What Became of Richard FitzAlan in 1330?
Here’s a semi-obscure one, if anyone feels like helping me solve the mystery. In 1330, shortly after the Earl of Kent was executed, the disinherited Richard FitzAlan (son of the executed Earl Edmund FitzAlan of Arundel) apparently tried to start a revolt in Shropshire, presumably with the intention of removing Roger Mortimer from power and regaining his (Richard’s) rightful inheritance. I don’t see this event mentioned very often (even official biographies of Richard FitzAlan omit it, for some reason), but I’m relatively sure it did happen. Unfortunately, whenever it is mentioned, it’s covered very briefly and inconclusively. Worse, the few sources that mention it also seem to disagree on how it ended. So.. my question is, when Richard FitzAlan’s plans were discovered (probably by Roger Mortimer’s agents), was he arrested? Or did he flee abroad? Does anyone know?