Biography of Thomas Fitzalan 10th Earl of Surrey 12th Earl of Arundel 1381-1415

On 13 Oct 1381 Thomas Fitzalan 10th Earl of Surrey 12th Earl of Arundel was born to Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel (age 35) and Elizabeth Bohun Countess Arundel and Surrey (age 31). He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward I of England.

On 03 Apr 1385 [his mother] Elizabeth Bohun Countess Arundel and Surrey (age 35) died. She was buried at Lewes [Map].

After 30 Dec 1389 [his father] Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel (age 43) and [his step-mother] Philippa Mortimer Countess Pembroke, Arundel and Surrey (age 14) were married. She by marriage Countess Arundel Sussex, Countess Surrey. The difference in their ages was 29 years. She the daughter of Edmund Mortimer 3rd Earl March, Earl Ulster and Philippa Plantagenet Countess March 5th Countess Ulster 1355-1382. He the son of [his grandfather] Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey and [his grandmother] Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey. They were first cousin twice removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

Around 1400 Thomas Fitzalan 10th Earl of Surrey 12th Earl of Arundel (age 18) was restored 10th Earl Surrey, 12th Earl Arundel.

Around 1400 Thomas Fitzalan 10th Earl of Surrey 12th Earl of Arundel (age 18) was appointed Warden of the Cinque Ports.

Around 1400 Thomas Fitzalan 10th Earl of Surrey 12th Earl of Arundel (age 18) was appointed Constable of Dover Castle.

On 26 Nov 1405 Thomas Fitzalan 10th Earl of Surrey 12th Earl of Arundel (age 24) and Beatrice Aviz Duchess Exeter (age 23) were married. King Henry IV of England (age 38) and Joanna of Navarre Queen Consort England (age 35) were present at their wedding feast. She the illegitmate daughter of King John I of Portugal (age 53) and Ines Peres. He the son of Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel and Elizabeth Bohun Countess Arundel and Surrey. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward I of England.

Chronicle of Gregory 1403-1419. 1411. Ande that same year there com inbassetours to the King from the Duke of Burgeyne (age 39) for to have men sowdyd whithe him ayenst the Duke of Orlyauns (age 16), but the King wolde not graunte him non. And they spake unto the prynce (age 24), and he sende thedyr the Erle of Arundelle (age 29) and Syr John Oldecastelle, lord of Cobham, and many mo knygtys and squyers of this londe.

In 1415 Gilbert Talbot 8th Baron Strange Blackmere 5th Baron Talbot (age 32) and [his wife] Beatrice Aviz Duchess Exeter (age 33) were married. She the illegitmate daughter of [his father-in-law] King John I of Portugal (age 63) and Ines Peres. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England.

On 13 Oct 1415 Thomas Fitzalan 10th Earl of Surrey 12th Earl of Arundel (age 34) died. His first cousin once removed John Fitzalan 6th or 13th Earl of Arundel (age 30) succeeded 13th Earl Arundel. Eleanor Berkeley Countess Arundel (age 33) by marriage Countess Arundel Sussex. Earl Surrey extinct.

After 19 Oct 1418, and before 1427, Thomas Fettiplace (age 35) and [his former wife] Beatrice Aviz Duchess Exeter (age 36) were married. She the illegitmate daughter of [his former father-in-law] King John I of Portugal (age 66) and Ines Peres.

On 20 Jan 1433 John Holland 2nd Duke Exeter (age 37) and [his former wife] Beatrice Aviz Duchess Exeter (age 51) were married. She by marriage Duchess Exeter. She the illegitmate daughter of [his former father-in-law] King John I of Portugal (age 81) and Ines Peres. He the son of John Holland 1st Duke Exeter and Elizabeth Lancaster Duchess Exeter. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England.

On 25 Oct 1439 [his former wife] Beatrice Aviz Duchess Exeter (age 57) died.

Wriothesley's Chronicle 1551. 06 Nov 1551. The 6 of November the sayd Scottishe Quene departed toward Scotland, and rode from Pawles through all the high streates London and out at Bishops-gate [Map], accompanyed with diuers noble Scotland, men and women, to bringe her through the Citye to Shordich Church; the Duke of Northumberlande (age 47) havinge standinge of horsemen in Cheapsyde with jauelinges, iC [Note. One hundred] persons, wherof xl [Note. 40] gentlemen were apparayled in black velvet and white feathers, and chaines of gold about their neckes; next them stoode vi^xx [Note. 120 ie 6x20] horsmen of the Earle of Pembrookes (age 50), with blacke jauelinges and hattes with feathers; next them stoode ic. [Note. 100] of the Lord Treasurers gentlemen and yeomen with jauelinges allso, which 3 rankes of horsemen compassed from the Crosse in Cheape to Birchin Lane ende. And when the sayd nobles had brought hir to Shordich Church, there they tooke their leaue, and departed home againe. The Sheriffes of London had the conduction of her to Waltham townes ende, where the shires of Middlesex and Essex parteth; and harbingers [were] sent afore into euery shyre to the borders to Scotland, that every sheriffe in euery shyre, accompanyed with the gentlemen of the country, [should] receaue her, and make provision in euery shyre for hir meates, both for hirselfe, familie, and horses, till she come to the borders of Scotland, at the charges of the Kinges Maiestie the shyres that she should passe thorough till she be in Scotland, euery shire for theyr owne precinct; this first night she lodged in Waltham towne.

The Earle of Arundell and the Lord Pagett (age 45) sent to the Tower [Map].

Effigy of Thomas Earl of Arundel and his Countess Beatrice. THOMAS Earl of Arundel was the son and heir of [his father] Richard Earl of Arundel, who suffered death as a traitor by the severity of Richard the Second, in the 20th year of the reign of that monarch. In the 1st of Henry IV. he was restored in blood, the attainder against his father being reversed by the Parliament. He was made a Knight of the Bath at the coronation of King Henry the Fourth.