Robert Arden

  General Notes:

Arden was the son of a wealthy Warwickshire knight whose fortunes had deteriorated steadily since the 1440s. His subsequent support for the abortive rising of Richard, duke of York, in March 1452 has been described by Christine Carpenter as 'the last desperate throw of a man now almost entirely isolated from his peers and neighbours who was probably also in a condition of gross indebtedness and had little to lose'.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation/Address: Sheriff of Leicestershire and Warwickshire, Park Hall, Castle Bromwich, Warwickshire.

Robert married Elizabeth Clodshall.