john 7th earl
Fitzalan Chapel, Arundel, Sussex
Alabaster monument with the Earl in effigy above and his cadaver below. Carved by the master of the Clarence tomb.
John Fitzalan, 7th (14th) Earl of Arundel, 4th Baron Maltravers was born at Lychett Matravers, Dorset on 14 February 1408 the son of John Fitzalan, 3rd Baron Maltravers and Elizabeth Berkeley.
He did not receive his fathers title until 1429.
As a child he had been pre-contracted to marry Constance Cornwall, daughter of Baron Fanhope, however, Constance died in 1429. In the same year he married Maud Lovell instead.
1426 he was knighted along with the four year old King Henry VI.
In 1433 he was officially recognised as the Earl of Arundel.
23 April 1430 he left for France as part of the Hundred Years War, in the company of Henry VI. In June he took part in the siege of Compeigne and later raised the siege of Anglure.
17 December 1431 he was present when Henry was crowned King of France in Paris.
He was made Lieutenant of the Rouen Garrison and Captain of Vernon.
January 1432 he was appointed Captain of Verneuil and in April he was awarded the Order of the Garter.
Most of 1432 was spent recovering fortresses in the Ile-de-France region, in which he was mostly successful, - at Lagny-Sur-Marne he blew up the bridgr t stop the citizens reaching the castle but still failed to take the fortification.
December he was appointed regional command in Upper Normandy.
1433 he defended the town of Sees from siege and in July was made Lieutenant General of Lower Normandy.
8 September 1434 he was made Duke of Touraine and in October Captain of Saint-Lo.
May 1435 he was at Mantes-la-Jolie when he was ordered to relocate to Gournay-Sur-Epte where the French had taken the fortress at Gerberoy. In the battle that followed he lost many men and was shot with a Culverin in the foot. Badly wounded he was taken to Beauvais as a captive. According to Thomas Basin, Arundel was so humiliated that he refused medical attention. The leg was finally amputated, but he died on the 12 June 1435.
It was generally thought that he had simply been buried in Beauvais, however, in the 19th century the will of his squire, Fulk Eyton, was discovered. It revealed that the squire claimed he had recovered the body of the Earl and brought it back to England for burial. For which he was awarded £1000. On 16 November 1857 the tomb was opened in the chapel and inside was the skeleton of over 6 feet tall and missing a leg.
john 7th earl
Fitzalan Chapel, Arundel, Sussex
Alabaster monument with the Earl in effigy above and his cadaver below. Carved by the master of the Clarence tomb.
John Fitzalan, 7th (14th) Earl of Arundel, 4th Baron Maltravers was born at Lychett Matravers, Dorset on 14 February 1408 the son of John Fitzalan, 3rd Baron Maltravers and Elizabeth Berkeley.
He did not receive his fathers title until 1429.
As a child he had been pre-contracted to marry Constance Cornwall, daughter of Baron Fanhope, however, Constance died in 1429. In the same year he married Maud Lovell instead.
1426 he was knighted along with the four year old King Henry VI.
In 1433 he was officially recognised as the Earl of Arundel.
23 April 1430 he left for France as part of the Hundred Years War, in the company of Henry VI. In June he took part in the siege of Compeigne and later raised the siege of Anglure.
17 December 1431 he was present when Henry was crowned King of France in Paris.
He was made Lieutenant of the Rouen Garrison and Captain of Vernon.
January 1432 he was appointed Captain of Verneuil and in April he was awarded the Order of the Garter.
Most of 1432 was spent recovering fortresses in the Ile-de-France region, in which he was mostly successful, - at Lagny-Sur-Marne he blew up the bridgr t stop the citizens reaching the castle but still failed to take the fortification.
December he was appointed regional command in Upper Normandy.
1433 he defended the town of Sees from siege and in July was made Lieutenant General of Lower Normandy.
8 September 1434 he was made Duke of Touraine and in October Captain of Saint-Lo.
May 1435 he was at Mantes-la-Jolie when he was ordered to relocate to Gournay-Sur-Epte where the French had taken the fortress at Gerberoy. In the battle that followed he lost many men and was shot with a Culverin in the foot. Badly wounded he was taken to Beauvais as a captive. According to Thomas Basin, Arundel was so humiliated that he refused medical attention. The leg was finally amputated, but he died on the 12 June 1435.
It was generally thought that he had simply been buried in Beauvais, however, in the 19th century the will of his squire, Fulk Eyton, was discovered. It revealed that the squire claimed he had recovered the body of the Earl and brought it back to England for burial. For which he was awarded £1000. On 16 November 1857 the tomb was opened in the chapel and inside was the skeleton of over 6 feet tall and missing a leg.