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Francis Vyvyan Jago Arundell (1780–1846) was an English antiquary, Anglican clergyman and oriental traveller.
Biography
Arundell was born at
Launceston, Cornwall
Launceston ( or , locally or , kw, Lannstevan; rarely spelled Lanson as a local abbreviation) is a town, ancient borough, and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is west of the middle stage of the River Tamar, which c ...
, in July 1780, being the only son of Thomas Jago, a solicitor in that town, who had married Catherine, a daughter of Mr. Bolt, a surgeon at Launceston. Francis was educated at
Liskeard Grammar School and at
Exeter College, Oxford
Exeter College (in full: The Rector and Scholars of Exeter College in the University of Oxford) is one of the Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England and the fourth-oldest college of the un ...
, where he took the degree of M.A. in 1809, and after having been ordained in the
Church of England
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he took a curacy at
Antony in his native county.
From youth to old age Arundell was imbued with a love of antiquarian study, and after his institution in 1805 to the rectory of
Landulph
Landulph ( kw, Lanndhylyk) is a hamlet and a rural civil parish in south-east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is about 3 miles (5 km) north of Saltash in the St Germans Registration District.
The parish lies on the River Tamar (which ...
on the banks of the
Tamar, he threw himself with avidity into the history of
Cornwall
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. When
Nicholas Condy, an artist at
Plymouth
Plymouth () is a port city and unitary authority in South West England. It is located on the south coast of Devon, approximately south-west of Exeter and south-west of London. It is bordered by Cornwall to the west and south-west.
Plymouth ...
, published a series of views of
Cotehele
Cotehele ( kw, Kosheyl) is a medieval house with Tudor additions, situated in the parish of Calstock in the east of Cornwall, England, and now belonging to the National Trust. It is a rambling granite and slate-stone manor house on the banks ...
, the ancient seat of
Lord Mount Edgcumbe
Earl of Mount Edgcumbe is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1789 for George Edgcumbe, 3rd Baron Edgcumbe. This branch of the Edgcumbe family descends from Sir Piers Edgcumbe of Cotehele in Cornwall (descended from the y ...
, Arundell supplied the description of the house which accompanied them. He was elected a
Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London
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In learned or professional societies, it refers to a privileged member who is specially elected in recognition of their work and achievements.
Within the context of higher education ...
in 1811, but removed from the fellowship in 1845, for being 28 years behind in his subscription.
In the church of Landulph is a brass to the memory of
Theodoro Palaeologus, descended from the last of the
Byzantine emperors
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, who died on 21 January 1637, and an account of this inscription, and of the person whom it commemorated, was printed by Jago in the volume of the ''
Archæologia'' for 1817, and reprinted in
Davies Gilbert
Davies Gilbert (born Davies Giddy, 6 March 1767 – 24 December 1839) was an English engineer, author, and politician. He was elected to the Royal Society on 17 November 1791 and served as President of the Royal Society from 1827 to 1830. He c ...
's ''Cornwall'' (iii, 365). This paper was afterwards amplified into ''Some Notice of the Church of Landulph,'' which was published in 1840, and a reprint of which, with additions by Joseph Polsue of
Bodmin
Bodmin () is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated south-west of Bodmin Moor.
The extent of the civil parish corresponds fairly closely to that of the town so is mostly urban in character. It is bordere ...
, was announced some years ago (i.e. before 1885).
Oriental journeys
One of Arundell's ancestors married a co-heiress of John Arundell of
Trevarnoe, and Jago assumed that name in addition to his own on 25 February 1815. Next year (17 October) he married Anna Maria, second daughter of
Isaac Morier, consul-general at
Constantinople
la, Constantinopolis ota, قسطنطينيه
, alternate_name = Byzantion (earlier Greek name), Nova Roma ("New Rome"), Miklagard/Miklagarth (Old Norse), Tsargrad ( Slavic), Qustantiniya (Arabic), Basileuousa ("Queen of Cities"), Megalopolis (" ...
, and sister of
James Morier, the author of ''Hajji Baba''.
After this marriage, Arundell turned his thoughts towards
the East and became in 1822 the
chaplain to the British factory at Smyrna, where he remained for fourteen years. With characteristic energy he began, very soon after settling at
Smyrna
Smyrna ( ; grc, Σμύρνη, Smýrnē, or , ) was a Greek city located at a strategic point on the Aegean coast of Anatolia. Due to its advantageous port conditions, its ease of defence, and its good inland connections, Smyrna rose to promi ...
, to arrange a tour of exploration in
Asia Minor
Anatolia, tr, Anadolu Yarımadası), and the Anatolian plateau, also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula in Western Asia and the westernmost protrusion of the Asian continent. It constitutes the major part of modern-day Turkey. The re ...
. The months from March to September 1826 were spent in a pilgrimage to the
seven churches of Asia
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and an excursion into
Pisidia
Pisidia (; grc-gre, Πισιδία, ; tr, Pisidya) was a region of ancient Asia Minor located north of Pamphylia, northeast of Lycia, west of Isauria and Cilicia, and south of Phrygia, corresponding roughly to the modern-day province of An ...
, a narrative of which was issued in 1828. This book was very favourably received.
Encouraged by his published success, Arundell ventured in 1833 upon another tour of 1,000 miles through districts the greater part of which had hitherto not been described by any European traveller, when he made an especial study of the ruins of
Antioch in Pisidia
Antioch in Pisidia – alternatively Antiochia in Pisidia or Pisidian Antioch ( el, Ἀντιόχεια τῆς Πισιδίας) and in Roman Empire, Latin: ''Antiochia Caesareia'' or ''Antiochia Colonia Caesarea'' – was a city in th ...
. Two volumes describing these discoveries were published in 1834. Although he made a third tour in 1835 and 1836 through
Palestine
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, no account of his travels was published.
Whilst residing at Smyrna, Arundell made large collections of antiquities, coins, and manuscripts; on his return to
England
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, the coins were sold to the
British Museum
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. He gave great assistance to the brothers
Lysons in their history of Cornwall, and at one time contemplated the publication of a history of that county on his own account. It has even been said that some plates were engraved for it. The materials which he collected for histories of Smyrna and of his native town of
Launceston were never used, and are probably lost. He died at Landulph on 5 December 1846 and was buried in its church, not far from the tomb of
Palæologus. His widow died in Osnaburgh Street,
London
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, on 2 June 1869, aged 80.
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1780 births
1846 deaths
People from Launceston, Cornwall
Alumni of Exeter College, Oxford
English antiquarians
19th-century travelers
19th-century English historians
Historians of Cornwall
Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London
People educated at Liskeard Grammar School
Burials in Cornwall
Travelers in Asia Minor