Furthermore, in the British Library (Royal MS 17 A IX) there is a
biography of the earl written by a member of his household (probably
a chaplain, according to the editor JG Nichols) which was printed in
_The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Chronicle_ volume 103, in
the issues for July, August and September 1833. This gives a
previously unknown account of the earl's youth at the court of his
godfather Henry VIII, and begins:
"The Life of Henrye Fitzallen, last Earl of Arundell of that name; who
in his life was naturallie noble and magnificent...."
For the benefit of any other descendants in the newsgroup, it continues:
"For the perpetuall memorie of a Personage very honourable, and that
yee who shall remaine of his bloode may the rather rejoyce of so noble
a Progenitor...."
Douglas Richardson vainly tried to suggest that the first sentence of this might have been a title added later by someone other than the author, who was evidently a member of the earl's household. This is patently false - the text makes it quite clear that the first sentence, naming the subject with the surname Fitzalan, is integral to what follows. Readers can verify this for themselves on p. 11 at http://tinyurl.com/38e79s.