Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour (c. 1560 - 7 November 1639) was an English nobleman. He was the second son of Sir Mathew Arundell of Wardour Castle in Wiltshire, a member of the ancient family of Arundells in Cornwall, and of Margaret, daughter of Sir Henry Villoughby. Events February 27 - The Treaty of Berhick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation of Scotland The first tulip bulb was brought from Turkey to the Netherlands. ... November 7 is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 54 days remaining. ... Events January 14 - Connecticuts first constitution, the Fundamental Orders, is adopted. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts) is a large southern English county. ... Margaret Thatcher, PM of the United Kingdom, 1979-1990 Margaret may refer to: People Margaret I of Denmark Margaret II of Flanders Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut Margaret Cole Margaret de Bruce, 3rd Countess of Carrick Marguerite de Valois Margaret Douglas Margaret of Anjou Margaret of Austria (1522-1583) Margaret...

Arundell was knighted at the coronation of Anne Boleyn in 1533 after having served as Sheriff of Dorsetshire from 1531 to 1532. He also served Cardinal Wolsey as a gentleman of the Privy Chamber. Henry VIII granted him a church at Trescoe of the Scilly Isles in 1545. A silver statue of an armoured knight, created as a trophy in 1850 For the chess piece, see knight (chess). ... A portrait of Anne painted some years after her death Anne Boleyn, 1st Marchioness of Pembroke (c. ... Events January 25 - King Henry VIII of England marries Anne Boleyn, his second Queen consort. ... Sheriff is both a political and a legal office held under English common law, Scots law or American common law, or the person who holds such office. ... Dorset (pronounced Dorsit, sometimes in the past called Dorsetshire) is a county in the southwest of England, on the English Channel coast. ... Events January 26 - Lisbon, Portugal is hit by an earthquake-- thousands die October 1 - Battle of Kappel - The forces of Zürich are defeated by the Catholic cantons. ... Events May 16 - Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor of England. ... Cardinal Thomas Wolsey (c. ... Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England and Lord of Ireland (later King of Ireland) from 22 April 1509 until his death. ... The view from the helicopter leaving Tresco Tresco, UK, is the second largest island of the Isles of Scilly. ... Tresco, the second largest Island of Scillonia The Isles of Scilly (Cornish: Ynysek Syllan) form an archipelago of islands off the Cornish coast. ... Events February 27 - Battle of Ancrum Moor - Scots victory over superior English forces December 13 - Official opening of the Council of Trent (closed 1563) Battle of Kawagoe - between two branches of Uesugi families and the late Hojo clan in Japan. ...

He was appointed in 1535 to the commission for the suppression of religious houses, wherein he made his fortune breaking up the monasteries, transferring their lands and profits to foreign hands. Events January 18 - Lima, Peru founded by Francisco Pizarro April - Jacques Cartier discovers the Iroquois city of Stadacona, Canada (now Quebec) and in May, the even greater Huron city of Hochelaga (now Montreal) June 24 - The Anabaptist state of Münster (see Münster Rebellion) is conquered and disbanded. ...

In 1550 he and his brother were placed in the Tower of London, suspected of involvement with an uprising in Cornwall, where he had recently been appointed receiver-general of the Duchy of Cornwall. Again a victim of politics, he was returned to the tower the very year of his release in 1551, this time relating to the disgrace of Protector Somerset in the early years of Edward VI. The Tower of London, seen from the river, with a view of the water gate called Traitors Gate. ... The Standard of the Duke of Cornwall. ... Events Russia, Reforming Synod of the metropolite Macaire, Orthodoxy: introduction of a calendar of the saints and an ecclesiastical law code ( Stoglav ) Major outbreak of the sweating sickness in England. ... Edward VI King of England and Ireland Edward VI (12 October 1537–6 July 1553) was King of England and King of Ireland from 28 January 1547 until his death. ...

In 1579 he was personally recommended by Queen Elizabeth to the emperor Rudolph II. He greatly distinguished himself while serving with the imperial troops against the Turks in Hungary, and at the siege of August 13th 1595 - sic Battle of Gran, Hungary, 1587, he captured the enemies banner with his own hand. Events January 6 - The Union of Atrecht united the southern Netherlands under the Duke of Parma, governor in the name of king Philip II of Spain. ... Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603 ) was Queen of England and Queen of Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. ... Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II Rudolf II Habsburg was an emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, king of Bohemia, and king of Hungary. ... August 13 is the 225th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (226th in leap years), with 140 days remaining. ... Events January 30 - William Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet is performed for the first time. ...

He was a created a count of the Holy Roman Empire by Rudolph II in December 1595, and returned to England after suffering shipwreck and barely preserving his life in January 1596. His assumption of the foreign title created great jealousy among the English peers, who were wont to give little courtesy to foreign nobles, and he thereby incurred the resentment of his father, who objected to his superior rank and promptly disinherited him. This page is about the Germanic empire. ... December is the twelfth and last month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... Events January 30 - William Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet is performed for the first time. ... January is the first month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... Events February 5 - 26 catholics crucified in Nagasaki, Japan. ... The Peerage is a system of titles of nobility which exists in the United Kingdom and is one part of the British honours system. ...

The queen, moreover, was seriously displeased, declared that "as chaste wives should have no glances but for their own spouses, so should faithful subjects keep their eyes at home and not gaze upon foreign crowns", and committed him to the Fleet immediately on his arrival, while she addressed a long letter of remonstrance on the subject to the emperor.

Thomas Arundell remained under arrest till April, when he was liberated after an examination. That very month, April 1597, however, he was again confined, but declared innocent of any charge save that of practicing to contrive the justification of his vain title with ministers beyond the seas. April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ... Events 17 January - A court case in Guildford recorded evidence that a certain plot of land was used for playing “kreckett” (i. ...

In December he was liberated and placed under the care of his father, but next year he was again arrested and accused of a conspiracy against the government. His petitions for a license to undertake an expedition by sea, wherein he declared his end could be "an honor which some base minds call ambition", were refused, but in 1599 he was apparently again restored to favor. Events Swedish King Sigismund III Vasa is replaced by his brother Charles IX of Sweden. ...

On 4 May 1605 he again fell under suspicion at the time of the Gunpowder Plot. May 4 is the 124th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (125th in leap years). ... Events April 13 - Tsar Boris Godunow dies - Feodor II accedes to the throne May 16 - Paul V becomes Pope June 1 - Russian troops in Moscow imprison Feodor II and his mother. ... The Gunpowder Plot of 1605 was a desperate but failed attempt by a group of provincial English Catholic extremists to kill King James I of England, his family, and most of the Protestant aristocracy in one fell swoop by blowing up the Houses of Parliament during the State Opening. ...

He was finally brought to trial, acquitted of treason but sentenced to be hanged nonetheless. Luckily, the sentence was commuted to a mere beheading, which was carried out the same day that Sir Ralph Vane (who had stood by his side in trial), Sir Miles Partridge, and Sir Miles Stanhope were likewise executed.

Drawn largely from the eleventh edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica, published in 1911. 1913 advertisement for the 11th edition, with the slogan When in doubt - look it up in the Encyclopædia Britannica The Encyclopædia Britannica (properly spelt with æ, the ae-ligature) is the oldest English-language general encyclopedia. ... 1911 was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ...

See also

• Baron Arundell of Wardour

The title of Baron Arundell of Wardour was created in the Peerage of England in 1605. ...

External links

• National Portrait Gallery
• Helm of Thomas Arundell
• Genealogy
• additional genealogy

[1] Count Arundell of Wardour