Arundell, John (1500 - 1557)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 1
Properties - 4
Total events naming patron - 1
Troupes - 1
Venues - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 7
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Born / Died

Birth Date: ca. 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

Siblings

Male

Arundell, Thomas (1502 - )

Female

Arundell, Elizabeth ( - )
Arundell, Jane ( - )

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.

Offspring

From Dannett, Elizabeth ( - 1564)

  1. Male offspring: Arundell, John (b. 1527)
  2. Male offspring: Arundell, Thomas (b. 1530)
  3. Female offspring: Arundell, Isabel (n.d.)
  4. Female offspring: Arundell, Elizabeth (n.d.)
  5. Female offspring: Arundell, Cecilia (n.d.)
  6. Female offspring: Arundell, Dorothy (n.d.)
  7. Male offspring: Arundell, Humphrey (n.d.)
  8. Male offspring: Arundell, George (n.d.)
  9. Male offspring: Arundell, Edward (n.d.)
  10. Female offspring: Arundell, Katherine (n.d.)
  11. Female offspring: Arundell, Johanna (n.d.)
  12. Female offspring: Arundell, Mary (n.d.)

Primary Title

Knight

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed After 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 n.d.
Member, Council in the West, England 1539-4-12 n.d. Comprising Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset
JP, Hampshire 1539/40 n.d.
JP, Oxfordshire 1539/40 n.d.
JP, Berkshire 1539/40 n.d.
JP, Somerset 1539/40 n.d.
JP, Dorset 1539/40 n.d.
JP, Wiltshire 1539/40 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Wiltshire 1540/1 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Hampshire 1540/1 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cornwall 1540/1 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Oxfordshire 1540/1 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1540/1 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Somerset 1540/1 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Dorset 1540/1 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Berkshire 1540/1 n.d.
Sheriff, Cornwall 1541-11-27 1542-11-22
Recorder, Cornwall by 1543 n.d.
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Cornwall 1554 n.d.
JP, Cornwall 1554 1557
MP, Cornwall 1554-4 n.d.
Sheriff, Cornwall 1554-11-14 1555-11-14
Commissioner of Musters, Cornwall 1557 n.d.

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

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1538-1539 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 Venue 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. Public Record Office Lists and Indexes 9. London: HMSO, 1898.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)
The Visitations of Cornwall, comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1530, 1573 & 1620, with additions by J.L. Vivian. Exeter: William Pollard & Co., 1887.