NOWELL, William (1580-1637), of Capelside, Yorks. and Little Mearley, Lancs.

Family and Education

bap. 18 Sept. 1580,Clitheroe Par. Reg. (Lancs Par. Reg. Soc. cxliv), 8. 1st s. of Christopher Nowell of Little Mearley, and Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Walmesley of Showley, Lancs. Vis. Lancs. (Chetham Soc. lxxxi), 33; Vis. Lancs. (Chetham Soc. lxxxviii), 271, 328. m. by 1604, Anna, da. of Alan Carr of Capelside, 3s., 3da. DL7/29/44. suc. fa. 20 Jan. 1628. DL7/27/60. d. 23 May 1637. DL7/29/44. sig. W[illia]m Nowell.

Offices Held

Freeman, Clitheroe, Lancs. by 1619; C90/38. steward and bailiff of Barnoldswick manor, Yorks. 1619; Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders ed. R. Somerville, 158. gov. Giggleswick g.s. Yorks. 1624, Clitheroe g.s. Lancs. 1628, rent collector, Clitheroe g.s. 1636–d.; C.W. Stokes, Queen Mary’s G.S. Clitheroe (Chetham Soc. n.s. xcii), 74. commr. swans, Lancs., Cheshire and elsewhere 1629. C181/3, f. 270v.

Parlimentarian

NOWELL, William (1580-1637), of Capelside, Yorks. and Little Mearley, Lancs.

Main residences: Capelside, Yorks.; Little Mearley, Lancs.

Author

R.C.L.S.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

NOWELL, William (1580-1637)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

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