John Arundell

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Biography

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.

Career

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

Ancestry

Ancestors of John Arundell (1421–1473)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
John Arundel V
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
John Arundell of Lanherne
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Joan Luscote
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
John Arundell VI
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sir William Lambourne
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Annorah Lambourne
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
John Arundell VII (1421 - 1473)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Robert de Burghersh (d. 1306), Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
John de Burghersh
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sir John de Burghersh of Ewelme, Oxon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Edmund Bacon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Maud Bacon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Margaret Burghersh
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jamania / Ismania
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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.

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