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Fitz Alan, William (1476 - 1543/4)

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1476
Death Date: 1544-01-23

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Union produced no male children; Katherine possibly daughter of William's second marriage
  2. Type: marriage
    Union began: 1511-2-15
    Union ended: n.d.

Siblings

Primary Title

  • 23rd Earl of Arundel

Titles

  • 23rd Earl of Arundel
    Assumed: 1524-10-25
    Vacated: 1543/4-01-23
  • Baron Mautravers
    Assumed: 1487
    Vacated: 1543/4-01-23
  • Knight of the Garter
    Assumed: 1525-04-23 (date nominated; installed 25 June 1525)
    Vacated: 1543/4-01-23

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Dorset 1509 1514
JP, Sussex 1509
JP, Somerset 1509
Warden, Wiltshire 1509/10 -3 -16 1521 Held jointly
Warden, Hampshire 1509/10 -3 -16 1521 Held jointly
JP, Hampshire 1510
JP, Wiltshire 1510 1513
JP, Sussex 1511 1512
JP, Somerset 1512 1514
JP, Hampshire 1512 1515
JP, Sussex 1514 1515
JP, Hampshire 1518
JP, Hampshire 1523
JP, Sussex 1524
JP, Hampshire 1525
JP, Sussex 1526
JP, Shropshire 1526
JP, Shropshire 1529
JP, Sussex 1529
JP, Worcestershire 1531 1532
JP, Sussex 1531 1532
JP, Shropshire 1531
JP, Shropshire 1536
JP, Worcestershire 1537 1540
JP, Sussex 1538 1539
JP, Shropshire 1538 1539
JP, Worcestershire 1542

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Dorset
  • Hampshire
  • Kent
  • Norfolk
  • Somerset
  • Surrey
  • Sussex
    source= LPH8, 4-5, 14, 16 Also he was granted the
  • Wales

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Earl of Arundel's Entertainers
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Earl of Arundel's Entertainers
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Earl of Arundel's Entertainers
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Earl of Arundel's Entertainers
Performance - Chichester (Unknown), Chichester, Sussex Earl of Arundel's Juggler
Performance - Battenhall Manor, near Worcester, Worcestershire Earl of Arundel's Minstrel
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Earl of Arundel's Minstrels
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Earl of Arundel's Minstrels
Performance - New Romney (Unknown), New Romney, Kent Earl of Arundel's Performers
Performance - Chichester (Unknown), Chichester, Sussex Earl of Arundel's Performers
Performance - Chichester (Unknown), Chichester, Sussex Earl of Arundel's Performers
Performance - Chichester (Unknown), Chichester, Sussex Earl of Arundel's Performers
Performance - Poole (Unknown), Poole, Dorset Earl of Arundel's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Norwich, Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Earl of Arundel's Players
Performance - Boston (Unknown), Boston, Lincolnshire Earl of Arundel's Trumpeters
Performance - Boston (Unknown), Boston, Lincolnshire Earl of Arundel's Trumpeters

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Arundel's Entertainers Fitz Alan, William (1476 - 1544) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Arundel's Entertainers Fitz Alan, William (1476 - 1544) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Arundel's Entertainers Fitz Alan, William (1476 - 1544) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Arundel's Entertainers Fitz Alan, William (1476 - 1544) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Arundel's Minstrels Fitz Alan, William (1476 - 1544) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Arundel's Minstrels Fitz Alan, William (1476 - 1544) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Arundel's Players Fitz Alan, William (1476 - 1544) Players 1
Earl of Arundel's Players Fitz Alan, William (1476 - 1544) Players 1
Earl of Arundel's Minstrel Fitz Alan, William (1476 - 1544) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Arundel's Performers Fitz Alan, William (1476 - 1544) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Arundel's Performers Fitz Alan, William (1476 - 1544) Entertainers/Minstrels 2
Earl of Arundel's Performers Fitz Alan, William (1476 - 1544) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Arundel's Juggler Fitz Alan, William (1476 - 1544) Acrobats/Physical Feats 1
Earl of Arundel's Trumpeters Fitz Alan, William (1476 - 1544) Musicians 1
Earl of Arundel's Trumpeters Fitz Alan, William (1476 - 1544) Musicians 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
  • 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.