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John Arundell (1421–1473)

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Noble family
  
Arundell of Lanherne

Mother
  
Margaret Burghersh

Name
  
John Arundell

Father
  
John Arundel VI

Occupation
  
Sheriff of Cornwall

Spouse(s)
  
1 Elizabeth Morley 2 Katherine Chideocke

Died
  
1473 Lanherne, Cornwall

Sir John Arundell, born in Bideford, Devon in about 1421, son of John Arundell, Esq. by Margaret Burghersh, widow of Sir John Grenveville and daughter of Sir John Burghersh. He became the largest free tenant in Cornwall. He was Sheriff of Cornwall and admiral of Cornwall, and a general for Henry VI in his French wars, but was attainted in 1483.

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Career

He was knighted by Edward IV in 1463 and fought at the Battle of Tewkesbury in 1471.

Marriage and issue

He married, firstly, Elizabeth Morley, daughter of Thomas de Morley, 5th Baron Morley. They had one child;

  • Anne Arundell who married James Tyrrell, best known for allegedly confessing to the murders of the Princes in the Tower under Richard of York's orders.
  • He married secondly, Katherine Chideocke, the widow of William Stafford, on 5 March 1451. They had eight children;

  • Catherine Arundell
  • Elizabeth Arundell (m. Giles Daubeney, 1st Baron Daubeney)
  • Thomasine Arundell (m. Sir Henry Marney, KG, 1st Baron Marney of Leyre-Marney)
  • Margaret Arundell
  • Ellen Arundell
  • Dorothy Arundell
  • Jane Arundell
  • Thomas Arundell (1454–1485).
  • John Arundell died in November 1473 at Lanherne, in Cornwall.

    References

    John Arundell (1421–1473) Wikipedia