Henry Sewall, of Coventry

Biography

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Sewall

Henry Sewall (1544 - 1628) was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1621 to 1622.

Sewall was the son of Sir William Sewall of Coventry and his wife Matilda Home.[1] He became a linen draper in Coventry and acquired a great estate.[2] In 1587 he became mayor of Coventry. He was mayor of Coventry again in 1606.[3] In 1621, he was elected Member of Parliament for Coventry.[4]

Sewall died in Coventry at the age of about 84 and was buried in the Draper's Chapel of St Michael's Church.[5]
Sewall married Margaret Grazebrook, daughter of Avery Grazebrook, and had sons Henry and Richard. She made her will in May 1628 which was proved on 16 June 1632.[5] Their great grandson was Samuel Sewall.[2]

Made a fortune as a merchant and a linen draper in Coventry, Warwickshire. Was Mayor of Coventry and Member of Parliament.

Family

http://www.robertsewell.ca/sewell.html#gen2

Henry Sewall (I)

Born in 1544 at Coventry, Warwickshire Died on April 26, 1628 at Coventry, Warwickshire was a Linen Draper in Coventry, Warwickshire; and was Mayor of Coventry in 1589 and 1606. He was apparently well to do, making a fortune as a merchant and lined draper. He married in 1575 to Margaret Grazebrook. Please click on Margaret Grazebrooke for her descent. Henry and Margaret had the following children:

1. Henry Sewall (II) Born perhaps as early as 1573; baptized on April 8, 1576 at Coventry, Warwickshire. Died in March 1655/56 at Rowley, Massachusetts
2. Richard Sewall (1578 - 1637) Richard Sewall married Mary Dugdale
3. Anne Sewall who was buried at Kenilworth, Warwickshire on January 23, 1632/33. Anne married at Allesley, Warwickshire on May 5, 1612 to Anthony Power
4. Margaret Sewall who died between May 4 and 22, 1646. Margaret married Abraham Randall of Coventry, Warwickshire before September 1, 1624. There were apparently no children.

Origins

Generation One

William Shewell

Born: circa 1510 - 1520 at Warwickshire.
William resided in Warwickshire. He married in 1540 Matilda Horne, daughter of Reginald Horne and Margery Lee. Please click on Matilda Horne for her descent. William Shewell and Matilda Horne had the following children:

1. William Sewall (born between 1558 and 1568; died in 1624) who kept a Public House called "The Sign of the Thistle" and was Mayor of Coventry, Warwickshire in 1617. He married Anne Wagstaffe in 1607; and they had daughters Elizabeth who married Thomas Symmes and Ann who married Charles Seller. William adopted Lucy who married William Tadlowe. Lucy appears to have been a daughter of William Wyse (or Wise) (See Eben W. Graves: The Descendants of Henry Sewall (1576-1656) of Manchester and Coventry, England, and Newbury and Rowley, Massachusetts, Newbury Street Press, Boston, 2007, pages 25 - 27.)
2. Henry Sewall (I)

references

• http://www.robertsewell.ca/sewall1908.htm