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250 COMPLETE PEERAGE arundel Richard III. (*) In Sep. i486 he was one of the Godfathers to Prince Arthur. Bearer of the Rod and Dove at the Coronation of Elizabeth, Queen Consort, 25 Nov. 1487. Lieut, of the Order of the Garter, 19 July 1489, and again 1517. In 1489 he was made Warden of the New Forest. He m.y in Oct. 1464, C") Margaret, 2nd da. of Richard (Widvile), Earl Rivers, by Jacqueline, da. of Pierre de Luxembourg, Count of St. Pol and Brienne. She was sister of Elizabeth, Queen Consort of Edward IV. She d. before 6 Mar. 1490/1, and was ifur. at Arundel. He </. 25 Oct. 1524, at Downly Park, in Singleton, Sussex, and was bur. at Arundel, aged 74. Will dat. 12 Aug., pr. 29 Nov. 1524. XXIII. 1524. 18 or II. William (Fitz Alan), Earl of Arundel, £5fc. s. and h. He was l>. about 1476, being above 16 on 4 Aug. 1492, as found in the Inq. p. m. on his uncle, Richard, Earl Rivers, to whom he was coh. He was cr. K.B., with Prince Arthur, 29 Nov. 1489, el. K.G. 23 Apr., and inst. 25 June 1525. He bore the Rod and Dove at the coronation (i June 1533) of Queen Anne Boleyn, and took part (1536) in her trial. He obtained, at the Reformation, a grant of the Priory of Michelham, and numerous lands formerly belonging to the Priory of Lewes. He is said to have m., istly, Elizabeth, da. of Robert (Willoughby), Lord Willoughby de Broke, who is said to have d. s.p.m. He m.y 2ndly, 15 Feb. 1510/11, Anne, da. of Henry (Percy), 4th Earl of Northumberland, by Maud, da. of William (Herbert), ist Earl of Pembroke. He d. 23 Jan. 1543/4, and was bur. at Arundel. Will dat. 23 Jan. 1543/4, pr. 5 Mar. following. His widow, who was b. before 27 July 1485, d. 1552. Will dat. 4 Mar. 1551/2, pr. 14 Dec. 1552. XXIV. 1544. 19 or 12. Henry (Fitz Alan), Earl of Arundel, {sfc, only s. and h. by Anne, his 2nd wife, b. 23 Apr. I5i2(°), was named after Henry VIII, who in person was one of his sponsors. Ed. at Cambridge ; page of honour to Henry VIII. He was sum. to Pari, (v.p.), 5 Feb. (1533/4) 25 Hen. VIII, ^c, C^) in his father's Barony, as LORD MAUTRAVERS, and from 2 July 1540 to Feb. 1544, was Deputy Gov. of Calais. On 24 Apr. 1544, he was el. K.G., and was inst. 18 May following. In July of that year he was "Marshal of the Field " against the French, and distinguished himself at the taking of Boulogne. Lord Chamberlain July 1546 to Jan. 1549/50. P. C. July 1546. He was one of the Council of Twelve named by Henry VIII in 1547, and acted as High Constable at the coronation of Edward VI. He was however, fined, and imprisoned in the Tower, for more than a year, 8 Nov. 1551 to 3 Dec. 1552, through the hostility of the Duke (') For a list of these see note sub Humphrey, Lord Dacre de Gillesland [1473]- (*■) " Item the Erie of Arundell ys son hath weddyd the Quync ys suster. ' (John Wykes to Sir John Paston, 17 Feb. 1465/6.) V.G. C^) See a printed broadside entitled " A moorning dity. " {ex inform. Sir H.C. Maxwell Lyte.) V.G. C*) See note " e " on previous page.