John D'ARUNDEL 1st Baron Arundel
- Born: Abt 1348, Etchingham, Sussex, England
- Marriage (1): Eleanor MALTRAVERS , 2nd Baroness Maltravers on 17 Feb 1358
- Died: 16 Dec 1379, At Sea aged about 31
- Buried: Lewes Priory, Lewes, Sussex, England
General Notes:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_FitzAlan,_1st_Baron_Arundel
He was born in Etchingham, Sussex, England to Richard Fitzalan, 3rd Earl of Arundel (c. 1313\endash 1376), and his second wife Eleanor of Lancaster (1318\endash 1372), daughter of Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster, and widow of John, 2nd Baron Beaumont. His brother was Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury. His sister was Joan Fitzalan, Countess of Hereford.
John was appointed Lord Marshal of England by Richard II of England in 1377, and summoned to the House of Lords on 4 August 1377, by writ directed Johanni de Arundell. He served as Lord Marshal until 1379.
On 26 July 1379 he was given licence to crenellate (i.e., permission to fortify) a stone castle on the site of an 11th-century earthwork fortress in Surrey. Over the years since then the structure was rebuilt and remodelled and its remains are now known as Betchworth Castle.
Being in command of a naval expedition in aid to the Duke of Brittany, he defeated the French fleet off the coast of Cornwall.
According to Thomas Walsingham's story, FitzAlan's men profaned a convent at or near Southampton, and abducted many of its occupants. The fleet was then pursued by a violent tempest, when the wretched nuns who had been carried off were thrown overboard to lighten the ships. The vessels were, however, wrecked on the Irish coast, near Scariff according to some authorities, but at Cape Clear Island according to others. Sir John Arundell, together with his esquires, and other men of high birth, were drowned, and twenty-five ships were lost with most of their crews. Froissart's account of the event differs essentially from Walsingham's, in the omission of the story of the desecration of the convent.
John married Eleanor MALTRAVERS , 2nd Baroness Maltravers, daughter of Sir John MALTRAVERS and Gwenthlian (Wensliana), on 17 Feb 1358. (Eleanor MALTRAVERS , 2nd Baroness Maltravers was born about 1346, died 10 Jan 1404-1405 and was buried in Lewes Priory, Lewes, Sussex, England.)
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