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Matthew Arundell
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Sir Matthew Arundell of Wardour Castle in Wiltshire (c. 1532-34 – 24 December 1598), known between 1552 and 1554 as Matthew Howard and after his death sometimes called Matthew Arundell-Howard, was an English gentleman, landowner, and member of parliament in the West of England.
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Although the ancestor of a family of Roman Catholic recusants, Arundell himself conformed to the Church of England.