John Arundell (died 1590)
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John Arundell, of Lanherne, St. Mawgan-in-Pyder, Cornwall, was an English politician. He was a noted recusant, and a close associate of the Catholic martyr St. Cuthbert Mayne.
John Arundell of Lanherne
Arms of Arundell of Lanherne, Cornwall: Sable, six martlets argent.
Jesuits, etc. Act 1584
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The Jesuits, etc. Act 1584, was an act of the Parliament of England passed during the English Reformation. The act commanded all Roman Catholic priests to leave the country within 40 days or they woul
John Arundell (died 1590)
…recusant activities. John Cornelius served as her private chaplain, even though harbouring a Catholic priest had been made a capital offence by the Jesuits, etc. Act 1584. Cornelius was tried and executed under the same Act in 1594, but Lady Arundell was apparently left in peace. She died in 1602. Their daughters, Dorothy…
Gunter Mansion, Abergavenny, where Catholic priests were sheltered for generations, in defiance of the 1584 statute
The Gordon Riots 1780, painting by Charles Green