ARUNDELL, Thomas (d.1443), of Tolverne in Philleigh, Cornw.

Family and Education

2nd. s. of (Sir) John Arundell I and yr. bro. of John II. m. (I) by 1407, Margery (d. 26 Oct. 1420), da. and coh. of Sir Warin Archdeacon† of Ruan Lanihorn, Cornw., s.p.; (2) 1426, Elizabeth, da. of Sir Thomas Paulet, wid. of William Bigbury of Bigbury, Devon, 2s. 2da. Kntd. by Mar. 1419.J.P. Yeatman, House of Arundel , 214; CPR , 1416-22, p. 209; Devon and Cornw. N. and Q. xvii. 171; xx. 154-6, 160.

Offices Held

Commr. of array, Cornw. Mar. 1419, June 1421, May 1435, Jan. 1436, Mar. 1443; inquiry Aug. 1426 (necromancy), July 1429 (trade), Devon Mar., May 1430, May, June 1431 (piracy), Cornw. Aug. 1431, Dec. 1432 (wastes at Helston), Devon Dec. 1431, June 1432, Aug. 1433, Cornw. June 1433, Feb., Apr. 1434 (piracy), Sept. 1434 (extortion), Mar., Aug. 1435 (piracy), Oct. 1435 (suicide of Edward Burnebury), Nov. 1435, Devon May 1436, Cornw. May, Nov. 1441, Mar., Aug. 1442 (piracy); oyer and terminer Feb. 1429, July 1432, July 1440; to take musters, Fowey and Falmouth June 1430, Plymouth June 1431; assess a parliamentary grant, Cornw. Apr. 1431; of arrest Dec. 1433; to raise loans Nov. 1440; treat for payment of subsidies Feb. 1441.

Sheriff, Cornw. 1 May 1422 – 13 Nov. 1423, 12 Dec. 1426 – 7 Nov. 1427, 5 Nov. 1432 – 5 Nov. 1433, Devon 7 Nov. 1437–3 Nov. 1438.

J.p. Cornw. 20 July – Sept. 1433, Jan. 1436–d. He was included in two commissions posthumously: CPR , 1441–6, p. 468.

Parlimentarian

ARUNDELL, Sir Thomas (d.1443), of Tolverne in Philleigh, Cornw.

Main residence: Tolverne in Philleigh, Cornw.

Author

L.S.W.

Volume

Commons 1386-1421

Web Title

ARUNDELL, Thomas (-d.1443)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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