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7 unusual facts about earl of Arundel


Charles Crouch

On May 18, 1921, in Vicksburg, Mississippi Charles Crouch was married to Nancy Carol Brabston, daughter of a prominent Mississippi planter and direct descendant of the Earl of Arundel, the Duke of Norfolk, and King Edward I of England.

County of Aubigny

The county was named by the Surveyor-General of New South Wales in 1850, possibly to honour the Earl of Arundel who had a long association with the name Aubigny.

Dekker Curry

In all matches for Ireland, he scored 1193 runs, his top score (and only century) coming against the Earl of Arundel's XI in June 2001, when he scored exactly 100.

Hendrik van der Borcht the elder

The Earl of Arundel, passing through Frankfurt, became the patron of his son, Hendrik the Younger (1614-1676).

Jason de la Peña

The following season he played no county cricket at any level, his only appearance of note being in a minor match, for the Earl of Arundel's XI against Ireland in a friendly one-day game in August.

Nigel de Albini of Cainhoe

His parentage is currently unclear, although he is believed to be part of the first "Arundel Line".

Walter of Guisborough

There are several manuscripts of the history extant, the best perhaps being that presented to the College of Arms by the Earl of Arundel.


Baron Maltravers

The barony later became a subsidiary title of the Earl of Arundel and subsequently the Duke of Norfolk.

Howard Psalter and Hours

The manuscript was bequeathed to his William Howard's nephew Thomas Howard (d. 1646), 2nd Earl of Arundel, 4th Earl of Surrey, and 1st Earl of Norfolk, and then inherited by Henry Howard (d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk who presented the volume, along with the other manuscripts in the Earl of Arundel's collection to the Royal Society in 1667.

John Crowne

His father "Colonel" William Crowne, accompanied the earl of Arundel on a diplomatic mission to Vienna in 1637, and wrote an account of his journey.

Willibald Pirckheimer

Most of Pirckheimer's own library, famous in its day, was sold by another Imhoff descendent to the Earl of Arundel in 1636.


see also

Henry Stanley

Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby (1531–1593), Lord High Steward at the trial for treason of Philip Howard, Earl of Arundel

Joan de Beauchamp, Baroness Bergavenny

On 21 September 1397, Joan's father, the Earl of Arundel, who was also one of the Lords Appellant, was beheaded on Tower Hill, London, on charges of high treason against King Richard II of England.

Thomas Gainsford

, 1618, dedicated to the Earl of Arundel; reprinted in "Harleian Miscellany," vol.