Elizabeth (FitzAlan) Usflete (abt. 1371 - 1425)

Born about 1371 in Arundel, Sussex, England

Ancestors

Wife of William (de Montagu) Montagu — married before Dec 1378 (to 6 Aug 1382) in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England

Wife of Thomas (Mowbray) de Mowbray KG — married Jul 1384 (to 22 Sep 1399) in Arundel Castle, Sussex, England

Wife of Robert Goushill — married before 19 Aug 1401 (to 21 Jul 1403) in Hoveringham, Nottinghamshire, England

Descendants

Died 8 Jul 1425 at about age 54 in England

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Biography

Elizabeth Arundel^[1][2]

Elizabeth, daughter of Richard de Arundel, K.G., and Elizabeth de Bohun, was born about 1371 (aged 44 in 1415),^[1] possibly at Arundel, Sussex, England.^[3] Her father Richard was the 11th Earl of Arundel and 10th Earl of Surry; her mother Elizabeth was the daughter of William de Bohun, K.G., 1st Earl of Northampton, by Elizabeth de Badlesmere.^[4]

Elizabeth de Arundel married four times:^[5]

1. before December 1378, William de Montagu, Knt. (died 6 August 1382; no issue)^[5][6]
2. July 1384, at Arundel Castle - in the presence of the King and Queen^[7] Thomas de Mowbray, K.G. (died 22 September 1399; five children)^[5]
3. before 19 August 1401, Robert Goushill, Knt. (died 21 July 1403; three daughters)^[5]
4. before 1408, Gerard Usflete, Knt. (died 1420/21; no isssue), son and heir of Gerard de Usflete, Knt.^[5][8][9]

Children

by Thomas de Mowbray, K.G., "1st Duke of Norfolk, Earl of Nottingham, Earl Marshal, 6th Lord Mowbray, Lord Segrave...",^[5][10] son of John de Mowbray, Knt., by Elizabeth de Segrave^[11]

Sons

1. Thomas Mowbray, Knt., married Constance Holand^[5]
2. John Mowbray, K.G., married Katherine Neville^[5]

Daughters

1. Elizabeth Mowbray, married Michael de la Pole, Knt.^[5]
2. Isabel Mowbray, married (1) Henry Ferrers, Knt., (2) James Berkeley, Knt.^[5]
3. Margaret Mowbray, married (1) Robert Howard, Knt., (2) John Grey, K.G.

by Robert Goushill, Knt., of Hoveringham, Nottinghamshire, and Barlborough and Killamarsh, Derbyshire, son and heir of Nicholas de Goushill, Knt.^[5]

Daughters

1. Joan Goushill, married Thomas Stanley, K.G.^[5]
2. Elizabeth Goushill, married Robert Wingfield, Knt.^[5]
3. Joyce Goushill^[5]

In 1397, Elizabeth's father "was treacherously seized, tried at Westminster, and beheaded at Cheapside"^[4] for treason. The sentence was carried out by "the lord Morley, lieutenant to the Marshal of England", not his son-in-law Thomas de Mowbray, although he had been among the accusers.^[12]

Following the death of her brother Thomas FitzAlan, Earl of Arundel and Surrey, without heirs of his body, the title and estates of Arundel went to his cousin John FitzAlan, Lord Mautravers, while the estates of Surrey were divided among his three surviving sisters: Elizabeth duchess of Norfolk, wife of Gerard Usflete, ' chivaler,' Joan de Beauchamp, lady de Bergevenny, and Margaret wife of Rowland Leynthale, 4 chivaler, ... ^{[13] [14]}

Elizabeth, Duchess of Norfolk, widow of Gerard Usflete, died 8 July 1425 and was buried with her third husband, Robert Goushill, at Hoveringham, Nottinghamshire,^[5] in St Michael's Church.^[15][16]

Research Notes

Ancestor of noted actress Valerie Bertinelli. Her line is discussed in her episode of WDYTYA.^[17]

Marriage Locations

Marriage locations for 1st and 3rd marriages lack sources:

1. to William de Montagu (1378), Salisbury, Wiltshire, England

3. to Robert Goushill (1401), Hoveringham, Nottinghamshire, England

Disputed Son

Robert Goushill was removed as her son August 23, 2015. With three daughters born of her (brief) marriage to Robert Goushill - Richardson's Royal Ancestry says Joyce & her two sisters, Joan and Elizabeth, sued their uncle Nicholas Goushill in 1408^[5] - it's doubtful that Robert was also hers. He is still attached as her husband's son.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), volume II, pages 596-629 FITZ ALAN.
2. ↑ Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), volume II, page 195, FITZ ALAN 8.
3. ↑ Lewis has her born "at of" Arundel, Sussex, England, citing Richardson, but Richardson does not give a birth location. (See the article about Lewis's use of "at of" in the September 2019 issue of the Magna Carta Project's newsletter.)
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Richardson, Royal Ancestry, II:610-616 FITZ ALAN 12.
5. ↑ ^{5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15} Richardson, Royal Ancestry, II:616-618 FITZ ALAN 13.
6. ↑ William de Montagu, son of William, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, was killed by his father in a tilting match at Windsor, Berkshire (Richardson, Royal Ancestry, II:616 FITZ ALAN 13).
7. ↑ G.E. Cokayne. Complete Peerage, volume IX, page 604, note b. See WikiTree's CP source page for details about this source.
8. ↑ "Afflete" on Wikipedia's disambiguation page for Elizabeth FitzAlan (Wikipedia: Elizabeth FitzAlan, accessed 26 October 2019).
9. ↑ Gerard Usflete died between 30 September 1420 and 12 February 1420/21, the date of his will and the date it was proved. (Richardson, Royal Ancestry, II:616-618 FITZ ALAN 13)
10. ↑ Richardson, Royal Ancestry, IV:188 MOWBRAY 7 [xx-need to check-xx]
11. ↑ Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, III:206 MOWBRAY 6.
12. ↑ George Beltz. Memorials of the Most Noble Order of the Garter (William Pickering, London, 1841), page 307. See also WikiTree's source page for this reference.
13. ↑ Calendar of the Fine Rolls - 4 Henry V, Membrane 19, pp. 162-7. July 25 1416. p. 162
14. ↑ Cokayne, GE. The Complete Peerage, Vol. 1, pp. 244-246. London : The St. Catherine Press, ltd., 1910. p. 244
15. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #7768707 for Lady Elizabeth FitzAlan Goushill
16. ↑ Wikipedia: St Michael's Church, Hoveringham (accessed 26 October 2019).
17. ↑ "Valerie Bertinelli." Who Do You Think You Are (US), Season 5 Episode 4. TLC. 13 Aug 2014. During the episode, Valerie is seen viewing a book in the archives of the College and consulting with Peter O'Donoghue, the Herald of Arms at the College of Arms, London.

• Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. Salt Lake City: the author, 2011. See also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.
• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City: the author, 2013. See also WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry.
• Tierney, M. A.. The history and antiquities of the castle and town of Arundel : including the biography of its earls, from the conquest to the present time. London: G. and Note: Vol. 2 t.p. missing.
• Cawley, Charles. Entry for Elizabeth FitzAlan (accessed 26 October 2019), "Medieval Lands": A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families © by Charles Cawley, hosted by Foundation for Medieval Genealogy (FMG). See also WikiTree's source page for MedLands.
• Lewis, Marlyn. Elizabeth FitzAlan, entry in "Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors and Cousins" database (accessed August 21, 2015).
• [dead link to FS European Royal and Noble Houses] (lists many other sources). Found several entries in FS Community Trees for her:
  • "Community Trees," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3HRS-RDV : accessed 20 November 2020), entry for Elizabeth /Fitz Alan/ Duchess of Norfolk, cites sources; "British Isles. Families with Peerage, Gentry, and Colonial American Connections. Date range: 900s-1900s." file (2:2:2:MMD2-82K), submitted 27 January 2016 by FamilySearch.
  • "Community Trees," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3KS6-7T1 : accessed 20 November 2020), entry for Elizabeth Fitz Alan Duchess of Norfolk, cites sources; "Europe. Royal and Noble Houses. Date range: 400s–1900s." file (2:2:2:MMD2-H72), submitted 21 January 2016 by FamilySearch.
  • "Community Trees," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3KH5-MPK : accessed 20 November 2020), entry for Elizabeth Fitz Alan Countess of Norfolk, cites sources; "Wales. Welsh Medieval Database Primarily Nobility and Gentry lines. Date range: 100s-1900s." file (2:2:2:MMDR-CFK), submitted 22 July 2016 by FamilySearch.
  • "Community Trees," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3W3B-1RR : accessed 20 November 2020), entry for Elizabeth /Fitz Alan/, cites sources; "British Isles. Paget's Heraldic Baronage. Date range: 1100s–1500s." file (2:2:2:MMD6-Y5K), submitted 27 February 2015 by FamilySearch.
• Wikipedia: Elizabeth Fitzalan, Duchess of Norfolk.
• Roberts, G. B. (2004). Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co.
• Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants (Vol II)
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• Faris D. (n.d.) Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists. Baltimore, MD.
• Research of Ralph Pryor during his 40 years of research, traveling extensively in the military and in retirement. Entered by Greg Rose, Grandson.

Note: Cawley, Roberts, Weis, Lewis, and Wikipedia are not considered reliable sources by the Magna Carta Project. For details about those sources and others the project considers "Reliable with Conditions", see that section of the project's Reliable Sources page.

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was re-reviewed in October 2019 as part of the project's work on 5-star profiles (see this G2G post). ~ Noland-165 15:36, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

Elizabeth (FitzAlan) Usflete is a descendant of several Magna Carta Surety Barons, including Roger Bigod, Hugh le Bigod, Saher de Quincy and Robert de Vere in trails badged by the Magna Carta Project to the following Gateway Ancestors:

• Claypoole Gateways (James, Edward and Norton): trails were re-reviewed in May/Jun 2020. See the trails HERE.
• Coytemore Gateways (Elizabeth and Thomas) (MCA I:559-562 COYTEMORE): badged in 2015. See the trails HERE.
• Manwaring Gateways (Oliver and Mary): badged, re-reviewed in February 2024. See the trails HERE.
• Richard Palgrave: trails badged 19 March 2021. See them HERE.

See Base Camp for more information about Magna Carta trails; see the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".