The Vosper relationship to the great Arundell family

Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 2:09 PM

Subject: The Vosper relationship to the great Arundell family

 

Hi Cousins!

 

I wonder if you realize that we are related to the great Arundell family of Cornwall, who came to England with William the Conquerer?   One source states:  “Various others of the minor Arundells appear from time to time (but fallen from their high estate) in the church registers in the eastern part of Cornwall: one of the line, William, more than two centuries ago, married Dorothy, a descendant of that Theodoro Palæologus who was buried at Landulph in 1637. She is described in the parish register as being 'ex stirpe imperatorum;' so that there probably still flows in the veins of many a rustic in the neighbourhood of Callington and Saltash the mingled blood of those Arundells who came over to England with the Conqueror, and that of the Byzantine emperors of the East (Notes and Queries, 4th series, vols. iii. and iv.)”      - the author is talking about US!

 

Daniel Vosper married Judith Dinham, the daughter of Mary Arundell.  Our family tree looks like this:

 

 

You can read more about this family at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arundell_family

 

The Arundell of Trerice family from which we’re descended is documented beginning on page 11 in the Visitations of Cornwall.

 

The farthest back Arundell I have on my tree is    Pretty cool, huh!

 

 

OK, I think I’ve overwhelmed you enough for today.

 

Your Vosper/Arundell cousin,

 

Teri