John Arundell (1421–1473)

Sir John Arundell VII
Born	circa 1421 Bideford, Devon
Died	1473 Lanherne, Cornwall
Noble family	Arundell of Lanherne
Spouse(s)	1 Elizabeth Morley 2 Katherine Chideocke
Issue	1 Anne 2 Catherine, Elizabeth, Thomasine, Margaret, Ellen, Dorothy, Jane, Thomas
Father	John Arundell (1392–1423)
Mother	Margaret Burghersh
Occupation	Sheriff of Cornwall

Sir John Arundell, born in Bideford, Devon in about 1421. 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

Family of John Arundell (1421–1473)
16. 8. John Arundel V 17. 4. John Arundell of Lanherne 18. 9. Joan Luscote 19. 2. John Arundell VI 20. 10. Sir William Lambourne 21. 5. Annorah Lambourne 22. 11. 23. 1. John Arundell VII (1421 - 1473) 24. 12. 25. 6. Sir John Burghersh of Ewelme, Oxon 26. 13. 27. 3. Margaret Burghersh 28. 14. 29. 7. 30. 15. 31.

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.

See also

• Arundell family