ARUNDELL, Sir John (by 1500-57), of Lanherne, St. Mawgan-in-Pyder, Cornw.

Family and Education

b. by 1500, 1st s. of Sir John Arundell of Lanherne by 1st w. Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Grey 1st Marquess of Dorset; bro. of Sir Thomas. m. (1) Catherine, da. of Sir Peter Edgecombe of West Stonehouse and Cotehele, s.p.; (2) by 1527, Elizabeth, da. of Gerard Dannett of Dannett’s Hall, Bruntingthorpe, Leics., 4s. inc. John I and Thomas 4da. Kntd. 1970. suc. fa. 8 Feb. 1545.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., C142/73/18, 86/11. Vis. Cornw. ed. Vivian, 4; Paroch. Hist. Cornw. iii. 295; Nichols, Leics. iv. (2) 576.

Offices Held

J.p. Cornw. 1530 – 44, 1554 – d., Devon 1536 – 44; constable, Tintagel castle, Cornw. 10 June 1537; sheriff, Cornw. 1541 – 42, 1554 – 55; recorder, Launceston by 1543; commr. benevolence, Cornw. 1544/45, musters 1557.LP Hen. VIII, iv, x, xii, xx; CPR, 1553–4, p. 17; CSP Dom. 1547–80, p. 94.

Parlimentarian

ARUNDELL, Sir John (by 1500-57), of Lanherne, St. Mawgan-in-Pyder, Cornw.

Main residence: Lanherne, St. Mawgan-in-Pyder, Cornw.

Author

J.J.G.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

ARUNDELL, Sir John (by 1500-57)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

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