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| Richard "Copped Hat" FITZ ALAN II
(1306-1375) |
Richard "Copped Hat" FITZ ALAN II 1 2
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. Richard married Lady Eleanor DE LANCASTER, daughter of Henry EARL OF LANCASTER and Unknown, on 2/5/1345 in Ditton. Richard next married Isabel LE DESPENCER, daughter of Hugh LE DESPENCER and Eleanor DE CLARE, on 2/9/1320-1321 in Kings Chapel, Havering-Atte-Bower, Essex, ENG.1 (Isabel LE DESPENCER was born about 1312 in , Gloucestershire , ENG 1.) |
1 Ancestral File at www.familysearch.com.
2 Robert Jesse Harry, The Ancestors and Descendants of Hugh Harry and Elizabeth Brinton.
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