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 146 ARUNDEL. parly wa& without trial, bdieaded at Hereford 17 Nov. 1328, in his 42nd year, He wag subsequently attainted when his estates and Juntoun became forfeited. His widow (who, in her issue was, in 1317, the sole li. of her tar, John, Karl of Surrey and Sussex, and consequently of the great family of do Waiienne) was living 1330 but a. before 1347. XIII. 1327? /. Eli.MUXL) (PlANTAC.'ENET), KaISL Of EvENT, "| to received the Castle ami Honour of Arundel, whereby I | »£,-.' 1330 (according to the admission (0 of 1433) lie may be con- [ = 2 = sideredto have become EAUL OF AKUNDHL.(K) He f^lf?" was bclieudtd 3 Se|>. 1330 and, being attainted, all his I ,o|a £ honours became forfeited, but the Castle and Honour of Arundel were i ^ BM*g retained by his widow, on whom they had been settled. > — 3 XIV. 1331. 10 ,„■■!. KiciiAiti) Fitz-Aean, s. uud h. of Edmund, (xii) 9th or 2nd Earl of Arundel, b. about 1300. He was in (1330-1)4 I'M. HI. fully restored in blood and honours (confirmed 1351 and again 1354), and, ia Dec. of that same year obtained restitution of the Castle and Honour of Arundel from the Dowager Countess of Kent. By such restorations he doubtless became Eaw, ol> AitUNDKl.;-)." In 1337 he was made Justiciary of North Wales for life. He took a distinguished part in the wars with France, was Admiral of the King's Fleet in 1346, was present at the battle of Creei and at the fall of Calais iu 1347. He had shortly before, viz., on 30 June 1347, sue. to the vast estates of the family of Wakenne. hy the death, s.p. leg., of his mother's br. John, Karl of Surrey and Sussex. By fine levied (1349-50) "23 Edw. Ill, he settled the Castle, town and manor of Arundel on himself and' his (then) wife Kleanor, for their joint lives, with rem. to the heirs uiale of his body by his said wife. Oil the death of Joan, Dowager Countess of Surrey, tile widow of his said uncle in 1301, but not beJorciK, he assumed the title of HAUL OF SURREY, and in 1300 settled the vast estates of the family of Warenne on his issue. He m. firstly 'J Feb. 1320-1, in the King's Chapel at Haveriug-atte-Bower (when under 16), Isabel, da. of Hugh Le DrsPENCEH ( the younger) by Kleanor, da. and coheir of Gilbert (UE Clahe) Kahi. hi GLOUCESTER. By her he had no male issue, and from her he obtained a divorce in 134 "i on the ground of his minority and never having willingly consented to the match. He in. in the same year, 1345 (a Lady with whom he had previously intrigued, viz.) Eleanor, Dowager Bakoness Beaumont, da. of Henry (Plantagenkt) Eaui. of Lancaster, by Maud, da. and h. of Sir Patrick Chawobth. She d. at Arundel 11 Jan. 1372 and was bur. at Lewes. He d. 24 Jan. 1375-0, also at Arundel in his 70th year, and was also bur. at Lewes. Will dat. 5 Dec. 1375.('j. XV. 137G 11 or J t . Richard (Fitz-Alax), Eahl of Aruxdel, to and generally considered (also) Eahl of Suuuey, s. and h, by second 1397. w'ife, b. about 1348. He assisted at the coronation of Hie. II iu 1377, was a member of the Council and was made Admiral of the west ami south, 1377, and subsequently, 1380, of all England. K.G. 1386. He distinguished himself in the French wars, and was made Gov. of Brest in 1388. Together with the Duke of Gloucester he took an active part against the King, who, in 1388, was entirely iu that Duke's power. In 1394 he obtained pardon for all political offences, but was treacherously seized 12 July 1397, tried at Westminster and beheaded two months afterwards in C'heapsidc. He m. firstly in 1359 Elizabeth, da. of William (ue BOSUN), Earl of NoBTHAIHtoS, by Elizabeth, da. of Bartholomew de Badles- (f) Seep. 138, note " c." (=) " It may not be presumed," says Mr. Courthope (see '' Courthope," p. 29), " that the grant to the Earl of Kent made him Earl of Arundel, or that the restoration of the Castle and lands to Richard, s. and h. of Edmond, made him Earl of Arundel either ■ inasmuch as there was iu the Act of Restoration a special provision applying to the title of Earl of Arundel as a name of dignity, which would have been unnecessary had the restitution of the Castle and Honour been considered as suiticieut." But ur to the latter part of this remark, it is more probable that such " special provision " was only added tx ubinidiintc cuulelu. ('■) See remark at end of note " d,"' p. 145. (') He alienated the manor of Nether liilsington, Kent, which had been held by the preceding Earls since the time i pf 1 leu, I, by serjeauty. See Taylor's " Glory of Hegality, p. 144. His youngest s. Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1397 to 1414, d. 9 Feb. 1413-14, aged 01.