CLUN 335 CLOPTON i.e. " Carew of Clopton, co. Warwick," Barony (Carew), cr. 4 May 1605; see under " ToTNEss," Earldom of, cr. 1626; both peerages f,v//«c/ 1629. CLOUGHER see CLOGHER CLOUGHGRENAN i.e. "Butler of Cloughgrenan," Barony [I.] {Butler), cr. 1662 with "Arran," Earldom of [I.], which see; extinct 1686. i.e. "Cloughgrenan," Barony of [I.] (Butler), cr. 1693, with "Arran," Earldom of [1.], which see; extinct 1758. CLUN AND OSWESTRY [The Lordship of Clun in Shropshire belonged, temp. Stephen, to Ingram de Say, whose da. and h., Isabel, brought it to her husband, William FitzAlan, feudal Lord of Oswaldestre (i.e. Oswestry) in that CO., who d. about 12 10. Their s. and h., William FitzAlan, Lord of Clun and Oswestry, d. s.p., 12 16, and was sue. by his br. and h., John FitzAlan, Lord of Clun and Oswestry, who m. Isabel, sister (whose issue became coheirs) of Hugh (d'Aubigny), Earl of Arundel. This John FitzAlan d. 1 240, and was sue. by his s. and h., John FitzAlan, feudal Lord of Clun and Oswestry, to whom (jure matris) the Castle and Honour of Arundel were awarded, 27 Nov. 1243, whereby, according to the admission of 1433, (^) he became Earl of Arundel, With this Earldom these Lordships continued united, passing with it to the Howard family (see tabular pedigree, vol. i, p. 253), till, on the attainder of Philip (Howard), Earl of Arundel, in 1589, they were granted to (his uncle) Henry Howard, afterwards Earl of Northampton, who transferred them to his (the grantee's) nephew, Thomas Howard, Earl of Suffolk. They were, however, apparently, not in the possession of Thomas Howard, the restored Earl of Arundel, next below mentioned, in 1627, the date on which the titles of his ancestors were confirmed to him.] Thomas (Howard), Earl of Arundel and Earl of Surrey (s. and h. of Philip, Earl of Arundel, attainted
1589 as abovementioned),
obtained 3 Car. I (1627) an Act of Pari. "For the annexing of the Papers, temp. Henry VIII. The King's reply that he was to have the Viscountcy of Clontarf is dated 26 Sep. 1540. For the Ranking of Irish peers on various occasions see vol. i, Appendix A, circa finem. (») See vol. i, p. 231, note " b."
