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Roger FitzAlan

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Roger fitz Alan de Londonstane
2nd Lord Mayor of London
In office
September 1212 – May 1214
Preceded byHenry Fitz-Ailwin
Succeeded bySerlo le Mercer
Personal details
Born????
Diedc. 12??
NationalityEnglish
RelationsHenry fitz Ailwin, possible uncle or Grandfather.

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. r 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]

References

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  1. ^ Hatfield 2015, p. Appendix II.
  2. ^ Ian William Stone (2016). The Book of Arnold Fitz Thedmar (PDF) (PhD thesis). King’s College London.
  3. ^ '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
  4. ^ " 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
  5. ^ "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
  6. ^ "Henry FitzAilwin – the first Mayor of London"
  7. ^ 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
  8. ^ Keene 2004.
  9. ^ Brooke & Keir 1975, p. 376.
  10. ^ Holt, Garnett & Hudson 2015, p. 213.

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