John Arundell (admiral)
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Sir John Arundell (1495–1561), of
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and served twice as
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.


Origins

Sir John Arundell was the eldest son and heir of Sir John Arundell (1470–1512) of Trerice by his wife Jane Grenville (1474–1551), a daughter of Sir
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in Cornwall,
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in 1481 and in 1486, and an Esquire of the Body to King Henry VII.


Career

Arundell was an Esquire of the Body to King Henry VIII, and was knighted at the
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in 1513. In 1523 he achieved notability by the capture of a notorious pirate. Under King Edward VI he was
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and served twice as
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, in 1542 and in 1553 at the time of the accession of Queen Mary.


Marriages and children

Arundell married twice: *Firstly at some time before 1512 to Mary Beville (died 1526), daughter and co-heiress of John Beville of Gwarnick, Cornwall, by whom he had children: **Roger Arundell, declared a
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, who predeceased his father, having married (during his lunacy) Elizabeth Denham, daughter of Robert Tredenham (''alias'' Denham) of Tredenham, Cornwall. His son was John Arundell (1557–1613), who inherited the Beville estate of Gwarnick from his grandmother. He died aged 56 without children and was buried in Lambeth Church, Surrey. His heir to Trerice became his half-uncle John Arundell (died 1580), with whom he had been involved in much litigation, finally settled by a private act of Parliament, Arundell's Estate Act 1609 ( 7 Jas. 1. c. ''16'' ), in favour of his uncle. **Katherine Arundell, wife of Richard Prideaux (died 1603) of Thuborough in the parish of
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, Devon. She was heir to her nephew John Arundell (1557–1613) of Gwarnick. **Jane Arundell, wife of William Wall *Secondly in 1526 to Juliana Erisey (or Erissey), daughter of James Erisey (or Erissey) of Erisey, Cornwall and widow of a certain Gourlyn, by whom he had children including: ** John Arundell (died 1580) of Trerice, father of Sir John Arundell (1576–1654) of Trerice, nicknamed "Jack-for-the-King", a prominent leader of the
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, partly in recognition of which service his son
Richard Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Trerice Richard Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Trerice (c. 1616 – 7 September 1687) of Trerice in Cornwall, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1664 when he was raised to the peerage. He fough ...
(died 1687) was raised to the Peerage in 1664.


Illegitimate children

Sir John had an illegitimate son Robert Arundell, who founded his own branch of the family at Menadarva, Cornwall, and adopted as his arms the ''hirondelle'' arms of Arundell debruised with a bend sinister for
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.


Death and burial

Sir John Arundell died in 1561 and was buried at Newlyn East. His
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survives in Stratton Church, Cornwall.


Monumental brass

His
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es survive in St Andrew's Church, Stratton, Cornwall. In 1882 a monument was situated at the east end of the north aisle of the church, formed of a
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on top of which was a slab of stone inlaid with several brasses, of which some were then missing, as revealed by matrices. Today only the slab with brasses survives, with some further brasses missing, and stands against the west wall of the church. The brasses show Sir John flanked by his two wives with two groups of his children below and two individual children between himself and each wife. Other brasses are heraldic escutcheons. The inscription on the ledger line of the slab is as follows: :''"Here lyeth buriede Syr John Arundell Trerise, Knyght, who praysed be God dyed in the Lorde the xxv daye of November in the yeare of Oure Lorde God a MCCCCC lxi and in the iiixx and vii yeare of his age whose soule now resteth wyth the Faythfull Chrystians in our Lorde"'' The date of death inscribed on his monument (25 November 1561) disagrees with that reported in his
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, namely 26 November 1560, which latter appears to be correct as probate of his will was granted to his widow Juliana on 23 January 1560/1. He is shown dressed in full armour with helmet. Of the four original brass escutcheons only two survive. The one above the wife on his right hand side shows the arms of Arundell with six-quarters: *1:''Sable, a wolf between six swallows argent'' (Arundell) *2:''Sable, three chevronels argent'' (Lansladron) *3:''Argent, a bend engrailed sable on a chief gules three mullets or pierced azure'' (?) *4:''Argent, a chevron sable between three bucks gules'' (?) *5:''Azure, a lion rampant gardant argent debruised by a fess gules'' (?) *6:''Sable, a chevron argent between three bezants'' (Pellor). The escutcheon above the wife on his left hand side shows the arms of Arundell with the same six-quarters impaling Grenville: ''Gules, three clarions or''. The arms of Arundell are the well-known ''hirondelle'' arms but with the addition of a wolf passant between two groups of three swallows. This wolf is believed to be the arms of Trembleigh, in consequence of one of the Arundell's having married the heiress of that family.'General history: Extinct peers and baronial families', Magna Britannia: volume 3: Cornwall (1814), pp. LXXVIII-LXXXIX

showing drawings of two seals of in which two seals: 1: Seal appendant to an indenture dated 4 Henry VI., containing a conveyance from Sir John Arundell to John Luky, of a tenement in the town of Truro. The arms of Arundell are here seen, with the helmet, crest, and lamberquin; between the martlets, a wolf is introduced, being the arms of Trembleigh, in consequence of one of the Arundell's having married the heiress of that family. The inscription runs thus: "Sigillu: Johis Arundell: milit." 2: Seal appendant to a deed dated 45 Edward III., whereby Sir John Arundell conveys the manor of Lanhern, &c. to Trustees. On the seal are the arms of Arundell, with this inscription, "Sigillum Johannis de Arundel." (with drawings of both seals)


See also

*
Arundell family The Arundell family of Cornwall are a Cornish family of Normans, Norman origin. Lanherne The Arundells of Lanherne — "the Great Arundells" as they were styled — appear to have settled in Cornwall, about the middle of the thirteenth century, ...


References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Arundell, John 1495 births 1561 deaths High sheriffs of Cornwall Royal Navy officers 16th-century Royal Navy personnel People from Newquay 16th-century English knights John (1495) English admirals