William Arundel

[3] According to Froissart, he attended Richard II to Ireland in 1394[3] In 1395 he was appointed as the Constable (or custos) of Rochester Castle.

[1] He was appointed Constable and Warden of Reigate Castle, and given responsibility as Ranger for all the surrounding parks and chases, in 1397.

[3] There was no obvious reason for him to be granted such a high honour and personal mark of favour from the Sovereign,[3] which came at a time when his uncle Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel and the King had already fallen out with each other.

[3] Arundel's Garter stall plate (dated to about 1421) in St George's Chapel, Windsor is recognised as one of the most beautiful examples of medieval heraldic art, notable for the continuation of the feathers of the gryphon's head in his crest to form the rest of the mantling over his shield of arms.

[3] Her will, made shortly before her death, asked that her body be buried "under the tomb where my husband and me are pictured" in Rochester Cathedral.

[4] The brasses had at that point been torn from the slab, but the impression in the stone formed to receive the brass showed the figure of a knight in armour (Sir William) holding the hand of a lady by his side (Lady Arundel)[4] There is still, behind the high altar of Rochester Cathedral, a stone memorial slab formerly housing a now-lost memorial brass over the remains of Sir William and his wife, Lady Agnes Arundel.