Biography of Mary Arundell Countess Arundel -1557

Paternal Family Tree: Arundell

1496 Perkin Warbreck Plot

1509 Coronation of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon

1525 Knighting of Henry Fitzroy

1529 Henry VIII Creates New Peerages

Mary Arundell Countess Arundel was born to John Arundell of Lanherne and Katherine Granville.

Perkin Warbreck Plot

On 24 Nov 1496 John Radclyffe 9th Baron Fitzwalter (age 44) was beheaded at Calais [Map] for trying to bribe his jailers. His son [her future husband] Robert Radclyffe 1st Earl of Sussex (age 13) succeeded 10th Baron Fitzwalter.

Before 1500 [her father] John Arundell of Lanherne (age 26) and Eleanor Grey were married. She the daughter of Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset (age 44) and Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset (age 39). They were fourth cousins. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

After 23 Jul 1505 [her future husband] Robert Radclyffe 1st Earl of Sussex (age 22) and Elizabeth Stafford Countess Sussex (age 26) were married. She by marriage Baroness Fitzwalter. She the daughter of Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Catherine Woodville Duchess Buckingham Duchess Bedford. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

In 1507 [her father] John Arundell of Lanherne (age 33) and [her mother] Katherine Granville (age 27) were married.

Coronation of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon

On 24 Jun 1509 Henry VIII (age 17) was crowned VIII King England at Westminster Abbey [Map]. Catherine of Aragon (age 23) was crowned Queen Consort England.

Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham (age 31), Thomas Boleyn 1st Earl Wiltshire and Ormonde (age 32) and Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk (age 66) attended. Henry Clifford 1st Earl of Cumberland (age 16) was knighted. Robert Dymoke (age 48) attended as the Kings's Champion. [her future husband] Robert Radclyffe 1st Earl of Sussex (age 26) was created Knight of the Bath and served as Lord Sewer.

Knighting of Henry Fitzroy

On 18 Jun 1525 Henry Fitzroy (age 6) was taken by barge to Bridewell Palace [Map] where he was enobled by his father King Henry VIII of England and Ireland (age 33).

In the morning Henry Fitzroy (age 6) was created 1st Earl Nottingham.

In the afternoon Henry Fitzroy (age 6) was created 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset.

Henry Percy 5th Earl of Northumberland (age 47) carried the Sword of State. Thomas More (age 47) read the patents of nobility. Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk (age 41), Thomas Grey 2nd Marquess Dorset (age 47),

Henry Courtenay (age 29) was created 1st Marquess Exeter. Gertrude Blount Marchioness of Exeter (age 22) by marriage Marchioness Exeter.

Henry Clifford (age 32) was created 1st Earl of Cumberland, Warden of the West Marches and Governor of Carlisle Castle.

Thomas Manners (age 33) was created 1st Earl of Rutland. Eleanor Paston Countess Rutland (age 30) by marriage Countess of Rutland. He was given the Earldom of Rutland to reflect his descent from Anne York Duchess Exeter sister of the previous Earl of Rutland. At the same time his arms Manners Arms were augmented with the Manners Augmented Arms

Henry Brandon (age 2) was created 1st Earl Lincoln.

[her future husband] Robert Radclyffe (age 42) was created 1st Viscount Fitzwalter.

Thomas Boleyn 1st Earl Wiltshire and Ormonde (age 48) was created 1st Viscount Rochford. Elizabeth Howard Countess of Wiltshire and Ormonde (age 45) by marriage Viscountess Rochford.

Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk (age 52), [her future father-in-law] William Fitzalan 18th Earl Arundel (age 49) and John de Vere 14th Earl of Oxford (age 25) attended.

Henry VIII Creates New Peerages

Before 01 Sep 1532 [her future husband] Robert Radclyffe 1st Earl of Sussex (age 49) and Margaret Stanley Countess Sussex were married. She by marriage Countess of Sussex. She the daughter of Thomas Stanley 2nd Earl of Derby and Anne Hastings Countess Derby (age 47). They were fourth cousins. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

On 14 Jan 1537 Robert Radclyffe 1st Earl of Sussex (age 54) and Mary Arundell Countess Arundel were married. She by marriage Viscountess Fitzwalter.

Letters and Papers 1537. 14 Nov 1537. 1084. [her aunt] Honor Lady (age 43) to the Countess of Sussex.

Commendations to my [her husband] lord (age 54) and you. I have received your letter and perceive your sorrow for the death of the Queen (deceased), yet her Grace was fortunate to live the day to bring forth such a prince. I perceive my lord and you have taken my daughter Anne (age 17) until, by your good suit, she may obtain place again. If she cannot I will send for her and recompense your charges. I did not send them to put you or any of my kin to charge, but to have them with the Queen. Where you write that but for your great charge of kin and other gentlewomen you would have taken Kateryn (age 15) too; it was never my mind to put you to any charge, yet if I were in England and you sent me even three or four I would accept them. I pray you prefer Anne (age 17) because she was sworn to the late Queen (deceased). Where it has pleased my Lord of Rutland (age 45) and my lady at your suit to take Kateryn (age 15) for the time, I trust they shall be no losers. "Very glad to hear of your great belly, beseeching God to make you a joyous mother." As shortly as I can I will send you your own, with some good wine which I trust ye shall have three weeks before Christmas. Calais [Map], 14 Nov.

Before 1538 [her future husband] Henry Fitzalan 19th Earl Arundel (age 25) and Katherine Grey (age 25) were married. She the daughter of Thomas Grey 2nd Marquess Dorset and Margaret Wotton Marchioness Dorset. He the son of William Fitzalan 18th Earl Arundel (age 61) and Anne Percy Countess Arundel (age 52). They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

On 22 Mar 1538 [her son] Unamed Radclyffe was born to [her husband] Robert Radclyffe 1st Earl of Sussex (age 55) and Mary Arundell Countess Arundel.

Before 21 Nov 1538 [her step-son] Henry Radclyffe 2nd Earl of Sussex (age 31) and Anne Calthorpe 2nd Countess Sussex (age 17) were married. He the son of Robert Radclyffe 1st Earl of Sussex (age 55) and Elizabeth Stafford Countess Sussex. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.

On 31 Dec 1539 [her son] John Radclyffe was born to [her husband] Robert Radclyffe 1st Earl of Sussex (age 56) and Mary Arundell Countess Arundel.

After 01 May 1542 Henry Fitzalan 19th Earl Arundel (age 30) and Mary Arundell Countess Arundel were married. He the son of William Fitzalan 18th Earl Arundel (age 66) and Anne Percy Countess Arundel (age 56). He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.

On 27 Nov 1542 [her husband] Robert Radclyffe 1st Earl of Sussex (age 59) died. His son [her step-son] Henry Radclyffe 2nd Earl of Sussex (age 35) succeeded 2nd Earl of Sussex, 2nd Viscount Fitzwalter, 11th Baron Fitzwalter. Anne Calthorpe 2nd Countess Sussex (age 21) by marriage Countess of Sussex.

On 23 Jan 1544 [her father-in-law] William Fitzalan 18th Earl Arundel (age 68) died. He was buried at Arundel Castle [Map]. His son [her husband] Henry Fitzalan 19th Earl Arundel (age 31) succeeded 19th Earl Arundel Sussex, 9th Baron Maltravers, 9th Baron Arundel. Mary Arundell Countess Arundel by marriage Countess Arundel Sussex.

In 1545 [her father] John Arundell of Lanherne (age 71) died.

Around 1552 John Lumley 1st Baron Lumley (age 19) and [her step-daughter] Jane Fitzalan Baroness Lumley (age 15) were married. She by marriage Baroness Lumley. She the daughter of Henry Fitzalan 19th Earl Arundel (age 39) and Katherine Grey. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward IV of England.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 10 Feb 1553. The x day of January [Note. Probably February] rod my lade Mare('s) (age 36) grasse from Saynt [John's] and thrugh Flettstrett unto the kyng at Westmynster, with a grett nombur of lords and knyghtes, and alle the [great] women lades, the duches of Suffoke (age 35) and Northumberland (age 44), my lade marqwes of Northamptun (age 26), and lade marqwes of Wynchester, and the contes of Bedfford (age 74), and the contes of Shrowsbere (age 53), and the contes of Arundelle, my lade Clynton (age 26), my lade Browne (age 24) and Browne [sic in manuscript], and many mo lades and gentyllwomen; and at the oter gatt ther mett her my lord of Suffoke (age 36) and my lord of Northumberland (age 49), my lord of Wynchester (age 70), my lord of Bedfford (age 68), and therle of Shrusbery (age 53), the [her husband] therle of Arundell (age 40), my lord Chamburlayn, my lord Admerolle, and a gret nomber of knyghtes and gentyllmen, and so up unto the chambur of pressens, and ther the Kynges (age 15) grace mett her and salutyd her.... owyn a-pon payne of presunmentt and a grett [penalty, as ye] shalle fynd in the actes in secund yere of kyng ... the perlementt tyme of the sayd yere, and nott to be ... plasse as taverns, alle-howses, ines, or wher ... for cummers and gestes, and has commandyd unto alle shreyffes and baylles, constabulls, justes of pesse, or any .. thay shall se truthe (and) justys as thay shalle [inform the] kyng and ys consell, and bryng them to pressun of ... sun or poyssuns as be the offenders ther off for ... her of odur.

On 12 Apr 1555 [her step-son] Henry Fitzalan (age 17) and Anne Wentworth were married. He the son of Henry Fitzalan 19th Earl Arundel (age 42) and Katherine Grey.

In 1556 Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk (age 19) and [her step-daughter] Mary Fitzalan Duchess Norfolk (age 16) were married. She by marriage Duchess Norfolk, Countess Surrey. She the daughter of Henry Fitzalan 19th Earl Arundel (age 43) and Katherine Grey. They were second cousin once removed.

On 30 Jun 1556 [her step-son] Henry Fitzalan (age 18) died.

On 17 Feb 1557 [her former step-son] Henry Radclyffe 2nd Earl of Sussex (age 50) died. He was buried at St Lawrence Pountney Church. His son Thomas Radclyffe 3rd Earl of Sussex (age 32) succeeded 3rd Earl of Sussex, 3rd Viscount Fitzwalter, 12th Baron Fitzwalter. Frances Sidney Countess Sussex (age 26) by marriage Countess of Sussex.

Around 23 Aug 1557 [her step-daughter] Mary Fitzalan Duchess Norfolk (age 17) died from childbirth.

In 20 Oct 1557 Mary Arundell Countess Arundel died.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 21 Oct 1557. The xxj day of October ded my lade the contes of Arundell at Bathe plase in sant Clement parryche with-owt Tempylle-bare.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 27 Oct 1557. The xxvij day of October my lade was browth to the chyrche, with the byshope of London (age 57) and Powlles qwyre and the master and clarkes of London, and then cam the corse with v baners of armes borne; then cam iiij harolds in ther cotes of armes, and bare iiij banars of emages at the iiij corners; and then cam the chyff mornars, my lade of Wossetur, and my [her former step-daughter] lade Lumley (age 20), and my lord North (age 27), and ser Antony Selenger. [Then came a hundred mourners of men, and after as many ladies and gentlemen, all in black; and a great many poor women in black and rails, and] xxiiij pore men in blake beyryng of torchys, and mony of her servandes in blake cotes beyryng of torchys.

Note. P. 155. Funeral of the countess of Arundel. A full account of this funeral is preserved in the College of Arms, I. 15, ff. 266 et seq. The lady was previously countess of Sussex, and a letter written under that signature in 1537 has been published in Miss Wood's Letters of Royal and Illustrious Ladies, vol. ii. p. 306. "This Mary, doter of sir John Arundell of the West [and widow of Robert earl of Sussex, who died in 1542,] departed this lyff on Wensday the 20. of October 1557, in the 4. and 5. yeres of king Phelyp and quene Mary in the said erl of Arundelles place in St. Clementes parishe called the Danes withowt temple barre in London, and was beryed the xxviij. of October next folowinge." (MS. Harl. 897, f. 79.) The same authority supplies the following record of the earl of Arundel's former wife: "The lady Kateren Maltravers, doter of the lord marquis Dorset, departed owt of this world the fyrst day of May in the xxiiijth. yere of H. 8, (1532,) and lyeth beryed at St. Bartylmewes the lyttell within sir Gyles Capell('s) chapell." (p. 13b.)

Henry Machyn's Diary. 28 Oct 1557. The xxviij day of October was the masse of requiem song, and a goodly sermon; and after masse her grasse was bered; and all her hed offesers with whytt stayffes in ther handes, and all the haroldes waytyng abowt her in ther cott armurs, and my lord abbott of Westmynster (age 42) [was the] precher, a godly sarman; and my lord of London (age 57) song the masse, and the byshope of (blank) song the masse of the (blank), and ther was a (blank) masse sayd; and after to my lordes plase to dener, for ther was a gret dener.

On 24 Feb 1580 [her former husband] Henry Fitzalan 19th Earl Arundel (age 67) died. His grandson Philip Howard 20th Earl Arundel (age 22) succeeded 20th Earl Arundel Sussex, 10th Baron Maltravers, 10th Baron Arundel. Anne Dacre Countess Arundel (age 22) by marriage Countess Arundel Sussex.

Royal Ancestors of Mary Arundell Countess Arundel -1557

Kings Wessex: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 10 Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 10 Grand Daughter of William "Lion" I King Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks

Kings France: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of Louis "Fat" VI King France

Ancestors of Mary Arundell Countess Arundel -1557

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Arundell

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Arundell

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Lustock

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Arundell

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Lambourne

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor aka Annorah Lambourne

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Arundell 8 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Burghesh 5 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Burghesh 6 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Kerdeston

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Burghesh 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Simon Hanham

Great x 3 Grandmother: Ismania Hanham

GrandFather: Thomas Arundell 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Chidiock 4th Baron Fitzpayn

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Chidiock 5th Baron Fitzpayn

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Chideock 6th Baron Fitzpayn 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ivo Fitzwarin 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Fitzwarin 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Argentine

Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Chideocke 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Marmaduke Lumley

Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Lumley 1st Baron Lumley 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Holand 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Lumley 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Neville 3rd Baron Neville of Raby 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Neville Baroness Lumley 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Percy Baroness Neville Raby 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Father: John Arundell of Lanherne 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Dynham

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Dynham 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Courtenay 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Muriel Courtenay 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Dynham 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Lovell 5th Baron Lovel, Baron Holand 6 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Lovell 6th Baron Lovel 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Holland 3rd Baroness Holand, Baroness Lovel 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Philippa Lovell 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

GrandMother: Katherine Dinham 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Arches of Eythrop

Great x 1 Grandmother: Joan Arches

Mary Arundell Countess Arundel 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Grenville

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Grenville

GrandFather: Thomas Grenville

Great x 4 Grandfather: Theobald Gorges of Wraxall

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Gorges

Great x 2 Grandfather: Theobald Gorges

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Beauchamp

Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Beauchamp

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Gorges

Mother: Katherine Granville