Thomas Arundell KB, MP (abt. 1502 - 1553)

Born about 1502 in Wiltshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Howard) Arundell — married after 20 Nov 1530 in England

Descendants

Died 26 Feb 1553 at about age 51 in Tower Hill, London, England

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Biography

"Sir Thomas Arundell of Wardour, one of the Knights of the Bath at the coronation of Anne Boleyn, was beheaded for treason (1552) as one of the partisans of the Protector Somerset, on the fall of the haughty Seymour." His wife, Margaret Howard, sister of Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of Henry VIII, was the elder daughter of Lord Edmund Howard, Marshal of the Horse at the battle of Flodden, and granddaughter of the second Duke of Norfolk, the famous commander in that battle.".^[1]

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.

Born the second son of Sir John Arundell of Lanherne and Lady Elizabeth Grey. He served as Sheriff of Dorsetshire from 1531 to 1532, and served Cardinal Wolsey as a gentleman of the Privy Chamber. He was invested as a Knight Bachelor on June 1, 1533 at the coronation of Anne Boleyn. Two years later, he made his fortune when he was appointed to the commission for the suppression of the monasteries. Sir Thomas was then appointed receiver-general of the Duchy of Cornwall. In 1550 he and his brother, John, were commited to the Tower of London, suspected of involvement with the Cornish uprising of 1549 and would face further charges having to do with the fall of Protector Somerset. Sentenced to hang, what was considered the less degrading death by beheading was eventually allowed.^[2]

Sir Thomas Arundell BIRTH 1502 England DEATH 26 Feb 1552 (aged 49–50) London, City of London, Greater London, England BURIAL Chapel of Saint Peter-ad-Vincula, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England MEMORIAL ID Find A Grave: Memorial #15167863 Has a photo of gravestone.

Sources

1. ↑ Annals of an Old Manor-house: Sutton Place, Guildford, by Frederic Harrison, publ. 1898, pp. 107-119 - https://archive.org/details/annalsanoldmano00harrgoog/page/n130/mode/2up?q=Henry+Weston
2. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15167863/thomas-arundell

https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~hwbradley/genealogy/aqwg1856.htm#75357C

See also:

• "Royal Ancestry 2013 by Douglas Richardson Vol. III. p. 341
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Arundell_of_Wardour_Castle
• Richardson, Douglas: Plantagenet Ancestry, 2nd edn. (2011), 3 vols, Volume 1, page 465, CALVERT 15.
• Marlyn Lewis
• ARUNDELL, Sir Thomas (c.1502-52), of Shaftesbury, Dorset and Wardour Castle, Wilts. The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1509-1558, ed. S.T. Bindoff, 1982