John Arundell (1421–1473)

Sir John Arundell VII
Spouse(s)	1 Elizabeth Morley 2 Katherine Chideocke
Issue 1 Anne 2 Catherine, Elizabeth, Thomasine, Margaret, Ellen, Dorothy, Jane, Thomas
Noble family	Arundell of Lanherne
Father	John Arundell (1392–1423)
Mother	Margaret Burghersh
Born	circa 1421 Bideford, Devon
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 and fought at the Battle of Tewkesbury in 1471.^[2]

Ancestors of John Arundell (1421–1473)



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			8. John Arundel V



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		4. John Arundell of Lanherne



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			9. Joan Luscote



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	2. John Arundell VI



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			10. Sir William Lambourne



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		5. Annorah Lambourne



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1. John Arundell VII (1421 - 1473)



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		6. Sir John Burghersh of Ewelme, Oxon



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	3. Margaret Burghersh



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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;

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

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

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