   thomas arundel (1353&nbsp;â 19 february 1414) was archbishop of canterbury in 1397 and from 1399 until his death, an outspoken opponent of the lollards. ==early life== arundel was born, probably in etchingham, sussex, england. a younger son of richard fitzalan, 10th earl of arundel and eleanor of lancaster. his elder brother was john fitzalan, 1st baron arundel. ==ecclesiastical career== arundel was papally provided as bishop of ely on 13 august 1373fryde, et al. handbook of british chronology p. 244. entirely by reason of his father's status and financial leverage with the crown during the dotage of edward iii, happily abandoning his student days at oxford, from which he gained little pleasure. a hugely wealthy near-sinecure, ely seems to have captured the young bishop's genuine interest until his brother's political opposition to richard ii's policies both at home and towards france grew rancorous and dragged him in. in an extremely grave crisis, teetering towards civil war, 1386-8, the bishop found himself, at least in formal terms, right at the front of the dangerous attempts by five leading temporal lords to purge the king's advisors and control future policy. on 3 april 1388, arundel was elevated to the position of archbishop of yorkfryde, et al. handbook of british chronology p. 286. at a time when richard ii was, in effect, suspended from rule. given ely's wealth and ease, this promotion was clearly as much to do with status and consolidating the conspirators' control in the north as with remuneration. arundel served twice as lord chancellor, during the reign of king richard ii, first from 1386 to 1389, and again from 1391 to 1396.fryde, et al. handbook of british chronology p. 87. for whatever reason, the king, working his way astutely back into real authority, contrived to assure arundel of his confidence right until the "counter-coup" of 1397, when the archbishop was deceived i
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