Richard "Copped Hat" FitzAlan 5th (10th) Earl of Arundel [3666] ²⁵

   Another name for Richard was Copped Hat.

  General Notes:

Knight of the Garter. Being restored by parliament in the 4th ye ar of Edward III, had the castle of Arundel (which had been given to Edmun d, E. Kent, the king's uncle,) rendered to him, and thus became the 5° Ear l. In the 7th year of Edward III, he was constituted Governor of Chirke Ca stle, co. Denbigh, and the ensuing year had a grant of the inheritan ce of that castle, with all the territories thereunto belonging, being pa rt of the possession of Roger Mortimer, the attained E. March; he was so on afterwards made Governor of Porchester Castle, and the same year h ad a command in the wars of Scotland, where he continued engaged for sever al years. After this he was constituted admiral of the western seas, and G overnor of Caernarvon Castle. In the 14th year of Edward III, he embark ed in the French wars, and participated in the glories of the subsequent c ampaigns. He was at the siege of Vannes, the relief of Thouars, and the im mortal battle of Cressy. Besides his great military services, the Earl w as frequently employed in diplomatic missions of the first importance, a nd was esteemed one of the most eminent generals and statesmen of the e ra in which he lived.

http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/FITZALAN.htm#Richard "Copped Hat"FITZALAN ( 5º E. Arundel)

Acceded: 1347

Earl of Surrey 9th. The Complete Peerage vol.XIIpI,p.512.
Weir shows all the children as Eleanor's but the Compleat Peerage says
otherwise.

http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal02289

Our lines of ascent runs to Maud Marshal, Marshall of England through bo th of her marriages.

1st Marriage Hugh of Norfolk Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk
our line runs through their third child Isabel de Bigod.

ALICE OF ARUNDEL15 FITZALAN, LADY, ELEANOR14 PLANTAGENET, MAUD13 CHAWORT H, ISABELLA12 DE BEAUCHAMP, MAUD11 FITZJOHN, ISABEL10 DE BIGOD,

2nd Marriage William de Warren, 6th Earl of Warren & Surrey
our line runs through their first son John de Warren, 7th Earl of Warr en & Surrey

ALICE OF ARUNDEL6 FITZALAN, LADY, Richard Fitzalan, 10th Earl of Arundel 5, ALICE4 DE WARENNE, WILLIAM3 DE WARENNE, JOHN2 DE WARREN, 7TH EARL OF WA RREN & SURREY

  Noted events in his life were:

• Acceded, 1347.

Richard married Isabel Despencer Countess of Arundel [3667] [MRIN: 416], daughter of Hugh the younger le Despenser Lord Le Despenser [5327] and Eleanor de Clare [13717], on 9 Feb 1320 in King´s Chapel, Avering-At-Bower, Sussex, England.

  Marriage Notes:

(contracted in minority and under constraint) – Divorced 1345

Richard next married Eleanor Plantagenet Countess of Arundel [3670] [MRIN: 1042], daughter of Henry of Lancaster Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Lancaster [5390] and Maud Chaworth [4428], on 5 Feb 1344 in Ditton Church, Stoke Pogis, Buckingham, England. (Eleanor Plantagenet Countess of Arundel [3670] was born in 1311 in Grosmont Castle, Monmouth, Norfolk, England, died on 11 Jan 1372 in Arundel Castle, Arundel, Sussex, England and was buried in Lewes Priory, Lewes, Sussex, England.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Alt. Marriage: Alt. Marriage, 5 Feb 1345. Ditton Church, Stoke Poges, Buckingham