NOWELL, Alexander (1516/17-1602), of Westminster, Mdx. and London.

Family and Education

b. 1516 /17 1st s. of John Nowell of Read, Lancs. by and 1st w. Elizabeth, da. of Robert Kay of Rochdale. educ. Middleton g.s. Lancs., Brasenose, Oxf. matric, 1536, BA 29 May 1536, fellow 1536-8, determined 1537, MA 10 June 1540, D.Th. supp. 10 June 1578, cr. 1 Oct. 1595. m. Jane (d. 3 Aug. 1579), da. of Robert Mery of Northaw, Herts., wid. of Thomas Bowyer (d. 13 Sept. 1558) of London, s.p.; (2) Elizabeth, da. of one Hast of Wyndham, Suss., wid. of Lawrence Ball and of Thomas Blount of London, s.p.Date of birth estimated from Nowell’s statement about age on entering Oxford. R. Churton, Alexander Nowell , app. 1; Chetham Soc. lxxxi. 36; A. B. Grosart, The Spending of the Money of Robert Nowell, pp. xxxviii-xliii; Emden, Biog. Reg. Univ. Oxf. 1501-40, pp. 419-21; DNB.

Offices Held

Master, Westminster sch. 1543 – 55; canon and prebendary, Westminster 5 Dec. 1551–4, 21 June 1560–4, Canterbury 14 Feb. 1560–4, London 3 Dec. 1560 – d., Windsor 25 Apr. 1594 – d.; archdeacon, Westminster Jan. 1560; rector, Saltwood, Kent 3 Feb. 1560, Much Hadham, Herts. Dec. 1562–89; commr. to visit dioceses of Lichfield, Lincoln, Oxford and Peterborough 1559, Canterbury and Rochester 1560; other commissions 1563 – 83; dean, St. Paul’s 17 Nov. 1560.; eccles. commr. 1562 1572; j.p.q. Herts. 1564 – 79; fellow, Manchester Coll. Lancs. by 1578; principal, Brasenose, Oxf. 6 Sept.-14 Dec. 1595.Churton, 9, 43, 50, 304; CPR, 1550–3, p. 111; 1553–4, p. 307; 1558–60 to 1569–72 passim; CSP Dom. 1581–90, p. 115.

Parlimentarian

NOWELL, Alexander (1516/17-1602), of Westminster, Mdx. and London.

Main residences: Westminster, Mdx.; London.

Author

A.D.K.H.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

NOWELL, Alexander (1516/17-1602)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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