Martyn Family History

Scott H. Martyn
Glen Ellyn, IL  60137
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Edmund 1st Earl of Lancaster
(1245-1296)
Blanche of Artois
(1248-1302)
Sir Patrick DE CHAWORTH VI, Lord Of Kidwelly
(1250-1283)
Isabella DE BEAUCHAMP
(Abt 1263-1306)
Sir Henry PLANTAGENET 3rd Earl of Lancaster and Leicestershire
(Abt 1281-1345)
Matilda DE CHAWORTH
(1282-1322)
Eleanor PLANTAGENET of Lancaster
(1311-1372)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Sir Richard FITZALAN 8th Earl of Arundel

2. Sir John DE BEAUMONT 2nd Lord Beaumont

Eleanor PLANTAGENET of Lancaster 1813

  • Born: 11 September 1311, , , Monmouthshire, Wales 1813
  • Marriage (1): Sir Richard FITZALAN 8th Earl of Arundel on 5 April 1345 in Ditton Church, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, England 1814
  • Marriage (2): Sir John DE BEAUMONT 2nd Lord Beaumont on 6 November 1330 1815
  • Died: 11 January 1372, Arundel, , Sussex, England at age 60 1813
  • Buried: 1372, Lewes Priory, Sussex, England 1813

   FamilySearch ID: LB1S-5V6
Find A Grave ID: 210322512

  General Notes:

Chichester Cathedral is her actual burial location after she was removed from Lewes Priory that was in ruins. Both her and her husband's remains we're re-interred here at Chichester Cathedral. There is a Cenotaph for her at Lewe's Priory.
Cenotaph here

Eleanor of Lancaster, Countess of Arundel. The fifth daughter of Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster and Maud Chaworth.

In 1956, Philip Larkin visited the tomb at Chichester Cathedral, and was so emotionally inspired, that he wrote and published the poem 'An Arundel Tomb' about Richard FitzAlan de Arundel and his second wife Eleanor Plantagenet FitzAlan de Arundel.

  Birth Notes:

Grismond Castle

  Death Notes:

Arundel Castle

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Clan: House of Plantagenet,,. 1815

2. Title Of Nobility: Countess of Arundel and Warenne,,. 1815

3. She has conflicting burial information of Chichester Cathedral, January 1372 and Chichester, Chichester District, West Sussex, England. This is her actual burial location after she was removed from Lewes Priory that was in ruins. Both her and her husband's remains we're re-interred here at Chichester Cathedral. There is a Cenotaph for her at Lewe's Priory.


Eleanor married Sir Richard FITZALAN 8th Earl of Arundel, son of Edmund FITZALAN 9th Earl of Arundel and Alice DE WARENNE, on 5 April 1345 in Ditton Church, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, England.1814 (Sir Richard FITZALAN 8th Earl of Arundel was born in 1306 in Arundel, , Sussex, England,1813 died on 24 January 1376 in Arundel, , Sussex, England 1813 and was buried in 1376 in Lewes, , Sussex, England 1813.)


Eleanor next married Sir John DE BEAUMONT 2nd Lord Beaumont on 6 November 1330.1815 (Sir John DE BEAUMONT 2nd Lord Beaumont was born on 25 December 1317 in Lincolnshire, England,1815 died on 14 April 1342 in Northamptonshire, England 1815 and was buried in 1342 in Lewes Priory, Lewes, Sussex, England 1815.)