William FitzAlan KG (1417 - 1487)

Born 23 Nov 1417 in Arundel, Sussex, England

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Died 15 Dec 1487 at age 70 in Arundel, Sussex, England

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Biography

William FitzAlan KG was born in England.

William FitzAlan was born November 23, 1417 to John Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel, and his wife Alianore (Eleanor) de Berkeley. William married Joan Neville after 17 August 1438.^[1]

Children of William FitzAlan and Joan Neville^[2]:

1. Thomas, KG, KB, 17th Earl of Arundel
2. William
3. George
4. John, Knt.
5. Mary

In 1438, William FitzAlan succeeded his nephew as Earl of Arundel and was summoned to Parliament as such on December 3, 1441.^[3]

He is named in his mother's will:

The will of "Eleanor Countess of Arundel and Lady Maltravers", dated 20 Jul 1455, proved 23 August 1455, bequeathed property to "William Earl of Arundel my son...Joane Countess of Arundel^[4]...Lady Eleanor Percy my daughter...a bason of silver with the arms of the Lord Poynings and of John Berkley Knight my father...Lady Dudley my sister...Lady Margaret the wife of Lord Hungerford...Robert Hungerford Knight, Lord Molins, now a prisoner in France^[5] ...Morice Berkley Knight my brother...Ann wife of the said Maurice^[6] ...Edward Berkley another^[7] of the sons of my said brother Maurice...William Gurney and Agnes his wife^[8]"^[3]

William FitzAlan died in 1487 and is buried in Arundel.^[3]

Research Notes

One source states that William was "also known as William Mautravers."^[9] His father John is shown as de jour Lord Mautravers by Richardson (p 33), but not William, although Richardson (p 38) does show William's grandson (by Thomas) as "styled Lord Maltravers, 1487–1584." Richardson shows that Thomas was summoned to Parliament as "Thome Arundell' de Matravers militi, in which title [Mautravers] he sat until 1488, when he succeeded to the Earldom." Lewis shows son Thomas as "Lord Maltravers".

Sources

1. ↑ Joan Neville, Medieval Lands (citation below)
2. ↑ "Royal Ancestry, Vol. I," page 155
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} William FitzAlan, Medieval Lands (citation below)
4. ↑ probably her daughter-in-law, William's wife Joan
5. ↑ Lord Hungerford, husband of Lady Margaret, is Eleanor's step-son Robert (son of Eleanor's late husband Walter). The Robert Hungerford, Lord Molins, "now a prisoner in France" is their son Robert.

   ~ from wikisource for Walter Hungerford: "lord Moleyns and Hungerford (1431-1464)," who was a prisoner of France in 1455 (see also wikisource for Robert Hungerford)

6. ↑ I think more was omitted in the ...than intended. A son of her brother Maurice, named Maurice, married Ann West. The wife of "said Maurice" (brother knight), was Lora FitzHugh, m after Dec. 10, 1427 and his widow in 1460. "He and his wife, Lora, were legatees in the 1455 will of his sister, Eleanor Berkeley, Countess of Arundel." (Richardson's Magna Carta Ancestry, p 172, #8 Maurice Berkeley [citation below])
7. ↑ "another" supports that Maurice, son of her brother, was "ellipsed" out of the will, along with his mother Lora
8. ↑ "William Gurney & Agnes his wife" are probably this William Gurney and his wife Anne (Annes/Agnes seem interchangeable at this time and place); they are connected to Eleanor through marriages (WikiTree shows William and Eleanor in 6 degrees of separation)
9. ↑ Source: thepeerage.com, citing
   • G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 248. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.

• Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families by Charles Cawley © Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, 2000-2018.

• Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Royal Ancestry series, 2nd edition, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011), p 172, #8 Maurice Berkeley

• William Fitzalan, 9th/16th Earl of Arundel, "thepeerage" (website, compiled by Darryl Lundy, Ngaio, Wellington, New Zealand; accessed November 23, 2016)

• Sir William FitzAlan, 21st (16th) Earl of Arundel, Chief Butler of England, Constable of Dover Castle, "Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors and Cousins" (website, compiled by Mr. Marlyn Lewis, Portland, OR; accessed November 23, 2016)

See also:

• Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), Vol. I. page 155; Vol. IV, pp 125-7

• Wikipedia article: William FitzAlan

• William FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel. WeRelate.org Last modified 22:19, 6 March 2017. Accessed: 15 Nov 2018.

Acknowledgements

• The WikiTree profile FitzAlan-614 was created by Donna Thompson on Wednesday, February 11, 2015. (Source: Ancestry tree)