Mary Arundell (courtier)

Mary Arundell
Died20 or 21 October 1557
Bath House, London, England
BuriedSt Clement Danes, London
Spouse(s)Robert Radcliffe, 1st Earl of Sussex
Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel
Issueson who died in infancy
Sir John Radcliffe
FatherSir John Arundell (1474–1545)
MotherKatherine Grenville

Mary Arundell, Countess of Arundel (died 20 or 21 October 1557), was an English courtier. She was the only child of Sir John Arundell (1474 – 1545) of Lanherne, Cornwall, by his second wife, Katherine Grenville. She was a gentlewoman at court in the reign of King Henry VIII, serving two of Henry VIII's Queens, and the King's daughter, Princess Mary. She was traditionally believed to have been "the erudite Mary Arundell",[1] the supposed translator of verses now known to have been the work of her stepdaughter, Mary FitzAlan, later the first wife of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk.

  1. ^ Tregellas, Walter Hawken. "Arundell of Cornwall" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 02. pp. 141–143.