Richard FitzAlan 10th Earl of Arundel 'Copped Hat'

✓ Richard FitzAlan, called 'Copped Hat', Earl of Arundel and (from 1361) of Surrey, son and heir of Edmund, 9th Earl (I100634, beheaded 1326) by Alice de Warenne (I100635): b. about 1313; restored in blood and honours 1330/1; Justiciar of North Wales 1334, Admiral of the West 1340-41 and 1345-47, commanded the second division at Crecy 1346; inherited the Warenne estates from his maternal uncle 1347. m. 1st, 9 Feb 1320/1 in the King's chapel at Havering-atte-Bower, 'he about 7, she about 8', Isabel, da. of Sir Hugh le Despenser the younger by Eleanor, da. and coh. of Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester; obtained 4 Dec 1344 a papal mandate annulling the marriage 'on the ground of his minority and of his never having willingly consented', bastardising their son Edmund - CP: 'Obviously, what really happened was this. The powerful Earl desired to get rid of the woman to whom he had been married as a child, and who, since her father's attainder and execution, had ceased to be of any importance, that he might marry the woman with whom he was then living in adultery.' m. 2ndly, 5 Feb 1344/5 at Ditton, Eleanor of Lancaster, widow of John, Lord Beaumont. d. 24 Jan 1375/6 at Arundel in his 70th year, bur. Lewes; will 5 Dec 1375. Father by Isabel of EDMUND (our line, set aside), Philippe and Isabel; by Eleanor of Richard, 11th Earl (beheaded 1397), and others. Source: Complete Peerage 2nd ed. vol. I (1910), 'Arundel' pp.242-244 and notes (archive.org completepeerageo01coka), read 27 Oct 2026. [DIRECT ANCESTOR OF THE COMPILER: flag added 27 Oct 2026 by walking the tree from Aynsley, so that this marker is reliable and can be searched.]