ARUNDEL, Archbishop Thomas

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• Name	ARUNDEL, Thomas
  Prefix	Archbishop
  Birth	Abt 1352	Arundel, Sussex, England
  Gender	Male
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  Burial	Feb 1414	Canterbury Cathedral, London, Middlesex, England
  Death	19 Feb 1414	Maidstone, Kent, England
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  Person ID	I45468	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
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  Father	FITZ-ALEN, Earl Richard ,   b. 16 Jul 1306, Arundel, Sussex, England Arundel, Sussex, Englandd. 24 Jan 1376, Arundel Castle, Sussex, England (Age 69 years)
  Mother	PLANTAGENET, Countess Eleanor ,   b. 11 Sep 1318, Grosmont, Monmouthshire, Wales Grosmont, Monmouthshire, Walesd. 11 Jan 1372, Arundel, West Sussex, England (Age 53 years)
  Marriage	5 Feb 1340	England
  Family ID	F18349	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  THOMAS ARUNDEL 3rd son, born in 1352-3 (aged 18 in 1371, aged 21 in 1373). He was King's clerk by 1370. He was appointed Canon of Chichester, Hereford and Canon of York, 1372, Archdeacon of Taunton, 1370, Bishop of Ely, 1373, Archbishop of York, 1388, and Archbishop of Canterbury, 1396. He served as hord Chancellor of England, 1386-1389, 1391-1396, 1407-1410, 1412-1413. He was a leader of the opposition to King Richard II from 1386. He was impeached in Parliament 20 Sept. 1397, for having acted in derogation of the king's authority during the ascendancy of the Lords Appellant, 1386-8. He joined Henry, Earl of Derby, in exile at Paris, and crossed with him to Ravenspur 4 July 1399. After the abdication of King Richard, he crowned Henry as King Henry IV in Westminster Abbey 13 Oct. 1399. On his resumption of the archbishopric, he was concerned largely with ecclesiastical affairs. He propounded measures for the extirpation of Lollardry by invoking secular legislation. He presided at the trials for heresy for John Purvey and William Sawtry, 1401,John Badby, 1410, and Sir John Oldcastle, Lord Cobham, 1413. He crowned King Henry V in Westminster Abbey in 1413. He died testate 19 Feb. 1413/4, and was buried in the chantry chapel in the new nave of Canterbury Cathedral, the building of which he contributed 1,000 marks in 1400-1. J. Weever Ancient Funerall Monuments (1631): 225-227. T. Rymer F(Edera 7 (1728): 480, 553 (instances of Thomas styled "kinsman" by King Richard II of England); 8 (1727): 399, 542, 584, 592 (instances of Thomas styled "kinsman" by King Henry IV of England); 9 (1729): 9-11 (Thomas styled "cousin" by King Henry V of England). J. Dallaway Hist. of the Western Div. of Sussex 2 Pt. 1 (1832): 137-138 (" ... he possessed superior talents, and, as a politician, took a very active share in the turbulent times in which he lived ... [he displayed] singular magnificence in the public structures belonging to the Bishoprics over which he presided. His contributions to his churches were frequent and splendid. His love of architecture appears to have constantly engaged him in some sumptuous edifice"). E. Foss Judges of England 4 (1851): 144-150 (biog. of Thomas de Arundel: " ... a man of great vigour and capacity for business; and he left a high reputation as well as for learning and intelligence as for personal courage) (styled "well-beloved uncle by Henry of Lancaster, Earl of Derby [afterwards King Henry IV). Papal Regs.: Letters 4 (1902): 161, 187. C.P.R 1399-1401 (1903): 37, 80 (instances of Thomas styled "king's kinsman"). D.N.B. 1 (1908): 609-613 (biog. of Thomas Arundel: " ... Arundel's conduct throughout his life was governed by a standard of duty which ... was in accordance with the general feeling and principles of his own day ... He was a man of princely tastes, built fine edifices for himself at Ely and Canterbury, and was a munificent benefactor of the churches in which he had any interest."). A. Hussey Kent Chantries (IZent Arch. Soc. Recs. 12) (1936): 32-34. MD. Legge Anglo-Norman Letters & Petitions (Anglo-Norman Text Soc. 3) (1941): 79-80 (Thomas styled "uncle" by Edmund of Langley, Duke of York), 81, 423 (instances of Thomas styled "uncle" by Joan Beauchamp, Lady Bergavenny), 86-87 (Thomas styled "uncle" by Edmund Holand), 87-88 (Thomas styled "uncle" by John Cherleton), 324 (Thomas styled "cousin" by Roger Mortimer, Earl of March), 342-346, 350-351, 409, 426-427, 433-437, 442-443,465-466 (instances of Thomas styled "cousin" by King Henry IV of England), 347-348 (Thomas styled "cousin" by Philippe of Lancaster, Queen of Portugal), 348-349 (Thomas styled "cousin" by Ralph [Neville], Earl of Westmnorland), 354-355 (Thomas styled "cousin" by Edward, Duke of York), 355-358 (instances of Thomas styled "uncle" by Henry, Prince of Wales later King Henry V), 408 (Thomas styled "cousin" by Henry, Earl of Derby later King Henry IV). A.B. Emden Biog. Reg. of the Univ. of Oxford 1 (1957): 51-53 (biog. of Thomas Arundel). M. Aston Thomas Arundel (1967). Jour. of Ecclesiastical Hist. 24 (1973). P. McNiven Heresy and Politics in the Reign of Henry IV (1987). M.A. Hicks Who's Who in Late Medieval England (1991): 203-205 (biog. of of Thomas Arundel: " ... independent and courageous, thoughtful and sagacious, principled but never impratical. .. was a munificent benefactor, a loyal friend and ally, a lover of music, and deeply pious ... he banned herectic preaching and heretical books, purged Oxford of heresy.").