SOTWELL, William (1571-1639), of Stroud Green, Greenham, Berks. and Lincoln’s Inn, London.

b. 23 Nov. 1571, Hants RO, IM53/1462. 1st s. of John Sotwell, clerk, of Penistone, Yorks. and Andover, Hants, and Mary, da. of Christopher Ellis of Rothwell, Yorks. educ. Magdalen., Oxf. 1590; L. Inn 1590, called 1598. Al. Ox.; LI Admiss.; LI Black Bks. ii. 56. m. Eleanor (d. 14 July 1607), E. Ashmole, Antiqs. of Berks. ii. 321; MI, Thatcham church. da. of William Knight of Thatcham, Berks., 1s. d.v.p. Berks. RO, D/P 130/1/1. 3da. (2 d.v.p.). Ashmole, ii. 321; Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lvi), 127; PROB 11/181, f. 469v. suc. fa. 1611. Clay, Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. iii. 210. d. 18 June 1639. MI, Thatcham, Berks. sig. Will[ia]m Sotwell.