Arundel, THOMAS

Arundel, THOMAS, Archbishop of Canterbury, was born in 1353, the third son of Robert Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel. In his twenty-first year he was raised from the archdeaconry of Taunton to the see of Ely; in 1388 he was translated to the archbishopric of York, and in 1396 to that of Canterbury. Banished by Richard II. (1397), he helped to seat Henry of Lancaster on the throne (1399); but he is chiefly remembered as a bitter opponent of the Lollards, two of whom were burned by him in 1401 and 1410. He died 19th February 1413.