When Sir Matthew Arundell was born on 3 January 1537, in Wardour Castle, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Earl Thomas Arundell KB MP, was 35 and his mother, Lady Margaret Howard, was 32. He married Lady Margaret Willoughby in 1554, in Wollaton, Nottinghamshire, England. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 24 December 1598, in his hometown, at the age of 61, and was buried in Tisbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom.