seized by the king on the grounds that there was no legitimate male heir. Death and legacy Eleanor died on 10 or 12 January 1405, and was buried at Lewes Priory, Sussex. Her will dated 26 September 1404, was proved on 16 January 1405 at Maidstone, Kent. After her death, her grandfather's title passed to her grandson John FitzAlan, 13th Earl of Arundel, who was also called Baron Maltravers. Footnotes References Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis, Lines: 9–33, 21–32, 59–35, 212–34 1340s births 1405 deaths 02 Hereditary women peers Burials at Lewes Priory 14th-century English women 14th-century English people 15th-century English women 15th-century English people