John Arundell (of Trerice, died 1580)

Origins

Career

Marriages and children

• Firstly to Catherine Coswarth, daughter of John Coswarth and widow of Alan Hill, by whom he had four daughters:
• *Juliana Arundell, who married Richard Carew, the historian of Cornwall, author of the Survey of Cornwall.
• *Alice Arundell, wife of Henry Somaster of Painsford in the parish of Ashprington, Devon.
• *Dorothy Arundell, wife of Edward Coswarth of Coswarth.
• *Mary Arundell, wife of Oliver Dynham.
• Secondly he married Gertrude Denys, a daughter of Sir Robert Denys of Holcombe Burnell in Devon, by his first wife Mary Mountjoy, a daughter of William Blount, 4th Baron Mountjoy, by his fourth wife Dorothy Grey, daughter of Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset. Gertrude survived her husband and remarried to Edward, Lord Morley. Her will is housed in the National Archives as "Will of Gertrude Morley, Widow of Trerise" 1635. By Gertrude he had at least eight children including:
• *Ann Arundell, wife of William Carnsew of Buckelly.
• *John Arundell, died in infancy
• *Sir John Arundell, eldest son and heir, of Trerice, nicknamed "Jack-for-the-King", MP for Cornwall and for Tregony and Governor of Pendennis Castle, Falmouth, during the Civil War
• *Thomas Arundell of Duloe, MP for West Looe, a soldier who served in the Netherlands.
• *Catherine Arundell, wife of John St Aubin of Clowans.