John de Arundel

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: 1295
• Knighted: 1296
• Military: 1297
• Offices Held: From 1299 to 1314
• Military: 1300
• Title(s): 1309, Alnwick, Northumberland, England
• Miscellaneous: 1312
• Military: 1314

Notes:

Name:
Henry was the 9th Baron Percy. He was also Baron of Topcliffe; Warden of Galloway and Ayrshire; Justiciar in Dumfries; joint Justiciar in Lancastershire, Cumberland, and Westmoreland; Constable of Scarborough Castle; Justice of the Forest beyond Trent; Keeper of Bamburgh Castle; and Keeper of the Martches.

Military:
He accompanied his grandfather, Sir John de Warenne, Earl of Surrey to Scotland.

Knighted:
He was knighted by the King at the capture of Berwick.

Military:
He fought at Dunbar, then in 1297, he received the submission of the Scottish prelates and nobles, including Robert the Bruce. In 1298, he fought at the Battle of Falkirk.

Offices Held:
On 6 February 1298/99, he was summoned to Parliament as Lord Percy.

Military:
In 1300, he displayed a yellow banner with a blue lion at the siege of Caerlaverock. He signed the Baron's letter to Pope Boniface in 1301, and in 1304, he was present at the siege of Sterling. In 1306, he was besieged in Turnberry Castle by Robert the Bruce.

Title(s):
He became the Baron of Alnwick, which he purchased from Anthony Bec, Bishop of Durham.

Miscellaneous:
He took part in the execution of Peter de Gaveston, the Earl of Cornwall.

Military:
He fought at the Battle of Bannockburn in Scotland.

Henry married Eleanor de Arundel. Eleanor (daughter of Sir Richard FitzAlan, Earl of Arundel and Alisona de Saluzza) died between Jul 1328 and Aug 1328; was buried in Beverley, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name:
She is also known as Eleanor FitzAlan.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Knighted: 1257
• Military: 1257

Notes:

Birth: Weis (1982) gives his birth date as 1228.

Name:
Sir Henry was the 7th Baron Percy.

Military:
He was summoned to fight in Wales in 1257, and the next year, 1258, he was among the nobles sent to help the King of Scotland. In 1264, during the Barons' War, he accompanied the King to the siege of Northampton. He was taken prisoner at the Battle of Lewes in 1264, and freed after the battle of Eversham in 1265.

Henry married Eleanor de Warenne on 8 Sep 1268 in York, Yorkshire, England. Eleanor (daughter of Sir John de Warrenne, Earl of Surrey and Alice de Lusignan) was born in 1251; was buried in Sawley Abbey, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Living: 1282

Other Events and Attributes:

• Title(s): 1289
• Offices Held: 1295

Notes:

Title(s):
He became the Earl of Arundel.

Offices Held:
He was a Member of Parliament.

Richard married Alisona de Saluzza about 1284. Alisona (daughter of Tomaso I, Marquis of Saluzzo and Leugia de Ceva) died on 25 Sep 1292. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name:
He was the 6th Baron Percy.

William married Eleanor de Baliol. Eleanor (daughter of Ingelram de Baliol and Agnes de Berkeley) died before 22 Nov 1281. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name:
She was also known as Ellen.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: 1254, Gascony, France; In 1254, he accompanied Edward, prince of Wales to Gascony.
• Title(s): 1254, Spain; He was knighted by Edward, Prince of Wales.
• Military: Sep 1255, Gascony, France; He accompanied Edward, prince of Wales to Gascony.
• Military: 1257; He went to Almain in 1257 with Richard, Earl of Cornwall, King elect of the Romans. In 1263, he joined with Simon de Montfort and Prince Edward and fought in the Battle of Lewes on 14 May. Upon losing the battle, he and the Kings's brothers fled to pevensey. In 1265, he fought in the Battle of Evesham under Prince Edward. The next year he commanded the royalist forces at Chesterfield. He received pardon for his actions in 1267, and the next year on 24 June he took up the cross. It appears however that he never went on Crusade. Two years later, in 1269, he violently quarreled with Sir Alan la Zouche in Westminster Hall, the result being that Sir Alan died of his wounds. Sir Alan's son barely escaped with his life. Earl John fled to Reigate being perused by Prince Edward. He begged for mercy, and on 4 August 1270, was pardoned, having agreed to pay a large sum to the King. Four days after the King's death, Sir John swore allegiance to Prince Edward. As Prince Edward was at that time returning home from Crusade, Earl John was appointed one of the Guardians of the Realm. In 1277 and 1294, he was summoned to serve against the Welsh, and was summoned to serve against the Scots in 1291, 1297, and 1300.
• Military: 27 Apr 1296; On 27 April 1296, Earl John defeated the Scots at the Battle of Dunbar. The next year in August his advance guard under Henry de Percy was attacked, though the attack was repelled. He continued on the Battle of Sterling, where he was defeated on 10 September 1269. He fled to Berwick, but he soon abandoned it. Later he commanded the rear guard at the Battle of Falkirk on 22 July 1298. He commanded the second division at the siege of Caerlaverock Castle in 1300.
• Offices Held: 3 Sep 1296; He became the Keeper of the Realm of Scotland.

Notes:

Name:
His other titles were Baron of Lewes and Constable of Bamborough Castle.

Buried:
He was buried before the high altar.

John married Alice de Lusignan in Aug 1247 in England. Alice (daughter of Hugh X "le Brun" de Lusignan, Count de la Marche and Angoulême and Isabella of Angoulême, Queen of England) died on 9 Feb 1255 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Weis (1982) gives her death as 1291.

Name:
Her name was also spelt "Alfais de Lusignan".

Notes:

Name:
He was also the Lord of Clun.

John married Isabella Mortimer in 1260 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Tomaso married Leugia de Ceva in 1258. Leugia (daughter of Giorgio de Ceva and Menzia) died on 22 Aug 1291. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]