Family and Education
b. c. 1502, 2nd s. of Sir John Arundell of Lanherne, Cornw. by 1st w., and bro. of Sir John. educ. L. Inn, adm. 2 Feb. 1517. m. settlement 20 Nov. 1530, Margaret (d. 10 Oct. 1571), da. of Lord Edmund Howard, 2s. inc. Matthew, 2 or 3da. Kntd. 30 May 1533.Date of birth estimated from elder brother’s and own education. Hoare, Wilts. Dunworth, 179, 181 (citing Cavendish’s Metrical Visions ); C142/86/11; CPR, 1553-4, p. 340; LP Hen. VIII, vi.
Offices Held

Servant of Wolsey by Feb. 1518, William, 11th Earl of Arundel c. 1530; sheriff, Som. and Dorset 1530 – 31, 1540 – 41; receiver-gen., duchy of Cornwall 14 Mar. 1533 – d., Malmesbury abbey, Wilts. by 1533, Shaftesbury abbey by 1535; bp.’s bailiff, Salisbury, Wilts. by 1535; surveyor and receiver, ct. augmentations, Cornw., Devon, Dorset, Som., 24 Apr. 1536–44; j.p. Cornw. 1536 – d., Dorset 1536 – d., Som. 1538 – 41, Salisbury 1540 – d., Wilts. 1543 – d.; member, council in the west 1539; commr. coastal defence south-west counties 1539, benevolence Dorset 1544/45, musters 1546; constable, Taunton castle, Som. 1542 – d.; chancellor, household of Queen Catherine Parr 15 Mar. 1544; custos rot. Dorset c. 1547; steward for Sir Thomas Seymour II, Baron Seymour of Sudeley, unknown property by 1548. LP Hen. VIII, iii. vi, ix, xii-xxi; St.Ch.2/18/172; CPR, 1550–3, p. 386; Val. Eccles. i. 122, 280, ii. 69, 334; Eccl. 2/155884–91; C66/801; E326/B9054; E163/12/17, nos. 38, 51, 54.

Main residences: Shaftesbury, Dorset; Wardour Castle, Wilts.
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Commons 1509-1558
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ARUNDELL, Sir Thomas (c.1502-52)

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