Richard (III) FitzAlan, earl of Surrey

“A gallant, hot tempered, popular man, the persistent political opponent and bitter personal enemy of Richard II. He was one of the best sea-captains of the time.” (Complete Peerage 1:245 c)

4th earl of Arundel

9th earl of Surrey

Events

Date of Birth: 1346.

The date is given by Given-Wilson (ODNB) and by the Complete Peerage (1:244).

Date of Death: 21 September 1397.

Place of Death: beheaded at Cheapside.

The date and place are given by Given-Wilson (ODNB) and by the Complete Peerage (1:245).

Place of Burial: the church of the Augustin Friars, in Bread Street, London.

The place is given by Given-Wilson (ODNB) and by the Complete Peerage (1:245). Because of persistent rumours of miracles at his grave, Richard II had his body exhumed and buried at an unmarked spot.

Relationships

Father: Richard FitzAlan “Copped Hat” (about 1313 - 1375/6), earl of Arundel.

This relationship is given by Given-Wilson (ODNB) and by the Complete Peerage (1:244).

Mother: Eleanor (died 1372), daughter of Henry, earl of Lancaster.

This relationship is given by Given-Wilson (ODNB) and by the Complete Peerage (1:244).

Spouse: Elizabeth (died 1385), daughter of William de Bohun, earl of Northampton. Marriage contract 28 September 1359.

This relationship is given by Given-Wilson (ODNB) and by the Complete Peerage (1:244-245).

Spouse: Philippa (1375 - 1401), daughter of Edmund (III) Mortimer, earl of March. Married 15 August 1390.

This relationship is given by Given-Wilson (ODNB) and by the Complete Peerage (1:245).

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Eleanor (died 1375) married Robert de la Pole.

Alice married John Charlton of Powys.

Elizabeth (before 1375 - 8 July 1425) married (1) William de Montagu; married (2) Thomas Mowbray, earl of Nottingham, in July 1384; married (3) Sir Robert Goushill of Hoveringham; married (4) Gerard Usflete.

Joan (1375 - 14 November 1435) married William Beauchamp, lord of Abergavenny.

Richard (living in 1393, but died before his father).

Thomas (13 October 1381 - 13 October 1415), earl of Arundel, married Brites de Portugal.

William (born after 1381) entered the church.

Margaret (born 1382) married Rowland Lenthall of Hampton Court, Herefordshire.

References

Cawley, Charles. “Richard ” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Cokayne, George Edward, and Vicary Gibbs; et al. The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant [2nd ed.]. (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910-59).

Given-Wilson, C. “Fitzalan, Richard (III), fourth earl of Arundel and ninth earl of Surrey (1346-1397)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn. January 2008).

Nichols, John. A collection of all the wills, now known to be extant, of the kings and queens of England, princes and princesses of Wales, and every branch of the blood royal: from the reign of William the Conqueror to that of Henry the Seventh, exclusive, with explanatory notes and a glossary. (London: J. Nichols, 1780) [Pages 120 to 144 give Richard’s will.]

Salzman, L.F. “The Property of the Earl of Arundel, 1397” in Sussex Archaeological Collections volume 91 (Oxford University Press, 1953), pages 32.51.