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Arundell, John (1500 - 1557)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1500
Death Date: 1557-11-07

Notes

Arrested 1549 for failing to mobilise the local gentry against the western rebels; imprisoned in the Tower 30 Jan. 1549/50; released 16 June 1552; restricted to London until ca. 6 July 1553

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Edgcumbe, Mary ( - 1527)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1516
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Dannett, Elizabeth ( - 1564)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Siblings

Offspring

  1. From Dannett, Elizabeth ( - 1564)
    Male offspring: Arundell, John (1527 - )
  2. From Dannett, Elizabeth ( - 1564)
  3. From Dannett, Elizabeth ( - 1564)
    Male offspring: Arundell, Humphrey ( - )
  4. From Dannett, Elizabeth ( - 1564)
    Male offspring: Arundell, George ( - )
  5. From Dannett, Elizabeth ( - 1564)
    Male offspring: Arundell, Edward ( - )
  6. From Dannett, Elizabeth ( - 1564)
    Female offspring: Arundell, Katherine ( - )
  7. From Dannett, Elizabeth ( - 1564)
    Female offspring: Arundell, Johanna ( - )
  8. From Dannett, Elizabeth ( - 1564)
    Female offspring: Arundell, Mary ( - )
  9. From Dannett, Elizabeth ( - 1564)
    Female offspring: Arundell, Isabel ( - )
  10. From Dannett, Elizabeth ( - 1564)
    Female offspring: Arundell, Elizabeth ( - )
  11. From Dannett, Elizabeth ( - 1564)
    Female offspring: Arundell, Cecilia ( - )
  12. From Dannett, Elizabeth ( - 1564)
    Female offspring: Arundell, Dorothy ( - )

Primary Title

  • Knight

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed: 1539-07 (Knighted between this date and 12 Nov. 1539)
    Vacated: 1557-11-07

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Cornwall 1530 1544
JP, Devon 1536 1544
Constable, Cornwall 1537 -6 -10
Member, Council in the West, England 1539 -4 -12 Comprising Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset
JP, Berkshire 1539/40
JP, Dorset 1539/40
JP, Hampshire 1539/40
JP, Oxfordshire 1539/40
JP, Somerset 1539/40
JP, Wiltshire 1539/40
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Hampshire 1540/1
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Oxfordshire 1540/1
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Somerset 1540/1
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Dorset 1540/1
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1540/1
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cornwall 1540/1
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Wiltshire 1540/1
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Berkshire 1540/1
Sheriff, Cornwall 1541 -11 -27 1542 -11 -22
Recorder, Cornwall 1543
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Cornwall 1554
JP, Cornwall 1554 1557
MP, Cornwall 1554 -4
Sheriff, Cornwall 1554 -11 -14 1555 -11 -14
Commissioner of Musters, Cornwall 1557

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Hartland, Devon
    Possibly a residence until 1544/5 (before father's death)
  • Lanherne, Cornwall
    (Performance Venue)
    Patrimony

Lands

  • Cornwall
  • Devon
    Bindoff claims that 'until his father's death Arun

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Guildhall, Plymouth, Devon Sir John Arundell the younger's Juggler

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Sir John Arundell the younger's Juggler Arundell, John (1500 - 1557) Acrobats/Physical Feats 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Lanherne House Cornwall Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Bindoff, S.T. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1509–1558. 3 vols. London: Secker & Warburg, 1982
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward VI [1547–53]. 6 vols. London: HMSO, 1924--9
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Philip and Mary [1553–8]. 4 vols. London: HMSO, 1937--9
  • Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII [1509--47]. 21 vols and Addenda (2 vols). London: HMSO, 1864--1932
  • List of Sheriffs for England and Wales from the Earliest Times to AD 1831. London: HMSO, 1898
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
  • The Visitations of Cornwall, comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1530, 1573 & 1620, with additions by J.L. Vivian. Exeter: William Pollard & Co., 1887