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5 unusual facts about Thomas Arundell of Wardour Castle


Thomas Arundell of Wardour Castle

His widow, Margaret, died 10 October 1571, and was buried at Tisbury, Wiltshire.

He was twice High Sheriff of Dorset and Somerset (1531), was keeper of the royal parks in Dorset, and in 1539 sat on the Council of the West with his father.

He was elected Member of Parliament for Dorset in 1545 and 1547.

The Arundells of Lanherne, Cornwall, and of Chideock, Dorset, are descended from Sir Thomas Arundell's elder brother, Sir John Arundell (c.1550-1557) of Lanherne.

Both his cousin, Henry Grey, 3rd Marquess of Dorset, and Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland, employed Arundell in the management of their estates.



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