Arundel was the son of Renfry Arundell, High Sheriff of Cornwall and was educated at the college of Canons Augustine in St. Columb and at Exeter College, Oxford.
[1] Arundel was appointed a Canon of Windsor in 1479,[2] a position he held until 1496.
After graduating with a Masters in Arts, Arundel was ordained and presented as rector to St. Columb Major.
From 1482 to 1496 he served as Dean of Exeter and on 3 August 1496 was nominated as Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield and consecrated on 30 November 1496.
Arundel died in London in 1504[4] and lies buried in St. Clement's Church without Temple Bar.