Richard "Copped Hat" FITZ ALAN II^{[1, 2]}

1306 - 1375  (69 years)

• Name	Richard "Copped Hat" FITZ ALAN II
  Nickname	Copped Hat
  Born	1306	Of Arundel, Sussex, ENG
  Gender	Male
  Died	24 Jan 1375	Arundel, Sussex, ENG
  Person ID	I2442	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	Edmund FITZ ALAN,   b. 1 May 1273, Castle Marborough, Sussex, ENG ,   d. 17 Nov 1326, , Herefordshire, ENG  (Age 53 years)
  Mother	Alice DE WARREN,   b. Abt 1277, Of Warren, Sussex, ENG ,   d. Bef 23 May 1338  (Age ~ 61 years)
  Family ID	F6340	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Isabel LE DESPENCER
  Children	1. Edmund FITZ ALAN,   b. 1327, Of Arundel, Sussex, ENG ,   d. Aft 1377  (Age 51 years)   2. Philippa D.Of RICHARD FITZ ALAN II
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2022
  Family ID	F6343	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Lady Eleanor DE LANCASTER PLANTAGENET, *,   b. 1311,   d. 11 Jan 1372  (Age 61 years)
  Married	5 Feb 1345	Ditton
  Children	1. Sir John FITZALAN, *,   b. Abt 1348,   d. 1379, Dorking, Surrey, England  (Age ~ 31 years)   2. Alice FITZ ALAN,   b. 1352,   d. 1415  (Age 63 years)   3. Thomas FITZ ALAN II
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2022
  Family ID	F6358	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Richard, Earl of Arundel and Warrene was called "Copped Hat". He was made Justicar of North Wales for life in 1334, Governor of Carnarvon Castle in 1339 and Sheriff of Shropshire for life in 1345. He had a leading honorable role in the wars with France holding the position of Admiral of the West in 1340/41 and 1345/47. He commanded the second division in the battle of Crecy and was at the fall of Calais in 1347. He had two wives. His first marriage was annulled by papal decree after 24 years of marriage. This occurred in 1344 on the grounds of his minority and his having never consented to the match. He married Lady Eleanor in the same year. He died at age 70 as was buried at Lewes. (C-437, p.582-3)

  
  

• Sources

  [S480] Ancestral File at www.familysearch.com. [S826] Robert Jesse Harry, The Ancestors and Descendants of Hugh Harry and Elizabeth Brinton.