Roger (Arundell) Arundel (bef. 1485 - 1536)

Born before 1 Oct 1485 in Mawgan in Pydar, Cornwall, England [uncertain]

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Roger Arundell was born sometime after 1474 and before his father's death on 1 October 1485 (when his oldest brother, Sir John Arundell was aged 11).^[1] His father was known as Roger Arundell of Lanherne.^[1] The Lanherne branch of the Arundell family was a pre-eminant Catholic family with extensive property in Cornwall, England,^[2] and the family's main seat in Cornwall was Lanherne manor house in the parish of Mawgan in Pydar,^[3] so Roger may have been born there.

Roger Arundell was a younger son of Sir Thomas Arundell of Lanherne and his wife, Catherine Dinham, the third daughter of Sir John Dinham and sister and coheir of John Lord Dinham,^[1] (Katherine, sister and coheir of John, Baron Dynham of Cardenham^[2]). Roger's father, Sir Thomas, was knighted in 1483, attainted in 1484 for rebelling against King Richard III of England and died on 1 October 1485,^[3] leaving Batteshorn (Battishorne^[3]) in Devon to Roger.^[1]

Roger was the brother of:^[1]

1. Sir John Arundell of Lanherne, aged 11 at his father's death in 1485, will dated 17 April 35 Henry VIII, died 7 November 1557 (or 1545^[4]), married Eleanor, the daughter of Thomas Gray Marquis of Dorset, and 2) Catherine, the daughter of Sir Thomas Grenville;
2. Thomas Arundell;
3. Edward Arundell, living in 19 Elizabeth;
4. Humphrey Arundell, living in 17 April 35 Henry VIII as named in the will of his brother, Sir John, died without issue, married Phillipa, the daughter of Sir Thomas Grenvile and widow of Francis Harrys and a second husband — Stening, Phillipa died 8 June 1524;
5. Eleanor, who was married to Richard St Lowe;
6. Maria, who was married to John Speke;
7. Elizabeth, who was married to Sir Edward Stradling;

Roger married Johanna (Joanne or Joan^[4]), the daughter and heir of Humphry Calwoodleigh (Calwodely^[4]) of Devon.^[1]

Roger and Johanna had children:^[1]

1. Humphrey Arundell, aged 23 at his father's death in 1536, aged 24 at his mother's death in 1537, Leader of the Cornish Rebellion in 1549, hanged at Holborn on 3 Edward VI (1549) for treason, married Elizabeth, the daughter of Sir John Fulford, who when widowed married Thomas Carey and died on 24 November 1565;^[4]
2. John Arundell, 2nd son;
3. Johanna, aged 19 in 20 Henry VIII, who was married to William Pentier of Pentier, the Inquisition post mortem of John Pentier from 21 Henry VIII names her father;

Roger Arundell of Helland died on 12 June 1536^[4] and an Inquisition post mortem was taken 28 Henry VIII.^[1] Roger's wife, Johanna survived him by just over a year, dying on 28 September 1537 and an Inquisition post mortem was taken 30 Henry VIII.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8} Vivian, John Lambrick. Visitations of the County of Cornwall in the Years 1530, 1573 and 1620. (Exeter, 1887). pages 4-5, pedigree of Arundell of Lanherne.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Pamela Y. Stanton, ‘Arundell family (per. 1435–1590)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2009.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} The National Archives Website: Discovery: AR: Arundell of Lanherne and Trerice (http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/cd9f6758-cf9e-4e11-ae34-159fba9f0778: accessed 5 May 2016).
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4} J. P. D. Cooper, ‘Arundell, Humphrey (1512/13–1550)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008