Notes
Briefly under house arrest Jan. 1549/50; arrested for treason 16 Oct. 1551 and imprisoned in the Tower 8 Nov. 1551--3 Dec. 1552; under house arrest Nov.--Dec. 1564; under house arrest for involvement in Ridolfi plot after 26 Sept. 1571--late 1572
Parents
Mother: Percy, Anne (1485 - 1552)
Marriages/Other Unions
- Type: marriageUnion began: n.d.Union ended: n.d.
- Type: marriageUnion began: 1545-12-19Union ended: n.d.
Siblings
Female
- Fitz Alan, Katherine ( - )
Offspring
- Female offspring: Fitz Alan, Jane (1537 - 1578)
Primary Title
- 24th Earl of Arundel
Titles
- 24th Earl of ArundelAssumed: 1543/4-01-23Vacated: 1579/80-02-24
- Knight of the GarterAssumed: 1544-04-24 (date elected; installed 18 May 1544)Vacated: 1579/80-02-24
- Lord MautraversAssumed: 1512-04-23Vacated: 1543/4-01-23
- Baron MautraversAssumed: 1543/4-01-23Vacated: 1579/80-02-24
General Lands Note
Livery of lands 26 May 1544
Details of Offices
Began | Ended | Notes | |
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JP, Dorset | 1536 | 1547 | |
JP, Wiltshire | 1537 | 1547 | |
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Essex | 1538 | 1543 | |
JP, Hampshire | 1538 | 1547 | |
JP, Somerset | 1538 | 1547 | |
JP, Sussex | 1538 | 1547 | |
JP, Surrey | 1538 | 1547 | |
JP, Worcestershire | 1539 | 1547 | |
JP, Shropshire | 1539 | 1547 | |
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Dorset | 1540 | ||
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Hampshire | 1540 | ||
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Somerset | 1540 | ||
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, France | 1540 | ||
Deputy, France | 1540 -7 -2 | 1543/4 -02 | |
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Sussex | 1543 | 1544 | |
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex | 1543 | ||
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Hertfordshire | 1543 | 1544 | |
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent | 1543 | 1544 | |
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Surrey | 1543 | 1544 | |
Commissioner of Array, Sussex | 1545 | ||
Commissioner of Array, Berkshire | 1545 | ||
Commissioner of Array, Hampshire | 1545 | ||
Commissioner of Array, Wiltshire | 1545 | ||
Commissioner of Array, Oxfordshire | 1545 | ||
Commissioner of Array, Surrey | 1545 | ||
Chamberlain of the Household, England | 1546 -7 | 1549/50 -02 -20 | |
Privy Councillor, England | 1546 -7 | 1549/50 -01 | |
Lord Lieut, Sussex | 1551 -4 -14 | 1551 -10 -16 | |
Privy Councillor, England | 1551 -8 -9 | 1551 -10 -16 | |
Privy Councillor, England | 1553 -9 | 1568 -11 | |
Steward of the Household, England | 1553 -9 | 1564 -11 | Fitz Alan was also Steward of the Household for Philip of Spain (arrived in England July 1554) |
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Sussex | 1554 | 1564 | |
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Sussex | 1555 | ||
High Steward, Oxfordshire | 1555 | 1559 | |
Lieut-gen and Capt of Forces, England | 1557 -7 -26 | Appointed to office due to war with France | |
Chancellor, Oxfordshire | 1558/9 -2 -6 | 1559 -06 -12 | |
Lord Lieut, Surrey | 1559 | 1569 -11 | Held jointly from 1651 with John Lumley, 1st Baron Lumley; reappointed 1568 |
Lord Lieut, Sussex | 1559 | 1569 -11 | Held jointly from 1651 with John Lumley, 1st Baron Lumley; reappointed 1568 |
JP, Berkshire | 1562 | ||
JP, Devon | 1562 | 1569 | |
JP, Buckinghamshire | 1562 | 1564 | |
JP, Bedfordshire | 1562 | 1564 | |
JP, Worcestershire | 1562 | 1564 | |
JP, Shropshire | 1562 | 1564 | |
JP, Somerset | 1562 | 1564 | |
JP, Wiltshire | 1562 | 1564 | |
JP, Dorset | 1562 | 1564 | |
JP, Kent | 1562 | 1564 | |
JP, Sussex | 1562 | 1564 | |
JP, Surrey | 1562 | ||
JP, Hampshire | 1562 | ||
JP, Wales | 1562 | 1564 | |
JP, Derbyshire | 1562 | 1564 | |
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding | 1562 | 1564 | |
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding | 1562 | 1564 | |
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding | 1562 | 1564 | |
JP, Essex | 1562 | 1564 | |
JP, Gloucestershire | 1562 | 1564 | |
JP, Pembrokeshire | 1562 | 1564 | |
JP, Huntingdonshire | 1562 | 1564 | |
JP, Hertfordshire | 1562 | 1564 | |
JP, Herefordshire | 1562 | 1564 | |
JP, Lincolnshire | 1562 | 1564 | |
JP, Westmorland | 1562 | ||
JP, Cumberland | 1562 | 1564 | |
JP, Cambridgeshire | 1562 | 1564 | |
JP, Cornwall | 1562 | 1564 | |
JP, Durham | 1562 | 1564 | |
JP, Durham Diocese | 1562 | 1564 | |
JP, Cheshire | 1562 | ||
JP, Cheshire | 1562 | ||
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Hertfordshire | 1564 | ||
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Essex | 1564 | ||
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Surrey | 1564 | ||
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent | 1564 | ||
JP, Cambridgeshire | 1564 | ||
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon | 1569 | ||
Privy Councillor, England | 1573 | 1579/80 |
Details of Properties
Residence
- Arundel Castle, Sussex
- Arundel House, London (city-county)Acquired: 1549Divested: 1579/80-02Purchased; formerly known as Hampton Place and Bath Place
- Nonsuch Palace, SurreyAcquired: 1556Divested: 1579/80-02Acquired from Crown in exchange for lands in Norfolk; not resident here after 1557
Lands
- Dorset
- Hampshire
- Kent
- London (city-county)
- Middlesex
- Norfolk
- Shropshire
- Surrey
- Surrey: Chessington ParkAcquired: 1570Leased from Merton College, Oxford University
- Sussex
- Wales
- Wiltshire
Event Naming Patron
Event Type | Date | Location | Troupe |
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Performance | - | Chichester (Unknown), Chichester, Sussex | Earl of Arundel's Juggler |
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 | - | Guildhall, Faversham, Kent | Earl of Arundel's Players |
Performance | - | Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent | Earl of Arundel's Players |
Performance | - | Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent | Earl of Arundel's Players |
Performance | - | Grimsthorpe Castle, Grimsthorpe Castle, Lincolnshire | Earl of Arundel's Players |
Performance | - | Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent | Earl of Arundel's Players |
Patronized Troupes
Troupe Name | Patron | Troupe Type | # of events |
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Earl of Arundel's Juggler | Fitz Alan, Henry (1512 - 1580) | Acrobats/Physical Feats | 1 |
Earl of Arundel's Performers | Fitz Alan, Henry (1512 - 1580) | Entertainers/Minstrels | 1 |
Earl of Arundel's Performers | Fitz Alan, Henry (1512 - 1580) | Entertainers/Minstrels | 2 |
Earl of Arundel's Performers | Fitz Alan, Henry (1512 - 1580) | Entertainers/Minstrels | 1 |
Earl of Arundel's Players | Fitz Alan, Henry (1512 - 1580) | Players | 1 |
Earl of Arundel's Players | Fitz Alan, Henry (1512 - 1580) | Players | 1 |
Earl of Arundel's Players | Fitz Alan, Henry (1512 - 1580) | Players | 1 |
Earl of Arundel's Players | Fitz Alan, Henry (1512 - 1580) | Players | 1 |
Earl of Arundel's Players | Fitz Alan, Henry (1512 - 1580) | Players | 1 |
Bibliographic Sources
- Acts of the Privy Council of England [1542–1631]. 46 vols. London: HMSO, 1890--1964
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward VI [1547–53]. 6 vols. London: HMSO, 1924--9
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Elizabeth I [1558–78]. 7 vols. London: HMSO, 1939--82
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Philip and Mary [1553–8]. 4 vols. London: HMSO, 1937--9
- 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.