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ARUNDEL. 151 He in. (secondly) in <>r liefore 1511, Ann, da. of Henry (Percy), 4th Eaul ok NoiitHI>ukehi.ani>, by Maud, da. of William (HERBERT), 1st Kahl OK PEMBROKE. He </. 23 JS». 1 54:i-J^ and was bur. at Arundel. Will dat. 23 Jan. 1543-1, nr. 5 March following. His widow rf. 1552. Her will dat. 4 March 1551-2, pr. 14 Dec. 1552. XXLV. 1543-4. U.i <«' li, Kesri- (Eit/.-Acax), Eaul of Akusuel, &c, only s. and h. by Ann, his (second) wife, //. about ISIS, was named after King llcnrv VI II, who was one of his sponsors. He was sum. to l'arl. (v.p.) 5 Jan. (J53S-4). 25 He.!. Ylll, &c.,(") in his father's Barony, us (LORD M ALTKAVERS), and, in 1538, though only 23, was made Governor of Calais. On 24 April 15 14, he was made KG., and in .Inly of that year was " Marshal of the Field " against the French, and was at the taking of Boulogne, after which he was made Lord Chamberlain. He was one of the Council of Twelve named by Henry VIII in 1547, and acted as HluH Constable at the coronation of Edward VI. He was however filled and imprisoned for more than a year (1552) in the Tower through the hostility of the Duke of Northumberland, on whom however he took ample revenge by pretending to join him ill setting up Lady Jane Grey as Queen and then betraying him to t^ueen Mary and arresting him at Cam- bridge. The Queen subsequently made him Lord Steward of the Household, and he acted as HtSH CONSTABLE at her covouaticiii, Aw the same offices were continued to him by Queen Elizabeth. With that Queen indeed he aspired to be united in ir-Jirriage, but being rejected, he resigned all his offices in 15ti4. In 15t>S he was on the Commission tor the trial of the Queen of Scots, and aided in the design of his widowed son-in-law, the Duke of Norfolk, for obtaining her in marriage. For this he was again imprisoned and was not finally released till after Norfolk's execution iu 1:".72.( ) He in. firstly, Catharine, da. of 'Thomas (GliEV). 2nd M.viUii'KSS OF DOHSBT, by his 2nd wile Margaret, da. of Sir Kobert WOTTOS, which Catharine was aunt to the unfortunate Queen, Jane Grey, abovemuied. He in. secondly, Mary, Dow. COUNTESS ok Sussex, da. of Sir John ARUNDEL of Lanherne, co. Cornwall. By her he had no issue. She (/. at Arundel House, Strand, 21 Oct. 1557, and wits int. at St. Clement Danes. The Earl d. at the same place, s.p.ni.s., 24 Eeb. 1579-SO, and was bur at Arundel. MX(«) Will dat. 30 Dec. 1579, pr. 27 Feb. 1579-SO. [llnxav litz-Ai.AN, sh/lr-l LdKJ) MALTRAVKRS, only s ami h. up. by first wife, 4, in 1538. He in. Ann, widow of Sir Hugh Kit u, da. and b. of Sir John W'entwohth of (loslield, Essex. Being sent Ambassador to the King of Bohemia he caught a fever and </. s.p. and v.p. 30 June 155b' at Brussels, and was bur. in the Cathedral there.] ttSeep. 149 ; note <*V { b ) He was probably the earliest patron of Thomas Vautrollier (or Vautroullier), the learned printer, who dedicates bis first printed work to him iu 1570. See " N. and Q.," 2nd s., iv, 84. He was the purchaser (for $41. (is. till. ) of what was afterwards known as Arundel House in the Strand, which, having beeu originally the old town house of the Bishops of Bath, bad passed, temp. Ed. V I, " without reeoinpenee," into the hands of the King's uncle Thomas, Lord Seymour of Sudeley, after whose death and attainder in 154'J it was sold t,a above. Here were stored the statues and oth,er rarities collected by the Earl's great grandson Thomas (Howard), Earl of Arundel, and here Hollar drew his well known view of London. Here also the meetings of the lioyal Society were held, after the fire of Loudon. The house was taken down iu 167S, wheu Arundel street, Surrey st reet, Norfolk street, aud Howard street were erected on its site, which still (IbSi; belongs to the Earl's descendant Henry (Fitz-Alan Howard), Duke of Norfolk, Earl of Arundel, Surrey, aud Norfolk, &c. H by his death "the male line of Fitz-Alau, Earls of Arundel, owners of the Castle of for upwards of 300 years, became extinct. See tabular pedigree illustrating