Catholic Genealogies states that Sir John Arundell of Lanherne married Anora (or Eleanora), daughter of Sir William Lambron, Knt. [1]
Sir John Arundell of Lanherne, Knt. By deed, dated 24 Nov. 15 Ric. II. (1391), his mother granted him the manor of Lanherne, the advowson of St. Colomb Major and St. Mawgan, etc. Created K.B. at Coronation of Henry IV. (4 Oct. 1399). Sheriff of Cornwall 6, 8, and 9 Hen. V. and 1, 2, 5, and 6 Hen. VI. Founded the Chantry at St. Colomb called the Chantry of the Arundells, by granting various lands in Cornwall to Sir Thomas Arundell, his second son, and others upon trust to find the Chaplain vestiments, chalices, etc. The grant of foundation appears to have been set aside because the donor, being only tenant in tail, had no power to grant the premises to the feoffees without suffering a recovery, and thus the lands descended as of right to Sir John Arundell, the grandchild and heir of the donor. (Wardour evidences.) Agreement between Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter and Admiral of England, and Sir John Arundell, dated 12 Feb. 1418, by which Sir John agrees to furnish 364 men-at-arms, of which three should be knights, and 776 archers for service at sea, in defense of the Realm. By charter, Sir John Arundel and Anora his wife granted the manor of Lausladron to Sir Thomas de Arundel, their second son. Died on Tuesday after the Epiphany 13 Henry VI, i.e. 7 Jan. 1434-5. Inq. p.m. 13 Henry VI., No. 39. Will dated 18 April 1433, in which he desires to be buried at St. Colomb Major; proved before Bishop Lacy at Chudleigh Palace, 7 June 1434.
By deed dated at Lanherne 4 Henry VI (1426), Sir John Arundell, Lord of Lanherne, grants lease of lands in Upper St. Colomb, called Parkenfrenten, to John Michell and Thomasin his wife. (Wardour Muniments.)
1434/35 John Arundel died on January 11 (Tuesday after the Epiphany, January 6). An inquisition post mortem for him states, [2]
(13 Hen VI) [copy of 10th Sep 1601]
Inquisition post mortem: writ and inquisition (copy); citing chartersWrit dated 12th Jul 1435 (13 Hen VI), to John Hody, to hold an inquisition concerning the lands in Devon and Cornwall of John Arundell, knight.
Inquisition dated 4th Aug 1435 (13 Hen VI), at Leskyret, before John Hody and others.
He held no lands in chief or by service at his death; but long before his death he was seized of the manors of Talfern, Pryspennek Soor, Bodbran, Respery, Pengwenna, Treweneek, Penbyrthy, Treloy, Trefrynk, Lanhern, Seynt Columb, Trembleyth, Carmynow, Kenell, Wynyanton and Conerton, and of 1 messuage in Penrynburgh, 14s rent in Truroburgh, 2 messuages and 1 acre Cornish in Treweres, 20s rent in Seynt Maudyt, 2 messuages and ½ acre Cornish in Seynt Nyet and Tremorkyn, 2 messuages and 1 acre Cornish in Seynt Vey [error for Udy], 1 lb cummin in Porth, 12d rent in Crukmaiou, 12s rent in Bosknyues, 12d rent in Skywysbyhan, 4 messuages and 1 acre Cornish in Skywysmoer, 14s rent in Kyllyov Davy, Kylliov Poly, Kylliov Osbern, Kyllyov Ruyn, Kyllyov Gwyn, Kyllyov Baret, Bolothov and Nansulgan, 1 acre Cornish in Menedesympys and Cushuard, and 16 messuages and 6 acres Cornish in Trenowyth, Gonensi, Wynyanton, Chiwer Ruyn, Nensi and Penpolle iuxta Lananta.
John Arundell and Anora his wife were seised as of fee by Anora's right of the manors of Nansladron, Langoran, Lambron, Tregarn Condorov and Penweres.
John Arundell was seised in demesne as of fee of 2 messuages, 2 acres Cornish and £4 rent in Methsholl, and of 3 messuages, 3 acres Cornish and 18s rent in Rynsy.
Citation of various charters of John Arundell:
(1) Dated at Lanhern, 24th Mar 1428 (6 Hen VI), and enrolled in chancery Feb 1430 (8 Hen VI), granting to Thomas Arundell and John Herle, knights, and John Tresithny (still alive) and to Thomas Harry clerk (deceased) the manors of Talfern, Pryspennek Soor, Bodbrian, Respery and Pengwenna, and the messuages, lands and rents in Penrynburgh, Truruburgh, Treweres, Seynt Maudyt, Seynt Nyet, Tremorkyn, Seynt Vey [error for Udy], Porth, Crukmaiou, Bosknyues, Skywysbyhan, Skywysmoer, Kyllyov Davy, Kyllyov Poly, Kyllyov Osbern, Kyllyov Ruyn, Kyllyov Gwyn, Kyllyov Baret, Bolothov, Nansulgan, Menedesympys and Cushuard, for them 4 and the legitimate heirs of body of Thomas Arundell to hold, for providing and supporting 5 chaplains and 1 clerk yearly; such that they are now seised of them.
(2) Dated at Treweneek, Tuesday 17th Dec 1426 (Tuesday after St Lucy, 5 Hen VI), granting to John Cork de Paderda (still alive) and the same Thomas Harry clerk (deceased) the manors of Treweneek and Penbyrthy, to hold for term of John Arundell's life, with remainder after his death to Thomas Arundell, knight, his son, Elizabeth who was wife of William Bykbury esquire, and Thomas's legitimate heirs of body; such that Thomas and Elizabeth are now seised of them.
(3) Dated at Treloy, Saturday 13th Sep 1421 (Saturday after Nativity of Blessed Virgin Mary, 9 Hen V), granting to Remfrey Arundell his son and Joan daughter of John Colshull knight (deceased) the manors of Treloy and Trefrynk, for Remfrey and Joan and their legitimate heirs of body to hold, with remainder to Remfrey's heirs of body for ever; such that Remfrey and Joan are now seised of them.
(4) Dated at Lanhern, Thursday 17th Apr 1430 (Thursday before Easter 5 Hen VI), granting to Remfrey and Joan then his wife the 16 messuages and 6 acres Cornish in Trenowyth, Gonensy, Wynyanton, Chywer Ruyn, Nansy and Penpoll iuxta Lananta [tenants named], for Remfrey and Joan and their legitimate heirs of body to hold, with remainder to Remfrey's heirs of body; such that they are now seised of them.
(5) Dated at Lanhern, 29th Jul 1429 (7 Hen VI), and enrolled in chancery Jun 1433 (11 Hen VI), granting to his son Remfrey the manors of Lanhern and Seynt Columb and the advowsons belonging to them, for Remfrey and his heirs of body, with remainder to Thomas Arundell knight, son of John, and his heirs of body; such that Remfrey is now seised of them.
(6) Dated at Lanhern, 6th May 1427 (5 Hen VI), granting to Edmund [Lacy] Bishop of Exeter, Thomas Arundell, John Herle and William Bodrugan, knights, Remfrey Arundell esquire, John Coppleston, Oto Tregonan, Nicholas Ashton and John Tresithny (still alive) and to Thomas Harry clerk (deceased) the manors of Trembleyth, Carmynov, Kenell and Wynyanton, the 2 messuages, 2 acres Cornish and £4 rent in Methsholl, and the 3 messuages, 3 acres Cornish and 18s rent in Rynsy; for them 10 to hold for term of their lives under certain conditions; such that they are now seised of them.
(7) Of John and Anora his wife, dated at Lambron, Thursday 13th Dec 1431 (St Lucy, 10 Hen VI), granting to Thomas Arundell knight their son the manor of Lambron, for him and his heirs of body to hold, with remainder to Remfrey son of John and Anora and his heirs of body; such that Thomas is now seised of it.
(8) Of John and Anora his wife, dated at Tregarn, Thursday 13th Dec 1431 (St Lucy, 10 Hen VI), granting to Remfrey their son the manors of Tregarn Condorou and Penweres, and messuages, lands, etc., in Condorou, Penpoll, Tregoveys, Helwyn, Boden, Hendreuyk and Penweres and the mill of Tregarn, for Remfrey and his heirs of body to hold, with remainder to Thomas; such that Remfrey is now seised of them.
The manor of Talfern is held of the Bishop of Exeter, John Runyon, William Bodrugan knight, Thomas Earl of Devon and Edward Pomeray, by service unknown, and is worth £20 yearly.
The manor of Pryspennek Soor of the Bishop of Exeter, Remfrey Arundell, Walter Lucy knight, John Beauchamp, Richard Trevthall and Edward Pomeray, service unknown, worth £8 yearly.
The manor of Bodbran is held of the King as of his Duchy manor of Leskyret in free socage, worth ... yearly.
The manor of Respery of the Prior of Bodmyn, John de Caryhays and John Hyll son of John Hill, service unknown, worth 100s yearly.
The manor of Pengwenna of Edward Pomeray, Thomas Whalisbrowe and John Petyt, service unknown, worth 100s yearly.
The manors of Treweneek and Penbyrthy of Leonard Stipulton, William Botreaux knight, Edward Pomeray, the Prioress of Shene, William Gurlyn and John Dynham knight, service unknown, worth £20 yearly
The manor of Treloy of Nicholas Carru knight, Joan Cheynduyt, Richard Earl of Warwick and John son of John Hill, service unknown, worth £20 yearly.
The manor of Trefrynk of William Palton knight, service unknown, worth 100s yearly.
The manors of Lanhern and Seynt Columb of the Bishop of Exeter, Richard Earl of Warwick and Nicholas Carru knight, service unknown, worth ... yearly.
The manor of Trembleyth of the Bishop of Exeter, service unknown, worth £12 yearly.
30 acres of wood called Merdenwode, parcel of the manor of Carmynov, are held of the King as of his Duchy castle and honour of Launceston in free socage, worth 6d yearly. The remainder of the manor of Carmynov of the Bishop of Exeter, service unknown, worth £20 yearly.
The manors of [Kenell] and Wynyanton of the King as of his castle and honour of Launceston in free socage by rent of 13s 6d called motlet rent, for all services, worth £8 yearly.
The manor of Conerton of William Palton knight by knight's service, worth £40 yearly.
The messuage in Penrynburgh is held of the Bishop of Exeter, service unknown, worth 6s 8d yearly.
The rent in [Truruburgh] is held of ..., service unknown.
... [are held of] Edward Pomeray, service unknown, worth 30s yearly.
The rent in Seynt Maudyt is held of the Bishop of Exeter, service unknown, and the tenements in Seynt Nyet and Tremorkyn of the Prior of Sanctus Germanus, service unknown, worth 26s 8d yearly.
The tenement in Seynt Vey [error for Udy] of the Earl Nycholl' and Joan his wife in Joan's right, service [unknown], worth ...
... of Remfrey [?] Arundell, service unknown, worth 3d yearly.
The rents in Crukmaiou, Bosknyves, Skywysbyhan and Skywysmoer of the Bishop of Exeter, service unknown, worth 40s yearly.
The rents in Kyllyou Dauy, Kyllyou Poly, Kyllyou Osbern, Kyllyou Ruyn, Kyllyou Gwyn, Kyllyou Baret, Bolothov, Nansulgan, Menedesempys and Cusuord of the Prior of Tywardreyth, [service] unknown, worth ... yearly.
The [messuages in Trenowyth], Gonensy, Wynyanton, Chywer Ruyn, Nensy and Penpoll iuxta Lananta of Thomas Arundell knight, service unknown, worth 60s yearly.
The tenements in Methsholl and Rynsy of the Bishop of Exeter, Leonard Stipulton and Humphrey Beuyle, service unknown, worth 100s yearly.
The manors of Nansladron and Langoron of the King as of his [Duchy] castle of Trematon, by service ... Mortain, worth £12 yearly.
1 messuage of the manor of Lambron held of the King as of his Duchy manor of Truwernayll in free socage, by rent 8s 8d yearly for all service, worth 20s yearly. The remainder of the manor of Lambron is held of the Bishop of Exeter, Thomas Carmynov, John Br..., John Careheys, Richard Earl of [Warwick] ..., worth £12 yearly.
The manors [sic] of Tregarn and Condorou of Ralph Rekymmer, the Prioress of Shene, John Kestell and Roger Calwe, service unknown, worth £8 yearly.
The manor of Penweres of the Bishop of Exeter and John Petit, service unknown, worth 10s yearly.
John Arundell, son of John Arundell of Bydeford, is kinsman and heir of John Arundell knight, aged 14 on 24th Jun last [1435]; John Arundell knight died on Tuesday 11th Jan 1435 (Tuesday after Epiphany).
Endorsed [17th century presumably, but looks earlier] 'The office of Sir John Arundell of Lanherne knight 13th of H. 6, verye materiall to proove the valewe of supposed chauntrye landes to bee more by twenty pownds onlye then was given to the 5 prestes & also [?] exceeding good proofe to proove him the true heire that made entrye for not perfourming the condition limitted & appoynted by his grandfather'; 'vide fol. 5o where the 4 mannors are particularly founde'.
Date: 1435, Jul-Aug
Helen Sarah Matthews states, [3]
Sir John Arundell of Lanherne had extensive estates in the south-west and at the time of his death in 1435 held 24 manors in Cornwall and nine more in Devon, together with other land, providing him with a total income from land in the order of £300 p.a.[ftn. 38] In 1418 Sir John made a settlement of part of his estate in favour of what appear to have been five bastard children. His eldest legitimate son, John (b. c. 1392), had married Margaret, a daughter and coheir of Sir John Burghersh, the previous year. Under the 1418 settlement, the manors of Tolverne, Respery, Treveneague and Penberthy with various other land, messuages and rents, including a ferry across the river Tolverne, were to remain after his death to Emmeline Wode, to hold during the life of her daughter Agnes, who appears to have been the mother of Arundell’s bastard children. After Agnes’ death, the manors of Tolverne and Respery were to remain to Edward Arundell, son of Agnes and the heirs of his body with successive remainders to his brothers Richard and Thomas and sisters Anne and Margaret and the heirs of their bodies, whilst Treveneague was to remain to Richard and Penberthy to Thomas and the heirs of their bodies, with successive remainders to their siblings and a final reversion to Sir John’s right heirs.[ftn. 39] However, this settlement was superseded by various arrangements made in the 1420s following the death of Sir John’s eldest son and heir, John, in favour of his two surviving legitimate sons, Thomas and Renfrew. In 1428 Tolverne and Respery, two of the manors mentioned in the 1418 settlement, were granted along with three other Cornish manors to feoffees to the use of Thomas, on condition that after Sir John’s death they would maintain a chantry of five chaplains and a clerk to pray for the soul of Sir John and his kin.[ftn. 40] Treveneague and Penberthy were jointly settled on Thomas and his wife Elizabeth.[ftn. 41] None of the illegitimate children were mentioned in Arundell’s will of 1433, so it is possible that, like his eldest son, they predeceased him.[ftn. 42] The rather curious nature of the 1418 settlement suggests that the children of Agnes may perhaps have been quite young.
38 House of Commons II p. 59.
39 Cornwall Feet of Fines II, no. 933.
40 CCR 1429-35 pp. 35-37.
41 CCR 1441-1447 p.251.
42 G R Dunstan (ed.) The Register of Edmund Lacy Bishop of Exeter, 1420-1455 IV (Devon and Cornwall Record Society 16, 1971) pp. 20-22.
[1] J. Jackson Howard and H. Seymour Hughes, eds., Genealogical Collections Illustrating the History of Roman Catholic Families of England Based on the Lawson Manuscript, Part III Arundell. (Printed for Private Circulation, 1887), 223.
[2] The National Archives of the United Kingdom Catalog, [UKNationalArchives].
[3] Helen Sarah Matthews, Illegitimacy and English Landed Society c.1285-c.1500 (Thesis presented to Royal Holloway, University of London in Fulfilment of the Requirements of the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, 2013), 107-108, [URL].