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Roger FitzAlan was a thirteenth-century Mayor of London. Having been a Sheriff of London in 1192, he was elected the second Lord Mayor of London in September 1212 on the death of his predecessor.

There has been some speculation that he could have been related to Henry Fitz-Ailwin, Roger was possibly a nephew (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", 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, and may also have been relatives.

Although Roger Fitz-Alan's term of office was meant only to be one year, he stayed in office until May 1214, when rebel barons against John of England captured London and installed their own candidate against the King.

References

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.

Bibliography

• Brooke, C. N. L.; Keir, G. (1975). London, 800-1216: The Shaping of a City. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-02686-5.
• Hatfield, E. (2015). London's Lord Mayors: 800 Years of Shaping the City. Stroud: Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-44565-030-2.
• Holt, J. C.; Garnett, G.; Hudson, J. (2015). Magna Carta. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-09316-4.
• Keene, Nicholas (2004). "Henry fitz Ailwin (d.1212), first mayor of London". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/9526.

• 13th-century mayors of London
• 12th-century English politicians
• 13th-century English politicians