238 COMPLETE PEERAGE arundel before 30 Mar. 1221 (") (when the news reached England), and was bur. at Wymondham Priory. VII. 1221. 4. William (d'Aubigny), Earl OF SusseXjC) and Earl OF Arundel, s. and h. Being just of age at his father's death he did homage for his inheritance in Apr. 1221. (") He d. s.p.^ and probably unm., " adolescens " in the 4th year after his father, and a few days before 7 Aug. 1224, () and was bur. at Wymondham Priory. (") VIII. 1224. 5. Hugh (d'Aubigny), Earl of Sussex, and Earl OF Arundel, br. and h. He is said to have been aged about nine years at his brother's death in 1224. On 10 May 1235, he was of age and had seizin of all his Castles, Q hitherto in the King's hand. (*) His wardship was obtained by the famous Justiciar, Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Kent, 14 July 1227. He ;»., in 1234, Isabel, da. of William (de Warenne), Earl of Surrey, by his 2nd wife, Maud, da. of William (Marshal), Earl of Pembroke, the said Earl of Surrey having given 300 marks for the right so to dispose of him. This same Earl also per- formed the office of Pincerna at the King's nuptials (1236) on behalf of his said son-in-law, who was still a minor and, at that time, excom- municated. C^) Notwithstanding his minority he had, in 1234, obtained, for 2500 marks, possession not only of his paternal estates, but also of those which he inherited by the death of his maternal uncle, Ranulph, Earl of Chester. In 1242 he was one of the seven Earls who accompanied the King in his expedition to Guienne. He d. s.p., "in the flower of his (") On 30 Mar. 1 22 1, the Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk was ordered to take into the King's hand the lands which were " Comitis Arundell'. " {Fine Roll, 5 Hen. Ill, m. 7). {ex infirm. G.W.Watson.) V.G. C*) " In his father's confirmation charter to Robertsbridge (Dugdale, Monast., vol. ii, p. 120) he signs himself son to the 3rd Earl of Sussex, and in a Charter of King Hen. Ill (a° ,m. 6) he is called TVillelmus comes Sussex [Qy. Sussexie' quartus.'^ See Court hope, p. 28. Q By writ undated, but between two others dated 12 and 21 Apr. 1221, " Wil- lelmus de Albin' filius Comitis Arundell' " had livery of his father's lands. [Fine Roll, 5 Hen. Ill, m. 6). [ex infirm. G.W.Watson.) V.G. C) On 7 Aug. 1224, the Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk was ordered to take into the King's hand the lands which were " Comitis Arundell'. " {Fine Roll, 8 Hen. Ill, m. 4). [ex inform. G.W.Watson.) V.G. C') See Dunstable Register. According to Dugdale he did not die till 1234, but various entries in Close and Patent Rolls prove that this in an error. V.G. (') On 8 Nov. 1233, "Hugo de Albin' frater et heres Willelmi de Albin' quondam Comitis Arundell' " fined 2500 marks for having seizin of his brother's lands (with some reservations till he reached his age), and also of those of his uncle, " R. Comitis Cestrie et Lincolnie. " [Fine Roll, i8 Hen. Ill, m. 11). {ex infirm. G.W.Watson.) V.G. (^) Patent Roll, where he is called simply " Hugo de Albiniaco. " V.G. C") This excommunication was by Edmund (Rich, or of Abingdon), Archbishop of Canterbury (1233-45), on account of his Grace's dogs having been seized in the forest of Arundel.
