| 62. | 1st Baron, Count Thomas Arundell-Howard  (56.Matthew11, 50.Thomas10, 40.John9, 32.Thomas8, 28.John7, 23.John6, 16.John5, 12.John4, 11.Elizabeth3, 6.Oliver2, 1.Joanna1) was born about 1560 in Wardour Castle, Wiltshire, England; died on 7 Nov 1639 in Wardour Castle, Wiltshire, England. Notes:
Thomas Arundell of Wardour was born into an ancient Anglo-Norman family. He spent his early life on the Continent, especially in Germany. At an early age, with the consent of Queen Elizabeth and with her letters of recommendation to the Emperor, he went as a volunteer in the Imperial Army to fight the Turks. For his conspicuous gallantry in those wars, he earned the soubriquet "The Valiant." In 1595 at the battle of Gran in Hungary he captured the standard of the Turk's with his own hands. The Emperor, Rudolph II, thereupon created him a COUNT OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, a unique and remarkable Imperial Decree 14th of Dec 1595, made the honour "descendible to all and each of the grantee's children, heirs, posterity, and descendants of either sex, born or to be born, forever."
Under the terms of this unique document anyone legally descended from Thomas Arundell is a Count or Countess of the Holy Roman Empire.
The Emporor's edict commended Count Arundell to Queen Elizabeth who reacted furiously to the matter and refused to recognise the title remarking, "I would not have my sheep branded with another man's mark; I would not have them follow the whe of a strange shepherd." On his return to England Count Arundell was thrown into the Fleet prison for two months and banished from court. By 1598 however, Arundell was a knight, and in the following reign James I created him, 4th May 1605, Baron Arundell of Wardour. (Arundells of Wardour)
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Count Thomas, spent his early life on the Continent, especially in Germany and served in the Imperial Hungarian Army against the Turks. He was created by Rodolph II, Emporer of Germany, a Count of the Holy Roman Empire. The patent of creation, dated Prague, December 14, 1595, conferred the honor upon "you Thomas and all and every one of your children, heirs and legitimate descendants of both sexes already born or that ever hereafter shall be". Thus the warrant conferred the title not only on the eldest son but on every son and daughter and their descendants.
After winning honors and distinction on the Continent, Thomas Arundel-Howard, Count of the Holy Roman Empire, returned to England, gained favor with the Tudors and was elevated to the peerage in 1605 as 1st. Baron Arundel of Wardour.
Thomas married in 1583 Maria, daughter of Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton, and had three children. Maria died in 1607. Lord Thomas married secondly Ann, the third daughter of Miles Philipson of Crook, Westmorland, and had six children, one of which was a son Matthew.
(Vol. 2 #0658)
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this account said 9 children, including a Thomas by both wives.
Arundell married secondly, Anne Philipson, third daughter of Miles Philipson of Crook, Westmorland, by whom he had three sons, Matthew, Thomas and Frederick, and six daughters: Katherine (wife of Ralph Eure), Mary (wife of Sir John Somerset), Anne, Frances (wife of John Talbot, 10th Earl of Shrewsbury), Margaret (wife of John Fortescue), and Clare (wife of Humphrey Weld).[27]
http://www.geni.com/people/Sir-Thomas-Arundel-1st-Baron-of-Wardour/6000000003615785534
full bio from the same site:
Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour (ca. 1560 ? 7 November 1639) was the eldest son of Sir Matthew Arundell of Wardour Castle in Wiltshire (ca. 1532/34?24 December 1598), and Margaret Willoughby, the daughter of Sir Henry Willoughby, of Wollaton, Nottinghamshire. He distinguished himself in battle against the Ottoman Turks in the service of the Emperor Rudolf II, and was created a Count of the Holy Roman Empire. His assumption of the title displeased Queen Elizabeth, who refused to recognize it, and imprisoned him in the Fleet. In 1605 Arundell was created 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour. In the same year he was briefly suspected of complicity in the Gunpowder Plot.
Life
Sir Thomas Arundell (ca. 1560 ? 7 November 1639) was the eldest son of Sir Matthew Arundell of Wardour Castle in Wiltshire (ca. 1532/34?24 December 1598), a member of the ancient family of Arundell of Cornwall, and Margaret Willoughby, the daughter of Sir Henry Willoughby, of Wollaton, Nottinghamshire. His father inherited extensive former monastic lands, and served in a number of administrative capacities, including high sheriff, custos rotulorum, and Deputy Lieutenant of Dorset. In her youth his mother served for several years in the household of Princess Elizabeth at Hatfield.[1] Arundell's paternal grandparents were Sir Thomas Arundell (executed on 26 February 1552) and Margaret Howard (ca. 1515-10 October 1571), sister of Queen Catherine Howard.[2]
In 1580 Arundell was imprisoned for his fervent Roman Catholicism.[3] By licence dated 18 June 1585 he married Mary (c.1567?1607), the daughter of Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton, and Mary, the daughter of Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montague.[4] Arundell's wife was the sister of Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton. Arundell was fond of Southampton as a youth, writing to Lord Burghley when Southampton was 15 that 'Your Lordship doth love him', and that 'My [own] love and care of this young Earl enticeth me'.[5]
Although a Roman Catholic throughout his life, Arundell demonstrated his loyalty to the Crown in 1588 by subscribing £100 towards the defeat of the Spanish Armada.[6]
According to Akrigg, Arundell was 'gifted and scholarly', but by the time he had reached his 30s had failed to find any outlet for his talents and had 'sunk into a melancholic existence', living a 'studious solitary life' at the Wriothesley estates in Hampshire or in the family apartments at Southampton House in London. In 1595 Arundell's father agreed to provide him with horses and £1100 to leave England and serve in the Imperial forces against the Turks.[7] The Queen allegedly recommended him to the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II.[8] On 7 September 1595 Arundell stormed the breach at Gran, replacing the Turkish standard with the Imperial eagle.[9] In recognition of his service, Arundell was made a Count of the Holy Roman Empire on 14 December 1595, and became known as 'the Valiant'.[10]
Against his father's wishes Arundell took his leave of the Imperial court in mid-December and returned to England. His ship was caught in a storm and wrecked near Aldeburgh on the Suffolk coast. He lost all his belongings in the wreck, and counted himself fortunate to stand 'extreamely cold & wett upon the shore'.[11] His assumption of a foreign title created jealousy among his fellow peers in England, and was resented by his father, who objected to his superior rank and disinherited him.[citation needed] The Queen was furious, and threatened to make him renounce the title. She committed Arundell to the Fleet, remarking that ?I would not have a sheep branded with another man's mark?.[12] Arundell remained under arrest till mid-April 1597, when he was freed, but forbidden to appear at court. In the following months he made frequent appeals to the Queen, but was still denied her favour, and again fell prey to depression. In July his father grudgingly allowed Arundell to live with him at Wardour provided that he not bring his wife with him.[13]
In 1597 Arundell was arrested on vague suspicions of Catholic espionage. The authorities searched his chamber but could prove nothing against him, and released him to his father's custody on the grounds of his wife's failing health. Arundell's father 'insisted on behaving as a jailer', and Arundell was eventually transferred elsewhere.[14]
Arundell succeeded his father in December 1598. In 1601, his brother-in-law, Southampton, was on trial for his part in the Essex Rebellion of 8 February 1601. Attempting to distance himself from Southampton's misfortune, Arundell wrote a 'treacherous' letter on 18 February to Sir Robert Cecil, protesting that Southampton's 'ears were hardened against wholesome counsel, for which I thought good to estrange myself from him'.[15]
In March 1605 Arundell and Southampton sent Captain George Weymouth to found a colony in Virginia. The colonists arrived back in England in mid-July. According to the account written by James Rosier, these were the colonists 'we were to leave in the Country by their agreement with my Lord the Right Honourable Count Arundell'. According to Akrigg, Arundell figures much more prominently in Rosier's account than Southampton, leading Akrigg to conclude that 'the whole voyage may best be regarded as a first attempt to found an American colony that would be an asylum for English Catholics', and that Arundell, who in 1596 had planned a venture to the East Indies, was the principal impetus behind the Weymouth voyage.[16]
On 4 May 1605 King James I created him Baron Arundell of Wardour.[17] Appointed by the new King as colonel of the English regiment serving the Archduke in Spanish Flanders,[18] Arundell made an unauthorized crossing to the continent in September 1605, disobeying royal orders and incurring the King's anger.[19] A few months later he was named by Guy Fawkes under torture, and briefly suspected of complicity in the Gunpowder Plot.[20]
In 1607 Arundell's eldest son and heir, Thomas, married Blanche Somerset, the daughter of the Earl of Worcester, without Arundell's consent, resulting in an estrangement between father and son. Arundell's first wife, Mary, died a few weeks after the marriage.[21] On 1 July 1608 Arundell remarried. His second wife was Anne Philipson, the daughter of Miles Philipson, of Crook, Westmorland, and Barbara Sandys, sister of Francis Sandys, of Conishead, Lancashire. She died on 28 June 1637 at Lennox House in London, and was buried on 4 July 1637 at Tisbury, Wiltshire.[22]
During the 1630s Arundell engaged in 'acrimonious religious disputes' with the Bishop of Durham, and in 1637 attempted to sell Wardour Castle to the King.[23] He died at Wardour on 7 November 1639, and was buried at Tisbury.[24]
Marriages and issue
Arundell married firstly, Mary Wriothesley, by whom he had two sons and a daughter:[25]
?Thomas Arundell, 2nd Baron Arundell of Wardour (c. 1586? 19 May 1643), who succeeded him.
?William Arundell of Horningsham, Wiltshire, who married Mary Browne, eldest daughter of Anthony Maria Browne, 2nd Viscount Montague (d.1629), by Jane Sackville, daughter of Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset. Before her marriage to William Arundell she was the wife of William Paulet (d.1621), Lord St. John, eldest son of William Paulet, 4th Marquess of Winchester.[26]
?Elizabeth Mary Arundell (wife of Sir John Philpot).
Arundell's first wife, Mary Wriothesley, was buried at Tisbury, Wiltshire, on 27 June 1607.
Arundell married secondly, Anne Philipson, third daughter of Miles Philipson of Crook, Westmorland, by whom he had three sons, Matthew, Thomas and Frederick, and six daughters: Katherine (wife of Ralph Eure), Mary (wife of Sir John Somerset), Anne, Frances (wife of John Talbot, 10th Earl of Shrewsbury), Margaret (wife of John Fortescue), and Clare (wife of Humphrey Weld).[27]
Arundell's daughter Anne married Cecil Calvert, 2nd Lord Baltimore (d. 30 November 1675).[28] In 1632 King Charles I granted him the proprietorship of Maryland. Anne Arundel County, Maryland is named after Calvert's wife, Anne Arundell. She died 23 July 1649, and was buried at Tisbury, Wiltshire
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Thomas married Mary Wriothesley on 19 Jun 1585. Mary was born about 1560 in Westmorland, England; died before 27 Jun 1607. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Thomas married Anne Philipson, (3rd dau) on 1 Jul 1608 in St Andrews Holborn, Wiltshire, England. Anne (daughter of Miles Philipson) was born about 1585 in of Calgarth, Westmorland, England; died in Jun 1637. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 68. Matthew "of the Severn" Howard, Sr. was born in 1609 in Wardour, Wiltshire, England; was christened on 19 Jun 1609 in St. Andrew's, Holborn, Middlesex, England; died on 4 Sep 1659 in Anne Arundel Co, Maryland; was buried in Howard Homestead Cem, Annapolis, Anne Arundel Co, Maryland.
- 69. Catherine Arundell was born about 1611; died after 1630.
- 70. Mary Arundell was born about 1613; died after 1640.
- 71. Hon. Anne Arundel-Howard was born in 1615; died in 1649.
- 72. Frances Arundell was born about 1617; died after 1640.
- 73. Margaret Arundell was born about 1618; died after 1640.
- 74. Clara Arundell was born about 1620 in Wardour Castle, Wiltshire, England; died on 5 Feb 1691 in London, England.
- 75. Frederick Arundel-Howard was born about 1622; died after 1630.
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