earl of Arundel's Entertainers
Performance 1490-1490 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Earl of Arundel's Harper
Performance 1519-1520 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Earl of Arundel's Interluders
Performance 1519-1520 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Earl of Arundel's Interluders
Performance 1488-1488 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Earl of Arundel's Minstrel
Performance 1488-1488 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Earl of Arundel's Minstrel
Performance 1491-1492 Hythe (Unknown), Hythe , Kent Earl of Arundel's Minstrel
Performance 1493-1493 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Earl of Arundel's Minstrel
Performance 1494-1494 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Earl of Arundel's Minstrel
Performance 1496-1496 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Earl of Arundel's Minstrel
Performance 1502-1503 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Earl of Arundel's Minstrel
Performance 1503-1504 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Earl of Arundel's Minstrel
Performance 1517-1517 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Earl of Arundel's Minstrel
Performance 1518-1519 Guildhall, Plymouth , Devon Earl of Arundel's Minstrel
Performance 1488-1489 Richard Randislow's House, New Romney , Kent Earl of Arundel's Minstrel/s
Performance 1489-1490 New Romney (Unknown), New Romney , Kent Earl of Arundel's Minstrel/s
Performance 1490-1491 New Romney (Unknown), New Romney , Kent Earl of Arundel's Minstrel/s
Performance 1491-1492 Hythe (Unknown), Hythe , Kent Earl of Arundel's Minstrel/s
Performance 1492-1492 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Earl of Arundel's Minstrel/s
Performance 1505-1505 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Earl of Arundel's Minstrel/s
Performance 1508-1509 New Romney (Unknown), New Romney , Kent Earl of Arundel's Minstrel/s
Performance 1512-1513 New Romney (Unknown), New Romney , Kent Earl of Arundel's Minstrel/s
Performance 1487-1487 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Earl of Arundel's Minstrels
Performance 1488-1489 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Earl of Arundel's Minstrels
Performance 1489-1489 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Earl of Arundel's Minstrels
Performance 1489-1490 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Earl of Arundel's Minstrels
Performance 1489-1490 Guildhall, Sandwich , Kent Earl of Arundel's Minstrels
Performance 1490-1491 Hythe (Unknown), Hythe , Kent Earl of Arundel's Minstrels
Performance 1490-1491 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Earl of Arundel's Minstrels
Performance 1490-1491 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Earl of Arundel's Minstrels
Performance 1491-1491 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Earl of Arundel's Minstrels
Performance 1491-1492 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Earl of Arundel's Minstrels
Performance 1494-1495 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Earl of Arundel's Minstrels
Performance 1495-1496 Town Hall, Bridgwater , Somerset Earl of Arundel's Minstrels
Performance 1496-1496 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Earl of Arundel's Minstrels
Performance 1497-1498 Guildhall, Sandwich , Kent Earl of Arundel's Minstrels
Performance 1497-1498 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Earl of Arundel's Minstrels
Performance 1503-1504 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Earl of Arundel's Minstrels
Performance 1507-1508 Guildhall, Sandwich , Kent Earl of Arundel's Minstrels
Performance 1507-1508 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Earl of Arundel's Minstrels
Performance 1508-1509 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Earl of Arundel's Minstrels
Performance 1509-1509 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Earl of Arundel's Minstrels
Performance 1509-1510 Guildhall, Sandwich , Kent Earl of Arundel's Minstrels
Performance 1511-1512 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent Earl of Arundel's Minstrels
Performance 1511-1512 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent Earl of Arundel's Minstrels
Performance 1511-1511 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Earl of Arundel's Minstrels
Performance 1512-1512 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Earl of Arundel's Minstrels
Performance 1514-1514 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Earl of Arundel's Minstrels
Performance 1514-1514 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Earl of Arundel's Minstrels
Performance 1515-1516 Guildhall, Sandwich , Kent Earl of Arundel's Minstrels
Performance 1516-1516 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Earl of Arundel's Minstrels
Performance 1516-1516 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Earl of Arundel's Minstrels
Performance 1516-1516 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Earl of Arundel's Minstrels
Performance 1516-1517 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent Earl of Arundel's Minstrels
Performance 1516-1517 Guildhall, Sandwich , Kent Earl of Arundel's Minstrels
Performance 1517-1517 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Earl of Arundel's Minstrels
Performance 1518-1519 Guildhall, Sandwich , Kent Earl of Arundel's Minstrels
Performance 1519-1520 New Romney (Unknown), New Romney , Kent Earl of Arundel's Minstrels
Performance 1519-1519 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Earl of Arundel's Minstrels
Performance 1519-1519 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Earl of Arundel's Minstrels
Performance 1519-1520 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent Earl of Arundel's Minstrels
Performance 1520-1520 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Earl of Arundel's Minstrels
Performance 1520-1520 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Earl of Arundel's Minstrels
Performance 1520-1521 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent Earl of Arundel's Minstrels
Performance 1520-1521 Guildhall, Plymouth , Devon Earl of Arundel's Minstrels
Performance 1521-1522 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent Earl of Arundel's Minstrels
Performance 1521-1521 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Earl of Arundel's Minstrels
Performance 1524-1524 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Earl of Arundel's Minstrels
Performance 1524-1524 Guildhall, Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Earl of Arundel's Minstrels
Performance 1524-1524 Poole (Unknown), Poole , Dorset Earl of Arundel's Minstrels
Performance 1517-1518 Chichester (Unknown), Chichester , Sussex Earl of Arundel's Performers
Performance 1517-1518 Chichester (Unknown), Chichester , Sussex Earl of Arundel's Performers
Performance 1517-1518 Chichester (Unknown), Chichester , Sussex Earl of Arundel's Performers
Performance 1517-1518 Chichester (Unknown), Chichester , Sussex Earl of Arundel's Performers
Performance 1518-1519 Chichester (Unknown), Chichester , Sussex Earl of Arundel's Performers
Performance 1519-1520 Chichester (Unknown), Chichester , Sussex Earl of Arundel's Performers
Performance 1519-1520 Chichester (Unknown), Chichester , Sussex Earl of Arundel's Performers
Performance 1519-1520 Chichester (Unknown), Chichester , Sussex Earl of Arundel's Performers
Performance 1520-1521 Chichester (Unknown), Chichester , Sussex Earl of Arundel's Performers
Performance 1521-1522 Chichester (Unknown), Chichester , Sussex Earl of Arundel's Performers
Performance 1521-1522 Chichester (Unknown), Chichester , Sussex Earl of Arundel's Performers
Performance 1522-1523 Chichester (Unknown), Chichester , Sussex Earl of Arundel's Performers
Performance 1522-1523 Chichester (Unknown), Chichester , Sussex Earl of Arundel's Performers
Performance 1499-1500 New Romney (Unknown), New Romney , Kent Earl of Arundel's Player
Performance 1522-1523 Chichester (Unknown), Chichester , Sussex Earl of Arundel's Player
Performance 1502-1503 Sandwich (Unknown), Sandwich , Kent Earl of Arundel's Players
Performance 1504-1505 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Earl of Arundel's Players
Performance 1512-1513 Guildhall, Sandwich , Kent Earl of Arundel's Players
Performance 1513-1514 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Earl of Arundel's Players
Performance 1514-1514 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Earl of Arundel's Players
Performance 1515-1515 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Earl of Arundel's Players
Performance 1515-1515 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Earl of Arundel's Players
Performance 1516-1517 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent Earl of Arundel's Players
Performance 1516-1517 Guildhall, Sandwich , Kent Earl of Arundel's Players
Performance 1517-1517 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Earl of Arundel's Players
Performance 1517-1518 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent Earl of Arundel's Players
Performance 1517-1518 Chichester (Unknown), Chichester , Sussex Earl of Arundel's Players
Performance 1518-1519 Chichester (Unknown), Chichester , Sussex Earl of Arundel's Players
Performance 1519-1519 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Earl of Arundel's Players
Performance 1519-1520 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent Earl of Arundel's Players
Performance 1519-1520 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Earl of Arundel's Players
Performance 1520-1521 Abbot's House, Battle Abbey, Battle , Sussex Earl of Arundel's Players
Performance 1520-1521 Chichester (Unknown), Chichester , Sussex Earl of Arundel's Players
Performance 1520-1521 Chichester (Unknown), Chichester , Sussex Earl of Arundel's Players
Performance 1520-1521 Guildhall, Sandwich , Kent Earl of Arundel's Players
Performance 1521-1522 Chichester (Unknown), Chichester , Sussex Earl of Arundel's Players
Performance 1523-1523 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Earl of Arundel's Players
Performance 1523-1523 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Earl of Arundel's Players
Performance 1523-1524 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent Earl of Arundel's Players
Performance 1523-1524 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Earl of Arundel's Players
Performance 1523-1524 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Earl of Arundel's Players
Performance 1520-1521 Chichester (Unknown), Chichester , Sussex Earl of Arundel's Trumpeters
Performance 1521-1522 Chichester (Unknown), Chichester , Sussex Earl of Arundel's Trumpeters
Performance 1522-1523 Chichester (Unknown), Chichester , Sussex Earl of Arundel's Trumpeters
Performance 1524-1525 Boston (Unknown), Boston , Lincolnshire Earl of Arundel's Trumpeters
Performance 1479-1482 Abbot's House, Battle Abbey, Battle , Sussex Lord Mautravers' Bearward/s
Performance 1481-1481 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Lord Mautravers' Minstrel
Performance 1487-1487 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Lord Mautravers' Minstrel

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Arundel's Bearward Fitz Alan, Thomas (1450 - 1524) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Arundel's Clarioners Fitz Alan, Thomas (1450 - 1524) Musicians 1
Earl of Arundel's Dancing Boy Fitz Alan, Thomas (1450 - 1524) Acrobats/Physical Feats 1
Earl of Arundel's Entertainer/s Fitz Alan, Thomas (1450 - 1524) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Arundel's Entertainers Fitz Alan, Thomas (1450 - 1524) Entertainers/Minstrels 7
Earl of Arundel's Harper Fitz Alan, Thomas (1450 - 1524) Musicians 1
Earl of Arundel's Interluders Fitz Alan, Thomas (1450 - 1524) Players 2
Earl of Arundel's Minstrel Fitz Alan, Thomas (1450 - 1524) Entertainers/Minstrels 10
Earl of Arundel's Minstrel/s Fitz Alan, Thomas (1450 - 1524) Entertainers/Minstrels 8
Earl of Arundel's Minstrels Fitz Alan, Thomas (1450 - 1524) Entertainers/Minstrels 48
Earl of Arundel's Performers Fitz Alan, Thomas (1450 - 1524) Entertainers/Minstrels 13
Earl of Arundel's Player Fitz Alan, Thomas (1450 - 1524) Players 2
Earl of Arundel's Players Fitz Alan, Thomas (1450 - 1524) Players 26
Earl of Arundel's Trumpeters Fitz Alan, Thomas (1450 - 1524) Musicians 4
Lord Mautravers' Bearward/s Fitz Alan, Thomas (1450 - 1524) Performing Animals 1
Lord Mautravers' Minstrel Fitz Alan, Thomas (1450 - 1524) Entertainers/Minstrels 2

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue Type
Arundel Castle Sussex Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward IV – Henry VI [1467–77]. London: HMSO, 1900.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward IV, Edward V, Richard III [1476–85]. London: HMSO, 1901.
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.
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII [1509–47]. 21 vols and Addenda (2 vols). London: HMSO, 1864–1932.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)