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Biography of Thomas Arundell 4th Baron Arundel 1633-1711

Paternal Family Tree: Arundell

Maternal Family Tree: Margaret Wotton Marchioness Dorset 1487-1535

In or before 1633 [his father] Henry Arundell 3rd Baron Arundel (age 24) and [his mother] Cicely Compton Baroness Arundel Wardour (age 22) were married. She by marriage Baroness Arundel of Wardour in Wiltshire. They were fourth cousins.

In 1633 Thomas Arundell 4th Baron Arundel was born to Henry Arundell 3rd Baron Arundel (age 24) and Cicely Compton Baroness Arundel Wardour (age 23).

In or before 1658 Robert Lucy (age 35) and [his future wife] Margaret Spencer Baroness Arundel Wardour (age 30) were married. They were second cousin once removed.

In or before 1661 Thomas Arundell 4th Baron Arundel (age 27) and Margaret Spencer Baroness Arundel Wardour (age 33) were married. She by marriage Baroness Arundel of Wardour in Wiltshire. They were second cousin once removed.

Around 1661 [his son] Henry Arundell 5th Baron Arundel was born to Thomas Arundell 4th Baron Arundel (age 28).

In 1672 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 1st Earl Shaftesbury (age 50) was created 1st Earl Shaftesbury. [his sister-in-law] Margaret Spencer Countess Shaftesbury (age 47) by marriage Countess Shaftesbury.

Before 11th January 1676 Henry Moore 1st Earl Drogheda (age 54) and [his sister-in-law] Alice Spencer Countess Drogheda (age 50) were married. She by marriage Countess Drogheda.

On 24th March 1676 [his mother] Cicely Compton Baroness Arundel Wardour (age 66) died.

Popish Plot

John Evelyn's Diary. 28th January 1685. I was invited to my Lord Arundel of Wardour (age 52), (now newly released of his 6 yeares confinement in ye Tower [Map] on suspicion of the Plot call'd Oates's Plot), where after dinner the same Mr. Pordage entertain'd us with his voice, that excellent and stupendous artist Sign' Jo. Baptist playing to it on the harpsichord. My daughter Mary (age 20) being with us, she also sung to the greate satisfaction of both the masters, and a world of people of quality present. She did so also at my Lord Rochester's (age 42) the evening following, where we had the French Boy so fam'd for his singing, and indeede he had a delicate voice, and had ben well taught. I also heard Mrs. Packer (daughter to my old friend) sing before his Ma* and the Duke, privately, that stupendous basse Gosling accompanying her, but hers was so loud as tooke away much of the sweetnesse. Certainly never woman had a stronger or better eare, could she possibly have govern'd it. She would do rarely in a large church among the nunns.

John Evelyn's Diary. 22nd May 1685. The Popish Lords who had ben sometime before releas'd from their confinement about the Plot, were now discharg'd of their impeachment, of wch I gave Lord Arundel of Wardour (age 52) joy.

In 1691 [his son] Henry Arundell 5th Baron Arundel (age 30) and [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Panton were married.

In 1693 [his sister-in-law] Margaret Spencer Countess Shaftesbury (age 68) died.

On 28th December 1694 [his father] Henry Arundell 3rd Baron Arundel (age 86) died. His son Thomas (age 61) succeeded 4th Baron Arundel of Wardour in Wiltshire.

All About History Books

The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

Between July 1696 and 1712 [his sister-in-law] Alice Spencer Countess Drogheda (age 70) died.

On 23rd December 1704 [his wife] Margaret Spencer Baroness Arundel Wardour (age 77) died.

On 10th February 1711 Thomas Arundell 4th Baron Arundel (age 78) died. His son [his son] Henry (age 50) succeeded 5th Baron Arundel of Wardour in Wiltshire.

Royal Ancestors of Thomas Arundell 4th Baron Arundel 1633-1711

Kings Wessex: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 15 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 21 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 16 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 14 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 22 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Thomas Arundell 4th Baron Arundel 1633-1711

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Arundell of Lanherne 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Arundell of Wardour Castle 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Grey 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Matthew Arundell 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Howard 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Howard 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joyce Culpepper 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Arundell 1st Baron Arundel 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Willoughby 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Willoughby 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Filiol

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Willoughby 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Grey 2nd Marquess Dorset 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Grey 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Wotton Marchioness Dorset

GrandFather: Thomas Arundell 2nd Baron Arundel 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Wriothesley

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Wriothesley 1st Earl of Southampton

Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Drayton of London

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Wriothesley 2nd Earl of Southampton

Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Wriothesley Baroness Arundel Wardour 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony Browne 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Anthony Browne 1st Viscount Montagu 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Gage

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Browne Countess Southampton 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Radclyffe 1st Earl of Sussex 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Radclyffe 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Stanley Countess Sussex 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Father: Henry Arundell 3rd Baron Arundel 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Somerset 1st Earl of Worcester 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Somerset 2nd Earl of Worcester 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Herbert 3rd Baroness Herbert Raglan 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Somerset 3rd Earl of Worcester 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony Browne 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Browne Countess of Worcester 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Neville 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Somerset 4th Earl of Worcester 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward North 1st Baron North

Great x 2 Grandmother: Christina North Countess of Worcester

Great x 4 Grandfather: Oliver Squier of Southby in Hampshire

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Squier Baroness North

GrandMother: Blanche Somerset Baroness Arundel 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Hastings 2nd Baron Hastings Baron Botreaux, Hungerford and Moleyns 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: George Hastings 1st Earl Huntingdon 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Hungerford Baroness Hastings, 4th Baroness Hungerford, 5th Baroness Botreaux and 2nd Baroness Moleyns 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Stafford Countess Huntingdon 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Woodville Duchess Buckingham and Bedford 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hastings Countess of Worcester 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Pole 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Pole 1st Baron Montagu 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret York aka Pole Countess of Salisbury 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Pole Countess Huntingdon 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Neville 5th and 3rd Baron Abergavenny 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Neville Baroness Montagu 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Fitzalan Baroness Bergavenny 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Thomas Arundell 4th Baron Arundel 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Compton

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Compton

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Aylworth

Great x 2 Grandfather: Peter Compton

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Brereton

Great x 3 Grandmother: Werburga Brereton

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Compton 1st Baron Compton 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Talbot 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: George Talbot 4th Earl of Shrewsbury 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Stafford Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Talbot Countess Pembroke 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Walden

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Walden

GrandFather: Henry Compton 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Spencer

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Spencer

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Graunt

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Spencer

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Knightley

Great x 3 Grandmother: Susan Knightley

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Spencer Countess Dorset

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Kitson

Great x 2 Grandmother: Katherine Kitson

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Donnington of Stoke Newington

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Donnington Countess Bath

Mother: Cicely Compton Baroness Arundel Wardour 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Sackville 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Sackville 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Boleyn 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Sackville 1st Earl Dorset 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Brydges

Great x 3 Grandmother: Winifred Brydges Marchioness Winchester

Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Ayloffe

Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Sackville 2nd Earl Dorset 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Baker

Great x 2 Grandmother: Cicely Baker Countess Dorset

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Dinley

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Dinley

GrandMother: Cecily Sackville 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Howard 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stafford Duchess Norfolk 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Vere Countess of Surrey 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Trussell Countess of Oxford 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Howard 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Audley

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Audley 1st Baron Audley Walden

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Audley Duchess Norfolk 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Grey 2nd Marquess Dorset 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Grey Baroness Audley 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Wotton Marchioness Dorset