John Arundell (1421 - 1473)

John Arundell VII
Sir
Spouse(s) Elizabeth Morley, Katherine Chideocke
Noble family Arundell of Lanherne
Father John Arundel VI
Mother Margaret Burghersh
Born c. 1421
Bideford
Died 1473
Lanherne, Cornwall
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.[1]

Career

He was Knighted by Edward IV in 1463. He fought at the Battle of Tewkesbury in 1471 [2]

Marriage and issue

He married, firstly, Elizabeth Morley, daughter of Thomas de Morley, 5th Baron Morley. They had one child;

He married secondly, Katherine Chideocke the widow of William Stafford 5 March 1451. They had 7 children;

John Arundell died in November 1473 at Lanherne, in Cornwall,

See Also

References

  1. http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Arundell_of_Cornwall_(DNB00)
  2. Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, 2nd Edition By Douglas Richardson (page 421)