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1 NAME Strong /Hand/
2 GIVN Strong
2 SURN Hand
2 NSFX Earl Of Arundel
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1 _UID 56578C2D3DCE204BA7F3EA44304DDD4C4A5D
1 NAME William of Arundel /Albini/
William de Albini (d'Aubigny), III, surnamed 'William withthestronghand,'from the following circumstance, as related byWilliamDugdale:
'It happened that the Queen of France, being then a widow,andaverybeautiful woman, became much in love with a knight fromanothercountry,who was a comely person, and in the flower of hisyouth;andbecause shethought that no man excelled him in valor, shecausedatournament to beproclaimed throughout her dominions, promisingtorewardthose who shouldexercise themselves therein, accordingtotheirrespective abilities; andconcluded that if the person whom shesowellaffected should act hispart better than others inthosemilitaryexercises, she might marry himwithout any dishonor toherself.Hereupondivers gallant men, fromforeign parts hasting to Paris,amongstotherscame this our William deAlbini, bravely accoutered, and inthetournamentexcelled all others,overcoming many, and wounding onemortallywith hislance, which beingobserved by the queen, she becameexceedinglyenamoredof him, andforthwith invited him to a costly banquet,andafterwardsbestowingcertain jewels upon him, offered him marriage;but,havingplighted histroth to the Queen of England, then a widow, herefusedher,whereat shegrew so discontented that she consulted with hermaids howshemight takeaway his life; and in pursuance of that design,enticedhiminto agarden, where there was a secret cave, and in it afiercelion,untowhich she descended by divers steps, under color ofshowinghimthebeast; and when she told him of its fierceness, he answered,thatitwasa womanish and not a manly quality to be afraid thereof.Buthavinghimthere, by the advantage of a folding door, thrust him tothelion;beingtherefore in this danger, he rolled his mantle about hisarm,andputtinghis hand into the mouth of the beast, pulled out his tonguebytheroot;which done, he followed the queen to her palace, and gave ittooneofher maids to present her. Returning thereupon to England,withthefameof this glorious exploit, he was forthwith advanced totheEarldomofArundel, and for his arms the Lion given him.'
He subsequently married Adeliza of Lorraine, Queen of England,widowofKingHenry I., and the daughter of Godfrey, Duke of Lorraine.Adelizahadthecastle of Arundel in dowry from her deceased husband,themonarch,and thusher new lord became its feudal earl, 1st Earl ofArundelin thisfamily. Theearl was one of those who solicited the EmpressMaudto cometo England, andreceived her and her brother Robert, EarlofGloucester,at the port ofArundel, in August 1139, and in threeyearsafterwards(1142), in the reportmade of King Stephen's takingWilliam deMandevilleat St. Albans, it isstated 'that before he could belaid holdon, heunderwent a sharp skirmishwith the king's party, whereinthe EarlofArundel, though a stout andexpert soldier, was unhorsed in themidstofthe water by Walceline deOxeai, and almost drowned.'
In 1150, he wrote himself Earl of Chichester, but we findhimstyledagainEarl of Arundel, upon a very memorableoccasion,namely,thereconciliation of Henry, Duke of Normandy, afterwardsKingHenry II.,andKing Stephen at the siege of Wallingford Castle in 1152.'Itwasscarcepossible,' says Rapin, 'for the armies topartwithoutfighting.Accordingly the two leaders were preparing forbattlewith equalardor,when, by the prudent advice of the Earl of Arundel,whowas on theking'sside, they were prevented from coming to blows.' Atruceandpeacefollowed this interference of the earl's, which ledtothesubsequentaccession of Henry after Stephen's decease, in whosefavortheearl stoodso high that he not only obtained for himself and hisheirsthecastleand honor of Arundel, but a confirmation of the EarldomofSussex,ofwhich county he was really earl, by a grant of theTertiumDenariumofthe pleas of the shire. In 1164, we find the Earl ofArundel deputed with Gilbert Foliot,BishopofLondon, to remonstrate withLouis, King of France, uponaccording anasylumto Thomas a Becket withinhis dominions, and on thefailure ofthatmission, dispatched with thearchbishop of York, theBishops ofWinchester,London, Chichester, andExeter, Wido Rufus, RicharddeInvecestre, John deOxford (priests), Hugh deGundevile, Bernard deSt.Valerie, and HenryFitzgerald, to lay the wholeaffair of Becket atthefoot of the pontificalthrone. Upon levying the aidfor the marriageofthe king's daughter, inthe 12th year of Henry II., theknight's feesofthe honor of Arundel werecertified to be ninety-seven, andthoseinNorfolk, belonging to the earl,forty-two. In 1173, we find theEarlofArundel commanding, in conjunctionwith William, Earl ofMandeville,theking's army in Normandy, andcompelling the French monarchtoabandonVerneuil after a long siege, andin the next year, with RicharddeLucy,Justice of England, defeatingRobert, Earl of Leicester,theninrebellion at St. Edmundbury. This potentnobleman, afterfoundingandendowing several religious houses, died atWaverley, inSurrey,onOctober 3, 1176, and was buried in the Abbey ofWymondham.
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1 REFN M11459
Thomas
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