John Arundell (born 1576)

In 1646 he retained the castle in a heroic manner during a five-month-long siege by Fairfax, during which his forces were reduced by hunger to eating their horses, and finally achieved an honourable surrender He served twice as MP for the prestigious county seat of Cornwall (1601 and 1621), and for his family's pocket boroughs[2] of Tregony (1628) and Mitchell (1597) and also for St Mawes (1624).

[9] John VII's younger brother was Thomas Arundell of Duloe, Cornwall, MP for West Looe, a soldier who served in the Netherlands.

[10] His grandfather was Sir John Arundell (1495–1561), of Trerice, later known as "Jack of Tilbury", an Esquire of the Body to King Henry VIII whom he served as Vice-Admiral of the West.

And having taken less than two minutes resolution, I resolve that I will here bury myself before I deliver up this castle to such as fight against His Majesty, and that nothing you can threaten is formidable to me in respect of the loss of loyalty and conscience.He maintained a five-month-long siege in heroic circumstances, during which his garrison was reduced by hunger to eating their horses.

Richard, who had been active in the Sealed Knot conspiracy, was raised to the peerage by King Charles II as Baron Arundell of Trerice, partly in recognition of his father's service to the Crown.

Canting arms of Arundell of Trerice: Sable, six martlets argent , alluding to the French hirondelle , a swallow
Trerice House, in the parish of Newlyn in Pyder, near Newquay , Cornwall, as rebuilt in 1572 by John Arundell (died 1580). The manor was the main seat of the Arundell family "of Trerice" from the 14th century to 1768
Pendennis Castle , Falmouth, in which as Governor John Arundell withstood a five-month siege by Parliamentary forces in 1646
View from the Lodging of the Governor of Pendennis Castle, looking across Carrick Roads towards St Mawes. St Mawes Castle , built by King Henry VIII at the same time as Pendennis, is visible through the right-hand middle pane