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They feem, however, to have been very 

 fhortly afterwards given to Edward 

 Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel, who had 

 married Alice, the Earl's lifter. In this 

 family they continued for three genera- 

 tions, but, upon the execution of Richard, 

 they were probably forfeited to the 

 crown, for we are told that when Holt 

 Caftle was delivered to the Duke of 

 Hertford, in 1399, there were found in it 

 Jewels to the value of two hundred thou- 

 fand marks, and a hundred thoufand 

 marks in money, which had been de- 

 pofited there for fafety, by the unfor- 

 tunate Richard II. before he went on 

 his expedition into Ireland.* 



Thomas, the fon of Richard, Earl of 

 Arundel, who, in the fucceeding reign 

 had been reftored in blood, died in 1416", 

 without iffue, when his unfettled eftates 

 fell to his fitters, of whom one was 



* Holiiifhed's Chronicle, II. 500. 



married 



