Thomas Fitzalan Earl of Arundel

The Appellant Arundel died of unspecified causes….?

Sep 21, 2022

anniversaries, buildings, law, religion

Anne of Bohemia, executions, John of Gaunt, Lords Appellant, Richard II, Sir Simon Burley, Thomas Fitzalan Earl of Arundel

From here :- “….Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel, 9th Earl of Surrey, was born 1346 to Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel (c1313-1376) and Eleanor Plantagenet (c1318-1372) and died 21 September 1397 of unspecified causes….” Um…unspecified causes? The earl was attainted and publicly beheaded by Richard II (who didn’t do it in person, of course). Arundel was probably the richest man in…
Unwanted heirs? The Mortimers in the 1390s

Apr 7, 2022

genealogy, law, religion, sources

Duke of Surrey, Dukes, dynastic succession, Edmund of Langley, Edward Duke of York, Ian Mortimer, Ireland, John Hastings Earl of Pembroke, Knights of the Garter, Parliament, precedence, Richard II, Roger Mortimer 4th Earl of March, Shrewsbury Parliament, Sir Edmund Mortimer, Thomas Fitzalan Earl of Arundel, Westminster Chronicle

It has been established now that Roger Mortimer, Earl of March, was declared heir to the throne by Parliament in 1386 – not 1385 as commonly believed. This Parliament was very much at odds with Richard II (it set up a one-year Commission to run most of his affairs, much to Richard’s displeasure.) So it…
THE MARRIAGES OF THE SIBLINGS OF ELIZABETH WOODVILLE

Aug 13, 2021

battles, genealogy

“Lambert Simnel”, Anne Wydeville, Arundel Castle, Barnet, Battle of Bosworth, bigamy, Blackheath, Canterbury Cathedral, Edgecote, Elizabeth Baroness Scales, Elizabeth Wydeville, executions, George Grey Earl of Kent, Henry of Buckingham, Henry Pole the Younger, Henry VII, Hicks, Hillingdon Church, Jacquetta Wydeville, Jane Wydeville, Jasper “Tudor”, John Earl of Lincoln, John Lord Strange, John Wydeville, Katherine Duchess of norfolk, Katherine Plantagenet, Katherine Wydeville, Knights of the Bath, Margaret Fitzalan, Margaret Wydeville, marriages, Martha Wydeville, Mary Lewis, Mary Wydeville, ODNB, Richard of Warwick, Sir Anthony Grey, Sir Anthony Wydeville, Sir John Bromley, Sir Richard Wingfield, Stoke Field, The Cornish Rebellion, Thomas Fitzalan Earl of Arundel, Thomas Lord Stanley, Tintern Abbey, Turner, William Herbert Earl of Pembroke, William of Worcester, William Viscount Bourchier, windows, Wydevilles

Elizabeth Woodville Royal Window Canterbury Cathedral Reblogged from A Medieval Potpourri sparkypus.com Very soon after the clandestine marriage of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville had taken place in 1464 it became abundantly clear to the old nobility that the siblings of the new Queen would henceforth be having their pick of the most sought after heirs and heiresses of…

Thomas Fitzalan Earl of Arundel

The Appellant Arundel died of unspecified causes….?

Unwanted heirs? The Mortimers in the 1390s

THE MARRIAGES OF THE SIBLINGS OF ELIZABETH WOODVILLE