Arundel

Arundel, an ancient municipal borough (till 1867 also parliamentary) of Sussex, on the navigable Arun, 5 miles from its mouth, and 10 miles E. of Chichester. Arundel Castle, the seat of the Fitzalans, Earls of Arundel, from 1243 to 1580, and since then of the Howards (q.v.), comprises a circular Norman keep, 100 feet high, and a modern Gothic edifice dating from 1791. It has stood three great sieges, in 1102, in 1139, and in 1644. The cruciform parish church (1387) has its choir cut off from the nave by a brick wall. The Duke of Norfolk's proprietary claims over this choir, called the Fitzalan chapel, but really a collegiate church, were vainly contested in 1879-80. The splendid Roman Catholic church (1873) was erected by the Duke of Norfolk at a cost of £150,000. Pop. (1851) 2748; (1891) 2644. See Tierny's Arundel (1834), and Freeman's English Towns (1883).