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 ARUNDEL COMPLETE PEERAGE 245 (Bohun), Earl of Northampton, by Elizabeth, da. of Bartholomew Badlesmere. She d. 3 Apr. 1385, and was bur. at Lewes. He »;., 2ndly (without Royal lie, for which he was fined 500 marks), 15 Aug. 1390, Philippe, widow of John Hastings, (") and da. of Edmund (Mortimer), Earl of March, by Philippe, da. and h. of Lionel, (") Duke of Clarence. He d. as afsd., 21 Sep. 1397, C) ^"'^ ^^^ bur. in the church of the Augustin Friars, in Bread Str., London, and, having been attainted^ all his honours vicrc forfeited. Will dat. 4 Mar. 1382/3 at " Mon Chastel Philipp. " {^) His widow (by whom he had had no issue) was b. 21 Nov. 1375, at Ludlow ; she »?., 3rdly, after Apr. 1398, Thomas (Poynings), Lord St. John of Basing, and d. 24 Sep. 1401, at Halnaker, Sussex, being bur. at Boxgrove. XVL 1398 ^ I. John (Holand), Duke of Exeter, to K.G., had a grant of the Castle and Hon- 1399. our of Arundel (') (with all lands appert- aining thereto in Surrey, Sussex, Essex and Herts) whereby (according to the admission (*) of 1433) he may be considered to have become "EARL OF ARUNDEL." He was degraded in Pari, in 1399, and beheaded in 1400, whereby all his honours and estates became forfeited. U ■ - o^Vr r. So o '^ XVIL 1400. 12 or 5. Thomas Fitz Alan, 2nd, but only surv. s. and h. of Richard (xv) nth or 4th Earl of Arundel, by his 1st wife, b. 13 Oct. 1381. He was for some time in ward to John (Holand) Duke of Exeter, by whom he was very harshly treated, but managed to escape to the Continent, and joined his uncle, Thomas, the deposed Archbishop, (^) at Utrecht, with whom he lived in great poverty. About 4 July 1399 he landed in England, with Henry, Duke of Lancaster (afterwards Henry IV), who is said to have delivered the captive King into his custody (though under 18), making him Gov. of the Tower of (") See under Pembroke. (") As to his supposed name of ' Plantagenet, ' see ante, p. 183. V.G. 1^) 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. A full account of his trial is to be found in the Chronicle of Adam of Usk. Fabyan's Chronicle says that " he patiently and meekly took his death 22 Sep. " V.G. C) Test. Fet., and Nichols' IFi/h. It is a very curious and interesting document. In it he styles himself " Earl of Arundel and Surrey. " (^) They were valued at jr6oo a year. See p. 231, note " b. " (^ His br. Thomas, the 3rd s., was Bp. of Ely in 1373, when aged 21, Chancellor 1386-88 and 1391-96, Archbp. of York in 1388, and of Canterbury 1396-1414. He was a leading statesman in that turbulent time, and is remembered for his proceedings against the Lollards. He d. 19 Feb. 14 13/4. V.G.