William FitzAlan, 18th Earl of Arundel

William FitzAlan, 18th Earl of Arundel

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William FitzAlan, 18th Earl of Arundel (1476 – 23 January 1544) was an English peer, styled as Lord Maltravers from 1487 to 1524.

FitzAlan was the son of Thomas FitzAlan, 17th Earl of Arundel and on 15 February 1510, he married Lady Anne Percy, a daughter of the 4th Earl of Northumberland. He succeeded to the title of 18th Earl of Arundel on the demise of his father Thomas in 1524 and became Lord Chamberlain in 1526.

FitzAlan bore the Sceptre with the Dove at the coronation of Anne Boleyn in 1533 and later took part in her trial in 1536. During the Dissolution of the Monasteries he was given large areas of land in Sussex, including Michelham Priory. He died in 1544 and was buried at Arundel Castle.

William FitzAlan, 18th Earl of Arundel1

M, #4263, b. circa 1476, d. 23 January 1543/44

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    William FitzAlan, 18th Earl of Arundel was born circa 1476.1 He was the son of Thomas FitzAlan, 17th Earl of Arundel and Margaret Woodville.1 He married, firstly, Elizabeth Willoughby, daughter of Robert Willoughby, 1st Baron Willoughby de Broke and Blanche Champernoun, before 1510.1 He married, secondly, Anne Percy, daughter of Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland and Lady Maud Herbert, on 15 February 1510/11.1 He died on 23 January 1543/44.1 He was buried at Arundel Castle, Arundel, Sussex, England.1 His will (dated 23 January 1543/4) was probated on 5 March 1543/44.1

William FitzAlan, 18th Earl of Arundel was styled as Lord Mautravers between 1487 and 1524.2 He was invested as a Knight, Order of the Bath (K.B.) on 29 November 1489.1 He succeeded to the title of 18th Earl of Arundel [E., c. 1138] on 25 October 1524.1 He was invested as a Knight, Order of the Garter (K.G.) on 25 June 1525.1 On 1 June 1533 he bore the Rod and Dove at the coronation of Queen Anne Boleyn.1 In 1536 he took part in the trial of Queen Anne Boleyn.1 He gained, at the Reformation, a grant of the priory of Michelham, and numerous lands formerly belonging to the Priory of Lewes.1
Child of William FitzAlan, 18th Earl of Arundel and Anne Percy

Henry Fitzalan, 19th Earl of Arundel+ b. 23 Apr 1512, d. 24 Feb 1579/801

Citations

[S6] 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 250. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.

[S2] Peter W. Hammond, editor, The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda (Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.: Sutton Publishing, 1998), page 39. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage, Volume XIV.

Sir William FITZ ALAN Earl of Arundel [Parents] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 was born 1476 in Arundel, Sussex, England. He died 23 Jan 1544 in Arundel, Sussex, England. William married Anne PERCY on 15 Feb 1511 in Arundel, Sussex, England.

Other marriages:

WILLOUGHBY, Elizabeth

Anne PERCY [Parents] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 was born 7 1484 in Leconfield, East Riding, Yorkshire, England. She died Dec 1552 in Arundel, Sussex, England. Anne married Sir William FITZ ALAN Earl of Arundel on 15 Feb 1511 in Arundel, Sussex, England.

They had the following children:

		M	i	 Sir Henry FITZ ALAN Earl of Arundel was born 23 Apr 1512 and died 24 Feb 1580.

F ii Margaret FITZ ALAN 1 was born 1514 in Arundel, Sussex, England.
F iii Katherine FITZ ALAN was born 1516 and died after 4 Mar 1552.
F iv Elizabeth FITZ ALAN 1 was born 1519 in Arundel, Sussex, England.
Sir William FITZ ALAN Earl of Arundel

1Cokayne, George Edward, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910.), 1:250, Los Angeles Public Library, 929.721 C682.

2Richardson, Douglas, Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004.), pp. 43, 579, Family History Library, 942 D5rd.

3Burke, Sir John Bernard, A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire (London: Pall Mall, 1883.), p. 202, Family History Library, 942 D22bug 1883.

4Cokayne, G., CP, 4:421.

5Saillot, Jacques, Cahiers de Saint-Louis (Angers: Jacques Saillot, 1976.), p. 927, Family History Library, 944

FitzAlan was the son of Thomas FitzAlan, 17th Earl of Arundel, and Margaret Woodville (d. before 6 March 1490), second daughter of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers, and a younger sister of Elizabeth Woodville, wife of Edward IV.[1]

He married firstly, after 1501, Elizabeth Willoughby, daughter of Robert Willoughby, 1st Baron Willoughby de Broke, and secondly, on 15 February 1510 he married Lady Anne Percy, a daughter of the 4th Earl of Northumberland. He succeeded to the title of 18th Earl of Arundel on the death of his father Thomas in 1524 and became Lord Chamberlain in 1526.

FitzAlan bore the Sceptre with the Dove at the coronation of Anne Boleyn in 1533 and later took part in her trial in 1536. During the Dissolution of the Monasteries he was given large areas of land in Sussex, including Michelham Priory. He died in 1544 and was buried at Arundel Castle.

His only son was Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel.