According to Marc Morris' book "Castles" (Pan Macmillan Ltd., London, paperback edition 2004, ISBN 0 330 43246 X), Arundel was built in 1385, following a dispute between Efward Dallingridge and John of Gaunt in 1372. These two were allies to begin with, but Gaunt was a very overbearing landlord with enormous holdings in Sussex, and every move that Dallingridge made to improve his position was foiled by Gaunt., including in his request for "permission to crenellate", while Gaunt built Bodiam castle. So Edward snuggled up to Richard Fitz Alan, Earl of Arundel, whose servant Dallingridge's father had been. The Castle Arundel eventually built was one of those which survived the Commonwealth and the Restoration in the 17th Century, and is still to be seen today. Its acquisition by the Duke of Norfolk came rather later, when restrictions on Roman Catholics were relaxed. Today it has a chapel, called the Fitzalan Chapel, which is used for both Anglican and Roman Catholic services, thus both commemorating the founder and serving the needs of the present owner. There are various theories about the name Arundel but all centre round the river through the town, differeing only on the question of where that name came from. The "del" part is, of course, "Dell" meaning a river valley, similar to "Dales" in Yorkshire.. On 26 Jul 2012, at 5:40 PM, Pat Banks wrote: > Col > > Would someone in the earlier family have worked on the Arundel > estate or > was perhaps in an army unit stationed there? Arundel Castle (which is > in West Sussex, on the River Arun) was rebuilt in 1815 and again > between > 1875 and 1900. It is still the home of the Duke of Norfolk - premier > Duke in England - and dates from the 11th century according to an > article I googled. William the Conqueror wanted fortifications built > around that area because it is the part of England nearest to > France and > he wanted to protect the area from any Saxon uprising! I haven't > heard > of a Cornish connection but there could be a family one. It's not a > common name! > > Pat > > On 26/07/2012 2:19 PM, Col Paterson wrote: >> G'day all, I have at least 7 generations of a Cornish family from >> Perranaworthal they came out here 1845 in each generation there is >> a male >> child named Arundel. In some cases father and son, not all. >> Arundel Castle >> is a restored medieval Norman castle in Suffolk would there be any >> connection there? It seems an unusual name, I would guess that it >> would have >> some sort of attachment to something, somewhere or somebody anywhere. >> >> What ideas can we come up with? >> >> Orlabest >> >> Col Andrew Rodger rodgera@audioio.com

Thank you Andrew a bit more meat for the bones but it's the sort of thing I enjoy learning about. Col