Roger FitzAlan was a thirteenth-century Mayor of London. Having been a Sheriff of London in 1192,[1][2] he was elected the second Lord Mayor of London in September 1212 on the death of his predecessor.[3]
There has been some speculation that he could have been related to Henry Fitz-Ailwin, Roger was possibly a nephew[4][5] (son of his brother Alan), or grandson (son of Alan FitzHenry), or some other relation. Roger Fitz Alan was close to Henry Fitz-Alwin,
'Throughout his mayoralty he was regularly accompanied by Roger fitz Alan. Henry Fitz Ailwin was closely associated with Roger FitzAlan who may have been related or a business associate. There are well over 100 existing documents that bear the signature of FitzAilwin as mayor and around 70 of those also include FitzAlan’s signature",[6] given the dates it is most likely that Roger Fitz Alan was his nephew, son of Henry Fitz-Ailwin's brother Alan.
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Under Roger Fitz Alan's mayoralty, Alan Fitz Peter, Joce Fitz Peter and Andrew Fitz Peter were among others, appointed as aldermen,[7] and may also have been relatives.[8]
Although Roger Fitz-Alan's term of office was meant only to be one year, he stayed in office until May 1214,[9] when rebel barons against John of England captured London and installed their own candidate against the King.[10]
^Hatfield 2015, p. Appendix II.
^Ian William Stone (2016). The Book of Arnold Fitz Thedmar(PDF) (PhD thesis). King’s College London.
^'A.D. 1212. In this year died Henry Fitz-Eylwyne, the first Mayor of London, and Roger Fitz-Alan succeeded him." URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/london-mayors-sheriffs/1188-1274/pp1-8
^" From https://www.thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/henry-fitzailwin-the-first-mayor-of-london/. and Christopher Brooke 'London 800–1216'; Caroline M.Barron 'London in the Later Middle Ages'; Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
^"his successor as mayor and probably his nephew." The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press, 2004 as quoted in http://nielsenhayden.com/genealogy-tng/getperson.php?personID=I9210&tree=nh1
^"Henry FitzAilwin – the first Mayor of London"
^The Aldermen of the City of London Temp. Henry III – 1912. Originally published by Corporation of the City of London, London, 1908. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/london-aldermen/hen3-1912/pp362-371#p33
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to have had at least one child, Robert FitzAlan, and is buried at Robertsbridge Abbey in East Sussex. Henry FitzAilwin's heiress was his granddaughter...
"Lord of Clun and Oswestry". William is ancestor of the FitzAlan Earls of Arundel. Walter fitzAlan, second son, became first hereditary High Steward of...
wrote over 100 books. He also wrote as Simon Rattray, Howard North, RogerFitzalan, Mansell Black, Trevor Burgess, Warwick Scott, Caesar Smith and Lesley...
English secondary sources: Walter FitzAlan, Walter fitzAlan, Walter Fitzalan, Walter fitzAlan, and Walter FitzAlan. Likewise, since the 1990s, academics...
wife Mary FitzAlan, who, after the death of her brother Henry in 1556, became heiress to the Arundel estates of her father Henry FitzAlan, 12th Earl...
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of London In office June 1214, 1217, – End of 1214, 1221 Preceded by RogerFitzAlan Succeeded by William Hardell and in 1223 – Richard Renger Personal details...
Gilbert fitzRogerfitz Reinfried, or Gilbert the son of RogerfitzReinfrid, (died about 1220) was an Anglo-Norman feudal baron whose administrative career...
royal warrant, Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 14th Duke of Norfolk and 13th Earl of Arundel, and his siblings, assumed the surname FitzAlan-Howard, used by the...
Company Notes 1189–1212 Henry FitzAilwin (Draper) First Mayor of London. Died in his twenty-fourth term. 1212–1214 RogerFitzAlan (Mercer) 1214 Serlo le Mercer...
father-in-law. Following Alan's death, the constableship passed to Roger de Quincy, husband of Alan's eldest surviving daughter, Helen. Alan's Irish lands were...
Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, married Mary FitzAlan (daughter and heiress of Henry Fitzalan, 12th Earl of Arundel) in 1555. The title passed through...
of Arundel. The FitzAlan male line ceased on the death of Henry Fitzalan, 12th Earl of Arundel, whose daughter and heiress Mary FitzAlan married Thomas...
Jonathan Cape. pp. 459–460. ISBN 978-0-224-07300-4. Given-Wilson, C. (2004). "Fitzalan, Richard, third earl of Arundel". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography...
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