Noble family Arundell of Lanherne Mother Margaret Burghersh Name John Arundell | Father John Arundel VI | |
Spouse(s) 1 Elizabeth Morley2 Katherine Chideocke Died 1473Lanherne, 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;
He married secondly, Katherine Chideocke, the widow of William Stafford, on 5 March 1451. They had eight children;
John Arundell died in November 1473 at Lanherne, in Cornwall.
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