- Mary Arundell (courtier)
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Mary Arundell (died 20 October 1557), was a courtier and was previously reputed to be a translator.
Arundell was the daughter of Sir John Arundell of Lanherne, knight-banneret of Therouenne, and his second wife Catherine, daughter of Sir Thomas Grenville of Stow. She was reputed to be one of the learned ladies of her time, and is included in George Ballard's Celebrated British Ladies (ed. 1775, p. 85). It was previously said that: "She is chiefly known by her translations from the Latin, especially of the Sayings and Doings of the Emperor Severus, dedicated to her father, and the Select Sentences of the Seven Wise Men of Greece. Some of her MSS. are preserved in the royal collections at Windsor."[1] More recent historians assert that: "The claims once made for her literary attainments have proved to be unfounded; the translations of classical texts surviving among the royal manuscripts in the British Library, once attributed to her, are children's exercises written by her stepdaughter Mary, later duchess of Norfolk."[2]
She married, first, Robert Radcliffe, 1st Earl of Sussex,[3] and, secondly, Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel.[3]
She was a courtier at the court of Henry VIII, where she attended queens Jane Seymour and Anne of Cleves, and the king's daughter the future Queen Mary.[3] She died in London and was buried in St Clement Danes, although a lead coffin claimed to contain her remains was found at Arundel Castle in 1847 and was placed under the Fitzalan chapel there.[3]
Some writers have confused her with Mary or Margaret Arundell (died 1691), wife of John Arundell, 2nd Baron Arundell of Trerice.[2]
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"Arundell, Mary". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. - ^ a b Grummitt, David (2004; online edn, Jan 2008). "Radcliffe, Robert, first earl of Sussex (1482/3–1542)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/22991. Retrieved 29 November 2010. available in print, and online for subscribers
- ^ a b c d Stanton, Pamela Y. (2004; online edn, May 2009). "Arundell, Mary [married names Mary Radcliffe, countess of Sussex; Mary Fitzalan, countess of Arundel (d. 1557)"]. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/723. Retrieved 29 November 2010. Available in print, and online for subscribers
"Arundell, Mary". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.Categories:- 1577 deaths
- 16th-century English people
- Women of the Tudor period
- Arundell family
- 16th-century women
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