FITZ-ALAN — FITZ-CLARENCE. 357 Barony. Thomas (Howard) Earl op Arundel and Earl of L 1627. Surrey (s. and h. of Philip, Earl of Arundel, attainted in 1589 as above _ mentioned) obtained an act of Pari., 3 Car. I., "for the annexing of the Castle, Sea,, of Arundel, with the tills and dignities of the BARONIES OF FITZ-ALAN, CLUN AND OSWALDESTRE AND MAL- TRAyEKS,(*) and with divers other lauds, &c., being now parcels of the possessions of [him the said] Thomas, Earl of Arundel and Surrey, &c, to the same title, name, and dignity of Earl ok Arundel." From this period, therefore, the Baronies of Clun and Oswaldestre (or Filznlan of Chin and Oswaldestre) which, hitherto, had been mere feudal Lordships may be considered as Peerage dignities( b ) and as being, together with Maltravers, annexed to the Earldom of Arundel. See "Arundel" Earldom, cr. 10G7, under the xxvith holder thereof. FITZ-ALAN (of Bedale). Barony by Brian Fitz-Alan, of Bedale, co. York, s. and h. of Writ. Brian Fitz-Alan, of the same, sue. his father before 1276 ; served in T ion- tlle Scotcl1 ,vars antl was sura, to Pari, as a Baron (LORD FITZ- 1. IIJO ALAN) by write from 23 June (1295), 23 Ed. 1 to 22 Jan. (1304/5), to ^ 33 Ed. I. In 1297 he was made the Kiug's Lieutenant for Scotland. 1 305. He was one of the Barons who (as " Brianus Jil. Alani, D'n's de Bedale") subscribed in 1301 the celebrated letter to the Pope.(°) He d, s.p.ru. about 1305(d) aml wag blll . in Bedale church. M.I.(°) At his death the Barony fell into abeyance-O FITZ-BERNAED. Barony by f. Thomas Fitz-Bernard, of Kingsdown, co. Kent, s. Writ. a "d h. of Ralph F. of the same, either by his first wife, Joan, da. and T 1Q1Q coheir of Robert Agutlon, or by his second wife, Agatha, sue. his I. lolo. father about (1306), 34 Ed. 1, and was sum. to Pari, as a Baron (LORD FITZ-BERNARD), by writs directed "Thomas, filio Bcr- nardi" from 8 Jan. (1312/3), 6 Ed. II, to 14 March (1321/2), 15 Ed. II. He d. before (1334), Ed. lit, in which year also d. Bona, bis widow. II. 1330? 3. JonN (Fitz-Bernard), Lord Fitz-Bernard, s. and to h. appears never to have sum. to Pari, as a Baron. He d. s.p. 1361, 1361. when the Barony became extinct.{e) FITZ-CLARENCE. i.o., Fitz-Clarence," Viscountcy (Fiiz-Clarence), cr. 1831, with the Earldom op Monster, which see. ( n ) In his petition the Earl calls them " the. titles, names, and dignities of Lord Fitz-Alan, Lord of Clun and of Oswaldestre, and Lord Maltravers." (b) See vol. ii, p. 315, note " c," sub " Clun," for Mr. Round's able remarks on the status of these titles after the passing of this anomalous act. ( c ) See full account thereof in "Nicolas," pp. 761—809. ( d ) See remarks hereon of Mr. Towiisend (Windsor Herald) in Coll. Top et Gen. vol. vii, p. 47, which, however, do not appear very conclusive. ( e ) The arms on his monument were " Barry of 8, or and gu." ( r ) The coheirs were his two daughters, viz. (1) Maud, aged 7 in 1307, who m. Sir Gilbert Stapleton, whose great grandson and h., Sir Miles Stapleton, had two daughters and coheirs, Elizabeth m. (— ) Calthorpe, and Joane, m. Christopher Harcourt; (2) Katharine, aged 5 in 1307, who m. John (Grey) 2d Lord Grey de Rotherfield. , (if) "The heirs of the person first summoned were the issue of his aunt.' See " Coll. Top. el Gen." vol. vii, p. 161. These heirs were the same as those of the Lords Badlesmero, the said aunt, Margaret Fitz-Bernard, being mother of the first Lord Badlesmere. In Philpot's "Kent" (p. 203) this Margaret is said to have been daughter (not aunt) of Thomas, Lord Fitz-Bernard.
