Sir Thomas Arundell (1454–1485) was an English nobleman. He was made a Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of

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in 1483. Two years later, when Richard III was defeated at the Battle of Bosworth (1485), he was

attainted In English criminal law, attainder or attinctura was the metaphorical "stain" or "corruption of blood" which arose from being condemned for a serious capital crime (felony or treason). It entailed losing not only one's life, property and hereditary ...

for rebelling against the King. Arundell then gave his support to Henry Tudor in his claim to the throne. His marriage to the heiress, Katherine Dynham, brought great wealth to the Arundell family. She was one of the four sisters and coheirs of John Dynham, 1st Baron Dynham.

Marriage and issue

Thomas married Katherine Dynham in December 1473. She was the daughter of Sir John Dinham (1406–1458) and Jane de Arches. This marriage brought great possessions into the Arundell family. *Eleanor Arundell (1472–1516), married Nicholas Saintlo (Nicholas St. Lowe) of Chewe *Sir John Arundell (1474–1545) married Lady Eleanor Grey *Elizabeth Arundell (1476–1513), married Sir Edward Stradling of

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, Glamorganshire, Wales. *Alice Arundell (fl. 1478), married Sir John Speke of

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*Thomas Arundell (c. 1480 – c. 1513) *Humphrey Arundell, married Phillipa or Philipa Grenville, daughter of Sir Thomas Grenville, Kt. (1454–1513) and first wife Isabel Gilbert *Roger Arundell, married Johanna Calwoodleigh *Edward Arundell

Career

Sir Thomas, like his father, may also have fought on the Lancastrian side at the Battle of Tewkesbury, but was granted a pardon after paying heavy fines.''Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families'', 2nd Edition. page 464. By Douglas Richardson He had a brief and troubled career. In the 1484 Parliament of

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, he was attainted and deprived of his estates, which were bestowed on his stepsister Anne's husband,

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, the suspected murderer of the two young princes in the Tower. Anne was the only child of Sir John's first marriage to Elizabeth Morley, daughter of Thomas de Morley, 5th Baron Morley. Katherine, Thomas' wife was granted an annuity of £100 from the forfeited estates, originally belonging to the Dynham family. On the ascension of Henry VII, the attainder was reversed and the estates restored but the restitution was too late for Thomas who died 11 October 1485, just a few weeks after the Battle of Bosworth. In addition to the Cornish properties and other inherited from Sir John Chideock in Dorset, he held four manors in Devon.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Arundell, Thomas 1454 births 1485 deaths 15th-century English nobility People of the Tudor period Members of the Privy Council of England English knights Knights of the Bath Thomas (1454)