Sir Thomas Arundell, of Wardour Castle^[1]

1502 - 1552  (50 years)

• Name	Thomas Arundell
  Title	Sir
  Suffix	of Wardour Castle
  Birth	1502	Lanherne, Cornwall
  Gender	Male
  Birth	1502 (0 years)	Lanherne, Cornwall
  	Thomas Arundell, born about 1502, was the younger of the two sons of Sir John Arundell (1474–1545) of Lanherne, St. Mawgan-in-Pyder, Cornwall, Receiver General of the Duchy of Cornwall and "the most important man in the county",[1] by his first wife, Lady Eleanor Grey (d. by December 1503), the daughter of Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset.
  Death	26 Feb 1552 (50 years)	Tower Hill, London
  	Vague and unproven allegations of complicity in the southwestern rebellion in 1549 were made against him. In late 1551 he temporarily aligned himself with the Protector Somerset, thereby putting himself in conflict with John Dudley, Earl of Warwick. He was arrested and charged with conspiring to overthrow the government and murder the Earl. He was convicted, and beheaded on Tower Hill on 26 February 1552. His property was confiscated, but in June 1552 the Crown began restoring it to his widow and, from 1553, to his son.
  Interesting fact	Cornish administrator and alleged conspirator
  Married	By settlement dated 20 November 1530 Arundell married Margaret Howard (c. 1515 – 10 October 1571), the daughter of Lord Edmund Howard (third son of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, by his first wife, Elizabeth Tilney), and Joyce Culpeper.[3][4] Margaret was the sister of Queen Katherine Howard, the fifth wife of King Henry VIII, and a first cousin of the King's second wife, Queen Anne Boleyn. By Margaret Howard, Arundell had two sons and three[5] daughters:[6] Sir Matthew Arundell of Wardour Castle (c.1535 – 24 December 1598), who married his second cousin Margaret Willoughby, the daughter of Sir Henry Willoughby (slain 27 August 1549 during Kett's Rebellion) of Wollaton, Nottinghamshire, and Anne Grey (died 1548),[a] the daughter of Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquess of Dorset, and Margaret Wotton,[7] and by her had two sons, Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour (c.1560 – 7 November 1639), and William Arundell (after 1560 – 16 February 1592),[citation needed] esquire. Charles Arundell (d. 9 December 1587), who died unmarried and without issue. Margaret Arundell. Dorothy Arundell (c. 1535 – c. 1578), who married Sir Henry Weston. Jane Arundell (c. 1536 - 1593), who married Sir William Bevyle or Bevill (died 1600) of Killigarth.[8]
  Death	26 Feb 1552	Tower Hill, London
  Person ID	I9667	AHP
  Last Modified	25 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Sir John Arundell, VII; of Lanherne,   b. 1474   d. 8 Feb 1545 (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Lady Eleanor Grey/ARUNDELL,   b. Abt 1479   d. Abt 1503 (Age 24 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1494
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 20 years - She : ~ 15 years.
  Family ID	F2701	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Arundell, Thomas (d.1552) Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Arundell, Thomas (d.1552) - Wikisource, the free online library

  
  

  Histories		List of office holders of the Duchy of Cornwall
  		Arundell of Wardour, Baron (E, 1605 - 1944) CRACROFT’S PEERAGE - THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE BRITISH PEERAGE & BARONETAGE First written 12 Feb 2005

  
  

• Sources

  [S37] Wikipedia. The Arundells of Lanherne, Cornwall, and of Chideock, Dorset, are descended from Sir Thomas Arundell's elder brother, Sir John Arundell (of Lanherne, died 1557)