NameRichard FITZALAN 11th Earl Of Arundel
Birth1346, Arundel, Sussex, England
Death21 Sep 1397, London, Middlesex, England
Spouses
Birthabt 1340, Derbyshire, England
Death3 Apr 1385
Marriage28 Sep 1359, Derbyshire, England
ChildrenElizabeth (1366-1425)
 Joan (~1372-1435)
 Alice (~1378-1415)
 Daughter
 Thomas (1381-1415)
Notes for Richard FITZALAN 11th Earl Of Arundel
11the Earl of Arundel and Earl of Surrey. Was beheaded at Cheapside in London.

On 12 July 1397 he was arrested for his opposition to Richard II,[2] as well as plotting with Gloucester to imprison the king.[10] He stood trial at Westminster and was attainted.[11] He was beheaded on 21 September 1397 and was buried in the church of the Augustin Friars, Bread Street, London.[2] Tradition holds that his final words were said to the executioner, "Torment me not long, strike off my head in one blow".[12] In October of 1400, the attainder was reversed, and Richard's son Thomas succeeded to his father's estates and honors.[2]
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