Eleanor BERKELEY

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• _UID: 55E0F9578F6D4883A5B2AA2D9165913F40FE

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Eleanor (died 1 Aug 1455), daughter of Sir John Berkeley, of Beverstone, Glos, and widow of (a) 13th/6th Earl of Arundel and (b) Sir Richard Poynings. [Burke's Peerage]

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He [John d'Arundel] married, before 1407, Eleanor, daughter of Sir John Berkeley, of Beverstone, co. Gloucester, by his 1st wife, Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Sir John Betteshorne, of Betteshorne in Sopley, Hants. He died 21 April 1421, and was buried at Arundel. His widow married, about 1423, Sir Richard Poynings, who was son and heir apparent of Robert, Lord Poynings, but who died v.p., 10 Jun 1429. She married 3rdly, before 8 May 1439, Walter [Hungerford], Lord Hungerford, K.G., who died 9 Aug 1449. She died 1 August 1455, and was buried at Arundel. Will [in which she styles herself "Countess of Arundel and Lady Mautravers," and speaks of her 1st husband as "John, Earl of Arundel" dated 20 July 1455, proved 23 August following. [Complete Peerage I:247, XIV:39, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

Eleanor married John FITZALAN, 13th Earl Of Arundel, Kb, Sir before 1407 in 1st Husband. John (son of John 2Nd Baron D' ARUNDEL, Sir Knight and Elizabeth Le DESPENSER) was born on 1 Aug 1385 in Ditton Manor, Stoke Pogis, Buckinghamshire, England; died on 21 Apr 1421 in Arundel Caslte, West Sussex, England; was buried in Arundel Chapel, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eleanor married about 1423 in 2ND Husband, 2ND Wife. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eleanor married before 8 May 1439 in 3rd Husband 2ND Wife. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: 19th\14Th Earl Of ARUNDEL
• _UID: A6B561C03C444D168AC438373D72D7FFA193

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EARLDOM of ARUNDEL (XIX, 14 or 7) 1421

JOHN D'ARUNDEL, [who, in right of either his father's writ or of the admission of 1433] may be considered Earl of Arundel. Son and heir born 14 February 1407/8, at Lytchett Mautravers, Dorset. Created K.B. at Leicester, by the young King, under the name of "Dominus de Maultravers." His claim to the Earldom of Arundel not having been recognised, he was, when of age, summoned to Parliament on 12 July and 3 August 1429, by writs directed Johanni Arundel' de Arundell' Chivaler, whereby he is held to have become Lord Arundel. In December 1431 he was in the coronation of Henry VI at Paris. He greatly distinguished himself in the French wars, and was made Captain of the Castle of Rouen in February 1431/2. On 22 April 1432 he was created K.G.; and in November 1433 his petition to be considered Earl of Arundel by tenure of the Castle of Arundel, was allowed, but he was never afterwards summoned to Parliament as an Earl or a Baron. He was created, in 1434, Duke of Touraine in France, by the Regent Bedford. The Earl was severely wounded and taken prisoner at the siege of Gerberoy, in the Beauvaisis, in May 1435, was carried to Beauvais, where his leg was amputated. He died several weeks later 12 June 1435 and was buried in the Grey Friars there, though, in accordance with his will, his body was reinterred in a noble tomb at Arundel.

He married 1stly [or, more probably, was contracted as a minor to] Constance, daughter of John [Cornwall], Lord Fanhope, by Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster. She died s.p. and v.p. before 1429. He married 2ndly, before 1429, Maud, widow of Sir Richard Stafford of Southwick, Wilts [who died about 1427], daughter and heir of Robert Lovell (younger son of John, 5th Lord Lovell of Titchmarsh), by Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of Sir Guy Bryene, who was 1st son and heir apparent of Sir Guy Bryene [Lord Bryene]. She died 19 May 1436. [Complete Peerage I:247-8, XIV:39, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

John married Constance CORNWALL in 1st Wife. Constance was born about 1407 in Fownhope, Hereford, Herefordshire, England; died before 1429. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Maud (Matilda) LOVEL before 1429 in 2ND Husband, 2ND Wife. Maud was born about 1406; died on 19 May 1436 in Arundel Caslte, West Sussex, England; was buried in Abbotsbury Abbey, Dorsetshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: 21st\16Th\9Th Earl Of ARUNDEL
• _UID: 733659C342D64D918A09D07033CF21B96A57

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William Fitz Alan, 16th/9th Earl of Arundel, KG (1471); born 23 Nov 1417; Yorkist, fought at Lancastrian victory of 2nd Battle of St Albans 17 Feb 1461, Constable of Dover Castle and Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports 1471 and 1483-87; founder of "Arundel Mass" at Magdalen College Oxford; married after 17 Aug 1438 Lady Joan Nevill(e), daughter of 1st/5th Earl of Salisbury, and died late autumn 1487. [Burke's Peerage]

Note: William's elder brother John, b. 14 Feb 1407/8, d. 12 Jun 1435 was 14th Earl of Arundel; his son Humphrey, b. 30 Jan 1429, d. unmarried 24 Apr 1438 was 15th Earl of Arundel.

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EARLDOM of ARUNDEL (XXI, 16 or 9) 1438

WILLIAM [FITZ ALAN otherwise MAUTRAVERS], Earl of Arundel, &c., uncle and heir [of Humphrey (XX, 15 or 8) Earl of Arundel, b. 30 Jan 1429, d. unmarried 24 Apr 1438, son of John (XIX, 14 or 7) Earl of Arunde, b. 14 Feb 1407/8, d. aft. 12 Jun 1435], born 23 November 1417, and, when of full age, obtained livery of his lands in November 1438. Summoned to Parliament (a) on 3 December 1441 as Earl of Arundel (b). Justice in Eyre of all forests south of the Trent 1459-61 and 1483-85. Took part with the Yorkists in their defeat at the second battle of St. Albans, 17 February 1461. On 1 May 1471, he was Constable of Dover Castle, and the Warden of the Cinque Ports, and again 1483 till his death. K.G. 1471. He assisted as Pincerna at the coronation of Richard III, as also as that of Henry VII, which King received knighthood at his hands shortly before that ceremony. He founded the "Arundel Mass" [by gift of the manor of Aynho, co. Northampton] to be celebrated at Magd. Coll., Oxford.

He married, after 17 August 1438 [when his marriage was granted to his future father-in-law], Joan, 1st daughter of Richard [Nevill], Earl of Salisbury, by Alice, suo jure Countess of Salisbury. She [who was a sister of Richard, Earl of Warwick] died shortly before 9 September 1462, and was buried at Arundel. He died there late in 1487, in his 71st year and was buried there. [Complete Peerage I:248-9, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

(a) This summons was not till eight years after the admission (1433) which confirmed the Earldom of Arundel to the Fitz Alan family. The delay is accounted for by the absence in France of Earl John, and the minority of his successor [Hymphrey]. It is probable, also, that this William may have been summoned some two or three years earlier, bu the lists of summones from 1438 to 1441 are unfortunately lost.

(b) PRECEDENCY of the EARLS of ARUNDEL.
In 1446 Thomas Courtenay, Earl of Devon, challenged the precedence of the Earl of Arundel. The decision of the King, with consent of the Lords of Parliament, was "that William, now Earl of Arundel, have, keep, and enjoy his seat, place and pre-eminence in the High Court of Parliament, and in the King's Councils and elsewhere in the King's high presence, as Earl of Arundel, by reason of the Castle, Honour and Lordship of Arundel, as worshipfully as ever did any of his ancestors, Earls of Arundel, afore his time, above the said Earl of Devonshire and his heirs, without letting, challenge or interruption of the said Earl of Devonshire or of his heirs or of any other person." "Thus ended," adds Canon Tierney, "a controversy which, in its results, confirmed this Parliamentary decision of 1433 and established the Earldom in its original supremacy of honour above every other similar title of dignity."

William married Joan NEVILLE after 17 Aug 1438. Joan (daughter of Richard I NEVILLE, Earl Of Salisbury and Alice MONTAGUE, Countess Of Salisbury) was born about 1423 in Castle Raby, Durham, England; died before 9 Sep 1462 in Arundel Caslte, West Sussex, England; was buried in Arundel Chapel, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: 20th\15Th Earl Of ARUNDEL
• _UID: 6B9FAF07D018462F85AEB2DA18C0936AB1A1

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EARLDOM of ARUNDEL (XX, 15 or 8) 1435

HUMPHREY FITZALAN, otherwise Mautravers, Earl of Arundel, &c., only child by 2nd wife, b. 30 Jan 1429, d. unmarried 24 Apr 1438, in his 10th year, when the Dukedom of Touraine became extinct. [Complete Peerage I:248]

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• Name: 22nd\17Th\10Th Earl Of ARUNDEL
• _UID: D649916DF3AF4766894893D232B57F424A56

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Thomas Fitz Alan, 17th/10th Earl of Arundel, KG (Feb 1473/4), KB (1461); born 1450; called up to House of Lords by 15 Nov 1482 vp as Lord (Baron) Arundell (sic) de Mautrevers; Lt Order of Garter 1489 and 1517, Warden of New Forest 1489; married Oct 1464 Lady Margaret Woodville, 2nd daughter of 1st Earl Rivers and sister of Elizabeth, Edward IV's wife, and died 25 Oct 1524. [Burke's Peerage]

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EARLDOM of ARUNDEL (XXII, 17 or 10) 1487

THOMAS [FITZ ALAN otherwise ARUNDELL, otherwise MAUTRAVERS], Earl of Arundel &c., son and heir, born 1450. He, as Lord Fitz-Alan, created K.B. at the coronation of Edward IV, 27 June 1461, and K.G. 26 February 1473/4. He was summoned (no Parliament sat July 1471) 15 November 1482, when the writ was directed to him [v.p.] as "Thome Arundell' de Mautravers militi" in which title [Lord Arundell de Mautravers] he sat, till in 1488 he succeeded to the Earldom. As'Lord Mautravers' he was one of the peers at the coronation of Richard III. In September 1486 he was one of the Godfathers to Prince Arthur. Bearer of the Rod and Dove at the Coronation of Elizabeth, Queen Consort, 25 November 1487. Lieutenant of the Order of the Garter, 19 July 1489, and again 1517. In 1489 he was made Warden of the New Forest.

He married, in October 1464, Margaret, 2nd daughter of Richard [Widville], Earl Rivers, by Jacqueline, daughter of Pierre de Luxembourg, Count of St. Pol and brienne. She was sister of Elizabeth, Queen Consort of Edward IV. She died before 6 march 1490/1, and was buried at Arundel. He died 25 October 1524, at Downly Park, in Singleton, Sussex, and was buried at Arundel. [Complete Peerage I:249-50, XIV:39, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

Thomas married Margaret WYDEVILLE in Oct 1464. Margaret was born about 1450 in Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England; died before 6 Mar 1490-1491 in Arundel Caslte, West Sussex, England; was buried in Arundel Chapel, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 83DA3E6175AC441FA4163F2ED9798533B10C

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Margaret; married John de la Pole, 1st and last Earl of Lincoln of the March 1466/7 creation (dsp 1487), and died in or after 1493. [Burke's Peerage]

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He [John de la Pole] married Margaret, daughter of Thomas (FITZALAN), EARL OF ARUNDEL, by Margaret, daughter of Richard (WYDVILL), EARL RIVERS, and sister of Elizabeth, wife of EDWARD IV. He died as aforesaid, v.p. and s.p., 16 June 1487, when his Earldom became extinct, and he was tainted. His widow Margaret was living in 1493 or later. [Complete Peerage VII:688-90, XIV:437, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

Family/Spouse: John De LA POLE, 1st\Last Earl Of Lincoln. John (son of John De LA POLE, 2nd Duke Of Suffolk and Elizabeth "Of York" PLANTAGENET) was born about 1462 in Wingfield, Suffolk, England; died on 16 Jun 1487 in Battle Of Stoke, Nottinghamshire, England (Dsp &Vp). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]