HENRY FITZALAN (1517-80), 12th earl of Arundel, son of William, 11th earl, by Anne, daughter of Henry Percy, 4th earl of Northumberland, was born about 1517 and succeeded to the earldom in 1554. He was one of the council of I2 appointed by Henry VIII. to assist the executors of his will during the minority of Edward VI. He was twice arrested and twice released on vari ous charges at the instigation of Northumberland. In June he alone of the council refused the "engagement" of the council to support Edward's "device" for the succession which passed over his sisters, Mary and Elizabeth, as illegitimate, in favour of Lady Jane Grey, though he signed the letters patent. On Edward's death, while pretending to support Northumberland, he secured the proclamation of Mary as soon as Northumberland had left Lon don. Under Mary he held a series of high appointments, and re tained the lord-stewardship under Elizabeth. But as one of the leaders of the Catholic nobility he fell under suspicion, and was more than once disgraced. In 1569 he was implicated in the Nor folk plot, but although he appears to have received money from Spain, the evidence against him was insufficient, and he was re leased in March 1570 and even recalled to the council. After the discovery of the Ridolfi plot he was once more arrested, and only liberated of ter the execution of Norfolk in 1572. He died Feb. 24 I580. At his death the title passed through his daughter Mary to the Howards.